I will be taking a family vaction to Boca Raton area in July and wanted to get in some palm viewing. Making arrangements for Montgomery and Fairchild, but...
If you like to see palms in their native habitat, two recommendations are: A trip to Everglades National Park to see Acoelorrhaphe wrightii and Roystonea...
Check out the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden in W Palm Beach - unusual sculpture and lotsa plams. Call ahead since they get lots of bookings for weddings, etc. ...
A few places to visit: Mounts Botanical Gardens, a nice place but not really a palm place...they have several nice species Deerfield Beach Arboretum, a young...
Where exactly in the Keys can you see Pseudophoenix in habitat? Is it possible to visit Elliott Key in Biscayne Bay Nat'l Park? -Jason San Francisco...
Jason D
jjuania@...
Jun 2, 2003 5:43 am
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Dear participants, I have the following palm seeds for interchange: Arenga caudata; Geonoma schottiana; Allagoptera arenaria; Sabal minor; Dypsis...
Just a question about gardens in Boca Raton, Miami area. Does anyone know of any nice cycad gardens in this general area? Thanks, jc [Non-text portions of this...
I recently rec'd a very nice young plant, it really looks good and is pushing new leaves right and left. But...knowing the size of one of the parents, I am...
I got one from Merrill a few years ago. It takes it fe w years to get settled and start growing. Witha little luck you should get 3-4 feet or so of trunk in...
I know of about 7 really old, mature (flowering) specimens around Orlando & Tampa areas. These hybrids seem to be much more aligned towards Butia side of...
Years ago I germinated lots of Jubaea seeds, they grew well for the first year then just sat there and never grew much after that, some lived many years, but...
No one in Jax has had any luck with them. About the same as yours. Walter Rogers bought a 3 gallon in 1955 and grew it up to perphas 2 feeet of trunk. He gave...
I have a large flowing Syagrux X butia and while it never sets seeds, I'm wondering if I pollinate it with Syagrus pollen would any seeds develop. Has anyone...
Garrie, I have germinated hundreds of Jubaea here in Metairie. None have survived more than three or four years. If you get any more seeds, you are better off...
There's an old plant at Fairchild Tropical Garden labeled Jubaea, but it looks like a Butia x Jubaea to me. -Jason Dewees San Francisco...
Jason D
jjuania@...
Jun 8, 2003 2:19 am
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Trachycarpus fortunei, Trachycarpus wagnerianus, T. takil, Chamaerops humilis (in a sunny spot with well-drained soil). Worth trying are Butia capitata, ...
Jason D
jjuania@...
Jun 8, 2003 2:29 am
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1. They pretty much sterile but not 100 %. 2. Charlie Raulerson spent his life back crossing with Syagrus pollen in Jax to get the F2 or 3/4 queen 1/4 Butia....
you can try it, you'll have to watch it day by day and time it right; might help to remove male flowers/pollen but it won't be necessary since the Butiagrus is...
Garrie, I planted out a 1 gal. Jubaea (I grew from seed) at the ranch about 60 miles north of CorpusChristi...it had 3 juvenile leaflets at the time...in 1989....
Rlfrasier@...
Jun 8, 2003 1:12 pm
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Garrie, ===== John Ingram in mostly gloomy but warm, L.A., CA. Not much blooming right now, just a few Crinums, a sinningia or two, and some fabulous...
Garrie, Why do you want to back cross it onto a Syagrus? Would you not want to try it on a Butia to increase it's hardiness? Maybe another Butia spp. other...
Greetings, I have a number of Jubaea I started from seed about 10 yrs ago. One has been outside here in Oregon a year now and seems undamaged by our winter....
tim peters
raintree@...
Jun 9, 2003 8:08 pm
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I have some Parajubaea affected by borer at the soilline. The palms respond by growing callus over the wounds and then slowly push over until they are...
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