A shot from my rainforest

[Mandrew968]

A fairly recent shot of part of my front yard. Anyone wanna try to guess some of the species?

[Mandrew968]

A couple more shots of my rainforest section.

[doranakandawatta]

Hello Andrew,

Your rain forest looks good! c

Can you show us more pics?

What is the very little one in front on pic "front2" a Licuala seedling?

Is the strong palm middle of the first pic a B. condapanna? nice Licuala on this pic.

Pinanga coronata on "front2"?

[Mandrew968]

It probably needs it's own thread, but for now I will debut it under this one. I planted this palm just before Mother's Day.

[doranakandawatta]

Nephrosperma ???? nice young plant

[Stevetoad]

looking great! im a huge fan of the dense plantings. one day my whole yard will look like just one huge clumping palm. loving those licualas too!

[Mandrew968]

Nephrosperma ???? nice young plant

I don't have any Seychelles palms in my yard...

[Stevetoad]

last one is acanthophoenix rubra

[Mandrew968]

Steve knows his palms! Question: would you have known that answer, 2 years ago--before Palmtalk?

[Mandrew968]

Hello Andrew,

Your rain forest looks good! c

Can you show us more pics?

What is the very little one in front on pic "front2" a Licuala seedling?

Is the strong palm middle of the first pic a B. condapanna? nice Licuala on this pic.

Pinanga coronata on "front2"?

The little seedling is a Licuala orbicularis, so great guess. My Condapannas are at my father's place and in full sun. Spot on with the Pinanga coronata ID.

[Stevetoad]

Steve knows his palms! Question: would you have known that answer, 2 years ago--before Palmtalk?

i seriously doubt it

[LJG]

Nice work Andrew. Your garden has come a long way. Also nice use of a pot to point out that is not a weed.

[Mandrew968]

The containers are there more so to keep feet from getting them. The ceramic one in this shot is protecting my sp. pre pak pak.

[Mandrew968]

Here is a good one to guess on. Advantage goes to Len...

[LJG]

Here is a good one to guess on. Advantage goes to Len...

Not many of those growing in FL I bet.

[Stevetoad]

ill take a guess but dont want to ruin it for anyone else. are its initials C.A?

[LJG]

ill take a guess but dont want to ruin it for anyone else. are its initials C.A?

That was my guess.

[dan.vagnoni]

ill take a guess but dont want to ruin it for anyone else. are its initials C.A?

That was my guess.

ill take a guess but dont want to ruin it for anyone else. are its initials C.A?

That was my guess.

Same

[Kennybenjamin]

I think the strong plant in photo 1 is C. houailou, with a large L. Grandis to the left and what looks to be Calyptrocalyx albertsiana to the back ish right?? I have no idea on the smaller palm in the front centre though or which licuala sp. are present..... Maybe L. ramsayii on the left?

I would also guess the palm is post 14 has C.A as its initials.

Your gardens are looking V. nice!!

[Mandrew968]

I think the strong plant in photo 1 is C. houailou, with a large L. Grandis to the left and what looks to be Calyptrocalyx albertsiana to the back ish right?? I have no idea on the smaller palm in the front centre though or which licuala sp. are present..... Maybe L. ramsayii on the left?

I would also guess the palm is post 14 has C.A as its initials.

Your gardens are looking V. nice!!

Kenny--did not see a guess you got wrong. The initials are correct and Steve is not letting me down either. I will get some more photos up soon, guys.

[Mandrew968]

Views from the sidewalk.

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[richnorm]

Not a very hard guessing game when the pics are labelled with a huge clue! Keep 'em coming though.

[Cindy Adair]

Great palms artistically placed and beautifully grown!

[Kim]

Nice photos, garden is looking good! It's going to be quite a jungle before long!

[Mandrew968]

Here is one of my favorites, next to the stone bench.

[Mandrew968]

Here is another easy one.

[quaman58]

Great garden & pictures Andrew. So I have to ask: where did your A. rubra come from?

[Mandrew968]

It came from a good friend, and he got it from Reunion(not sure they still send them, but they were defoliated and barerooted--poor survival rate).

[dan.vagnoni]

Ellis Brown at Redlands has a nice crop of A. rubra and A. Crinita coming up. Maybe he got the seeds at a similar time?

Edited May 20, 2013 by dan.vagnoni

[Mandrew968]

No, those came from Hawaii.

[Mandrew968]

I tried to remove the old leaf but it's not ready yet.

[Mandrew968]

Here is a photo of my two Chamaedorea tuerckheimii. The one in the foreground is the female and the one behind it is a male. They are nestled in between a deckeriana and a brachypoda. The neat little palm to the left of them is a Calyptrocalyx julianettii.

[Mandrew968]

Beccariophoenix alfredii

[cobra2326]

Mandrew,

How long has the P. phillipinensis been in the ground for you? Mine came out of hawaii looking super colorful like that, but have slowly lost their color. I can't figure out it if's light or temperature.

[Mandrew968]

Gosh, I would have to say almost 2 years if not that long. I have a couple others in the nursery--I think they go through stages of color like a Satakentia crownshaft--sometimes you catch it with that great reddish purple, and other times it's just greenish brown.

[cobra2326]

Thanks! I've had mine for just about a year now, and it's probably only lost a single leaf. I'll keep an eye out once a leaf falls off.

It looks like yours is in very deep shade, which may play a factor too.

[Mandrew968]

Shade, yes--most if not all Pinangas need it. It's not very deep though--you can read next to it

[Mandrew968]

The sidewalk in my front yard makes for a nice rainforest path. In 2010, there was not a single palm in my yard.

[Mandrew968]

On the sidewalk, looking at my front yard.

[Mandrew968]

Some things you might see in the rainforest: a Licuala sallehana with an adult southern ring necked snake guarding it.