Steve, man look at the growth on your Pachypodiums 😯 😯
They must've grown over a foot this year!
Everything looks happy and healthy.
Barb

And Dean 😆 good news...for the other forum. 😀 😀
Barb

I really feel bad for you guys like Wes and Steve especilly there in Kansas, or for that matter, anybody living North of Tampa, Florida. It seems like your summer was all too short, and now you have to get busy protecting all those beautiful plants and thinking about a long Winter. I usually have to worry about , maybe one cold night , that will inevidablely get in to the lower 20's for only a few hours. Because of El Nina, they say Florida is in store for a warm and very dry winter. That would please me. But, speaking of Bowenia, I only have one specie, and it's Bowenia Spectabilis. I started out 7 years ago with over 500 in 1 gallon pots but now, unfortunately, I only have the Bowenia seed colony that I planted in the ground seven years ago nubering 50 plants, of which I hope to have a fair number of female plants to produce seed of course. I did the same thing with 100 plants of Ceratozamia "Hildae" which at long last have cones all over. I sold a lot od B. Spectabilis but I had a war with armadillos that destoyed many plants and caused me untold grief.Now, my 30-30 rifle is the answer to armandillos, and I am so happy I planted that seed colony 7 years ago. (I wish I had planted all of them) Robert Chumley

Armadillos? 😯

We'd love to see pics of your nursery when you have some time (away from nailing the armadillos, that is) 😀
Cheers.
Barb

Sounds like you have quite the operation there Robert. I too would love to see some pictures, but then again I've yet to post any.

Dean

Barb, It's hard to see in the photo, but the lowest leaves on the Pachypodium are where the crown was at the beginning of the season. At least a foot of growth this year 8)

Robert, The Summer here is too short and Winter too long 😐 but I'm still amazed by what people in colder areas than me are growing!
BTW ~ Thanks for the great packaging on the C.latifolia, I need to get a better photo but it arrived in great shape.

Steve

Good point, Dean, time we saw some of YOUR pics.
Steve: I knew that your two pachys had grown a foot or more...well done!
Gorgeous new cycad you've got there!
Barb

Steve, where did you get your Bowenia "Tinaroo" seeds? I haven't been able to find any Bowenia seeds for years.

Sorry about not having photos to send you, but I have not been able todetermine how to do it sucessfully. I do have a good digital camera and I did send a few pics of variegated cycads to Wes that went through, but Wes has not been able to forward them. I have some photos of plants that would amaze you , but can't seem to send them HELP..... Robert Chumley

Mr. Chumley, we'd love to see your pics!

Maybe talk (or send a private message) to Wes (Kansas).
Wes had some difficulty posting and got it perfect in no time.

He has been posting some nice ones.

Barb

The only problem is, I can not figure out how to post HIS pics. I can do mine, but I can't figure how how to move his pics to the place I use for mine 😳

And I can't remember how I posted YOURS when you emailed them to me. But I do remember it was a hell of a lot of work. Probably 'coz I don't know how to do an easier way.

I think I loaded your email pics onto my photo hosting site, and then I provided the link to Palms North when I posted. You'll recall I forgot your name and posted YOURS as Steve's. Stupid of me.

Maybe somebody "physically" near Mr.Chumley can sit with him at the computer. I'd recommend a photo hosting site like Flickr.com (or whatever). Costs me only $29.00 annually, and I've got about one thousand pics on there. Saves hard drive space. My computer would've bombed by now trying to store those myself...or on CDs.

Barb

You can always use my free image hosting at imagehostdirect.com 😀 Easy to use.

Regards,
Jay

Jay, sorry I forgot!

Yup, Mr. Chumley, good idea to have your pics on Jay's photo hosting site!

We'll look forward to seeing your gorgeous nursery soon.
I'm drooling already.

Barb

Thanks for the two sites. Maybe I could try again. I need a play by play. I tryed Photobucket. Maybe youguys can e mail me your email addresses and I can send somthing direct to you and you can post it. Robert Chumley

Mr. Chumley, click on this:

http://imagehostdirect.com/

Jay has assured that it's easy.
There'll be instructions for loading onto the site from your digital camera.

Good luck.
Barb