Show us your Philos!!!!

[junglegalfla]

Jeff,

Yours looks like it could be Prince of Orange but there is one sold as 'Autumn' that looks quite similar too. Those other pics are gorgeous! I'd love to be able to grow more phils...BUT yesterday I had even more shade taken out (sea grape)

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Bren,  Did you finally take out the sea grape altogether?  Or did you have it trimmed?  In no time at all your palms will provide the canopy you are looking for!

[junglegalfla]

Just trimmed...REALLY REALLY trimmed! Don't want to get too off topic but I'm headed down to Rusty's place on Pine Island this weekend to pick up a few palms for that newest planting area. Finally will be getting my favorite...coccothrinax crinita!  

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Good score Bren!  I love C crinita too!

[metalfan]

Bren,

post us a photo when you get it!!!!!

[Gbarce]

Black Cardinal

[Gbarce]

Prince of Orange

[Gbarce]

Close up of new leaf

[Gbarce]

Can somebody ID?  I don;t know what it is but it gets big

[Gbarce]

Can someone ID?

[Gbarce]

Nice fat petioles

[Gbarce]

nice big leaves!!!  Me for scale -I am 5'7"

[aussiearoids]

maybe gloriosa x melanochrysum ?

this cross was done here in Cairns over 30 years ago .

[Gbarce]

sure looks like it!

[Daryl]

I have this one growing up a tree. It was given to me as a cutting. Anybody know what it is called?

Daryl

While we're on the subject of snakes...here's one of our nicer native species...caught with a sheep in his belly.

[Gbarce]

Daryl - nice philo - the triangular leaves are unusual and so is the snake.  Was that in your back yard?  I did not think that you had constrictord in Australia.

[asj2006]

My current favorite is this meconostigma hybrid -

Because it's starting to bloom!

[LJG]

John,

How has this done for you now with two winters under its belt? I have one in my greenhouse (got mine from Phil too) putting out 3 leaves a month, so I need to get it planted but am affraid it will not make it.

Here's one I just planted. It's a pigskin or naugahyde philodendron. The leaves are cool. They have the texture of a fooball.

Philodendron Rugosum

[John Case]

No snakes, only inflorescences.

My philodendron bipinnatifidum is a dependable flowering plant every year for the past 3 years, but this year is spectacular. 8 flower spathes so far. Hot to the touch on the one that is opening.

[Peter]

Len, I tried that pigskin Philo two seperate times and both times it didn't make it thru winter.

[Al in Kona]

These two Philodendrons get quite large in the garden here. The one on the left is Philodendron goeldii. The one on the right is supposedly a hybrid but have no idea of what. Does anyone have any idea what it is so I can give it a name?

[asj2006]

These two Philodendrons get quite large in the garden here. The one on the left is Philodendron goeldii. The one on the right is supposedly a hybrid but have no idea of what. Does anyone have any idea what it is so I can give it a name?

If that's a meco, then it's probably something with P. stenolobum in it (in fact, other than the fact it's slightly fat, those leaves could pose as the species), probably mixed in with P. bipinnatifidum. What did they call it? And check the stem as well, see whether they have intravaginal squamules (spiny growths).

Edited May 26, 2009 by asj2006

[asj2006]

A Philodendron bipinnatifidum variant grown from seed. The leaves of this meconostigma are hard, leathery, and turn upwards as if in prayer.

[ThunderSRQ]

I've also got a Philo that needs an ID (I got this one a few years ago -- before I was documenting all my plant names). I do know that it is cold-sensitive -- just one night at 32 degrees during last year's winter knocked it pretty good (although it did OK this past winter under cover on the cold nights)

From what I've seen in this post, mine looks sort of like King of Spades and/or Black Cardinal (except for mine's different leaf shape) -- does anyone know if it is one of these or another known/named type?

Thanks...