Washingtonia hybrid after ~15f

[SailorBold]

7 hours ago, jwitt said:

8100' peak in front of the 10600' peak.  Creates a venturi effect. 

Interesting Jim..  see this every day never realized some of what you mentioned..so this canyon empties into the NE heights area near Tramway?  The so called notoriously warmer? Ne heights?  clearly see the effect of a rain shadow and or the northern fringe of a desert mountain from the Chihuahuan desert..meeting the 'Rocky Mountains' forest on Sandia behind.  Wonder what the climate is like just in front of the Rincon..

Never gave it much thought.. fascinating..

[jwitt]

1 hour ago, SailorBold said:

Interesting Jim..  see this every day never realized some of what you mentioned..so this canyon empties into the NE heights area near Tramway?  The so called notoriously warmer? Ne heights?  clearly see the effect of a rain shadow and or the northern fringe of a desert mountain from the Chihuahuan desert..meeting the 'Rocky Mountains' forest on Sandia behind.  Wonder what the climate is like just in front of the Rincon..

Never gave it much thought.. fascinating..

Directly in front of it you encounter native desert willow with the white flowers around the Sandia pueblo area.  Also datura. 

That peak has cultural significance(their protector)to the Sandia people and is their land up to the top of that 8100' peak and down to the river. On the west side of the river, Coronado spent a winter(1540/1541) in front of it(west side of the river(north Rio Rancho) seeking the spoils of a tribe(Santa Ana)growing cotton in a 160 day growing season climate!

Never thought to ask when I went to middle school with the tribal members at that time.  Actually I wasn't that intune to the local weather influences as much. But the palm fascination with filifera had already begun!

Here is a pic from a couple days ago from our neighborhood looking east showing the peak in front of the peak. 

Here is a pic looking north. Imagine east winds. They would travel from right to left in the picture. Hence, the "Palm Zone"! Even the flora in the landscape of the 2 pictures is different, but the same elevation! 

Edited June 17, 2023 by jwitt
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[jwitt]

The Sandia people trace their lineage to the Aztecs. 

Late 1800's

Bien Mur(big mountain, not Sandia) is in their flag

And highlighted in their casino

A look from from the river just north from the pueblo(Rio Rancho/Corrales)

[jwitt]

The mother.

The baby on a 13" tile before it breached the surface in a pot! 

[jwitt]

Acidic/fish emulsion

Neutral leaning acidic/Potting soil, tap water, slightly alkaline

Native soil(alkaline), evaporative cooler bleedoff(high mineral water)

Edited June 20, 2023 by jwitt

[Ltapia]

These are looking good they all look different with each soil you use . Does fertilizer change the color in the stem ?

[jwitt]

Just my personal observation in my own yard.  Same seed batch, all planted within minutes of each other.  

More and quicker germination in alkaline soil. That I can say is definitive.

I will continue on and report out. 

I know I can personally turn on red colorization using fish emulsion, which is highly acidic.  I have observed known filifera show different traits in different soils in Maui.

And I have seen red colorization(not all green) in native filifera preserves.

Next up, pure filifera seeds. Be patient.......

Edited June 22, 2023 by jwitt
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