The "Any Plant" Mega-thread

[palmsOrl]

This thread will showcase Palmtalker's plants of any kind, whether tropical, subtropical, tropical in appearance or otherwise.

Post your special, unique, uncommon or ordinary plants that you would like to share with others on the forum.

This is Acer floridanum, the southern sugar maple, native to the Southeastern United States as far south as Central Florida.  I had no luck with the seeds so I went ahead and ordered a small tree.

Nyssa sylvatica, a small to medium tree native to the Eastern US including Central Florida.  This deciduous tree also has lovely fall color.

Torreya taxifolia, a rare conifer native to a very small part of North Florida and Southeast Georgia.

Since I am posting the other plants in my Nearly Native Nursery order, I may as well post this perennial sunflower species Helianthus angustifolius.  My plant does not look like much but it blooms as follows.

[Paradise Found]

How about some shade flowers and bonus plant. 

[metalfan]

Anthurium seedlings I am growing out from seed obtained from Barry Schwartz, another collector. His own hybrids, he has given them (unofficial) names

1. Anthurium 'Blue Velvet'

2. Anthurium 'Black Beauty'

3. Anthurium 'Jungle Giant'

[metalfan]

My favorite Calathea...crotalifera 'Yellow Rattleshaker'

[palmsOrl]

My Acer floridanum all potted up and in partial sun.  Will be interesting to seeing if it colors up here.

-Michael

[Xenon]

Ficus umbellata 

Green variegated selloum

These two I got by pure chance:

Variegated seedling of 'Lemon Zest' mango

Variegated runner of katuk (Sauropus androgynous) that I separated. The tastiest perennial tropical vegetable imo, has a pleasant nutty sweetness to it. Root hardy in zone 9 and maybe even zone 8 despite its equatorial origin!

Syzgyium antisepticum, about 60% of the size it was before freezing to the ground @ 12F. Another surprise survivor from the Malay peninsula 

Pandanus amaryllifolious, NOT cold hardy at all (coconut tier). But I've grown it for a few years as a summer annual. Makes a ton of pups and gets yanked out in late fall and kept dry. Used to flavor desserts and teas in SE Asia

[kinzyjr]

Wondering what this might be.  A Bombax that lost its thorns?  *scratches head*

[Silas_Sancona]

4 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Wondering what this might be.  A Bombax that lost its thorns?  *scratches head*

Close ups of the leaves? ..Could be B. ceiba / malabaricum ( not many thorny like " knobs " on mature ones that i ever noticed anyway )  Red flowers in spring will be the dead giveaway.

[canefan]

Musa AeAe 

[Silas_Sancona]

Some new things..  Some other new things..  Most know the other stuff i got..

Salvia azurea ( likely v. grandiflora ) Plains native Sage that is wayy under used in landscapes, esp. in the west..  Deep rooted and semi to fully dormant in winter, esp. below zone 8B ( Species is hardy to zone 3 ) Tolerates heat, drought, and is one of the most attention getting late summer/ fall blooming blue flowered native Salvia sp. ..Viewed these as a " Know fall is right around the corner " kind of plant when i lived in KS.  Attracts everything. Can begiven a haircut in late spring to keep it more compact, like these were at the Botanical Garden.  Glad to see these offered here.


Kind of lanky when tall ( can reach 36" in height ) so best planted between things to lean on.  Gritty / Gravely soil ( Limestone based is favored / what it grows on in many areas of it's wide distribution, but not a barrier to growing the species ) Can rot if kept too wet in winter / too rich of soil.  S. a. grandiflora is the best of the forms / less temperamental in the garden than S. a. azurea )


Abutilon wrightii, Newly available species native to a small section of S.E. AZ along the San Pedro River Corridor, and certain areas of West / Central TX.  More of a low perennial than shrubby. Not sure on hardiness but both areas where found are 8b-9a at least.  Most likely a filtered sun kind of plant rather than tolerating our full sun.  Slightly bigger flowers than many other " desert " Abutilon sp. and those fuzzy, silvery, under-sided leaves. Will be interesting to see what, < if any > other Abutilon it can be crossed with.









Matelea tristifolia, one of several Milk vines in Sonora.. Plant isn't new, but mine producing it's first pod is.  Someone had told me a population of essentially the same plant discovered on the AZ side of the AZ / MEX border had been given a different Genus name, but kind of suspect.. Regardless, want to find several more Milk vine sp.. Flowers on many present weird color combinations ( whitish, green, brown, maroon, black ) < leaves on one of the larger Ceiba rubriflora in the background of Pic. #2 >





Name says it all..  Interesting that we have a native Guava in our region..  Didn't buy this one ( too big to transport later ) but on the list.. Strongly resembles ( ..and leaves have a similar scent to... when crushed ) Strawberry Guava or some of the Stoppers ( Eugenia / Myrcianthes sp. ) from FL, and the Caribbean region.







Leucanea lanceolata.. Like the leaves ( resembles Albizia occidentalis.. a yet to be made available tree from Baja / Sonora) but curious if it is as aggressive of a seeder / spreader as the notorious < and horribly weedy > White Lead Tree, Leucanea leucocephala )

[Tampa Scott]

I have a weakness for variegated and colorful foliage. 

Fell for this Pandanus baptistii variegated when I saw it. 

 

[kinzyjr]

Ceiba pentandra (?)

[kinzyjr]

Interesting that this is mixed in with a row of oaks: Kentucky Ave. (Downtown Lakeland)

 

[Silas_Sancona]

58 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Ceiba pentandra (?)

C. speciosa, Silk Floss Tree.

[Tampa Scott]

Zingiber zerumbex (Pinecone ginger) 

Russelia equisetiformis (Firecracker plant) flowering within the saw palmetto's

[Tampa Scott]

For the Croton lovers 

[Keys6505]

Nothing super rare here, just a few perfect new Canna Stuttgart leaves before they turn brown and look like crap.  Next to that is one of my favorite pickups this year, a Philodendron Revolution.  I was looking for P. Bipennifitidum (sp?) hybrids in hopes they would have the same cold hardiness.  This one looks just different enough to be interesting. 

[Xenon]

Speaking of hardy philodendron, here's Philodendron renauxii from Santa Catarina that is supposed to be leaf hardy into the low-mid 20s. In the background is Philodendron hastatum (silver sword) which might have some hardiness (native to Minas Gerais) and small and large form yellow variegated Monstera deliciosa 

 

Monstera deliciosa 'Thai Constellation' that I got as 2 leaf cutting in late July. First fenestration on the 5th leaf!

Alocasia macrorrhiza variegated 

[Keys6505]

57 minutes ago, Xenon said:

Speaking of hardy philodendron, here's Philodendron renauxii from Santa Catarina that is supposed to be leaf hardy into the low-mid 20s. In the background is Philodendron hastatum (silver sword) which might have some hardiness (native to Minas Gerais) and small and large form yellow variegated Monstera deliciosa 

 

Monstera deliciosa 'Thai Constellation' that I got as 2 leaf cutting in late July. First fenestration on the 5th leaf!

Alocasia macrorrhiza variegated 

I don't want to turn this into a Philo thread, but here's my P. Subincisum (formerly Wilsonii) growing up an oak.  I spent a lot of time researching hardier Philos and this is one of the few I came up with.  I got nervous and dug it before the freeze last winter but plan to leave it in ground this year.  The surrounding Adansonii came back from the freeze unprotected though.  I'm not sure how to even value these things anymore since the Aroid market went nuts, but if everything makes the winter I'd be open to a cutting swap in the spring of Subincisum for Renauxii if you're interested.

[Keys6505]

On 10/8/2021 at 6:25 PM, Xenon said:

Ficus umbellata 

And I see your Umbellata and raise you an Auriculata lol

[Xenon]

3 minutes ago, Keys6505 said:

I don't want to turn this into a Philo thread, but here's my P. Subincisum (formerly Wilsonii) growing up an oak.  I spent a lot of time researching hardier Philos and this is one of the few I came up with.  I got nervous and dug it before the freeze last winter but plan to leave it in ground this year.  The surrounding Adansonii came back from the freeze unprotected though.  I'm not sure how to even value these things anymore since the Aroid market went nuts, but if everything makes the winter I'd be open to a cutting swap in the spring of Subincisum for Renauxii if you're interested.

There should be a few more like Philodendron mexicanum and some VERY COOL Thaumatophyllum spp. from south Brazil/NE Argentina that are supposedly as hardy as selloum like T. tweedianum (someone has promised me a cutting "within the next decade" lol) but they are near impossible to source. Yeah I'd love to trade not just for philos but just about anything tropical looking. 

[Xenon]

4 minutes ago, Keys6505 said:

And I see your Umbellata and raise you an Auriculata lol

I've been putting some decent effort into finding one locally...see you next spring haha!! 

[kinzyjr]

Taking a guess on this one - Ficus altissima 'variegata':

[Merlyn]

On 10/8/2021 at 7:25 PM, Xenon said:

Ficus umbellata 

I've been thinking of trying Umbellata here in zone 9B/9A borderline, how did it handle your cold winters?  My Auriculata burn to the ground every year in the mid to upper 20s, especially with frost.  But they have grown back several years in a row.  I saw some reports of Umbellata being 9B hardy, but it's fairly new to the US and there's not a lot of info on it.

[Xenon]

3 hours ago, Merlyn said:

I've been thinking of trying Umbellata here in zone 9B/9A borderline, how did it handle your cold winters?  My Auriculata burn to the ground every year in the mid to upper 20s, especially with frost.  But they have grown back several years in a row.  I saw some reports of Umbellata being 9B hardy, but it's fairly new to the US and there's not a lot of info on it.

It came back for me last year at 25F (killed the king palm next to it). Would bet it will come back again in a few weeks. The foliage is cold tender like most Ficus, also susceptible to sunscald and dry winds (the leaves are thin). I think it behaves more like F. lyrata, which will return every winter but keeps getting smaller or at best, doesn't get any bigger. Not really the best dieback perennial. 

If you just want a shiny Ficus, F. racemosa is unbeatable. Even more vigorous than religiosa and by far the fastest growing thing I've ever grown. 20 feet in a season easily, it's a monster. 

Edited March 7, 2023 by Xenon

[Merlyn]

39 minutes ago, Xenon said:

It came back for me last year at 25F (killed the king palm next to it). Would bet it will come back again in a few weeks. The foliage is cold tender like most Ficus, also susceptible to sunscald and dry winds (the leaves are thin). I think it behaves more like F. lyrata, which will return every winter but keeps getting smaller or at best, doesn't get any bigger. Not really the best dieback perennial. 

If you just want a shiny Ficus, F. racemosa is unbeatable. Even more vigorous than religiosa and by far the fastest growing thing I've ever grown. 20 feet in a season easily, it's a monster. 

My Lyrata are doing about the same as yours...they grow up to 4-6' tall...burn to the ground...grow to 4-6' tall...burn to the ground...rinse and repeat.  Auriculata is equally sensitive to frost and cold here, but the Auriculata grew to about 8' tall with multiple branches last summer and is already resprouting leaves from the ground.  If Umbellata is about the same as Lyrata then I'll probably ignore it for now.  I am trialing Ficus Palmata "Icebox" from PDN, it's supposed to be root hardy to 0F or something crazy like that.

I was planting Ficus for the big leaf look, and just hoping there was one that might not defoliate at 28-30F.