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    Help with Dypsis ID

    Hello, This looks to me to be a D.lutescens, I see them everyday around here; the clumping. the fruit , it all looks like a lutescens. My vote goes for lutescens.
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    The Color of Borassus

    Amazing colors, first Borassus I saw. This palm is actually growing in Miami? I remember years ago when the citrus industry in Florida was wiped out by a frost, citrus growing in Costa Rica started. So this palm resists cold spells?
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    Acrocomia aculeata 2002/2007

    Hello Scott, I felt I had to participate when I saw the pics of Acrocomia aculeata. A few days ago I took these pics close to where I live, its a forest thats being torn down to plant rice.... Anyway, I saved several seedlings from this palm, and they grow in the garden of my office. I had...
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    Tree Ferns in the landscape

    Aloha Dean, I definitely have to go to visit the Wilson Botanical garden, and take some pics.Glad you met the people in charge. When the IPS meeting took place in San Jose I was not "connected "yet to the palm aficionados. Sorry I wasnt there. This is a picture of the rain forest we got...
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    Pseudophoenix sargentii-

    Tim, Water is not the only difference to take into account between the beach location and your garden. Beaches are mostly basic soils, lots of broken shells, thats Calcium...high pH.... There are many more details to take into consideration; drainage , soil compaction, sunlight, other...
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    Cycads anyone?

    Aloha Toko, I would certainly get you the seeds, maybe in a month or so, I really dont know when they will ripen.And we want them as ripe as can be for good germination. Trade for some palm seeds ( something from New Caledonia...?Australia...? nothing from Central America, we got plenty of...
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    Bismarckia growth

    Scott, Congratulations, this is nice palm . I see they are planting more Bismarckias in Costa Rica too, mostly as a centerpiece ,they are outstanding because of their metallic shine . Saludos
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    Aloha and Welcome

    Toko, My yard is just a jumble of pots and plants, and when there is no more space, I take some to my farm, a few kilometers away, and plant them in soil,.... happy plants, finally free! But nature itself is so full of amazing plants, even more interesting than what I got in my yard...
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    Tree Ferns in the landscape

    Dypsisdean, Yes the panoramas are something I cant get enough of. I m also looking forward to the pics of the Wilson Botanical Garden in San Vito, Costa Rica, it is close by ( 30 kilometres) and I knew Robert and Catherine Wilson years ago. They stimulated my interest in botany. Here...
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    Cycads anyone?

    Toko, How long, I go to that place every two weeks, so Ill keep you posted. When the seeds are ripe, the cone gets soft, and the seeds are embedded in a red mass, and can be squeezed out.Anyway, nature makes the cone fall apart so animals can disperse the seeds. Last year I germinated a...
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    Cycads anyone?

    I d like to share some pictures I took from Zamia fairchildiana, close to where I live in the South of Costa Rica. The pictures were taken in Pavones, close by the ocean.Tropical climate, one month dry season. These Zamias are endemic in CR and Panama. I was just lucky I could...
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    Tree Ferns in the landscape

    Dypsisdean, Nice place to live, surrounded by this magnificent garden. Is this your house? Are there specifics available as for the garden design, plants ? The ferns were there already ,in the forest ,before the house was built? A panorama like this makes it worthwhile to be in...
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    Tree Ferns in the landscape

    This is a Cyathea tree fern, with double crown, close by the city of Ciudad Neily.Zona sur of Costa Rica. This is on a mountain range called Fila de Cal, limestone covered in volcanic ash, the land is from a neighbour who was building a road, and this beautiful treefern was saved from the...
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    CPS --- Collapsing Petiole Syndrome in Palms

    Dean, There are hundreds of scenarios one can think of...that could produce CPS. I guess Ill look around to see if there is anything similar happening here, and let you know. Damage after heavy wind is all I can compare it with for now....
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    Aloha and Welcome

    Dypsisdean, Im from Costa Rica, and find this site just amazing. The reason I joined is those pictures from Hawaiian gardens, much like the vegetation from around here.I still have to look around the site more, so much to see.
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