The Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society will hold its annual "Fall Sale" this weekend,Oct. 13 & 14, 9AM to 4PM both days.There will be more than 400 species...
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Oct 10, 2007 12:07 pm
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Does anyone have a really good bottle palm photo I could use to show on TV on Friday? Its for my small gardening slot on local TV here in La Paz, Mexico. Kind...
Darren; I just found these on Ebay. I hope they'll do. Bill Webb darrensage100 <darrensage100@...> wrote: Does anyone have a really good bottle palm...
I have quite a few photos of mature bottle palms on my website http://palm-trees.org, all of which are free of any copyright issues, as all of the photos were...
Hi, We are having our annual "Halloween Sale" on the next three Saturdays. 15% off our prices that are already the lowest in the palm business. Open 8:00 AM to...
Trachycarpus fortune , in a scientific sense,is a general name for all its sub-species including Trachycarpus fortune cv Chusan, Trachycarpus fortunei cv Tesan...
Trachycarpus are typically difficult to grow in south Florida. I assume due to the long periods of high heat and especially high humidity. However, you...
I had some healthy seedlings last spring but in the last 2 months several have died. The soil mix was a rich in humus and sandy mix and I watered them...
Trachycarpus princeps should grow better in Florida. Ruud Golden Lotus ,Thailand Curcuma alismatifolia and Globba rhizomes ...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Oct 22, 2007 6:39 am
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I live in Thailand and grow many Chameyronia macrocarpa for many years. They start to give flowers now. My nursery is in the North of Thailand (Chiangmai). In...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Oct 22, 2007 6:45 am
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Thank you how much sun do you allow them and how often do you water them? Darren To: Palms@...: goldenlt@...: Mon, 22 Oct 2007...
... The attached clumping palm seems something new. Could anybody help identify it . Thanks....
Gamini Mendis
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Oct 23, 2007 11:48 am
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Nice looking palm. Where was the picture taken and what does the plantĀ¹s owner think that it is? I would think that, based on what I can see of the flowers,...
Hi, We survived the Fallbrook fire unscathed! After 4 days of evacuation we returned to Fallbrook tonight to find all intact. The fire stopped about a mile...
Frank, This is from Sri Lanka at a town called Kalutara North, about 40 km south of the Capital Colombo.Belongs to Western Nurseries. The owners say the trunk...
Gamini Mendis
gamini_mendis@...
Oct 26, 2007 3:09 pm
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Gamini, This is not at all surprising. When I first saw the photo, I thought it looked like a Ptychosperma macarthuri (or something similar) with a mutation...
Palms@onelist.com, I am using jaxtr, and if you also sign up, we can talk for free on the phone at any time. -Ruud P.S. Here is the link to sign up:...
Ruud Meeldijk
goldenlt@...
Oct 27, 2007 1:24 pm
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Hi folks, in the early 1990s I obtained a seedling of Sabal minor from a population in the western Florida panhandle, near the town of Blountstown. This...
I have kept 4 seedlings alive for 2 years from seed but they appear to be going downhill. I try not to let them be too wet or dry, and assume coming from the...
Hello Daren. I had also problems like you. It looks like that this palm doesn't want to stay in pots as after I have planted them in the full ground, the...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Nov 10, 2007 12:19 pm
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LICUALA PELTATA VAR. SUMAWONGII Most magnificent Licuala! Huge undivided leaves, up to 2 meters (7 feet) in diameter! It has up to 15 of these huge leaves on a...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Nov 10, 2007 12:52 pm
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You are the second person to mention acidity. I am not sure about the water here. We are a sandy semi-desert area but I think much of the water is pumped up...
Is it allowed to send palm-seeds with fruit around? . Some palm-seeds are loosing the viability very quick, so seeds with the fruit around would be better to...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Nov 12, 2007 10:40 am
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Hi Darren. You can check the PH of your water and soil. My feeling is that the PH is too high. Yes mostly rainforests have acid soil. When the PH of your...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Nov 13, 2007 10:27 am
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Good idea, Ruud. Pool testing kits work and are a cheap way to check the root zone pH of the soil. I don't know what the quality of the water is in La Paz,...
Many thanks They are in new soil now and I have acidified it with coffee grinds. There is better drainage this time too. Fingers crossed. Darren To:...
Of the following list, which palms transplant the easiest when grown in the soil and then dug up and moved? I am considering growing a small plantation and...
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