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Good things do come in the mail! 8)
From Mr. Chumley via http://ChumleyCycads.com
After removing all the packing material, got to the good stuff 😀
(everything was well packed and arrived in great shape)
Here is a Dioon spinulosum just starting to form a trunk,
A cluster of Dioon edule var. angustifolia, (four growing points, there is a small one starting behind the others)
And a nice Encephalartos gratus,
With our warm weather, it will be no time at all before these are sending up new fronds.
Thanks again Robert for sending such nice plants!
Steve
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Posted : 06/06/2008 5:05 pm
They look real nice I cant wait to see them bounce back.
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Posted : 06/06/2008 5:17 pm
Congrats, Steve, they should bounce back quickly in your hands. 8)
Dean
Dean
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Posted : 06/06/2008 9:47 pm
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Thanks! We are forecast to be in the 90's for the rest of the month, that should get them moving along 😀
Steve
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Posted : 07/06/2008 9:49 am
My experiences with Robert's Spinulosums are that they flush like mad!!! They do take a lot of water, but man do they grow fast!!!
If this is your first Spinulosum, you will find a new new favorite.
Posted : 07/06/2008 10:30 am
Wow...
looks great! 😯
Post pics when they begin to flush please!
Taylor
Posted : 07/06/2008 12:21 pm
Great buys!
Barb
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Posted : 09/06/2008 1:46 pm
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I moved these around a few times, seem to be settled in now.
Dioon spinulosum Starting a flush,
Encephalartos gratus,
Dioon edule cluster has filled out nicely 8)
Steve
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Posted : 19/08/2008 2:24 pm
Steve,
I'm convinced those three will be among your favorites.
It'll probably be a "growth race" between E.gratus and D.spinulosum.
My money's on the D.spinulosum.
Your hot weather sure made them move along.
Barb
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Posted : 19/08/2008 3:59 pm
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Hi Barb,
They're already in my "Favorites" list, as is most everything 😀
I think you are right about the D.spinulosum, once fully rooted in, it should easily outpace the others.
Steve
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Posted : 19/08/2008 5:46 pm
Looking great! 😀
Dean
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Posted : 19/08/2008 7:03 pm
very nice. love the d. spinulosum, looks like you got a nice one.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 19/08/2008 9:19 pm
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Thanks for the comments!
This is my first D.spinulosum, (I had some started last year, until a storm took down the shelves and tore them up.)
We had a bad year,(weatherwise and otherwise), Mr.Chumley went out of his way to send me some nice Cycads, I'll always appreciate that 8)
And, Thanks to everyone else I've traded with! I was ready to walk away from this "hobby" a few times, it was always then that a new package showed up 😀
Steve
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Posted : 20/08/2008 11:10 am
Steve,
I was ready to walk away from this "hobby" a few times
Oh no! Glad you didn't.
Barb
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Posted : 20/08/2008 12:42 pm
Steve,
I was ready to walk away from this "hobby" a few times
Oh no! Glad you didn't.
Barb
I was surprised you said that. What made you want to quit? 😯
Dean
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Posted : 20/08/2008 12:48 pm
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