THE FARM 3

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stangeria, got this from Kevin Weaver on my trip to Kalif last year.

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Licualas!!hatched from seed!

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little leaf ti's

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another cycad from my trip

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This one came from Richard Travis, not sure of the name off the top of my head!

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long skinny leaf ti

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I dedicate these cycads to pohono because he likes cycads sooo much

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and these tooo paul  

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trachy of some kind

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oops more cycads, stangerias are my favorite cycad.

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Its a croton,

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bromeliads

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another croton

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caryota

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jungle walkway shot

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one of the doves in the giant birdcage, we used to have some little wild parrots, ...they chewed their way out, man could they sqauwk!!

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another Demott special, ? ? ? ? ?

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pie crust croton

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bromeliads

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brugmansia

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The first ever plant that I got thru questionable methods. of all things a spanish dagger, it was a helluva lot smaller back then.

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Monstera, my Most favorite

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Monstera

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ti seed, these will get planted, the ones that come up green, get the toss after a while, any with varigation patterns my dad keeps and labels for his project, alot come green, but there are some pretty cool ones he has bred thru the years.

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zamias

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kentias

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The most cold hardy bananna

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man what a handsome devil I was back in the day

[Kris]

Dear Tad  

lovely coverage of a wonderful place and your dad really has great taste and a nature lover since the location speaks so..

And tad that's a world of cycas out there_great collection !

And tad all these days i did not know your worked for your countries defense dept..i always have a soft corner for those guys and i had lots of friends too..

And the still of your's above is fentastic and i think even we took a walk down the memory lane.. ::

And i think this thread is the first feast for all of us this new-year !  

lots of love,

Kris  

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Kris thanks , glad you like the thread, I wasnt serving my country...That was during a sentence at the world famous Marine Military Academy. here is where the influence of my father really shaped my love for plants, BOOKS, BOOKS ,BOOKS!

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he lost all his books in the fire, so litttle by little they have been replaced. And some new ones added, That Tamulipeca book is great even tho its in spanish, you can find english one but I am not sure where.

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a Gabriel Salazar painting, I have posted others before, this is what the valley used to look like when I was a kid.

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this one is by my mom, who has been a wonderful influence in my life as well, she is a very talented artist.

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I dont know the artist on this one

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this picture was what the new house was based on after the fire which was 2 days before christmas,