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phoenixtropicals
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:36 pm    Post subject: Interesting Columbia Photo Tour Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

R, can you give us some pictures?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

R, can you give us pictures of your flowers?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, you've collected saffron from your saffron Laughing ? Does it have good flavor? Got any pictures of sugar cane?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@ 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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