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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:36 pm Post subject: Interesting Columbia Photo Tour |
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I ran into this on the web when looking up Pacay information. This guy has some really great photos of Columbia, and an interest in plants.
http://www.geographylists.com/colombia.html |
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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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I thought it was funny that they had a artificial rain cover for cacti. The silver shrubs (white arnica) and silver cecropia were beautiful in mass. I wonder how they photosynthesize? Wax palms seemed to be a major part of the trip. We should start a tropical flowers shrubs and other for trees topic someday. A fragrant plant list would also be nice if more people had experiences. |
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raimeiken
Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 51
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for sharing the link! Love the photos.
The wax palms are mesmerizing to look at. They're so tall!
One plant that I'm really interested in is the tree poppy (Bocconia frutescens)
Very tropical looking, and it looks like it can handle some frost and freezing temps down to 25f. If it dies back from a freeze, it re-sprouts from the roots. It also reseeds itself. It handles different types of soils, and it's drought tolerant too. This might be another plant that I'll experiment with.
Some nice info on the plant here:
http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=2505
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raimeiken
Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 51
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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darkcoolboo wrote: | I thought it was funny that they had a artificial rain cover for cacti. The silver shrubs (white arnica) and silver cecropia were beautiful in mass. I wonder how they photosynthesize? Wax palms seemed to be a major part of the trip. We should start a tropical flowers shrubs and other for trees topic someday. A fragrant plant list would also be nice if more people had experiences. |
I've been trying out a lot of different tropical looking plants in the past several years. Some have done surprisingly well and some not, and some I'm just trying out this year.
Here's a list of what I've grown, and or currently growing that does well here:
Canna lilies (8+ different varieties) - full sun, fast growing
Firmiana Simplex (Chinese Parasol tree) - afternoon shade, fast growing once established
Alocasia (elephant ears) - Shade only, loves water, fast grower, gets crispy in the summer even in shade.
Caladiums - afternoon shade
Giant umbrella plant - full sun
Castor bean tree - full sun, very fast growing
Roselle - full sun, very fast growing
Calla Lilies - afternoon shade - full shade, dies back in the summer
Hibiscus Mutabilis (Confederate rose) - full sun, Very fast growing shrub, blooms late fall to winter, flowers are awesome looking and changes color.
Brugmansia - fast growing, dies back in the summer
Split leaf Philodendron - afternoon shade to full shade
Sugar Canes (Green and red) - full sun, fast growing
Bauhinia galpinii (Red orchid tree/shrub) - full sun, slow grower for me so far, prone to iron chlorisis
Hong Kong Orchid tree - full sun, fast grower, prone to iron chlorisis
White Orchid tree - full sun, prone to iron chlorisis
Musella lasiocarpa (Golden Lotus Banana) - does well in full sun just like other bananas here, Mine got trampled by my dogs, so I've never seen it flower here. I'll probably try one again in the future.
Crocus Saffron - full sun, dies back in the summer
Experimenting on these this year:
Alpinia Zerumbet (Shell ginger) - need rich organic soil, well draining, flower the second year.
Rice Paper plant - pretty fast growing so far. I hope it'll handle the summer heat well since it has huge foliage
Roxburgh ficus - Dies back if hit by freeze or frost, resprouts in the spring, huge foliage, fast growing.
Moreton Bay fig tree - full sun, part shade, big foliage, slow growth since they're container grown.
Last edited by raimeiken on Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:08 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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R, can you give us some pictures? |
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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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R, can you give us pictures of your flowers? |
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raimeiken
Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 51
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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These pics were taken 3-4 years ago. Some of these plants I don't have anymore since I moved to a different place. I couldn't take them all, and some that I tried moving didn't make it after a month being replanted.
Alocasia (Elephant ears)
Crocus Saffron
Passion vine
Hibiscus Mutabilis (Double White)
Hibiscus Mutabilis (Double Pink)
Brugmansia (angel trumpet)
Calla Lily
Chinese parasol tree on the right.
Castor bean on the right, Canna lily (bengal tigers) in the middle, Hibiscus Mutabilis in the middle
Plumeria
Hong Kong Orchid tree
These photos are more recent in my new home.
Moreton Bay Fig tree
Rice paper plants on the left and Roxburgh fig on the right
Golden lotus banana
More Canna lilies
giant umbrella plant
Roselle
I got too many pics. lots of different canna lilies. I'm too lazy to go through them all lol |
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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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So, you've collected saffron from your saffron ? Does it have good flavor? Got any pictures of sugar cane? |
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raimeiken
Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 51
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I collected some before, but you definitely need a lot of plants to get any significant amount of saffron.
no recent pics of my sugar canes. They're easy to grow here though. |
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Really nice photos and great plants. Your right, that tree poppy looks very interesting. Kind of prehistoric. I expect a dinosaur to come walking by. |
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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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@ raimeiken, what would you say is the focal point (the feature that draws attention) in both your backyard and front yard.? |
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