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by Jubaea
Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:18 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Some Recent Pictures
Replies: 25
Views: 8229

Some Recent Pictures

I have finally gotten around to potting up many of my palms and other plants and thought I would share some of them. Most are not exactly cold hardy but don't experiance much warmth either. Yesterday we did not even hit 70 degrees. Rhopalostylis baueri: I hope it does okay during the winter. <a href...
by Jubaea
Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:08 pm
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Echeveria flowers
Replies: 6
Views: 2630

You have to be carful with the aphids as they seem to love Echeveria and can turn nice plants into ugly plants in little time. The hummingbirds also love these things.
by Jubaea
Tue May 31, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: New palms etc for 2011
Replies: 20
Views: 5577

That will keep you busy this summer watering and busy next winter protecting. Where are the pictures? As for the Zamia I would try pot planting it in the ground considering you have soil that drains well then bringing it inside for the winter. My Zamia furfuracea's leaves burn quite easily even in t...
by Jubaea
Tue May 24, 2011 12:52 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Opuntia <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5741896670/" title="Opuntia 2 by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/5741896670_2630e270d4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Opuntia 2"></a> <a hre...
by Jubaea
Tue May 24, 2011 12:50 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

More pictures. Tree Aloe maybe Aloe ferox and P. caniensis. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5741897174/" title="tree aloe + P canariensis by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/5741897174_49dfd3bb74.jpg" width="37...
by Jubaea
Tue May 24, 2011 12:48 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Here are some more pictures that have been taken in the past month or so. Green Bizmarkia <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5741343339/" title="Green Bizmarkia by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/5741343339_a64b8915ae.jpg&...
by Jubaea
Tue May 24, 2011 12:29 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: MONTREAL PALMS ARRIVE - CoconutMike -CAPPADOCIA & PAGE L
Replies: 10
Views: 4344

Those are are some nice palms there Mike. Those queen palms are quite large. I hope someone has a large greenhouse for them?
by Jubaea
Tue May 24, 2011 12:23 pm
Forum: Indoor Palms
Topic: Cocos nucifera finally outdoors
Replies: 32
Views: 16372

It is looking great, although it does not go with the conifers in the background. Keep up the good work.
by Jubaea
Tue May 24, 2011 12:21 pm
Forum: Cycads
Topic: Germinating encephalartos
Replies: 2
Views: 5175

Be patient with them. I am growing my first cycads from seed that I planted 2 years ago. These were from my female Cycas revoluta. This is outdoors in a cool coastal climate in California with no additional heat. Some seeds are still germinating and many others are putting out their first leaves. Go...
by Jubaea
Fri May 20, 2011 9:28 pm
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Theobroma cacao (Cacao tree)
Replies: 14
Views: 14462

Are you hoping to someday make your own chocolate? I hope you are successful in getting some to germinate.
by Jubaea
Fri May 20, 2011 8:21 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Check out the Abyssinian
Replies: 71
Views: 26801

Yours looks nicer than the ones I see here. Hopefully you can still move it after this summers growth.
by Jubaea
Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:34 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: First to 90 F / 32 C ?
Replies: 19
Views: 8745

We hit 93 in late March but were down to 33 two nights ago. We also got a lot of rain this season. No palms drowned fortunately. I'm hoping the night time temps will keep rising. Even in summer it normally dips into the 50's at night. <a href='http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForec...
by Jubaea
Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:03 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Some of my small palms
Replies: 7
Views: 3614

Erik, Succulents are super easy to grow. There are many differnent varieties and most are easy to propagate, so it is no necessary to know what they are to grow them. As for the cold hardiness of the Kings they should take upper 20's ok as the parent palms are growing in full sun now with no protect...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:03 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Some of my small palms
Replies: 7
Views: 3614

I have been growing succulents and such for much longer than palms. Here are some of my nicest ones. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5450387208/" title="succulents by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5450387208_47f21e0ac...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:02 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Some of my small palms
Replies: 7
Views: 3614

I dug these King palms last week from a neighbors yard. There are hundreds of themp popping up under the parent palms. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5449353761/" title="Kings by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/5449353...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:58 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Some of my small palms
Replies: 7
Views: 3614

Some of my small palms

I only started growing palms a few years ago starting with Jubaeas and now I have actually purchased my first palm, a Majesty. Others I have collected seeds and then grown them from them. I also have dug up some palms from else where including these kings (I hope they make it). Magesty Palm. I guess...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:50 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Hints of Spring
Replies: 34
Views: 13523

Everything is starting to grow here. Here is a picture of my apple tree from today, not that it really goes dormant. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5449963476/" title="Anna Apple Bloom by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/509...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:43 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Saguaro Hardiness?
Replies: 2
Views: 5053

I think excess moisture and prolonged cool temperatures would be more problamatic than the ultimate low. I know it can get quite cold in Arizona where these grow. It will warm up quickly after a dip in temperature and then be sunny and dry in Arizona.
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:16 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Post your best darn palm pic.
Replies: 99
Views: 36754

Not the best picture but I still like this palm. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5118499037/" title="Big Jubaea by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5118499037_dd28b75125.jpg" width="375" height="500&q...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:51 pm
Forum: Germination
Topic: Weird green mass growing
Replies: 11
Views: 8533

This is one of three tree ferns that started growing on its own out of the drainage hole in a cymbidium pot that sat next to some large tree ferns. Hopefully you will get to see what you have growing there turn into an adult. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5013212606/" ...
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: Palms after -30 C (note: lots of pics)
Replies: 30
Views: 16885

Erik I can't imagine dealing with temperatures that cold and the extreme fluctuations and you just live 1 degree of latitude higher than me. I see that it is 70 degrees in your signature right now. I hope you have some surprises and see some palms leafing out when it warms up.
by Jubaea
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Mid-Feb update
Replies: 26
Views: 13109

Everything is looking great there. Thanks for sharing.
by Jubaea
Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:34 pm
Forum: Germination
Topic: Weird green mass growing
Replies: 11
Views: 8533

Looks like a gametophyte. Did some spores from a fern or other plant get in the soil?
by Jubaea
Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:49 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: -30C !!!!
Replies: 46
Views: 15634

The coldest temperatures here was oddly enough in November at -2C. December we saw -1C and February OC. Hopefully we are done with the frost as everything is starting to grow.
by Jubaea
Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:53 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Yep, those are queen palms. Brugmansias (Datura) can get quite large here. My brugs usually suffer leaf damage but not twig dieback.

Erik, these pictures are from Santa Barbara, CA around 34 degrees north latitude.
by Jubaea
Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:13 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Finally we have been seeing some sun and day time temps in the 60's. It's still chilly by my standards with lows in the 30's at night. Hopefully they are right in predicting sunny skys and highs in to the mid 70's this week. After all the rain cool weather we have had I have finally been getting out...
by Jubaea
Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:38 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Here in an interesting Phoenix that is branching. I'm not sure what it is but I posted on the IPS website as well for an id. Also there is an Archontophoenix in there as well. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5351745525/" title="Unknown palm by hellos1011, on Flickr&...
by Jubaea
Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:40 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: California's intense weather system
Replies: 3
Views: 2374

Since thursday when the rains began we got 9.5" or 240mm of rain. This is more than half our average annual rainfall in less than a week. Hopefully nothing has drowned. Some of my palm seedling have been sitting in several inches of water that is slowly soaking in.
by Jubaea
Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:01 pm
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Overwintering Plumeria
Replies: 7
Views: 4396

Keep the Plumeria on the dry side especially if it drops its leaves and it is cool. They are prone to rotting if it is too wet when they are dormant.
by Jubaea
Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy - General
Topic: Some pics from today!
Replies: 24
Views: 10309

Nice pictures.

I think that the purple one may be a Hollyhock?
by Jubaea
Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Frost advisory?!?
Replies: 84
Views: 36336

40 degree temperature swing for today. Low in the morning was 43 and now we are up to 83. This was the coldest we have gotten so far this fall. I'm hoping for not frost untill December but this year and summber have been quite cool so far.
by Jubaea
Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:21 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: sabal minor in the wild pics
Replies: 17
Views: 8886

I like the pics from the wild. Thanks for posting. I'd be too tempted to dig up a few if I saw those growing.
by Jubaea
Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:17 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

I'll try to post more pics as time permits in the coming months.

Barb, I really like the Dracaena dracos and I have quite a few seedlings that I am growing.

Jim, the Jubaeas trunks are just massive. Too bad they don't produce large coconuts to go with the large tree.
by Jubaea
Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:46 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Hybrid canariensis x reclinata? <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5118541135/" title="canariensis x reclinata by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/5118541135_06e3ed6bb2.jpg" width="375" height="500"...
by Jubaea
Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:42 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Now some Really big palms. P. canariensis <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5118499519/" title="Big canariensis by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5118499519_c718af805f.jpg" width="375" height="500&quo...
by Jubaea
Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:40 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Mixed Palms <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5119106322/" title="Mixed palms by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5119106322_517a4ff631.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Mixed palms" /><...
by Jubaea
Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:38 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures from local parks
Replies: 28
Views: 10850

Pictures from local parks

Dracaena draco <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5118505703/" title="Dracaena draco by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/5118505703_187320a254.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dracaena draco&...
by Jubaea
Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:15 pm
Forum: Soil
Topic: Home-made potting soil
Replies: 12
Views: 10823

I would suggest putting some pumice in there for drainage instead of pea gravel as it is much lighter and does not tend to settle down after time. It also has air pockets unlike gravel. I also use Osmocote Plus that is if you can find it. The cost is about the same as Osmocote but it has many of the...
by Jubaea
Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:22 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: How Warm was it this Summer?
Replies: 11
Views: 4745

It was a very cool summer here. We have gotten below 50f every month of this year. Most days were foggy with temps in the 60's to mid 70's with lows in the lower 50's.
by Jubaea
Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:17 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Pictures From Today
Replies: 16
Views: 6834

Erik, I could leave them in the ground longer. We don't have to worry much about the cold here, however space is very limited. I don't know how much longer my parents will tolerate palms and other plants poping up all over the place. I thought it would be better to dig up the palms while they are sm...

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