and sun exposure? I probably should have planted by the Majesty Palm
Garden Pics....
I grow them in the open. They get a lot of sun on days that are not cloudy!
Thanks, we had problems with squirrels digging them up..the seeds were similar in size to pecans.
Carol has some by the driveway not too far off from the Banyan tree, so I bet some shade is okay.
You want me to bring you some seeds, Randy?
Carol
naturally
Nice shots guys. It's interesting comparing what you grow there to here. Aggies, vireyas and clivias would do better in the our highlands ( the Atherton Tablelands) than here. But most of those palms are very happy here.
BTW,a bunch of Betel Nuts trade around these parts for a slab (aussie for carton of beer). There are many Torres Strait Islanders in our community. Ann
What lovely photos from your gardens, and interesting info...the guys who come to trim the coconuts are always chewing betel nuts and spitting red juice all over the place. They tell me that chewing the nuts gives them a buzz like a cup of very strong coffee...
Jen
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The first time you chew Betel Nuts, you will feel the hair on the back of your neck raise up, and you will have this overall feeling like you need to get up and do something!
If I didn't love coffee and cocoa so much, I'd be chewing more Betel Nuts.
Where can I buy some. Sounds like an answer to prayers.
Hap
As of last evening, the Pinanga caesia flowers had not opened up.
Last night they began opening and dumping pollen, then falling off the inflorescence.
This morning they are continuing; hopefully the bees will get here soon and help make some seeds!
That's beautiful.
Hap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut#Effects_on_health
Well, so much for that fun.
Hap
As stated earlier, Betel Nuts contain toxins. You can tell someone with a Betel Nut habit, as it stains their teeth black!
That must look pretty!
Oh gosh - I thought that was just poor dental health! Yep, what few teeth they have are all black.....not going to be trying it anytime soon!
Here's a fun story: In the Botanical Gardens in Onomea (up the coast a bit) they started finding Medinilla magnifica plants popping up all over the place...and with a bit of study, they found these volunteer plants making a path that lined up a hole in the fence to a stand of Betel Nut trees. You guessed it - thieves were sneaking thru the fence, skulking past a big Medinilla bush, picking up the seeds on their shoes/feet and 'sowing' them as they made their way to the Betel Nuts on the ground. They closed the hole in the fence.... no more volunteer Medinillas!!! Down at the lower levels, the Medinillas can be very invasive....up here, not so much.
That reminds me I need to pick mine up from Waynes green house...
Is this a BOP bloom?
Located near the bottom left side of the photo, which is near the top of the plant.
Hi Randy, you may have the Traveler's Tree, Ravenala madagascariensis. The leaves look a bit long to be a common Bird of Paradise.
Here is the Giant or White Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia nicolai.
I agree for there are both in my yard.
The flower is magnificent on both, though.
Hap
A close-up of the flower!
This is the Traveler's Tree!
Here is a frond falling away from the trunk of Pinanga caesia, and exposing the bract which contains the inflorescence; thus starting the process over again!
I know! I've said that every since I've bought it. The leaves have always been long, and it grew differently than the other giants. Bought it at Home Depot quite a while ago 8-9 years ago when I first started getting into gardening, so didn't really know much about them. The tag though was Giant Bird of Paradise (which can be meaningless sometimes) and a picture to boot. It does not follow the travellers palm habit either. When it started growing like that, it had me searching the internet to figure it out.
Notice though the close up resembles the BOP s picture of where the blooms emerge, and nothing like the Travelers.
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The trunk is exactly like this one http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=6318284 just the leaves are abnormally long, and always have been..I thought perhaps because it was more in shade, was by the fern tree and the soil wasn't the best drained there, but the leaves continue to be long.
2006 photo
Strelitzia caudata is similar to Strelitzia nicolai, but has longer Banana-like leaves!
Here is my flower of my Travelers, dead as a doornail, but you 'get the picture'.
It's entirely different from the BOP.
Hap
BTW, this is a crinium that has babies on the bottom. How do separate them?
Hap
Bloom coming out.
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I'll look that up...here is an 05 picture
oh no...and the bloom on mine is coming out like the one you have in the picture...was the trunk like the one in my photo?
I think your right...it resembles Strelitzia caudata ...just looked at photos in PF.
cool blooms...
Here is a picture of the full tree, I took today
Hey Hap, to get the young offsets out safely, they need to be dug.
Hey Randy, the whole plant looks like the Strelitzia caudata in A. Graf "Tropica".
Aloha, Dave
Mahalo Dave...it's been years I've been trying to find out.
What does A. Graf "tropica" mean?
TROPICA is a book written by A. Graf....who also wrote Exotica and Botanica. Thick books that cost a fortune and are mostly correct.
Oh wow on the Pinanga already fixing to bloom again. I really do like it.
Can anyone on here tell me just how much water does a Majesty Palm actually need? I have read conflicting statement's saying to keep it "wet" not soggy but I have also read to let it dry out some as well.
Thank's
Lovely picture's everyone that has added since the last I checked. Hap. nice Traveler's palm even if it's bloom is dead as a door nail;-)
Rachel
Rachel, I have a friend who has one growing in the middle of a large pond.....