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Okinawa garden spring tour and bullpen hopefulls...


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Hi everyone,

after a mild January with mostly around 20C/68F, a very rainy February (temps. around 21/22C - 68/70F) and a March with

more and more warmer days - we entered April with very pleasant 24C/75F and higher... So,  it was time to take a walk in the 

garden. If you have a minute or two - be invited.

(As the most of you know, almost all of my plants are seed grown - if not, I will mention it.)

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I couldn't resist - the beautiful sunlight forced me to grab the camera and take a stroll...

Turning left and beginning the tour...

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Against the light, in front D. pembana and in the back A. alexandrae.

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C. samoense (left) and C. macrocarpa.

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In front a leaf of a young C. umbraculiferai, behind it a hego fern. (Ferns are as mentioned before, practically not possible to grow on Miyako island because of 

its alkaline soil but I made it happen on my tenth attempt a couple of years ago with a few plants from our home depot.)

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My superstars V. joannis - rapid growers, reaching the flowering stage would be spectacular.

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Planted as back up after some heavy typhoons we experienced three/four years ago, pretty fast grower in my eyes - our local beauty

S. liukiuensis.

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Struggling a bit after a spear pull but I hope it will do well - D. album.

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Took our winter pretty well - N. brunnea

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Close by between the Hego fern and V. joannis -L. ramsayi.

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In front a C. macrocarpa - the new spear will open soon :w00:...

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Getting slowly bigger - B. fenestralis

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Got some scratches during the cooler months but hanging in - C. ponapense.

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Looks nice - S. rotundifolius.

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Almost forgotten among all the other plants - W. bifurcata.

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Glooming in the sunlight - B. nicobarica.

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A bit proud of this one - D. album var. aureum.

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I like the swelling of the trunk and I am happy that it grows so well.

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Starting to look really nice - D. leptocheilos.

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A bit covered (and therefore protected I hope) - a young P. pacifica.

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C. nucifera from a washed ashore coconut - the petioles are interesting with its very intense color.

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Filling in nicely - D. decaryi - this one is from our home, purchased a couple of years ago.

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Kind of packed in there but I don"t mind - in front my Indian C. nucifera and in the back another one from a nut I found at the beach.

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Heavily protected from all sides - H. ramsayi. (I have got three left but those are still potted.)

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A brave grower through all the years - E. guineensis.

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Probably a slower one over here - D. lastelliana.

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This one grows and grows while surrounded by many other plants - P. rupicola.

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Please don't mind the weeds - a very fast grower so far - B. nobilis.

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Despite its cramped spot and with not really many hours of direct sunlight - an already six ft./2 meters tall B. alfredii

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Finally my small C. metallica grove on the backside of the house. It would be great to get them producing seeds.

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Al right, let's move to the bullpen...

 

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Until now I was not really a fan of having palms potted but lately I caught myself enjoying to look at them while they still enjoy a completely

trouble free environment indoors...  

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P. hillebrandii

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V. splendida

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R. elegans

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C. caudiculatus

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C. acuminata

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Finally V. arecina and ...

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... V. spiralis.

 

Ok,  I hope you liked this little tour - updates will follow...

 

regards 

Lars

 

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Looks great especially that album aurem 

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Dave Hughson

Carlsbad, Ca

1 mile from ocean

Zone 10b

Palm freaks are good peeps!!!!!

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Lars,

You have a beautiful garden and your palms all look great! I feel fortunate to have seen your garden and palms in person. :) That was a very special visit!

Aloha from Leilani Estates,

Bo-Göran

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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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great selection, the B. fenestralis want's just gobs or iron.

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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Such an interesting and varied collection! That's quite a jungle you have going now. Your D. album var. aureum is quite the chunk! :) Good luck with your tiny H. ramsayi -- and congrats on germinating the seeds in the first place! I understand they are a challenge.

Thanks for the tour!

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Lars, I always enjoy the detail of documenting the variety of species (as KIM mentioned), but your Photo Journal is what I look forward to.  I know that you pride yourself in growing a large percentage of Palms from seeds which I share also.  I'm typing on my laptop after coming in from watering.... as today is the second day of 93 deg. F 45 miles north of Los Angeles.  I'm trying to keep 2 community pots inside a 2 foot square styrofoam container with lid at 60 deg. F or lower (thank you @Tassie_Troy1971 for your knowledge) for Hedyscepe Canterburyana.  Thank You for this post.  Scott

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Survived Feb. 9, 1971 & Jan. 17, 1994 earthquakes   Before Palms, there was a special airplane

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Quite the variety as always @palmfriend!

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Hi,

Thank you very much for your encouraging and friendly comments!

On 4/8/2022 at 3:26 AM, deezpalms said:

Looks great especially that album aurem 

Dave,

the Dictyospermum species is in my eyes very attractive and I am glad that I have now about 12 seedlings of the var conjugatum variation as well. 

One day the first of them will be planted out, maybe this summer. 

On 4/8/2022 at 4:29 AM, D. Morrowii said:

Really nice collection Lars! 

Dean,

I appreciate your comment since I like to follow your documentations here on palmtalk, too! Florida and Okinawa have similarities regarding their

climatical conditions, so I often get inspired about new palms to try and about what to do to keep them healthy.

On 4/8/2022 at 11:24 AM, bgl said:

Lars,

You have a beautiful garden and your palms all look great! I feel fortunate to have seen your garden and palms in person. :) That was a very special visit!

Aloha from Leilani Estates,

Bo-Göran

Bo-Göran,

Thank you very much for taking the time to follow my updates and for your kind words! I can`t wait that all the Corona restrictions will be 

lifted and travelling gets somehow back to normal. It was an honor to welcome you here and I hope that I can visit Hawaii someday again - but then with

the palmy googles on and as an already hopeless case of a palm bug infected... :D

On 4/9/2022 at 1:18 AM, redant said:

great selection, the B. fenestralis want's just gobs or iron.

Doug,

Thanks a lot and you are correct - it can`t be mentioned too often. The B. fenestralis species likes to be fertilized - I will keep an eye on it! 

On 4/9/2022 at 4:35 AM, Kim said:

Such an interesting and varied collection! That's quite a jungle you have going now. Your D. album var. aureum is quite the chunk! :) Good luck with your tiny H. ramsayi -- and congrats on germinating the seeds in the first place! I understand they are a challenge.

Thanks for the tour!

Kim,

you are very welcome! With all the regions in mind where the seeds are from, getting them germinated and grown into healthy/good looking palms is indeed a phantastic

challenge! There a setbacks of course, but with the most of my plants I have more or less success.  Btw., the presented bullpen hopefulls were just a scratch of what it is still to 

come - so, please stay tuned! ;)

On 4/9/2022 at 7:36 AM, TheMadScientist said:

Lars, I always enjoy the detail of documenting the variety of species (as KIM mentioned), but your Photo Journal is what I look forward to.  I know that you pride yourself in growing a large percentage of Palms from seeds which I share also.  I'm typing on my laptop after coming in from watering.... as today is the second day of 93 deg. F 45 miles north of Los Angeles.  I'm trying to keep 2 community pots inside a 2 foot square styrofoam container with lid at 60 deg. F or lower (thank you @Tassie_Troy1971 for your knowledge) for Hedyscepe Canterburyana.  Thank You for this post.  Scott

Scott,

thank you very much for your kind words again and I am glad that you liked this new documentation! Since I have gained so much from this forum, I am happy to give some of my experiences

and joy in form of these photo documentations back. As mentioned above - updates will follow!

On 4/9/2022 at 11:58 AM, kinzyjr said:

Quite the variety as always @palmfriend!

Kinzy jr.,

well, I would like to give this compliment back herewith! I am looking forward to your next update!

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Al right - and as expected, the new C. macrocarpa leaf has opened...

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regards 

Lars

 

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