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8527
http://misc.cdbpdx.com/PTF/ The link above shows the palm tree in our back yard in Portland, OR. Photos taken on June 8, 2008, one of the few sunny days we've...
CDB
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Jun 9, 2008
10:12 am
8528
That is a spectacular show of flowers for sure. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), your plant is not a palm. It looks like some...
Jody Haynes
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Jun 9, 2008
10:52 am
8529
I agree, the plant and the flowers look like yucca, and that is hardy enough to do well in Portland. It looks like a Dracaena draco also, which is another...
Denis O'Malley
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Jun 9, 2008
12:46 pm
8530
Although it might also be a species of Dracaena, it is definitely not D. draco. Jody ... From: Denis O'Malley To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
Jody Haynes
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Jun 9, 2008
1:18 pm
8531
I think is a dracaena not a yucca. Yucca flowers had bell shape. Daniel...
daniel zimbreanu
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Jun 9, 2008
2:02 pm
8532
That is Cordyline australis, a New Zealand native that is common along the West Coast up to Vancouver, BC. Eric Orlando,FL...
leu242
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Jun 9, 2008
2:07 pm
8533
Also, it is not a palm, it belongs to the Laxmanniaceae Family. Eric Orlando,FL ... along...
leu242
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Jun 9, 2008
2:09 pm
8534
It's a cordyline australis. Unfortunately, they're very difficult to grow here. I can get them grown to about 15' tall, then they decide to rot and collapse....
Gold Piano Garden
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Jun 9, 2008
8:01 pm
8535
Eric is correct. The plant is definitely Cordyline australis, the biggest Lily in the world, from little ole New Zealand. It aint no palm, and it aint no Yucca...
Max Power
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Jun 9, 2008
8:18 pm
8536
Is this very similar to Cordyline banksii? CDB ... biggest Lily in the world, from little ole New Zealand. It aint no palm, and it aint no Yucca ... along...
CDB
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Jun 10, 2008
10:08 am
8537
From WIKIPEDIA: "C. australis is subject to a disease called "sudden decline", caused by the pathogen Phytoplasma australiense" ... to grow here. I can get...
CDB
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Jun 10, 2008
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8538
Thanks, everyone for the info. Cordyline Australis it is. I've looked at several websites and that appears to be confirmed. When we got it, a gift from a...
CDB
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Jun 10, 2008
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8539
often referred to as Torbay palm ... From: CDB &lt;cdb1950@...&gt; Subject: [palmsociety] Re: Palm Tree Flowers In Bloom To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com ...
gary coleman
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Jun 10, 2008
10:20 am
8540
I want to buy some palms book. Could someone to tell me if "All About Palms (Ortho's All About Gardening) (Paperback) by Ortho and "Palms Won't Grow Here and...
daniel zimbreanu
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Jun 10, 2008
10:44 am
8541
Let me offer: Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Broschat and Meerow, published in 2000 by the University Press of Florida _____ From:...
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Jun 10, 2008
11:21 am
8542
I have Ortho's book, and it is a decent primer for outdoor plam growing,, esp here in Tampa Bay. Not great. Decent. Greg in Tampa Bay...
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Jun 10, 2008
1:18 pm
8543
It's a good palms book? Where I can buy it? Daniel...
daniel zimbreanu
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Jun 10, 2008
1:19 pm
8544
Yes, it is very similar, except bainksii is a wider-leaved member of the family. Bought several to try a number of years ago....but they turned out to be more...
Gold Piano Garden
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Jun 10, 2008
1:25 pm
8545
Thanks Daniel...
daniel zimbreanu
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Jun 10, 2008
1:42 pm
8546
Very beautiful flowers, glad you shared it. (If it sets seeds contact me off list - lol). Bob SW Florida US...
CannonConsult
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Jun 10, 2008
3:27 pm
8547
Greg - If you're interested in palms and cycads, check out the Kopsick Palm Arboretum on the waterfront in St. Pete. We have over 125 species of palms and...
Phillip J. Stager
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Jun 10, 2008
3:52 pm
8548
I would also suggest you check out the International Palm Society (www.palms.org) and the PalmTalk message board (http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?). ...
James P. Robinson III
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Jun 10, 2008
3:56 pm
8549
If it sets seeds...Ha! ha! Good one, Bob. They're colonizers of bare ground on the average property here. They pop up all over my place. And the fallen,...
Nestlebrae.Exotics
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Jun 10, 2008
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8550
&nbsp;I have a couple of really good palm books that I'll sell and they are like new.Also have a couple of cycad books as well.I'm&nbsp;on vacation so if...
keith malz
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Jun 10, 2008
11:04 pm
8551
Is it possible to determine the gender of flowering young C. humilis? They are green form C. humilis, three years in the ground, about 3 ft tall. Palm 1...
Alex Khain
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Jun 10, 2008
11:05 pm
8552
Palm 1 inflorescence close up looks like a female to me Michael On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Alex Khain ... -- michael...
Michael Budd
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Jun 11, 2008
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8553
Phil- I am in coastal NPR, and yes, I am always envious of Kopstick, and St Pete in general. We are just too cold for the real tropical beauties. I have a...
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Jun 11, 2008
12:26 pm
8554
For those of us who are unfamiliar with your abbreviation, what is "NPR" _____ From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palmsociety@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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Jun 11, 2008
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8555
Hi John, Forgot you were here. Queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana, syn. Cocos Plumosa) is like that here only the seeds sound like rocks as they get mown over....
CannonConsult
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Jun 11, 2008
2:26 pm
8556
New Port Richey, Florida, about 35 miles north of St. Petersburg, in coastal Pasco County From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com...
Jerold Crawford
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