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Utopia visit to see Clayton and Teresa


Walter John

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Had a great day at Utopia nursery in Valdora yesterday, thanks Clayton and Teresa. Your generosity and knowledge is unbounding. And if saying that doesn't get me more discounts, nothing will. Seriously though thanks for a beaut day, even though I was in poor in health (nuff said).

The troup includes some of the finest palm collectors/growers and top people you are likely to meet. Most are on this board, they are Daryl, Clayton himself, Col Wilson, Michael and Andy Green.

Right, here we go.

First the lads. From left to right, Daryl, Michael, Col, myself, Andy and Clayton.

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Under one of the shade houses

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At the big dam

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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There is an amazing array of palm species there, here are a few photos, hope the other palmadours add to this post.

Chambeyronia macrocarpa watermelon and Marojejya darianii combo.

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Seeing is believing, how about the size of these fruit from Pinanga coronata, in full sun by the way. Newcal on the job  :D

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Beautiful is the only way to describe Dypsis lanceolata.

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Areca concinna centres this jungle shot.

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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A few more.

Here's the gang making observations up one of Utopia's roads.

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A breathtaking Dypsis leptocheilos forest.

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Striking Licuala mapu under the shade house or was it radula ?

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More mottled magic, guess this one too ?

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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I tried to start this thread last night but the board was down all night..must have been big problems with it?

Here's some more...may be some doubles with yours Wal, but too bad..LOL!

Mike and the large fruited Pinanga

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Pinanga disticha (Burmese border mountain form)

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Trunk detail of a nice litle Dypsis

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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The plant being sold as 'Wild Ambositrae' 12 months after being planted...very fast

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Young Dypsis 'orange crush' growing in full sun

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Caryota zebrina colouring up nicely...

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Dypsis 'bejofa' with Clayton and Teresa

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Beccariophoenix sp. in fruit

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Dypsis albofarinosa

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Bright red Dypsis fruit...

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All I can say is I had a great day and Clayton and Teresa were very hospitable and generous...Thanks for the Christmas presents! Also, it is great to see the place really taking shape, and to see all of your treasures...it seems like we see something new and exciting every visit!

Daryl

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Absolutely stunning.  I'm green with envy --

Nice to see all you gents in one fine photo, too.

That Licuala mapu shot is a work of art, love that Teddy Bear forest, and if that mountain of jungle is truly a dam, that's the prettiest dam I have ever seen.

 San Francisco Bay Area, California

Zone 10a

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Wal,

Thanks for all the great pictures! Really enjoyed them. I'm curious how close you guys are to each other, and where Valdora is in relation to you & Brisbane. Less than an hour away?

I'm also curious about the Dypsis 'bejofo' with Teresa and Clayton. This looks identical to the palm that I believe Clayton referred to as D. sp. bejofa, since we know it's not the true Dypsis bejofo. Is that correct? I have a number of these, and I'm sure they are the same.

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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I'm curious how close you guys are to each other, and where Valdora is in relation to you & Brisbane. Less than an hour away?

Let's see now, Col is the furthest away being a resident of Kiama, which is south of Sydney and about 90 minutes by car to Sydney. Sydney is an hour away south of Brisbane by plane. The more south of Brisbane you get, the less chance you have of winning the state of origin, but that's another story.

Daryl, Michael and Andy are Gold Coast hinterland dwellers. They are about an hours drive north to Brisbane or an hours drive south from Brisbane depending on how many palms they purchase.

From Brisbane, Clayton is about 90 minutes drive north to Valdora, which is about 10 minutes east of Coolum on the coast.

That's about the size of it, oh, I'm a Brisbane resident, I travel by camel.

2 humps  :D

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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The spotty Licuala looks more like radula than mapu  , and who has been putting foxtail seeds underneath the Pinanga coronata  :D ?

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Wal,

Thanks a lot for your excellent explanation. Everything is perfectly clear now! :P

And how about a picture of your camel? ???

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Wal,

 Thanks a heap for giving us all the tour! Clayton, you have a nice garden with a truely nice collection. It's nice to place the faces of everyone with forum member names. Clayton, I have a question for you or anyone else for that matter. In the USA, it seems like shadehouses use the black shadecloth, and in some other parts of the world, green shadecloth is used. Do most nurseries in Australia use the green? I often wonder if there is any difference's in growing practices or is one color as good as the other. ???

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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there is also a red on the market here in the u.s. jeff thats sposed to diffuse light in a better way?

kinda neat tho the green color!!!!

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln

The way of the transgressor is hard

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Dear Wal  :)

All your threads & posts are always terrefic,but this one

is very special for me is i had a chance to see all your

friends in one still itself.and more importantly i wanted to

see clyton & his utopian palm nursery.but i felt he was bit

shy type.and i have a soft corner for that guy since he is

always helping palm Novice & new commers like me in

this Arena !

Wal this tour of yours will indeed be chreished by all of us

here in Palmtalk.

And clayton you & your garden look terrefic  :)

Thanks/Love,

Kris.

love conquers all..

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Great pics! Glad to see "Hams" are universal............

Loved that stem on the small dypsis!

What was that "Orange crush" originally sold under.. (name)?

BS

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Here's a few more.

Dypsis robusta, the original stumpy

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Cycads and up the hill you come Col

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Pigafetta at the dam's edge.

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Hey wall you got me you bugger  :angry:    

This mosquite viruses makes me look and feel like I have been traveling on a camel. :D

I don’t look my finest at present and must stay out of the sun for a few more months.

Thank you all for the Kind words

Now a few questions there

Michael yes that is Licuala radula Wal just having fun I think

Jeff yes I think that pink or red are said to be the best with white just behind but green is very easy to live with.

Bo yes that Bejofa is the same as your one. This one is around 15 years old but the gardens never get watered just what falls from the sky and is retained in the mulch.

Kris I’m only too happy to help someone so keen on palms. Thank you.

BSman in Australia and I would say a few from Jeff m. they were called D. tsaravoasira many of the local collectors still call it this even today also.

And last but not least Wal and Daryl thank you for the photos I hope you all had a good time  :D

I will try to dig up a few more photos of before and after to show the growth of some of these palms and parts of the garden.

PS that last dam photo the water is down over 1m so its mid tide there. Not bad for drought conditions.

Clayton.

Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Bo, oops, sorry..my spelling mistake...I was not inferring that it was the true species, hence the 'quotes'.  BTW, I remember years ago some nurseries also had this labelled as Dypsis 'bijouf'

As for the travel, as Wal said, it takes us about 2 1/2 hours drive to get to Claytons. Luckily it is freeway all the way, or else it would almost be an overnighter!

Here's a couple of photos of Basselinia gracilis..quite a robust form of this species...

Daryl

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Another one of Clayton's mystery Dypsis...

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Daryl

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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All I can say is "Wow!"

That must have been a fantastic trip. I really like that Pinanga disticha "Burmese Border Mountain Blue" form.

Cincinnati, Ohio USA & Mindo, Ecuador

 

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Incredible stuff.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Great photos, love your place Clayton. Your experience and knowledge have been a great addition to the board. It is nice to have experts in all parts of the world.Now if Australia would let me stay more than two years I would move there in a second.

                              Shon

San Marcos CA

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Great palms & pictures. Looks like you guys had a spectacular day!

I'm very curious what name you're using for the mystery Dypsis in Post #20. Clayton? Daryl?

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Hopefully the others will answer you Bo, in the meantime, here's another shot from the day I forgot about. I like this one, to be able to capture Bismarckia fruiting at eye level thanks to the palm on the slope.

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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The Brisbane Mafia - a real rogue's gallery

(nice legs)

Colin gets around like the Travelocity gnome

Wal - what? no 'Aloha' shirt? Thanks for putting faces to all those names

I get by with a little help from my fronds

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(palmazon @ Feb. 06 2007,07:23)

QUOTE
The Brisbane Mafia - a real rogue's gallery

(nice legs)

Colin gets around like the Travelocity gnome

Wal - what? no 'Aloha' shirt? Thanks for putting faces to all those names

Yea.......now we know who's who....... ???

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Thank you all once again.

Hi Bo

The Dypsis you asked about is the one that came in the same time as your orange crush the seeds were identical unless you cut them in half. It is a very slow grower here but I’m sure it would grow a lot faster in your climate.

Clayton.

Hi Jake

The pinanga is one that came in as species mega mottled I think Daryl got a little mixed up, as there were so many different things to look at.  :D

I will soon find out the right name for this one and list it for you.

Clayton.

Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Hi all.

When I see ripe fruit on a palm it always reminds me of summer so for all you guys and girls over there in the cold I hope these few photos will warm you up. :D

The first photo is some foxtail seed.

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Pinanga Aristata

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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This is Areca guppyana

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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This is another small Dypsis

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Reinhardtia simplex

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Bassilina gracilis

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Dypsis paludosa

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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Dypsis sp

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Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com

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