Okanagan desert-palms
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Topics: 164 / Replies: 1439
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RE: Travelogue

Erik thanks for the heads up on the Christmas palm seedlings. I`ll keep a closer eye on them.John

13 years ago
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RE: palm tree protection

Beny Trachy`s are tougher than most people think. I`ve had mine experience -17c + for three nights straight with only mild burning on the ends of the ...

13 years ago
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RE: Yet another new addition........

Ah yes the "Vulcano" palm, not the molten lava version of the "Volcano" palm. :lol: I like the fact that this version of the Med. fan grows a singular...

13 years ago
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RE: Travelogue

Thanks Erik for the ID. on the Cohune palm. I`ll be potting some up if I can get the seeds to pop.John

13 years ago
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RE: I have Yet to Protect my Trachys

Scott nice pics. I believe in that the last photo of palms in your cold frame of the Pindo palm is actually a Butia eriospatha. You can tell because i...

13 years ago
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RE: Travelogue

Erik You just made me want to visit Belize. Great pics and videos. Do you know the name of the tall palm behind the menhir in your latest photo? I col...

13 years ago
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RE: Yet another new addition........

Barb they all look great. It`s a good thing your cold palm house has windows that face south and your main house as well. They get plenty of bright su...

13 years ago
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RE: Happy plants overwintering in my library

Igor very healthy looking plants. I would be happy if I could go to a nursery here and be able to buy what you can there. John

13 years ago
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RE: Nursery Stock levels down?

Those pics are both of Med. fan palms. They defintely mislabled one of them a Mexican fan palm or "W. robusta". You can see the suckers coming out fro...

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RE: Gathering Seeds

Mike look for seed pods hanging like Kent said. Also look for the seed covering to have changed color. Most but not all will be green when not ripe ye...

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RE: Nursery Stock levels down?

Barb that is very expensive for very healthy looking palms. Art Knapps plantland? What there a price on the Trachies? Is there a pic of the Mexican fa...

13 years ago
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RE: Canada`s only desert reptiles

Aaron that`s a great looking Y.rostrata. How old would it be and how long has it been planted? John

13 years ago
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RE: Visited John today

Barb thanks for the visit and the Jubaea seeds. Thanks for the comments everyone on the pics. Aaron yep she always manages to get me reluctantly into ...

13 years ago
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RE: Canada`s only desert reptiles

Jubea we are the California of Canada here in our desert valley of British Columbia. A little more global warming and W. filifera`s will be planted ev...

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RE: Travelogue

Erik I don`t know how I missed this post other than a little jet lag from our recent trip to Mexico "pacific coast". Belize is a beautiful place we wo...

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