Tim, good to see your update.7.2F = -14C, pretty darn good for a low, good that you had a lot of snow.Everything does look very healthy.Have you had s...

Jeez, Cameron my Nannorhops after 2 weeks doesn't look like yours after 18 hours.Besides fresh seeds, you've got the magic touch :glasses7: Appreciat...

Took some pics today at 13 months since germination.Sand is only as a top-dressing to discourage fungus gnats (sand dries out faster than "soil", fung...

Potted up today was a frail little Trachy wagnerianus (one of only 2 very old seeds that germinated from my order) :evil: <img src="" width="500" ...

Trachycarpus princeps after sandpapering on the "hump" part.<img src="" width="1024" height="768" alt="DSC04478" />the following failed: Cyrtost...

Congrats on your protection Jesse.Well done.Barb

damir, thanks for the great pictures. Good to see!One problem.That second picture isn't a Nannorhops seed.Looks like one of the seeds in the first pi...

Cameron, I've virtually scalped my two remaining Nannorhops ritchiana seeds looking for the embryo "door".I found a dot, but it hasn't moved in two da...

Erik, that's encouraging!I'm hoping that pipe heating cable did the job, and also the C-9s with the thermocube since you moved it to a more appropriat...

Jubaeas are fabulous, always amazed at the sheer size of those trunks.bananieru, that Copernicia is a beauty in the first pic.I tried to get the slide...

You're right Jesse, I was thinking of stratification.

About time, huh, Aaron?Cocos in St. Kitts! :D That's when the addiction began and it doesn't end. Put palms in your will. :idea1: :lol: Barb

Without looking it up in the dictionary, I thought scarification meant exposing seeds to a winter environment for even brief period of time that allow...

Our friends travelling in their 5th wheel sent a couple pics of where they're calling Home for a week: El Centro, California.<img src="" width="500...