More pictures and comments about our first post

[LilikoiLee]

First of all, I would like to apologize to the person who inquired about the white plants in our 1^st post. When I went back to do so I could not find the post. Perhaps it was part of another post and I missed it. Sorry that all I can tell you that it is a bromeliad. The bluish white glaucous coating is beautiful but clumps up a bit when water hits
it, but it is not visible from a distance and goes away eventually.

We had better light today so Mike took a few more pictures of the same garden he photographed two days ago. They‘re from a different location in the garden so you will see some of the palms that were not visible in our earlier post. Also, I forget to mention the presence of the dwarf Areca catechu and the Dypsis lanceolate. I’m pressed for time tonight but if anyone needs identification of the individual palms, post it or send me an email at LilikoiLee@gmail.com.

I hope someone can help me with the problem with our Clinostigma samoense. The crown shafts are pathetically thin. I’ve seen other skinny crownshafts around Kona (sometimes next to robust ones) Water? Fertilizer? or something else.

Lee

[Pedro 65]

Lovely pics again Lee, sorry I can't help you with the Clinostigma problem, sure the Hawaii boys will help you out there.

Lee, I would Love to see the Triple Pinanga maculates you planted back in 09.

Again, hope you don't mind but heres you after the plant out of the maculata's and a full busy day in the garden.

Pete

[doranakandawatta]

Lee,

Many thanks for posting these lovely pics, your garden seems to be wonderful

I hope our in Doranakanda can look ilke yours in few years.

Is it Livistona fulva in pic white garden-3?

Kindest regards

Philippe

[LilikoiLee]

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Lovely pics again Lee, sorry I can't help you with the Clinostigma problem, sure the Hawaii boys will help you out there.

Lee, I would Love to see the Triple Pinanga maculates you planted back in 09.

Again, hope you don't mind but heres you after the plant out of the maculata's and a full busy day in the garden.

Pete

Oh dear - the maculata area is a total DISASTER. Give me a couple of days to clean it up and we'll post it again. It was wonderful to see that picture - which I had totally forgotten. Did you remember, or did you look it up my old posts? I don't remember how many posts I made back then but I hope there are more. It would be fun for Mike and I to go back and look at them on line. Back when he was almost a child he was a professional photographer. He must have been much better organized then because now he can't find anything in the thousands of pics he's taken since we met

He likes the creative part of photography and not the organizational stuff! Lee

[realarch]

That hillside looks beautiful and will get only more impressive as time goes by. The only thing I can think of about your Clinostigma is

you can't give these things enough water.

Tim

[LilikoiLee]

Lee,

Many thanks for posting these lovely pics, your garden seems to be wonderful

I hope our in Doranakanda can look ilke yours in few years.

Is it Livistona fulva in pic white garden-3?

Kindest regards

Philippe

Thanks, Philppe. I laugh at myself now. About mid 2009 I saw three fan palms in one of 'big box stores' and bought three. Our garden was only cleared in a couple of places but I found what I thought was a good spot on the border between our property and a neighbors. She is a total non-gardener so was happy to let us plant something there.. It turned out that the large and tenacious roots from an Autogaph tree were buried just below the soil and there wasn't much of that. However, my wonderful husband was not detered and was able to put did three shallow holes in which to plant the cute little fan palms. It wasn't until a couple years later that I learned they were livistona and loved sun. Shade is at an enormous premium here, but oh boy, do we have sun! Whever I see them I think about all of the shade loving palms we could have put there. The only thing we could do to remove them is cut them down which in not an option Mike would ever consider.

The palms have somehow survived despite the lack of soil and sun. I've only fertilized them once in the last 4 years,

[Pedro 65]

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Lovely pics again Lee, sorry I can't help you with the Clinostigma problem, sure the Hawaii boys will help you out there.

Lee, I would Love to see the Triple Pinanga maculates you planted back in 09.

Again, hope you don't mind but heres you after the plant out of the maculata's and a full busy day in the garden.

Pete

Oh dear - the maculata area is a total DISASTER. Give me a couple of days to clean it up and we'll post it again. It was wonderful to see that picture - which I had totally forgotten. Did you remember, or did you look it up my old posts? I don't remember how many posts I made back then but I hope there are more. It would be fun for Mike and I to go back and look at them on line. Back when he was almost a child he was a professional photographer. He must have been much better organized then because now he can't find anything in the thousands of pics he's taken since we met

He likes the creative part of photography and not the organizational stuff! Lee

Plenty of time Lee, glad to hear they are still alive. I actually found the pics online when I was searching Pinanga maculata, around a good 3 or 4 yrs ago when I hadn't even heard of PalmTalk, I was hunting so madly for them and when I saw your thread I thought wow, "Lucky you", 3 Maculata's and I can't find 1 and yes I did remember that thread, how could I forget your joy. Pete