Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) At the risk of causing further injury, I have a few more photos to add. Let's start with an ordinary Dypsis pilulifera, or 'orange crush'. I was hoping to buy a few, but this is not a good choice for an absentee grower as they can be difficult to keep happy when small. Just in case you were not floored by the size of the Beccariophoenix, here it is again, and another with flowers and seeds: A close-up of the renamed Licuala, Lanonia dasyantha: Something really cool from Colombia and Ecuador (thanks for the correction), a Geonoma Jeff described as "chocolate"; the name is G. tamandua var. macrostachya. The can grow at least chest high, with big fat leaves; the unusual coloring and leaf texture are remarkable. Edited June 19, 2012 by Kim corrected name 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 When we came upon the Iriartea deltoidea, all I could say was, "OMG! OMG!" These are very tall and very impressive. Some closer shots of the Dypsis leucomalla (fka 'sp. white'). As Jeff describes it, this thing feels like styrofoam. It isn't plant-like. He had rigged up some plastic to keep the recent heavy rains from knocking off the seeds. Jeff's hand on the spear for scale, 4th photo. We're talking Jurassic... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DALION 107 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Folks, this is meant to INSPIRE! It inspires me! Inspires me save some money to buy a little property in Hawaii. So does Leilani Estates need any new neighbors? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 A few more sights you don't see every day, Hydriastele macrocarpa: Loxococcus rupicola producing seed knee-high off the ground. What happens when a palm is fertilized heavily, gets lots and lots of rain, then a dry spell: 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 This Pritchardia viscosa was a delight to photograph, begging your indulgence in multiple pix. Another lesson for me in trying to identify young Dypsis: on the left, young D. mananjarensis. On the right, more mature D. mananjarensis. They do change as they grow. Oops! Big correction here: Palm on left is not mananjarensis. I bow to the superior ID skills of my forum peers! I guess I can't listen and take photos at the same time. Last photo, Bo and Suchin with the truckload of palms. She is smiling because she and Jeff just sold us twice as many palms as we had intended to buy. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJG 1,166 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks Kim for more photos. You always take such great photos. That Geonoma tamandua var. macrostachya is something else. I think the palm is a young Dypsis Hovo, not Mananjarensis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richnorm 468 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Something really cool from South-east Asia, a Geonoma Jeff described as "chocolate"; the name is G. tamandua var. macrostachya. The can grow at least chest high, with big fat leaves; the unusual coloring and leaf texture are remarkable. A Geonoma from South-east Asia? I think not but it's flippin' cool anyway! cheers Richard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darold Petty 2,409 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 I give up. I will pave over my land with concrete and take up knitting. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XYZ 492 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Kim: More great pics of great plants! I suspect no more space in the truck may be what finally closed the tab? The Geonoma is from the Colombian Choco and lowland Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Jeff calls them G. tamandua, I prefer G. atrovirens and Andrew Henderson resunk both names into G macrostachys var. macrostachys last year. Leaves to 6' plus. I have a few and consider them one of the world's most beautiful small palms. Michael Calonje of Montgomery has photos of almost jet black wild adults in western Colombia that would cause strong men to faint ;^) J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Something really cool from South-east Asia, a Geonoma Jeff described as "chocolate"; the name is G. tamandua var. macrostachya. The can grow at least chest high, with big fat leaves; the unusual coloring and leaf texture are remarkable. A Geonoma from South-east Asia? I think not but it's flippin' cool anyway! cheers Richard I first said it was Iguanura from South America, but I didn't take notes. I frequently mess up names of palms I don't grow yet. People correct me; I learn. If it's Geonoma, it's from Central or South America, yes? Edit: Thanks for the clarification, Jay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks Kim for more photos. You always take such great photos. That Geonoma tamandua var. macrostachya is something else. I think the palm is a young Dypsis Hovo, not Mananjarensis. Maybe I was distracted, but I'm fairly certain both are mananjarensis. There are several all planted together, and Jeff was making the point about how different they can look. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xenon 990 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Amazing! Loved the apple Cyrtostachys and the P. viscosa... Dear bgl or Kim, What is the elevation of this garden? Thanks for the pics! Jonathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bgl 2,751 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Jonathan, I believe the elevation is right around 800 ft. And Jay, thanks a lot for the additional information! Much appreciated! Bo-Göran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peachy 291 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Grrrr.... now I want a P. viscosa too. Peachy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BS Man about Palms 2,333 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 I have always been a little stubborn when the facts are in front in front of me... I WILL NOT GIVE UP! (There could be room for #2!) And I also agree with Lens observation. Kim, I just realised there is a function on my camera that allows a 5-8 second audio recording after you snap the pic. I don't know if all new cameras have this, but I think it would be handy for "overwhelming PRA's" I hope to try mine out soon enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BS Man about Palms 2,333 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks Kim for more photos. You always take such great photos. That Geonoma tamandua var. macrostachya is something else. I think the palm is a young Dypsis Hovo, not Mananjarensis. Maybe I was distracted, but I'm fairly certain both are mananjarensis. There are several all planted together, and Jeff was making the point about how different they can look. I guess to clarify why Len and I think that way... D.. hovo's ARE known to change a lot while growing.. BUT the mealybug/mananjarensis has those distinct markings from the first few leaves! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colin Peters 1,445 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks for the additional pics Kim. Love the Loxococcos Rupicola, nice to see that they are seeding and coming full circle for Jeff. I just ordered 12 seedlings from him, the purplish new leaf is really cool. aloha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Austin 1,017 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks Kim for more photos. You always take such great photos. That Geonoma tamandua var. macrostachya is something else. I think the palm is a young Dypsis Hovo, not Mananjarensis. Maybe I was distracted, but I'm fairly certain both are mananjarensis. There are several all planted together, and Jeff was making the point about how different they can look. I guess to clarify why Len and I think that way... D.. hovo's ARE known to change a lot while growing.. BUT the mealybug/mananjarensis has those distinct markings from the first few leaves! To help there are two D.man. and a D. hov .planted to the side of them were Kim is taking this shot so it would to get them mixed up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennybenjamin 466 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Folks, this is meant to INSPIRE! It inspires me! Inspires me save some money to buy a little property in Hawaii. So does Leilani Estates need any new neighbors? I will go halves with you Dalion!!! Absolutely outstanding garden and specimens, what else can one say Can't wait to see it all with my own eyes in 4 months time... Any chance that beautiful Pritchardia viscosa had some fruit coming on it? Didn't look like it but maybe at Jeff's rate of growth they will have viable seed available in October Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Searle 1,060 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks to Kim and Bo for all of your fine pictures. For those of you that have never been able to visit Jeff's garden, you might consider it as one of the Great Wonders of the World. It's amazing to walk around and absorb everything there is to look at. I remember my visit there in the 90's, and I still remember everything big back then! Oh and Jeff, thanks for the recent order of two dozen of the black Geonomas, their doing great! Jeff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry 22 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Wonderful. I wish I had the chance to visit a nursery where the proprietor could sell me twice the number of palms I had intended to purchase!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. George 163 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks, Bo and Kim - Great pics! - I walk the nursery every time we get a chance to visit, and am amazed at how many things I discover for the first time on each trip. The D. leucomalla is and has been my all time favorite palm since first seeing it in 2008. Jeff showed me the Dypsis sp. mealybugs (post #65) on the last visit and they are absolutely fascinating - very unusual and striking coloration. Thanks for taking the time to share your visit with all of us! - gmp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt in SD 268 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Awesome photos Bo and Kim. I have to say that Jeff's garden might be the thing I miss most about going to Hawaii more regularly. And I see this post has succeeded in selling some palms...let's really take it full circle and have someone here by my house in Leilani! See for sale section. Still a few days to buy before I get a realtor signed on. Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gtlevine 310 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Thanks Kim, I am always totally amazed every time I see pictures of Jeff's garden, it is the finest collection of palms anywhere in the world. I think I need to go home and bulldoze my garden and take up stamp collecting. Gary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cindy Adair 2,749 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 From BS man about Palms: " Kim, I just realized there is a function on my camera that allows a 5-8 second audio recording after you snap the pic. I don't know if all new cameras have this, but I think it would be handy for "overwhelming PRA's" I hope to try mine out soon enough." Bill:I love the voice captioning option for plant names/location. My husband's camera has had it, but my old one didn't. Can't beat the ease with my new camera and sometimes you get nice background noises like frogs and birds too. Of course I love all the photos and the only thing better will be the plants I receive from Floribunda tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike in kurtistown 658 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 I agree with Bo. There is no reason to have a competitive response. This shows what can be done by a fully committed, full-time palm raiser under nearly ideal climatic conditions. If I can do on my property just a small fraction of what he has done, I will will be very pleased. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DALION 107 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Folks, this is meant to INSPIRE! It inspires me! Inspires me save some money to buy a little property in Hawaii. So does Leilani Estates need any new neighbors? I will go halves with you Dalion!!! Absolutely outstanding garden and specimens, what else can one say Can't wait to see it all with my own eyes in 4 months time... Any chance that beautiful Pritchardia viscosa had some fruit coming on it? Didn't look like it but maybe at Jeff's rate of growth they will have viable seed available in October Kenny I think this is how cooperative farming started. You and I can be in on thr ground floor of "Cooperative Palming." (I just wonder if this is how the first time share got started.) Leo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hilo Jason 3,116 Report post Posted June 19, 2012 Speechless!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver 117 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 My garden is better cause I can grow cactus! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver 117 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 Oh yea, and his garden also sucks because my rental Prius almost shorted out, trying to get to his garden during the middle of one of those nasty Hawaiian instant rain storms, in which there was 2 ft of water running down the middle of the driveway! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt in SD 268 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 I honestly find seeing Jeff's garden in person and in photos is sort of therapeutic. I have a tendency to want to grow stuff that is "unknown". At some level if it's a palm I've never seen before, I want to grow it just to see what it looks like. But getting to see all this stuff looking like the best case scenario of what it will look like here in 10-20 years lets me make more rational decisions about what to plant, what to keep etc... Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BS Man about Palms 2,333 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 ?? <--- this is in regards to post #110 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jastin 297 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 ?? <--- this is in regards to post #110 Wouldn't that mean his car sucked? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kim 3,266 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 A trip to Floribunda, or a view of photos of his garden, is a learning experience, a chance to see palms you'll never see anywhere else in your entire life, not even in Madagascar or Thailand. It's also a chance to pick up a few special seedlings, and a few ordinary seedlings, take a few risks on unknowns, and leave with visions of fantastical palms bouncing around in your mind, and you dream palms for many nights afterward, with Jeff's voice droning in the background, and Suchin's big smile hovering in the dreams. (I am convinced most of you dream about palms.) It's worth going out of your way for a Floribunda experience --- WAY out of your way! For armchair travelers, there is always the lengthy inventory list for making notations and calculations. Easy to get carried away. Maybe I'll go back again -- forgot to ask for Verschaffeltia splendida... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perito 74 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 #1 thread ever for large Dypsis and many other tropical beauties. Thanks Bo and Kim, beautiful photography of the Marcus's Incredible garden! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Searle 1,060 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 Oh yea, and his garden also sucks because my rental Prius almost shorted out, trying to get to his garden during the middle of one of those nasty Hawaiian instant rain storms, in which there was 2 ft of water running down the middle of the driveway! Are you serious, you are just kidding, right? Your saying his garden sucks because you were there that day during some heavy rains? And your car stalled? And that's Jeff's fault? Jeff has worked very hard for over 20 years building up the finest private collection of palms anywhere in the world. Jeff happens to be a very good personal friend of mine. I have been to his nursery many times as well. AND I take it personally your rude comments you just made. I could give a rat's a$$ about your cactus garden, or better yet, why don't you take a few pictures and show us just how great your garden looks. Then move on..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJG 1,166 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 Easy Jeff, pretty sure it was a tongue in cheek joke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoomsDave 8,497 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 A trip to Floribunda is like a trip to the Louvre, except you can buy a priceless treasure (or treasures) of your own. After you awaken from swooning. My garden is wall-to-wall Floribunda, almost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trioderob 297 Report post Posted June 20, 2012 this may sound silly - but if the palms are growing that fast - how long will they live ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver 117 Report post Posted June 21, 2012 Sorry Mr. Searle! I was joking, but I hate the big island for more than just Floribuda and my friend Jeff. I also hate it cause I can get in a crappy 25 ft boat and burn 5 gallons of diesel before hitting the jetties and catching a bigger marlin than has ever existed where I live. Sorry for being a hater (envy 'er') Jeff has done an awesome job with Floribunda! O BTW - I hate cactus!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
