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Check out the Stealth on my dead Silk Floss

BeerPlant

By BeerPlant
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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I thought the spikes didnt look right to me......

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Bill

Zone 9A - West Central Florida in Valrico

East of Brandon and Tampa

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paulgila Grand Master

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wow did that moth eat the whole tree?

:mrlooney:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Stealthy :rolleyes: What happened to your silk floss, the cold? If so, what temp got her?

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Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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Stealthy rolleyes.gif What happened to your silk floss, the cold? If so, what temp got her?

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My Silk Floss, about half that size, was all but killed by 3 nights near 20 degrees. Technically it did survive, but would have been so scarred and ugly, that any real health was beyond any reasonable recovery. I backed the truck up, pulled out my tow strap, hitched to the tree and trailor hitch and off I went. It is my favorite method of tree removal, lol.

One word of caution. Never try this method on a palm. I tried it with a relatively small P. robellini. Thank god the strap broke, otherwise I might have lost the rear bumper.

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Stealthy :rolleyes: What happened to your silk floss, the cold? If so, what temp got her?

Matt

All of them in our area saw some pretty good damage but all recovered. It was a fungus that got it. I have another one waiting in the wings to be planted so I figured I would replant in a different spot. I had this one near a water source and man that thing grew like a bamboo - it made me too nervous that it would get too big in the spot that I planted it. More room for palms now.

Bill

Zone 9A - West Central Florida in Valrico

East of Brandon and Tampa

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Great, thank you for the information Kieth and Bill, looks like they have a chance at my place.

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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freakypalmguy,

Also to note we an absolutely huge one near us, I can only guess but it has to be more then 20 years old but I think I am being conservative and its near an area that may have seen colder temperatures then I saw. It was damaged but recovering nicely and it puts on the biggest bloom display in the area (I never got pictures though).

Bill

Zone 9A - West Central Florida in Valrico

East of Brandon and Tampa

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Hmm.

Looks like a sphinx moth of some kind. (Hornworm caterpillar . .. .)

Chorisias are cool, but, like Hai Karate aftershave, you need to be careful how you use them.

They can get really huge, to 100 feet (33 m) or more, with trunks to 6 feet (2 m) thick, and all of those spines. Plus, they have massive surface roots.

But oh! Those flowers, for months on end, like a huge cloud of pink hibiscus blossoms filling the sky . . .

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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