I haven't done much in the yard this year because of work, but after doing a bit of clean-up I realized I had several large pukas (holes) near the driveway I had put in earlier this year.  Between those pukas and some pukas in a recently-cleaned bed area, I decided to head over to Floribunda and see what Jeff had that was way too big to send in the mail to the mainland.  The list:

• Cyphophoenix elegans - 25g
• Dypsis prestoniana - 15g
• Caryota kiriwongensis - 15g
• Beccariophoenix alfredii - 15g
• Beccariophoenix fenestralis - 15g
• Clinostigma savoryanum - 15g
• Dypsis lastelliana - 15g
• Arenga undulatifolia - 10g
• Carpoxylon macrospermum - 15g (x2)
• Areca vestiara - 5g
• Pholidocarpus macrocarpus - 10g
• Euterpe oleracea - 5g (x3)

When I came back the next day with my friend Kevin and his truck (and trailer), the palms all looked substantially bigger than when I had picked them out.  But we got everything loaded, and back to Pahoa in one piece.  This is where - Kim, take note of this for planning purposes - the new driveway REALLY came in handy, as Kevin drove the truck and trailer up the road and we offloaded the palms one at a time, taking them straight from the truck into the puka.  All that was left to do was drag dozens and dozens of large wheelbarrows full of fill dirt, which wasn't too bad, also because of all the paths in place.

Without further adieu, here are photos of the new stuff, plus some shots of the pre-existing plants:

Ficus dammaropsis and Areca catechu 'Dwarf'

Kerriodoxas (near) and various Pritchardias (at bottom of hill)

Cool orchid that isn't really this blue, but more purplish-blue

Synchronized Pinanga caesia 'Red' (the third one is making a comeback from a near-death experience)

Dypsis carlsmithii, Dypsis onilahensis, and Verschafeltii splendida

More soon to come...

The twins, Satakentia liukiuensis and Carpoxylon macrospermum, which have grown side by side at the same rate since January 2011

Marojejya darianii

Pinanga caesia 'Red'

Banyan tree and Kerriodoxas

Areca macrocalyx on left, Dictyocaryum lamarckianum on right

Dypsis tokoravina

Bentinckia condopanna

Wettinia hirsuta, which actually is this blue

Eucalyptus deglupta

Arenga undulatifolia

Do you have dengue there?  We do around here and the ame mosquito transmits two other viruses , zika attacked fetuses causing stunted skull size.  Since the mosquito is a domestic pest found mostly in homes any standing water needs to be eliminated.,

dk

Justin, you're joking about the Dengue, right?

Great palms! Might be worth the risk if you're not joking . .. .

 

Dombeya cacuminum flower (these usually bloom around February in SoCal, but December here)

Pholidocarpus macrocarpus

Some bitchin' Philodendron species (thanks Dean!)

 

Not joking about Dengue.  There's been an outbreak here the last month, which surprisingly no one really knows about.  160+ infected.  This will seem less funny if I did in fact contract Dengue yesterday, as I was bit twice despite my best efforts with covering up and spraying.

Some awesome plants there!

Good thing you have that weather station to monitor the wild 5-degree temperature swings you get there.  

The weather station, sadly, cannot withstand the weather, so thankfully there's now someone a couple blocks over who has installed one.  I don't care about the temperature, but check it (checked it) to see how much it was raining to get an idea on how well my new plantings were doing.

Deckenia nobilis, just waiting for it to outgrow its thorns

Heliconia stricta x orthotricha 'Oriole Orange'

Dypsis marojejya

Physokentia insolita, with almost enough stilt roots that I can stop worrying about it

Anthurium veitchii 'King'

Hydiastele beguinii; I wasn't sold on this one, but now I am a fan

Newly planted Carpoxylon

Dypsis baronii from far

Up close

Twin Areca macrocalyx

Newly planted Dypsis prestoniana

Ceiba pentandra, which is twice as tall as in August

Newly planted Beccariophoenix fenestralis

Newly planted Dypsis lastelliana

The other newly planted Carpoxylon

Newly planted Clinostigma savoryanum, with giant crack behind and to the right; hopefully there is sufficient space for the roots to go

Wercklea ferox

Up close of the Wercklea flower

Steepest part of the new driveway, with no issues from the truck and trailer

Almost done here.  Newly planted Beccariophoenix alfredii

Newly planted Cyphophoenix elegans (flower not pictured, it is on opposite side)

Caryota kiriwongensis

Euterpe oleracea x3 (trust me that the other two are directly behind, and behind/right)

Cyrtostachys renda, ponytail palms, and scale model of Big Island in black cinder

And, finally, Dendrocalamus giganteus starting to look giganteus after just two years in the ground from a 5 gallon

Already spotted two errors.  In the last picture on the first post, that's a Phoenicophorium, not a Verschafeltii (I always mix those two up), and Dypsis albofarinosa, not Dypsis onilahensis.  That reminds me, I should get some Dypsis onilahensis...

Very nice, Justin - and good scores from Jeff! - gmp

Wow, you aren't wasting any time, Justin!  I do envy your paths, I really do.

Things are growing like crazy, looking really fine!

Still have that big bad Banyan I see!

 

Congrats Justin on your garden, terrific garden pics,very jealous of your red caesia, look forward to future pics  

 

Paul 

13 hours ago, Justin said:

Not joking about Dengue.  There's been an outbreak here the last month, which surprisingly no one really knows about.  160+ infected.  This will seem less funny if I did in fact contract Dengue yesterday, as I was bit twice despite my best efforts with covering up and spraying.

BTW Justin your garden looks great.  I would only worry about mosquito bites if they are from the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.  This mosquito also transmits yellow fever which is endemic but very very rare in Amazonia, and new infestations of  Chikungunya  and Zika viruses.  There are 4 types of dengue.  And, when they becoming hemorrhaging type it can be fatal.  In Amazonas state 2013 there were over 13,000 cases of dengue.  This year the number dropped greatly to a little over 2000 cases.  The dengue mosquito is closely associated with household water, even a bottle top with water is a good place for them to breed.  Brazil has a very big problem with this mosquito.  In 2014 there were over 500,000 cases of dengue in Brazil.  I hope that in Hawaii it stays under control.  It is a very unpleasant disease.  

Wow!  Nice stuff there, tropical species for sure.   I like how you have placed some as "feature" specimens and others are massed together. 

Thanks Carl.  I've been very cognizant of the various prominent corners and intersections, putting the most striking stuff in those places.  There are still a couple of open spots, and a couple of items on my wishlist.

Wow Justin, a VERY impressive haul from Floribunda!  And all your current palms (and other plants) look spectacular!  I know it must be lots of fun and very satisfying every time you come back and see all the new growth!

Bo-Göran

Found one more good shot of the Cyphophoenix elegans, seed pod and all.

 

WoW!  Thanks for posting all those photos!  You are well on your way to a killer garden!!