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So What Caught Your Eye Today?

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A nice trio of Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana coping well in the cool conditions.

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    Oh and of course a beautiful little dypsis louvelli

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    My Hydriastele beguinii Obi Island seems to be losing it's entire leaf characteristics as it grow bigger and taller,

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    My yucca is flowering.

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    and Nymphaea wanvisa red also flowered in the pond.

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    Finally, a branch of the Ficus benjamina came down from thirty feet above, landed only about 2' from where I was standing. I don't think I would be making this post if it landed on my head.

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    Pritchardia

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    9 hours ago, Husain said:

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    Amazing pritchardia brother! Is it pacifica? My P. Hillebrandii are struggling in our hot sun.

    Betel nutz and bamboo…

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    A Tectorum Ecuador enjoying a filtered shade/sun spot with a a few Archontophoenix Purpurae babies. A nice tropical morning in our SoCal garden! HarryIMG_4981.jpeg

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    Fresh Pnanga caesia again today…

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    Plenty of fruit and inflorescence on the Butia Oderata this year. Wait ‘till the squirrels find out! HarryIMG_2004.jpeg

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    On 7/16/2026 at 7:08 PM, Stelios said:

    Amazing pritchardia brother! Is it pacifica? My P. Hillebrandii are struggling in our hot sun.

    Thanks brother, yes pacifica and no issue with hot sun 108 F with continuous feed and a lot of water

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    I wax walking up the front entrance to my home and noticed the boot was ready to drop off my Chrysalidocarpus decipiens. Here it is after removing the old boot.

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    33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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    Brahea new frond

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    On 6/12/2026 at 10:16 AM, tim_brissy_13 said:

    A few germination successes for some rare species caught my eye:

    Syagrus harleyi

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    Syagrus campestris

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    Syagrus cataphracta

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    Pritchardia waialealeana

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    How long did germination take for the Pritchardia waialealeana? Did you prepare the seeds in any way before sowing? I've got some fruit I'd like to germinate.
    6 minutes ago, Greta Mountain said:

    How long did germination take for the Pritchardia waialealeana? Did you prepare the seeds in any way before sowing? I've got some fruit I'd like to germinate.

    They were very fast. Started in like a week.

    I found the flesh somewhat difficult to remove. Trying to get it off I think I accidentally stumbled on a good preparation technique. I used pliers to remove the last of the flesh and accidentally cracked the endocarp on one of them. I exposed a very clean hard kernel so decided to do it for all seeds.

    From that point, I put 10 seeds in a fertile potting mix I’ve been experimenting with for germination and 10 seeds in 70/30 coco coir/perlite. I put both containers on heat mats set to 26C. Within a week both containers started sprouting. After a couple of months now I’d say I’m up to 10-15 out of 20, evenly split between both containers.

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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    6 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

    They were very fast. Started in like a week.

    I found the flesh somewhat difficult to remove. Trying to get it off I think I accidentally stumbled on a good preparation technique. I used pliers to remove the last of the flesh and accidentally cracked the endocarp on one of them. I exposed a very clean hard kernel so decided to do it for all seeds.

    From that point, I put 10 seeds in a fertile potting mix I’ve been experimenting with for germination and 10 seeds in 70/30 coco coir/perlite. I put both containers on heat mats set to 26C. Within a week both containers started sprouting. After a couple of months now I’d say I’m up to 10-15 out of 20, evenly split between both containers.

    Wow, well done. I will give it a go!

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