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My new garden - Ovar - January/2012


Rafael

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35 more palms added, mostly small stuff (dypsis onilahensis, dypsis albofarinosa, dypsis ambositrae, dypsis decarii x lepto, dypsis leptocheilos, dypsis madagascariensis, ravenea sambiranensis, ravenea madagascariensis, ravenea hillebrandii, ravenea glauca, thrinax radiata, howea belmoreana, phoenix roebelenii, sabal mauritiformis, cyphophoenix alba, cyphophoenix nucele, lytocarium wedd, lytocaryum hoeney, burretiokentia hapala, basselinia pancheri, licuala peltata sum, licuala spinosa, chamaedorea seifrizii, archontophoenix maxima, archontophoenix alex beatrice, rhopalostylis auckland, ropalostylis great barrier island).

Bigger stuff: ravenea rivularis, prichardia hillebrandii.

soil view

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upper view

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Wow Rafael,doing great there i see!!! Those are quite the species :drool:

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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Went to the mainland a week ago and took this panoramic pic :)

The new area of this upstairs garden, expanded with the newly built retention wall, and provided with extremely clayish and rich soil, is now full of agressive weeds hiding some seedlings.

Looking at the pic is easy to recognise this new area.

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Rafa, I love your Pseudo! Was it necessary to 'spoil?' your native soil with clay?

Thank you Konstantinos!

Yes it was.

Planted it in mostly sandy soil :)

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great garden!

I live in Altea, Spain 38°34'N 0º03'O. USDA zone 11a. Coastal microclimate sheltered by mountains. 
The coconuts shown in my avatar are from the Canary Islands, Spain ! :)

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Real tropics! bravo.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures soon.

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Yes, really impressive growth!

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Antonio and Rafa, you both spell the specific name wrongly, sorry! Actually it is schizophylla, from the greek phyllon meaning leaf, while the phila originates from greek philos meaning friend or fond of. For example oreophila means loving mountains (places of high altitude), while picrophylla means leaves with a bitter taste. I do not wish to be the smart guy, just to help you remember the correct spelling by realizing the meaning of the word.

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2 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Antonio and Rafa, you both spell the specific name wrongly, sorry! Actually it is schizophylla, from the greek phyllon meaning leaf, while the phila originates from greek philos meaning friend or fond of. For example oreophila means loving mountains (places of high altitude), while picrophylla means leaves with a bitter taste. I do not wish to be the smart guy, just to help you remember the correct spelling by realizing the meaning of the word.

Thanks smart guy!!! Lol!:lol:

It is very difficult for me, to renember every names. There is thousans plant names in my head and always, palm names are too exotic for my worse head.

Thanks, i am sure, the next time i will write correctly this name.:greenthumb:

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great growth Rafeal keep up the good work

 

Troy

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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