What a great afternoon, with John and Lillian visiting, and bringing some fabulous new palms.
Hiding in the shade with our beers, John and I sit behind the new palms, gorgous specimens he grew from seed.
From left, Fan Palm, 5 gal Naini Tal (Kentucky var). 10 gal Naini Tal, and a baby Pachypodium Lamerei (my other one's sulking again).
And a great pic of John and his better half, Lillian.
Happy to show John the in-ground Trachy. He said it's doing great, and I'm thrilled!
And here's John loading my Musa basjoo and its 5 pups into his truck.
The banana should do better at John's place; winds here shred the leaves beyond recognition every week.
We had a great visit! Thank goodness for beer on a hot day!
Thanks John and Lill for fabulous plants!
Barb
Forgot to show the great Trunk creep on this Nainital...superb
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Barb you and Dennis are a great hosts. Thank you from Lill and I. Why do we wait for a once a year visit?I`m glad your happy with the palms I brought for you. All your plants are doing well. Nice to see my palms going to a great home. Again thanks to you and Dennis for another enjoyable visit!
John&Lill
Ps. The Cycad,Foxtail seedling, Basjoo.
They are in good hands. 8)Thanks.
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Great photos!
I'll look over them again later when I am not in a rush, but for now, thanks for sharing. --Erik
Great to meet you guys in pictures!
Those palms look very happy and I am sure
they will stay that way under Barb's loving care/excess beer!
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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Thanks folks, I'm thrilled with my new palms.
And the musa will be much happier at John's place.
BTW, Jim, there's no such thing as excess beer. 😆 8)
Barb
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"there's no such thing as excess beer"
That should be on the Canadian coat of arms.... lol
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Thanks folks, I'm thrilled with my new palms.
And the musa will be much happier at John's place.BTW, Jim, there's no such thing as excess beer. 😆 8)
Barb
I knew you would say that!
Maybe the lightweights that visit you leave a little in the can the next morning
(no cans here,only bottles 😀 )you could pour that on your plants 😕
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If you can make your way down here, Jim, we'll have beer in bottles. W brews her own.
She is even getting into growing hops.... 😀
--Erik
Those are some amazing palms from seed. Very Nice. 8)
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-Aaron-
😆 😆 funny!
Thanks Aaron, I was very impressed too.
But (my brain fart), ID was incorrect:
This is correct:
(from left) Mediterranean Fan Palm, 5 gal T.fortunei (Kentucky var.), 10 gal. T. Naini Tal., and the pachypodium lamerei.
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Very Cool Barb!
It's nice to meet and hang out with people from the palm boards. I meet Scott this year and had a great time, to bad he didn't have more time to stay, maybe next year.
Nice to put a face with your posts John! Nice shirt to by the way, I drank the S#!t out of imperial when I was in Costa Rica 😆 😆 😆
Bill
Thanks Bill . Imperial is one of my favorite beers from Latin America. Barb just to clarify I didn`t grow the T. fortunei "Kentucky from seed. I ordered strap leaf seedlings from Brian`s botanicals in Louisville KY. Doesn`t look like he sells them anymore. But he has a lot of other interesting plants.
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Sounds good Erik,if I head back to Arizona anytime soon I may take you up on that!
Brian really does have some cool stuff,I got my Wagxforts and Thai giant from him
as well as many other plants!
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Bill and Scotty, glad you two had a chance to meet too.
John, ooops another blunder from me re grown from seed.
I blame everything on the beer... 😛
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