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14 minutes ago, Tracy S said:

I love reading these blogs on the sale. Of course when I look at all the plants I bought at the sale it becomes obvious that I might be a palm addict.:blush: ...

Well the first step is admitting it among fellow addicts, the second is to get more palms. I think we are all past the awareness stage.

Ryan

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- 12:43PM - The White Ghost Spurge, Euphorbia lactea cv. 'White Ghost', is such a eye-catching plant. I always think it is a cactus coated in white chocolate. (B) Amadeo transfers two cart-fulls of plants to a trailer. (C) The sun was out that day.

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- 12:46PM - 12:56PM - The smaller, dark purple ground orchid known as Spathoglottis 'Grapette' was a featured plant for the second weekend. (B,C) Usually in spring, many Heliconia cultivars are in bloom. This corresponds nicely with the spring 'Ganza. In this case, a cut flower was collected from a clump of Pedro Ortiz, Heliconia collinsiana × bourgeana 'Pedro Ortiz', placed in a holder and then mounted near the plants that were for sale. This is a great way to showcase any Heliconia or Ginger.

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- 1:26PM - 1:51PM - A close-up of a Combretum fruticosum, Monkey Brush Vine, bloom and the (B,C) flowers of a large, standardized Starburst, Clerodendrum quadriloculare.

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- 2:01PM - 2:14PM - Karen writes up an order, no rush needed on this day. (B) Good timing along with a little forced perspective can be fun. The customer looks like she's had enough of Candy and is going to deliver an uppercut. (C) All is well. Candy had spent the entire day with the customer designing her landscape.

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- 2:16PM - 2:23PM - A quick tour of the landscape held a few signs of maturity. The Coccothrinax macroglossa situated next to the Beccariophoenix alfredii was doing its best competing for space. It is hard to see, but it has a new inflorescence on its way out (photographed it last week). (B) At the end of the landscape bed, the green Bailey Palm, Copernicia baileyana, that has resided here for a long time, was in bloom.

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- 2:23PM - 2:33PM - It had inflorescences poking out of every where. (B) Jeff chats up a pair of familiar customers, both long-time attendees of the Extravaganza.

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- 2:44PM - 4:56PM - That Bromeliad is going to fit, one way or another. (B) It was the end of the day. With a few minutes left, Larry writes up part of a large order assembled by Candy and her customers.

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- 4:58PM - The order was comprised of numerous ground orchids, bromeliads and one large Lady Palm, filling most of one trailer. (B) Candy keeps the two of them on their toes as they double check all the plants. (C) As the sale was shutting down for the day, it was decided to leave the partial order where it was, as they were coming back to pick up everything the following morning. They had other palms and plants around the sales area still to be gathered and accounted for.

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Saturday, March 9th

- 8:48AM - The second Saturday morning was very busy, starting at the word go. A crowd was waiting at the gate and customers entered the shadehouse within the first minutes of the sale. I was showing collectors up and down the sidewalk, with their lists in one hand and flagging tape in the other. I didn't have a chance to even grab my camera until after the initial surge had passed. It was closing in on nine in the morning, when I took my first photo of a gathering heading down the main road. The gentleman on the right with the walking stick is Craig Morell, Director of The Kampong, NTBG. I helped him with a plant later that morning. If you ever have a chance to hear one of his talks, you should. (B) Andrea assists a customer near the tables as I was heading back inside the shadehouse...

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- 8:49AM - ... to double check the chosen plants by one of the collectors. I had used yellow flagging tape for one large order that was spread throughout the sidewalk. This order was going to be collected by staff as the other orders were being either flagged with a different color, or were being gathered and transferred to the holding area by the customers themselves. As the morning was unfolding, it became hectic. I dropped off this group of gallons in order to make room in a cart for bigger palms. It consisted of three 1 gal. Licuala sp. 'Fairchild Gardens' (they wanted whatever was left on the table) and a 1 gal. Moa, Coccothrinax moaensis. Those Licualas have become popular, as they are more story than plant. (B) Immediately to the left, I had the fun of tagging the 20 gal. Dypsis canaliculata with the same yellow tape.

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-8:49AM - 8:52AM - The tape hung down over the old sign and it reminded me I may have to remake it soon. It is not used often, as Jeff rarely puts a D. canaliculata specimen out for sale. Every plant he has ever had came from one batch of seed that was collected only once, many years ago. (B) Flash test. I heard the tractor coming to gather all the plants of the larger order so I ran to grab my flash.

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- 8:53AM - Here it comes. With Travis at the helm, he steers the tractor and trailers carefully down the sidewalk. He halts every few feet so everyone else can grab and load the flagged plants. He had a beam of sunlight striking his head. I hope it didn't hurt. (B) "It's this big." Jeff was describing something to Travis as they were slowly making their way through the shadehouse.

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- 8:55AM - The parade of palms traveling down the sidewalk continued. The first trailer was getting full before the halfway point. From left to right, the palms closest to Jeff were a tall 10 gal. Licuala lauterbachii, a 3 gal. Pinanga crassipes and a 10 gal. Ptychosperma sp. (B) The next trailer load began with a 15 gal. Licuala spinosa.

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- 8:59AM - Not all of the palms were able to fit onto the trailers during the run through the shadehouse. It was easier for others to be carried outside and then loaded; as more trailers were also needed. A wide and spacious 20 gal. Pritchardia pacifica was a perfect example. It was hand-carried out of the shadehouse and then brought to the road.

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- 9:00AM - As we waited for the tractor to return, the remaining palms near the tables and tent were next, starting with the Dypsis canaliculata. They had to be careful as it was touching the shade cloth above with its new spear leaf. After leaning and dragging it outside, it was pulled to the main road, just as the tractor returned. Those thick petioles make useful carry handles.

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- Using the gravel to their advantage, they slid the palm closer to the trailers. (B) Before they could load the D. canaliculata, they had to load the P. pacifica first. On the D. canaliculata, follow the new spear leaf to its point and focus on the small bent part. That marks 15 ft. (4.5m) in height. (C) Travis dismounts the tractor to help load and to see what palms were next.

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- 9:05AM - As the large order continued to be loaded, customers and collectors made their way throughout the shadehouse and outside among the full sun palms.

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- 9:06AM - Like they say, go big or go home. The large order wasn't complete without the big Sealing Wax Hybrid, Cyrtostachys sp. 'Hybrid' in the 20 gallon pot. It was over 15 ft. (4.5m) in height, even without the pot, and was one of the biggest specimens we have ever had for sale. (B) One tilt with the tree dolly and it was on its way to the trailers outside.

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- The palm passes the white tent while its being pulled in reverse, showing off its colorful crownshaft. (B) Jeff isn't pointing at me, he is giving directions, sending the palm out the side door. A minute later, the palm makes a turn...

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- ... and is guided, pot-first, down the sidewalk. Collectors continue to peruse the tables as it is rolled on by.

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- 9:07AM - It reached the trailers a few seconds later. With a combined effort, the Sealing Wax Hybrid was hoisted onto the trailer and slid over to the middle.

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- 9:09AM - With the rest of the order loaded, it was time to move it all to the holding area. Customers moved over to allow the parade on through. (B) Travis steered the load in a short S-turn, bringing it down the side road before turning into the holding area. He had to wait a minute as plants, carts and people were moved out of the way.

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- The order comprised a nice mix of the rare and unusual. The rear of this trailer had a 7 gal. Licuala paludosa and a 10 gal. Cyphophoenix nucele among others. (B) A 7 gal. Wallichia caryotoides stood out as one of the more unusual palms.

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- 9:27AM - After the order was unloaded into the holding area, the sale continued with more activity. Customers continued to swarm over the shadehouse while others began to check out the landscape plants and other sections. (A) You must be this tall to enter the sales area. Jeff holds his hand up once again, answering a question from across the sales area with a hand measurement.

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- 9:30AM - Before heading back to the shadehouse, I remained upfront to capture more of the ongoing sale activity. The morning of the fifth day began to get more up beat, not like the first weekend, but it was certainly close to a record for a second Saturday.

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- 9:31AM - Volunteers help a customer duo transfer their plants from different carts onto one trailer. (C) They had mix of varied landscape plants, including the 3 gal. Imperial Blue Plumbago, Plumbago auriculata cv. 'Imperial Blue' (left center), 3 gal. Java White - Acalypha (rear right), a 3 gal. Bush Clover, Lespedeza thunbergii cv. 'Gibraltar' (right) and a few 1 gal. Red Pentas.

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- 9:52AM - 9:56AM - Time came to help another collector compile their palm-based wants and needs. A very tall 10 gal. Hydriastele beguinii receives assistance to move out to the holding area. Not very heavy, just very tall. (B) The collector was in a bit of a Licuala mood. A mood that is easily contagious. While using different carts, they began to grab one of almost every Licuala species we had left in stock. It got to the instance where all I had to do was track down the species location on the sidewalk and point. In one cart, it was almost entirely fan city. From left to right, a 7 gal. Licuala distans (background), a 3 gal. Licuala paludosa (tall, center background), a 3 gal. Chamaedorea deckeriana (right background), a 3 gal. Lanonia dasyantha (one leaf, center left), a 3 gal. Licuala grandis (center) and a 3 gal. Licuala sp. 'Yal Bral' (front corner). There are a few other things in there that I can't make out.

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- 10:06AM - 10:15AM - Not far away, a Radio Flyer, the big wheeled version of the classic big red wagon, was in service. It was carting palms around until it got full, becoming a mobile holding area by the white tent. It held all palms, from left to right: a 1 gal. Dypsis robusta (background), a 3 gal. Betel Nut Palm, Areca catechu, a 1 gal. Dypsis sp. 'Bejoufa' (background), two 1 gal. Licuala peltata var. sumawongii (center and back), a 1 gal. Dypsis ovobontsira, a 3 gal. Verschaffeltia splendida, a 3 gal. Super Dwarf Lady Palm, Rhapis excelsa cv. nana and a 1 gal. something, either a Clinostigma or a Cyphosperma. (B) The same cart seen above made it to the holding area. Many other palms were added in the mean time, including from left to right: a 3 gal. Calyptrocalyx elegans var. 'Mara', a 3 gal. Hydriastele beguinii var. 'Obi Island Form', a 1 gal. Borassodendron machadonis, a 3 gal. Chamaedorea alternans (background left) and a bushy and heavily flowering 7 gal. Chuniophoenix nana (center). There are of course other palms buried in there.

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- 10:19AM - It takes only a minute for it to go from calm to busy by the holding area. Travis starts loading an order with Larry and (B) Trevor.

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- 10:21AM - 10:28AM - Looking across the holding area, I took a shot of the large order, as it occupied a chunk of real estate. (B) One minute I am describing a landscape plant, the next I turn around to see a 20 gal. Mauritia flexuosa being transported out of the shadehouse. A spontaneous palm must-have situation.

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- 10:39AM - Carson eating of course. I don't know what Kylie was up to, but it was probably nothing good.

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- 10:46AM - With Trevor at the wheel, Amber writes up a mixed group of plants. (B) From the other direction, Trevor waits for the customer to finish at the register.

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- 10:47AM - Look familiar? It is the same Licuala-heavy order from above, now all together in one place. A few more plants were added at different times. (B) Looking down into the crown of the Hydriastele beguinii, it needed a bit of (C) added support from the red wagon. They wanted to make sure the trunk and the unopened inflorescences were not damaged.

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- Andrea chats with the new owners of the Mauritia flexuosa. They were hanging out in the shade, as I photographed the palm over and over again.

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- 10:50AM - 10:55AM - A small stash grew under the white tent throughout both weekends. It held a number of different palms and plants, including a 7 gal. Coccothrinax alexandri and a 7 gal. Johannesteijsmannia perakensis. Notice the pile of now unused small stakes to the right. They each represent a palm species from the tables, now sold out. (B,C) Back out front, the M. flexuosa was getting transferred to a trailer, with a group effort.

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- 11:15AM - 11:39AM - "Travis, go start lunch!" With that command, Travis changes his post from the front area to the BBQ area. He goes to throw his keys to Amber. He missed. (B) We had a few hotdogs and some burgers left to use up. We went through them quickly and had to go get more food for Sunday.

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- 11:50AM - As lunch was being prepared, customers continued to enter the nursery. I directed a few towards different areas and questions involving the Fruit Trees (on the left) had me going back and forth to the section. We didn't have many left, the Mango cultivars were especially popular. Since we had lunch just for volunteers and staff, we expected a lunch time drop-off in attendance, but it didn't happen. It was still quite busy for a second Saturday. (B) One cart full of goodies was turned around and headed for the checkout. Notice the red emergent leaf. It belonged to the Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. hookeri seen earlier in the topic, (the first post from the second Friday) now being hand carried as there is no more room left in the cart. It still had the sign and stake in the pot, soon grabbed in passing.

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- 1:11PM - As I was eating lunch under the white tent, I noticed the newly emerging leaf on a nearby Loxococcus rupicola. I thought, I just have to photograph that. The palm was not out for sale and was far beyond the sidewalk. The color is so unique and the leaf was flawless. The contrast between that silver tinged, grayish-green, regular leaf color and the hue of the new emergence was perfect eye candy. First photo was with flash, the second without, the pot was a seven gallon. 

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- 1:21PM - A customer came in with a detailed shopping list. He needed certain palm species in specific sizes. As part of the order, he needed two large palms of the same size and settled on two of the big Carpoxylon macrospermum specimens, including the one placed in front of the BBQ area. The customer had delivery all arranged, all we needed to do is to get the palms out to the parking area and load them onto a flat bed trailer. Amadeo sets up the palm with the lift strap, wrapping it around the pot and slinging it up into a weight-bearing position. (B) After removing the stake and sign, the strap was placed (C) on the hook connected to the lift bar of the New Holland, followed by Amadeo climbing aboard.

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- 1:24PM - With a gentle sliding pull motion, the palm was then lifted off the ground. One slow turn and pivot later, it was headed down the side road.

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- 1:25PM - With the strap secure and the palm held at a perfect angle leaning away from the lift bar, the Carpoxylon macrospermum is transported down the side road. (B) To better avoid customer foot traffic, Amadeo drives the machine past the main road and onto the access road used by the golf carts and tractors.

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- 1:26PM - 1:28PM - It was a good thing the sprinklers in this area were done for the day. (B) Exiting the sales area, the palm is guided down the main road and heads outside.

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- 1:30PM - We found a clear spot in the parking lot and Amadeo lowered the palm and the strap was removed in preparation for retrieving the second specimen. (B) After four and a half days of the sale, the grass was heavily matted. (C) Oh it will fit. Customers maneuver a large Anthurium faustomirandae in through the rear door of their car.

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- 1:32PM - Oh it might fit. Jeremy and Travis assist a customer in loading a trailer full of plants into the truck bed. (B,C) Back inside the gate, Amadeo drives over to pick up the second specimen, selected earlier by the customer.

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- 1:34PM - Jeremy and Travis continue loading the plants, as the customer carefully places them with emphasis on space, as the second Carpoxylon macrospermum is (B) hoisted in the background.

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- 1:36PM - Here it comes. With care to avoid carts and customers, the second palm is transported down and out through the gate.

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- It is carried over and dropped next to the first one. At the same time, one of the members of the customer's support staff had arrived. (B) He takes a closer look at the palms and mentioned that the semi with the flatbed trailer was going to be a little late. I waited a bit to see if the truck would arrive to get more photos, but it didn't come, so I headed back inside. In the meantime, the smaller palms of the order were collected and brought outside.

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- 1:46PM - With the use of two vehicles, and a bit of skill, they got it all loaded.

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- 1:47PM - 3:15PM - I got a ride back inside via a golf cart, passing another one driven by Trevor as he was taking a customer out. (B) A bit later, Travis was organizing different orders by the loading zone as (C) Kylie came over to ask a question about a Bromeliad.

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- 3:30PM - Kylie had another mission, to water plants as far as the hose would reach. She was doing great, going from one plant group to another, until she saw someone else she wanted to water...

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- 3:42PM - Sometimes, customers arrived in large organized groups. I didn't know how they were all related, but they moved through the sales area like a tour. (B) "Dumbo... what are you doing? There are no donuts left up there." If there is food around, she will find it.

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- 3:46PM - Travis and Jeff keep a watch on things, while talking with the customer from before, with the extensive order loaded into two cars. (B) The large order from the morning was ready for pickup, which was scheduled for the following week I believe. I was going through the stash, taking a second look at everything.

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- 3:47PM - While looking through the stash, I came across the Sealing Wax Hybrid, Cyrtostachys sp. 'Hybrid' and used the additional space to take its picture, again in series. It will be part of a vast collection of palm species and other plants. Among the forms I've seen of the hybrid, this specimen is the more common orange-red form with the green striations.

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- 3:49PM - While taking the photos above, I heard a loud [thump] in the landscaping not far away. It was a coconut falling and hitting the ground, dropped by the Green Coconut Palm that resides just to the right of the shadehouse entrance.

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- 4:15PM - The last hour of the day was upon us. Some minor restocking was unfolding around the sales area, mostly just cleaning and regrouping. Kylie took Carson for a ride, driving past as I was tending the tables.

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Sunday, March 10th

- 9:13AM - The morning of the second Sunday was slow and the afternoon was slower. There was a lot of extra time to talk with customers and chat about other plant world related activities and events. The upcoming Spring Garden tour was one and next year's IPS Biennial to Réunion was another. The day kinda unfolded in its own way, as a mix of miscellaneous situations and stories. There were customers ready at the gate when it opened at 9:00am. They were either headed for something specific or just wanted a leisurely stroll through the sales area. The more focused early birds came on a mission to get in and get what they needed. Orders were moving through the checkout soon after the sale opened, including a pair of large Podocarpus, written up by Larry.

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- 9:35AM - It was overcast for a moment and I was trying to get some actual light photos of the Purple Prince, Brindabella Rose. That purple hue is hard to reproduce accurately.

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- 9:42AM - 9:45AM - Earring hole closed up? Well Andrea can fix that. (B) Mark and Travis head inbound with a trailer loaded with tools... (C) They traveled over and unloaded by the barn, where they plan their second attempt to fix the ATV. Hopefully the second time's the charm.

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- 9:51AM - 9:54AM - Sunday had a lot of time for those interesting little conversations that take place at the 'Ganza. One such confab takes places as customers talk with Andrea and Jeff. (B) Those one gallon palms are irresistible. A group of them were chosen and placed in a cart, including that 1 gal. Kerriodoxa elegans on the left.

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- 10:41AM - 10:44AM - When you have tried everything else, hit it with a hammer. Mark and Travis continued working on the ATV. They kept trying different things and double-checking others. (B) They worked on just about every part including the carburetor, which was rather dirty and the float bowl was stuck in place. (C) They discovered one major issue and possibly the key item, one of the jet nozzles was clogged, so they had to get it cleaned out.

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- There was no shortage of customer attendance for the slow day. Some were more in a planning mood, others wanted to simply browse. (B) "Hey, look at that one."

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- 11:02AM - 11:10AM - Lunch, day six. Hungry staff and volunteers means more burgers and hotdogs. We had a spread of other food hidden away on a table. (B) Well that didn't take long. The customers seen above exit the shadehouse towing a cart loaded with a 10 gal. Hydriastele beguinii.

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- 11:44AM - Always a favorite, the Red Sealing Wax Palm, Cyrtostachys renda, is a flagship species of the palm family. We can never have enough of this palm. These two seven gallon plants were the third and second-to-the-last of the specimens available at the sale -- and they sold halfway through the last day.

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- 11:45AM - An assortment of plants, both common and rare, get selected and loaded onto a cart. The order was very diverse. The front of the cart held three palms, from left to right: a 3 gal. Calyptrocalyx awa, a 3 gal. Aiphanes minima and a 1 gal. Normanbya normanbyi. Meanwhile... off in the background... [engine sputter... cough... sputter... then engine start] The ATV engine started! When Travis first tried the ignition it started, ran for a second then sputtered out. Everyone got excited. (B) Then Mark got on it, sans seat and other parts, and hit the switch and it started right up.

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- 11:55AM - The cart above heads towards the checkout as Jeff (B) discusses all the intricacies of growing and identifying Crotons.

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- 11:58AM - 12:02PM - "This Rainbow Eucalyptus is mine!" (B) A 7 gal. King Sago, Cycas revoluta, joins a 3 gal. Thrinax radiata and a mix of other plants as they ride out of the shadehouse.

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- 12:14PM - 12:22PM - Amber writes up an order, even when she wasn't really volunteering this day. (B) Jeff points out something interesting, as customers line up by the registers.

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- 12:25PM - As the sale continued, the sounds of a race car pit stop could be heard emanating from the barn. The ATV engine was being fine tuned. With all these great sounds, Carson was upset that he couldn't see what was going on. Larry took him by the hand and led him over to the barn so he could join the fun.

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- 12:27PM - Soon after it was re-assembled, Travis boards his ATV and puts it in reverse and backs out of the barn, its first trip in years.

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- 12:27PM - 12:33PM - With the engine purring, Travis was ready to take off. The ATV needed two more things before the rebirth would be complete. He grabs a hold of Carson before hitting the gas. Going as cargo, Mark better hold on. (B) They drove around to the shed where they used the compressor to put air in the tires, item number one. (C) With the tire pressure at normal, it was time to head back to the barn...

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- 12:34PM - 1:20PM - ... by driving through the sale of course. (B) The second item, and the last step of the retrofit, a complete oil change. You do not want to see what the old oil looked like. (C) After a while of careful coaxing, it was Kylie's turn to go for a ride. She had been on it before, years earlier, but that is an eternity to a six-year-old. She thought it was going to be loud.

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- 1:23PM - It was slow going at first, but eventually Kylie couldn't go fast enough. As they were heading towards me, I kept taking photos. When they got closer, I heard Travis say "There's Ryan, should we run 'em over?" "Yes!" She said, while laughing.

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- 1:37PM - 1:43PM - In addition to the palms that were looked over, admired and bought during the day, the focus seemed to be on the added amount of landscape plants customers needed to finish their design ideas. They would be on their second or even third trip spent over the six days, getting more Podocarpus or other plants. (B) More Licuala grandis to fill the demand. These were actually on their way into the shadehouse, as they had just been potted-up. (C) "Oooh." Carson reacts after touching and feeling the peeling bark of the Rainbow Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus deglupta, that shades the holding area.

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- 1:45PM - I was seated along the side road, helping customers in the vicinity, when I noticed Carson had found a new toy. It was the oil filter wrench from the tool lot used on the ATV earlier in the day. He was walking towards me and seemed not to notice I was there, until... (C) Uh oh... (D) Time to go!

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- 2:18PM - 2:36PM - Jeff and Travis make their way through the sales area, as they stop to help a customer with a question. They were looking for video topic ideas for Jeff's youtube channel. They made a turn and headed off to another part of the nursery. (B) About twenty minutes later, I spotted them in the shadehouse by the white tent. With Travis recording, Jeff describes the growing habit and stilt roots of the Verschaffeltia splendida.

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- 2:45PM - 2:58PM - As the day, weekend and sale was coming to a close, I wondered what would be the last palm to mark the end of the Spring 'Ganza. There is usually a species that stands out as a special, 'last minute' purchase. One customer couldn't make up their mind between a 15 gal. Semi-Dwarf Betel Nut Palm, Areca catechu cv. "Semi-Dwarf' or a 15 gal. Pinanga coronata var. 'blunt, thin leaflet form' so they got both. They were being carted to the holding area for a short stay. The Semi-Dwarf Betel Nut wasn't even part of the sale, it was pulled during the second weekend to fill a gap on the sidewalk after a different customer spotted it. (B) With an hour left in the day, the two palms and an assortment of other plants were transferred to a trailer and brought to the checkout.

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- 2:59PM - With Amber writing, Jeff reads off prices and counts plants. (B) Last but not least, Jeff walks around to grab the tag ends belonging to the Areca and Pinanga.

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- 3:02PM - The sale continued for the remaining hour, with customers continuing to arrive up until closing time. We had to hurry up a few that were stuck browsing the plants. Kylie was getting better on the ATV. I am sure she would take off on her own if she could. She and Travis were posing for photos as the sale was winding down. (B) After a long weekend and a great sale, we were all tired. Carson had the right idea and fell asleep on the golf cart... til the next engine noise.

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On 4/3/2019 at 2:44 PM, Palmarum said:

- 2:16PM - 2:23PM - A quick tour of the landscape held a few signs of maturity. The Coccothrinax macroglossa situated next to the Beccariophoenix alfredii was doing its best competing for space. It is hard to see, but it has a new inflorescence on its way out (photographed it last week). ....

P.S., Here are the photos I took last week on Wednesday of the new inflorescence produced by the C. macroglossa...

- It was midday so the sun was a bit intense.

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- Many of the flowers were open for business. Hmm, what to cross it with? Do we call it simply Azul or Azul Palm? La Palma Azul...

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