How Bout a 'Color' thread?

[colin Peters]

Little bit of seasonal C. hookeri red, adorning the mailbox.  Starting to fade a bit after a few days. Valley shot with Pritchardia bakeri habitat in back left.

aloha 

Colin

[Tracy]

On 12/28/2017, 4:55:43, colin Peters said:

Great to see the habitat!  I'm going to give my little seedling of P bakeri a try here in Leucadia (thank you Matt & Colin).  My color contribution is my Dypsis heteromorpha captured right at the golden hour of light in sunset; a closeup to show off the fuzzy color against the green leaves.

[Jan Jo]

Archontophoenix Alexandrae var. Chocolate?

I've had these palms for a few years, but I'm sure it's the first time the crownshaft has gone this weird intense chocolate brown colour (not its usual decayed leaf base colour), the other side of the crownshaft (which doesn't get any sun on it) is the usual green... nothing to worry about, I imagine/hope? 

J

Edited January 7, 2018 by Jan Jo

[Steve Mac]

This is a little Dypsis decaryi that I rescued from a footpath where it had self sown in full sun.

It was stunted but has recovered very well.

The old photo bombing cat does not add scale but distorts it and makes the plant look much bigger than it actually is.

[Matt in OC]

On 1/7/2018, 9:21:19, Jan Jo said:

Archontophoenix Alexandrae var. Chocolate?

I've had these palms for a few years, but I'm sure it's the first time the crownshaft has gone this weird intense chocolate brown colour (not its usual decayed leaf base colour), the other side of the crownshaft (which doesn't get any sun on it) is the usual green... nothing to worry about, I imagine/hope? 

J

Looks like some sun burn to me.

[atlantisrising]

Some color from Key Largo, it was cloudy this morning, great for taking photos.

[realarch]

Nice photos of some great color......thanks Stephan.

Tim

[Steve Mac]

I'm a bit reluctant to add my humble offering after the previous fare but not it won't last I expect it to all go green soon.

I just stripped off all of the old dead boots from our Cyphoenix nucele.

It is much better, there is never anything good under there just bad bugs.

[realarch]

Out scouting around the garden and snapped a few photos. 

Aroids and bromeliads.

Cacao fruit. 

[realarch]

Dictocaryum and some broms. 

 

[realarch]

Couple more, Iguanura wallichiana var. major and a Calyptrocalyx sp. I think it has some 'kainlas' in it, but not definitive. 

[dmc]

Leucothrinax morrissii 

[steve99]

Dypsis sp "Mahajanga"

 

[Steve Mac]

Here's a little Bizzy in a pot,

and if brown counts as a colour (I don't think so) a little Dypsis bought as 'pink crownshaft'. I was very disappointed , no pink there or the crownshaft.

 

 

[Hillizard]

My Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. 'hookeri' just moved outdoors... and soon to be in-ground... now that there's a break in the rainy weather. I intend to use the shade from a Brachychiton discolor to protect it from the worst of the summer sun here.

[Palm crazy]

Your shady garden looks so lush. Love gardens like this. Something to expire too. 

Edited April 8, 2018 by Palm crazy

[palmad Merc]

My flame amongst other colour

[Hillizard]

18 hours ago, Palm crazy said:

Your shady garden looks so lush. Love gardens like this. Something to expire too. 

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Palm Crazy: I sincerely hope that's a garden you ASPIRE to, instead of expire to. No garden is worth dying for!

 

[realarch]

39 minutes ago, Hillizard said:

 

Yeah, I got a chuckle out of of that too, although I would have no problems ‘expiring’ in that part of the garden.

Great photos everyone, keep em coming.

Tim

[realarch]

Couldn't help myself.......a couple more.

#1 is a Heterospathe, which one is still a mystery.

#2, the ole C. macrocarpa 'hookeri' which is still just as spectacular as ever. Photo from the second floor lanai. 

Tim

[Palm crazy]

10 hours ago, Hillizard said:

 

 "not worth dying for"... LOL!    Darn spell check! Thanks! 

[Hillizard]

Just got my Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. 'hookeri' into the ground before the rains expected later today. Since this is likely one of the few of this genus/species planted outdoors in inland NorCal, it's an experiment both in terms of summer sun and winter cold. It does get some overhead, tree canopy protection, so that may help both issues. In the background are Sagos and a small Caesalpinia mexicana.

[Ztorch]

Some of the nice color I have around my yard!

[Matt in OC]

New hookeri leaf this morning!

[Pal Meir]

An exceptionally  colourful vivid orangy brown  stem segment of a 4 years old L insigne:

[Josue Diaz]

I love the color of new fronds on my bismarkia.

[GottmitAlex]

I personally like the color contrast of the leaves on my golden malayan dwarf coconut.

[pj_orlando_z9b]

[GottmitAlex]

B alfredii with its new spear opening up. 

Showing a purple/green rachis. 

 

 

[pj_orlando_z9b]

29 minutes ago, GottmitAlex said:

B alfredii with its new spear opening up. 

Showing a purple/green rachis. 

 

 

Is that normal for your palm? Mine doesn't seem to show that feature. 

[pj_orlando_z9b]

I almost forgot I had a pic of this variegated Fishtail palm. Very cool. 

[GottmitAlex]

25 minutes ago, pj_orlando_z9b said:

Is that normal for your palm? Mine doesn't seem to show that feature. 

I have read some B. alfredii have purple petiole and rachis. But the color , at least on the rachis, fades back to green after a certain time/age. 

The petiole on my alfredii (planted, shown in the pic) have a purple haze. Here again, from what I have read, it's normal. And some alfredii present thus coloration. I have 20 others in pots and only 2 of them have the purple. The rest are coconut green.

ETA:

As a curious bit of info: all the alfies I received from floribunda, are all green. Beautiful, exquisite specimens to be sure.

The ones I have with the purple coloration are from Joe Palma. 

Edited May 23, 2018 by GottmitAlex

[Jan Jo]

Hi!

My two outdoor Chambeyronias seemed to agree to open their new leaves on the same morning, I couldn't resist taking a couple of photos, hope you like them

Cheers,

J

Edited May 27, 2018 by Jan Jo

[Pal Meir]

Female flower buds:

[dmc]

[Tracy]

A very slow growing Dypsis onilahensis solitary.  I'm guessing I've had it about 8 years, and while it has rings, they are tightly spaced.  Like the contrast of the white trunk and that chocolate colored lower rachis.

[Monòver]

A red color only seen every 9 months. Actinokentia new leave.

 

[Matt in OC]

Dypsis marojejyi new leaf. 

[Tracy]

11 minutes ago, Matt in OC said:

Dypsis marojejyi new leaf. 

Very nice!  Wish I had been able to keep one of mine alive!  They are small, so maybe someday I'll try again!

[colin Peters]

Little bit of Dypsis ovobontsira color. Starting to put out larger leaves. Hope this is keyed out correctly, but got it from Floribunda, so 

gona go with Jeff's Id. Didn't know D. ovo had a reddish new leaf.