All -

the Acanthophoenix should be declared as Verena-palm.

Thierry makes it possible to speed-up the delivery, after less than 1 week the Acantho-Gang arrived. I potted them in with the help of palmbooster, fertilizer and auxin (raw part of ST) and a warm shower.

Infront the little A. rousselii, beyond the larger A. rubra. The show must go on, the year of 2010 will be a better than 2009. I am happy and I know I will do everything to keep this little beauties alive.

In the pipeline are:

1. a secret (more, when I have any confirmation)

2. 15 further Acanthos from Alain (3 x A. rubra, 3 x A. rousselii, 3 x A. crinita)

3. 2 seedlings of C. renda

4. 4 plants of C. renda (size of about 60 cm)

5. 3 Acanthophoenix rubra (of about 1.00 m)

Did I mention that Jubaea chilensis, Dypsis and an new Parajubaea torallyi var. torallyi have founded a new home in Gladbeck?

Photos of

1. Acantho-Gang

Verena, your palms are beautiful and inspiring! You must have a very big house.

Keep on Growing,

Susan

Verena, what a haul! Your new babies are lovely and your palms always look so great indoors.

In case you haven't heard, the new issue of Palms magazine introduces two new species of Lytocaryum palms (and 7 more Syagrus, I think).

Susan, thank you very much for compliments.

Verena, what a haul! Your new babies are lovely and your palms always look so great indoors.

In case you haven't heard, the new issue of Palms magazine introduces two new species of Lytocaryum palms (and 7 more Syagrus, I think).

Meg! No! YES! Yeeeeaaaaah. Where and what? If I would be a member of the IPS, do I have a chance to get a specimen of both? Does you or anyone else know of which new species we are talking about?

Gileeeeeeeenooooooooooo, where the hell you are?

My godness, that is soooo exciting. I am waiting for the next posting ...

Love, Verena

Edited April 3, 201016 yr by Z4Devil

Meg- I thought about Verena and if she was an IPS member as I was reading my issue yesterday too.

Verena, I doubt they are readily available yet, but a small one was seeding, it looked "super-miniature" if you will.

Join the IPS, support this website that way, and get nice coverage of your favorite palms....

Susan, thank you very much for compliments.

Verena, what a haul! Your new babies are lovely and your palms always look so great indoors.

In case you haven't heard, the new issue of Palms magazine introduces two new species of Lytocaryum palms (and 7 more Syagrus, I think).

Meg! No! YES! Yeeeeaaaaah. Where and what? If I would be a member of the IPS, do I have a chance to get a specimen of both? Does you or anyone else know of which new species we are talking about?

Gileeeeeeeenooooooooooo, where the hell you are?

My godness, that is soooo exciting. I am waiting for the next posting ...

Love, Verena

Verena, these are the two new Lytocaryums:

L. insigne

L. itapebiensis

Meg! L. insigne???? I cannot believe it ... it is true, I knew it, always!

Okay this toppic belongs to another thread - if you agree I will transfer you here --> http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=18127&st=40

Love, Verena

Dear all,

somewhere in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany is growing a Howea fosteriana ... of big size. :D

Ladies and Gentlemen, Verena proudly presents "Nemesis" in unbinded status (usually she is). I have had washed her leaves (every single feather!) off settled dust; that took me about 1.5 h ...

But look at this goddess

Beautiful Verena! Looks like you are going to have to take out the ceiling soon though.

Susan

Palmes, palmes, uber alles!

Thank you, Susan.

You´ve got it, Dave. There are no better things than palms.

Love, Verena

Verena, your Howea is awesome. One of my favorite palms. My two H.f. and one H.b. are still alive & well in my shade garden. They don't like hot, humid weather but the shade I give them must be just enough to keep them comfortable in summer.

Exactly that´s it, Meg. I know about the specifics of the two Howea sisters. Besides, today my new H. belmoreana arrived (height 1.50 m) - what a beautiful little lady.

Both do not like full sun (and heat); the best way to grow them is half-shade. Especially Nemesis is a "drunkard". Depending on temperature and light she takes about 10 liters of special prepared water at a stretch. *bg*

And Kentia palms love a daily shower of lukewarm water - like the most of tropical palms.

Love, Verena

Verena- I missed this thread the first time around...why are the pictures on pages 1 and 2 taken down?

Hi, my dear -

thank you for missing this little thread of me. I was very sick a long time and not able to communicate online.

Unfortunately I have deleted some folders on my server, the pictures are no longer available because I forgot to make a back-up. Please excuse this ...

I promise to fill this thread with a lot of photos again. The spring and the summer are waiting and so I have a lot of photo scenes.

The half of my palms are currently outdoor, the other half is in quarantine because of spider mites.

The complete album is shared and public for access @ skydrive.

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=8e5f6df287d19370&resid=8E5F6DF287D19370!112&id=8E5F6DF287D19370!112

Hope you feel better . . .

Wow Verena, you've gone crazy with all the plants. They all look really healthy too. Some really cool stuff!

Bret

@ Dave: thank you, my friend. Well, sometimes I am not well, but then times are coming when everything is on it´s way. Due to my serious illness in 2010 I have to take care when things that are too much for me.

@ Bret: many, many thanks. And yes, this crazyness the all of us know don´t we?

Will update this thread now and then.

Best regards, Verena

Thanks for the link Verena, it was a good way to see some of your palms all together at the same time. Your Areca triandra looks superb, I wish it will produce flowers soon as its fragrance is simply magical. I love Arecaaaaas...

Edited May 29, 201214 yr by Sebastian Bano

A very impressive collection.

Your palms look fantastic! Are you alone with your addiction, or have friends & neighbors caught on? You'll know when your triandra blooms, really lemony.

No idea what happens with this palm ... but it is been growing for about one year, without a break.

Is such a permanent flowering normal? Guess it could mean a lot of stress for the plan, couldn´t it?

Looks pretty well but I have no option to change that:

Pics have been made from all 4 directions:

PS: seeds of the L. insigne will be shipped to me in early summer. And: yes, with all of my courage of despair I have contacted Dr. Lorenzi in terms to L. itapebiensis. I am very anxious if he responds. 8)

My self-germinated Cocos nucifera (Golden Malayan Dwarf)

Dear all,

my first self-germinated Cocos nucifera sp. Golden Malayan Dwarf is nearly one year old. It´s unbelievable status you can see in the pics below.

A further coconut of the same species arrived at 16 March, 2013 and has been putted into a germination bag on 22 March, 2013. Germination? Yesterday or today, after just 6 weeks.

Life is beautiful. And to all who try to grow a coconut palm in Europe (especially in Germany): YES, it works. With some efforts anything is possible.

A new star is born:

Potted in:

In comparision with it´s one year older sibling:

Birthday, exactly one year old

In about 2 weeks I will try to germinate a C. nucifera sp. Samoan dwarf

Looking at the surrounding landscape old memories come in to my mind. It is a miracle that your palms have not died yet from damping-off, maybe you use artificial lighting during winter? Or it is the selected spss, which are hardier? (not necessarily cold hardier). Anyway it remains to see whether after nutrients in endosperm are exhausted (for those palms which are sill seedlings), same palms are capable of feeding themselves during winter.

Good work, Verena. Let's hope we can see an update in another 12 months!

Beautiful palms ! How long your coconuts have been germinating ? I have one coconut in germination bag since May but still nothing

Time to take it out of the bag and have a closer look. Most likely rotted out by now...

Time to take it out of the bag and have a closer look. Most likely rotted out by now...

It is still ok it looks fresh and viable.

Dear all,

time goes by, and now and then some palms do not make it here in Germany. Especially after dark and cold winters I have to say Good bye to 3 - 6 plants.

Well, the Golden Malayan dwarf coconuts had the challenge to survive their first untypical winter. What shall I say ... THEY DID IT. Okay, some sings of hard times you may observe but the are alive, and this is what counts.

See Acanathophoenix rubra, crinita and rousselli (which are the dry ones, they have the most problems to survive, but they´re fighting and will survive, I know it), together with the coconuts. Last pictures are photos of my kitchen window where some palms have to be moved as they can arrange better with the Eastern side. Acanthos require more light than expected, especially the crinita and the rousselli. Meanwhile I know this and can avoid their dieback in combination with taking care of less water than other palms need.

A. crinita

The palms in the kitchen are Areca catechu, 4 Lytocaryum hoehnei, Albertos very special Lyto and a Howea belmoreana. When I bought it, it was of 15 cm and a seedling.

Best

Verena

The younger Coconut Golden Malayan

And her older sister:

Areca catechu:

Howea belmoreana:

And 2 pics of 2 of 4 L. hoehnei:

And Alberto´s sensational hybrid.

And here the giant nut of the Samoan coconut. Gosh, what a colossus.

Currently I try to germinate the nut and hope for success.