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Superb job, Dean! I'm really pleased to be growing some of the species from Jeff and Suchin's garden.

Hi Jonathon, I cultivate E. deglupta in Spain. In this first photo the biggest "small" seedlings in the plug trays are maybe 4 months old. They remain tiny for the first 2-3 months, and all the hard work is in getting them to this size. The bigger seedlings are less than 7 months old. Grown in...

Dean - London, England was my home for 12 years, living and working in some 12 districts during that time. It certainly ranks as one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Before that, I grew up in various parts of the UK - imagine being born in one US state and then settling in 5...

I have several seedlings of both forms of Hyophorbe indica. The more common, green form is endemic to the east coast of Reunion, whilst the rarer, red version is from the south west/central region. They are slow to start, but gain speed very quickly. From my own experience, the red form is by no...

Hoots mon, I hae ma doots! :D

Thanks, Dean. I have the Fern Factory website in my browser. I feel another learning curve coming on!

A customer asked me recently about Mule' s Foot Fern, which I understand is an invasive species in Hawaii. Is that true? I'd never seen it before looking on the Internet today. It is quite a monster, the fronds apparently reaching up to 6 metres in length. Does it produce seeds, and if so, how...

Let me add a few cents-worth of my own opinion regarding the competition format, if I may. The basic elements that would excite many more punters such as I, including the cash, are two-fold. Firstly, confidence. People like to enter competitions once they feel sure they know the answer, so make...

So we are getting warm, Dean? Maybe one of us is even half-right. Perhaps BOTH right answers lie within. My latest effort is: Dypsis lantzeana & Licuala ramsayi

Which Madagascan palms have the most vulnerable seeds? Dypsis bejofo must rank amongst them. Clues to the sensitivity of this rare species lay in its common name, Brain Seed Palm. The "cerebral sulci" or furrows and grooves of the human brain are mimicked across the surface of the bare seed...

It's a long, slow journey for these tough little seeds to produce their first leaf. Keep your seeds in a box somewhere, and don't worry about constant temperatures or your germination mix drying out a little. They will sprout in one's and two's over the space of many months, perhaps even a year...

I don't think I'll lose face if I say, Actinokentia divaricata and Licuala sarawakensis?

I'd like to introduce a new feature on my website. It's called Trading Post and as you can probably guess, it's a marketplace for buying and selling - tropical plants and palms, that is. It is absolutely free, and simple to use. Your Internet security is paramount, so enquirers must also...

This is without doubt the trickiest palm I ever tried. It brings to mind the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds". I only have experience with seedlings, but the leaves are paper-like, and Jeff Marcus told me once, that even he has to give them a lot of attention, with misting etc. I live in the...

Thanks for the welcome, Dean. Now I can indulge both my interests! :cool:

I should have joined sooner! Looking forward to meeting a few of my fellow IPS members, and browsing the site.