Pics from the Shelter

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Pics from the Shelter

Post by Alchris » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:53 pm

Attached are some pics from the shelter. The quality is not great but with brilliant sunshine behind me, it was hard to see what I was shooting.

Chamaerops: the white areas are the sun and are about the same color as the green areas.
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yucca elephantiasis: same as with the Chamaerops

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Cycas revoluta: the pale almost white twisted leaves have turned yellow.
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Butia capitata:

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Washingtonia filifera: look pretty dead. Hope that they recover.
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Next year I will put the smaller pots right under the roof doors so that I can water them regularly. I also will put the second heating cable on the copper pipe which is higher above the ground so that splashing water on it will not be as easy.

Allen


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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:05 pm

Allen lack of lighting vs. watering for all of your plants may be some of the problems you are experiencing . They will need some serious shade outdoors for the first month until they can take there sunglasses off. W. filifera and other IMO will not thrive or survive without 9 to 10 hours of strong natural emulative lighting. Hope they all make it.

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