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I’m doing a remodel and I’m now working on the kitchen so I’ve kinda ee-victed myself from it to an outside space with profane tank etc, damn almost don’t care about fixing the house, just stay out here. So maybe you’ve got a Palm Cave? If so show us!
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Not a cave but a place we like to spend quite a bit of outdoor time , our fire pit. Whether early morning coffee or evening under the stars , many hours sitting as we gaze out over the Santa Paula Valley. We burn White Sage from our hill , sometimes listening to flute music. The smoke from the Sage in the Abelone shell is wonderful. Harry
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Here’s my palm cave, and what happens in the palm cave stays in the palm cave!!
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Seven out of 20 seeds is the going rate for this batch of jubea seeds, not to bad for an eBay purchase. And from what I understand it’s a pretty good percentage for just chucking them in some propagation mix with a plastic bag around a community pot and left alone in the hothouse, once I noticed they where starting to germinate I removed the plastic bag and left them alone only watering when they where dry! I will see how I go with these centenarians know I won’t be around to see them set seeds again.
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More of a tree fern cave I guess View from cave
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I have a few places , but no outdoor cooking . I just find places to sit and gaze , maybe a soft drink on a warm day . This is one of my favorite places for a wee break . The bag of mulch is on my cement bench where I sit . I was mulching that day. Where the garden flag is there is now a wooden bench so we can enjoy the pond. This is an old photo when the Kentia was small . It is now above the roof line of the covered porch A bit more recently , looking up from where there is now a bench. Looking across the fish pond from our bench .
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Ptychococcos lepidota a beautiful 😍 underrated palm !!! like a Dictyosperma and a Ptychosperma had a love child.
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The One Armed Bandit, shot a stalk out of one of its now three flower spathes rather suddenly, and it popped open. I wonder if I’ll be able to harvest some seeds from this one. I guess we’ll find out over time. Would be nice to grow some of these up from seed.
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My largest of three Lepidorachis mooreana is very close to developing clear trunk now. The Climate on the summit of Mt Gower on Lord Howe Island is cool humid and windy lowest temperature recorded was 2C and the highest was 21C. Perfect my cool maritime climate.
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I will definitely be looking forward to growing this little beauty in the garden over the years to come. I think a nice bit of landscaping will do justice for such a beautiful palm that is critically endangered it shall be well looked after @happypalms.
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Seawolf Park in Galveston
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Galveston yesterday;) last few pics is a fruiting avocado 🙈
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Whoa only a mother could love that beast!4 points
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Yep, looks like it to me.4 points
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Loving that kitchen set-up. Guaranteed the food tastes better out there. Not sure why it works that way but it does.....4 points
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Yucca rigida that I planted as a 1 gallon I believe 3 years ago. This had to be its 2nd summer, already got a little size to it. Last summer it flowered and so did the one up the hill. The one up the hill has 2 heads growing now, this one has 4!!Hard to tell from the pictures but from tip of horizontal leave to opposite tip it’s 5 feet across, going to be absolutely massive in a few more years
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This year was much more focused on larger more expensive things like pindo palms majesty palms cold hardy hibiscus bananas and other tropicals. Next year is when ima start to buy those spring, summer, and fall annuals in sets of 32. Doesn’t look as good this year but next year it will look amazing! I did do some work like add that raised area with the hostas and other stuff planted. Have daylilies that are just starting to get big and some amaryllis that is also planted in the front area the back brick raised area only has hibiscus and hens and chicks but that will be filled next year also. Edit I was walking while taking some of these photos so there is motion blur sorry about that. Also don’t know why the quality is horrible lol
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3.5" in last 3 days, sunny with few clouds today. Everything brightened up in local landscapes, as we have had a dry spring. Best time of year for planting here, IMO.3 points
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There are some in Sydney Australia that would be at least 120 years old or more and they are monsters.3 points
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I knew as soon as I started to read your post! They died 🤣 I think an intervention is needed in your case in the form of a two week holiday all expenses paid for trip to Jeff Marcus garden in Hawaii, then a stop over to Kew gardens before you return home and if that doesn’t give some horticulture insight I don’t know what will, except for a 4 year university course in agriculture and a diploma. Apart from a total house plant ban but we don’t want that do we, maybe we can send around @DoomsDave @Harry’s Palms @tim_brissy_13 that’s just a couple of gurus I can think of to help with the situation! I just got my certificate in horticulture if those blokes cant help I don’t know what I can do apart from shipping you and sancho over to happypalms nursery for a crash course in palm growing but you will be doing a lot of potting up as a happypalms apprenticeship trainee plus night studies of palm talk going back through the post over years to review them all!!!! Yes all of them!!!!☝️😁3 points
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It's bittersweet. I coulda squeezed more into the bigger U haul, but the cats would have gotten most of them by now.3 points
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My old apartment was def a palm cave.3 points
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Great job Troy! Beautiful looking palm but even more important is your contribution to the conservation of the species. Really hope you can generate the next generation of Lepis from your plants.3 points
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Was able to acquire a lot of some great palms and want to share some of them with the group here. Livingstonia nitida seedlings Sabal riverside seedlings Chamerops humilis var. cerifera seedlings Butia yatay seedlings Butia odorata (blue hue seedlings) I've got some other random stuff I will be adding to this thread as well as we get things listed so keep taking a look! Thank you so much!2 points
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It’s raining again! So a bit of potting ip for a spot of fun, this time a few late comers in the licuala department, the last to germinate after I already picked out about 50 seedlings already. I did manage to get one variegated seedling from this batch so quite lucky so far. And he’s onto his second leaf and holding true. Locally sourced seeds so I had a good germination rate. Time will tell how they go just the one variegated one is enough for me to be happy about the situation! And no the spider didnt seem to mind me working around him, or visa versa!
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An interesting palm that will be challenge to grow, I have the sandstone derived soil and plenty of sandstone so half the challenge is over along with relatively dry places in summer that’s for sure. As for the other half well cool temperatures in summer are not the order of the day in my climate. Perhaps @Harry’s Palms might have a better chance in his climate. Sorry Harry I can’t send them to you. I will see how they go in the years to come.
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I can see the vision . Keep on planting more plants 🌱2 points
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The cardboard and gravel/leaves/mulch layer will need to be fairly thick to keep the grass and weeds at bay, but your biggest issue will be keeping the hybrid cycad from becoming waterlogged and rotting. I would avoid using cardboard around the Revoluta x Diannanesis and plant it slightly above ground in a fast draining medium.2 points
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Has this palm been discussed before? Sabal mauritiformis? I have a couple of those pink hibiscus, they are pretty hardy, but I didn't realize they get that wide.
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Only experience i've had w/ forestfarm was picking up a pair of extremely rare pines from them. Plants received were big and very healthy. Packaged nicely too. Unfortunately, ..as i'd feared, just too hot for them here, ..even though they grow in a pretty hot and dry ( -ish ) area of Mexico, that isn't cold ( zone 10 ) ....That or their demise was this growers mistake. Stuff Happens.. Speaking of Montezuma Cypress... a place in CA everyone there ( and here ) should have a look at: https://hiddenca.com/fairmount-park/ https://www.eventsincalifornia.com/attractions/parks/fairmount-park/ Above inspiration Is already spurring some local musings... Surprised no one from the area has taken us on a tour of the Palm Island / other goodies located here..2 points
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stunning yucca, love that color. do they grow fast?2 points
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@amh having lived in the land of Redwoods and Sequoias, I can echo the comments here that they have zero chance of surviving. The climate is just too different. They are doing well in the UK with many trees starting to get some good size to them, so that's all you need to know. This grower has a ton of interesting conifers and other trees, so you may find something interesting here. I've never bought from them before so have no opinion on them. https://www.forestfarm.com/2 points
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@JohnAndSancho No worries! Richard has that auger that does a fine job digging holes . It looks like your duties will be potting bench duties , which you are good at anyway. Harry2 points
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From my neck of the cactus..
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2" of rain in the last few days has improved the situation locally.2 points
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Fingers crossed on the variegated one , they look like they are healthy. Spider standing watch , hopefully not one of the nasty ones. Harry2 points
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Oh it gets cold in Australia in my area well at least in comparison to what I think is cold down to minus 2 in some places around my area. And up on the tablelands one place gets minus 13 degrees Celsius. I have been in minus 30 in Canada and that was cold for me.2 points
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They have short shelf life ever since phytosanitry certificate s become the rule it’s getting harder to get good seeds. I wouldn’t risk removing a sucker with no roots. Patience is the key.2 points
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Just a bit of care and time and it could be beautiful. Harry2 points
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I didn’t realize they were that slow . I’ve seen huge specimens around , they must be ancient. Harry2 points
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Richard, it's strange to see a plant that is very hardy to frost, growing in Australia. this one is 25/30 years old
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I like it. Just like being on holidays. Interesting pictures.2 points
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I've seen this happen where they get hit with sprinklers in Lake Wales. You can try turning the sprinklers off and see if it continues to spread, but that's about it at this point.2 points
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Maybe show us?2 points
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In general Archontophoenix are not an easy transplant. Unless you do it well and follow the directions to water a lot you may very well lose them.2 points
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This C. nauseosus gets better every year! Hopefully flowering soon. (I'm pumping it full of bloom blaster 😁)
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Very old yucca recurvafolia Nashville, TN. Snake trunk heading vertical again
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A raptor perched on a bare branch in front of Andean wax palms. Could be a peregrine falcon or a red shouldered hawk. I can't say at this distance. There's a Juania australis to the right behind the foliage.
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It’s been pretty quiet here for a while, wishing I had a yucca to post 🫤. Spectacular gallery here though.2 points
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