my garden mid winter

[peachy]

The solstice is nearly here so I thought it high time to take some pix of the garden to show the doubters how my place holds up after a few 0c nights. Henrietta has had ice on the windows a few mornings so far but nothing in the garden has been touched even in the exposed areas. Beware the easily shocked....some nude photos of Ralf are also posted.

And away we go..........

Not a palm but a nameless brom attached to a palm

Here's my Poxy holding up well in the cold this year.

This coconut's 2nd winter here with no signs of damage.

Chuniophoenix hainanensis romping it through the chill

Laughing at the temperatures here is a Dieffenbachia camouflage

Single form Dypsis pembana powering along

New to the family is this Dypsis sp highland red.

Another bubba, Dypsis sp vatovavy blue. (it looks more blue in person...trust me)

Naturally Mr Hedyscepe is thriving in the cool temps this season and growing rapidly

Huntley-Albert is furious at being woken up from his snooze.

New to the household is this Hydriastele elata that seems to take the cold in its stride.

In desperate need of planting, Licuala elegans.

Okay enough with the photos I need my 23 hours of sleep today.

Needing a bit of sun, my poor Livistona decora will have to grow more to find some.

Also doing well despite the cold is this golden malay dwarf coconut.

Another newbie, Normanbya normanbyii

As promised, Ralf goes nude.

Here is a Pritchardia remota still growing inspite of the season. What a little toughie.

While on the pritchies, a big pooh pooh to everyone who said thurstonii wouldnt survive here. This is his 2nd winter so far.

Slow but steady is this Syagrus schizophylla who remains unfazed by anything my climate throws at it.

An usual hybrid is this Veitchia X Carpentaria that got quite spotty last winter but this year is doing fine.

A recent arrival but still handling the cold is my Ptychosperma caryotoides.

And last of all for you kinky types another nudie pic of Ralf.

That's your lot for this winter.

a Pooped Peachy.

[LJG]

New to the family is this Dypsis sp highland red.

Hi Peachy,

Whats the story with this? Where did it come from?

[peachy]

Len they have been flogging these for a while here. Nobody knows much about them, apart from the fact they are much cold hardier than a normal redneck and come from somewhere up high. I think Clayton York from Utopia was the original source of these but dont quote me.

Peachy

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Garden is looking good peachy very lush .

0c hey i haven't had any nights below 5 c so far !

How come all you Queensland residents never plant out your Hedyscepe 's they are quicker in the ground !

[peachy]

Well I might move one day and as it took me years to find I want to take it with me.

Peachy

[Dr. George]

Thanks, Peachy. Love the tour (and the critters).

Glad you got the hang of uploading and attaching photos.

gmp

[Patricia-CR]

Looking good! Ralf is adorable too.

[Stevetoad]

looking good peachy!!!

[DoomsDave]

Ah, finally, some pics from the Peach, darlink . . .

Ice on Henrietta? I thought it never got cold there, oh, well, whaddoIknow?

[Tropicgardener]

Looking great Peachy, I see the temps have dipped a bit in Ipswich in the past few nights. I was down in Brisbane last week to see my Dad in hospital and went to PFB and caught up with Grant.

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Everything looks great Peachy. Nice palm collection!

I used to have one of those Dypsis sp. highland red's. I was hoping it would turn out to be something cool, but I lost it a couple years ago. It grew great for a while and then contracted some kind of funk and died. That always seems to happen when I have only one of something. I need to remember to always buy at least two so I have a backup.

[Palm crazy]

I like the jungle look in your garden. Excellent! Ralf looks awesome.

[BS Man about Palms]

Curious about that highland red too...

"kinda" looks like big red..

LUV the photo updates Peachy! More anytime!

[peachy]

Thanks people, yes I finally got the hang of posting photos I hope. Now I have to learn how to take better ones. It's a bit hard when the place is as overgrown as my urban jungle is. Dave it gets down to 0c and even below that at times.

Photo savvy Peachy

[Kennybenjamin]

For some reason i have an overwhelming feeling to acknowledge your fine work here Peachy?!?!

Great work with the palm choices and growing and also great work with the photo uploads!! I know you have more there though!!

If your interested your unnamed brom in photo 1 is Aechmea "freckles".

It seems there is some interest in your redneck / teddy bear type palm, I know it as just Dypsis sp. "new redneck", give me a few days and I should be able to come up with some more info about it, I have some correspondence between the source of these and Mr John Dransfield somewhere.

[LJG]

It seems there is some interest in your redneck / teddy bear type palm, I know it as just Dypsis sp. "new redneck", give me a few days and I should be able to come up with some more info about it, I have some correspondence between the source of these and Mr John Dransfield somewhere.

My guess is the source is Bill Beattie and the name is Dypsis sp Dwarf Redneck. I have two in my greenhouse from seed sent to Gary Levine from Bill. It looks just like this palm Peachy has. As Bill Sanford pointed out it has a similar look to another redneck palm going around here called "big red". Let me know what you find and as I am curious to confirm or find out something new.

[peachy]

Well I bow to your knowledge Ben about my achmea, after all you sold it to me I am surprised how much interest my little highland red has sparked off, I thought my ptychosperma would have attracted all the interest but nobody has even noticed it. I did make a real boo boo in the posting however that nobody else has picked up on. My proudly standing D. pembana is actually D. lucubensis......eeek. I cant even say it was a blonde moment because I am a red head this week. Down to just under 0 last night and everything was still hale and hearty this morning

Peachy

[Kennybenjamin]

It seems there is some interest in your redneck / teddy bear type palm, I know it as just Dypsis sp. "new redneck", give me a few days and I should be able to come up with some more info about it, I have some correspondence between the source of these and Mr John Dransfield somewhere.

My guess is the source is Bill Beattie and the name is Dypsis sp Dwarf Redneck. I have two in my greenhouse from seed sent to Gary Levine from Bill. It looks just like this palm Peachy has. As Bill Sanford pointed out it has a similar look to another redneck palm going around here called "big red". Let me know what you find and as I am curious to confirm or find out something new.

Len, I think it's a fair assumption that the palm in question is what you think it is. I do believe that Bill B brought these into our country and from what I understand he believes it to be "an early dwarf from" of D. Leptocheilos. Apparently the seed was collected at / near Mandritsara (elevation 322 meters or 1056 ft above sea level), has a spectacular early inflorescence and has ovate fruit at least twice the size of the largest D. Lastelliana.

My observations are that the palm displays a nice red spear and has quite cupped leaflets similar to D. Lanceolata?

Sorry Peachy..... Not meaning to steal your thread...... More photos would no doubt get us talking about something different

[peachy]

It's not thread hijacking, its all about learning and getting info out there. I class thread hijacking as when someone starts off with something totally irrelevant to the topic. Naturally I think everyone should hang on every syllable that drops from my perfectly formed lips but there is always some leeway. I want to know how dwarf it will be. I dont want to bust a valve digging a hole only to get a piddly little thing a metre high. :0 So Ben dearie, I forgive you.....this time.

Peachy

[Peter Pacific]

Hello Peachy,

What a great post on many levels: your collection of palms is wonderful, very different than my own and that's always great to see; Ralf is very sexy; and I'm glad that you got the swing of posting with pictures! I know I don't have to say keep us updated as your beautiful garden grows.

Peter

[hanapalms]

Beautiful collection Peachy, I know there's more. Love the jungle appearance; must be a blessing in an urban setting. I am surprised that your P. thurstonii looks so well I was under the impression that it was quite cold sensitive.

Aloha

[peachy]

Thanks Peter and Bill. Peter, I envy your garden with all those tall coconuts. I wish mine would hurry up and grow a bit more but they are just moderately paced in my climate. Bill, you know how much I love Pritchardias and those seeds from you grew into lovely seedlings which I have shared around with a few other people. Yes the thurstonii was a big surprise, just one of those things I bought to give it a go and see what happened. I will be planting it in spring.

Peachy.

[NApalm]

It seems there is some interest in your redneck / teddy bear type palm, I know it as just Dypsis sp. "new redneck", give me a few days and I should be able to come up with some more info about it, I have some correspondence between the source of these and Mr John Dransfield somewhere.

My guess is the source is Bill Beattie and the name is Dypsis sp Dwarf Redneck. I have two in my greenhouse from seed sent to Gary Levine from Bill. It looks just like this palm Peachy has. As Bill Sanford pointed out it has a similar look to another redneck palm going around here called "big red". Let me know what you find and as I am curious to confirm or find out something new.

Len, I think it's a fair assumption that the palm in question is what you think it is. I do believe that Bill B brought these into our country and from what I understand he believes it to be "an early dwarf from" of D. Leptocheilos. Apparently the seed was collected at / near Mandritsara (elevation 322 meters or 1056 ft above sea level), has a spectacular early inflorescence and has ovate fruit at least twice the size of the largest D. Lastelliana.

My observations are that the palm displays a nice red spear and has quite cupped leaflets similar to D. Lanceolata?

Sorry Peachy..... Not meaning to steal your thread...... More photos would no doubt get us talking about something different

Hmm, Len (or anyone else), do you have any pics of larger specimens of these?