subsonicdrone

very nice flower!

i have the nicolai as well

all43

Mine is potted so very restricted, is your in the ground and has it ever flowered?

subsonicdrone

yeah mine is in a 7 gallon pot.. about 5 feet tall
i got it free at the end of the growing season of 2022
i drove around on the last night before a killing frost asking people with tropicals if they were going to bring them inside
it was pretty tiny at the time
it is still a baby... no flower yet
i have seen some big ones at a garden nearby
talked to that gardener and he brought them inside each fall if the temperatures were going to go below 10C
i think they can handle cooler than that though
here is a recent enough pic
it is in the middle in the background against the wall with a traveller palm to the left of it

all43

I want a traveller palm to add to my collection, I've tried from seed with no luck.

subsonicdrone

i tried to germinate both Ravenala madagascariensis and Phenakospermum guyannense with no luck either.

i got mine for free when i helped a friend pick up a bunch of palms with my trailer

speaking with the sales lady i mentioned how i wanted to get one but it was out of my budget
she said they were giving some of the sort of hurting looking ones away to customers and gave me one pot with two small ones in it
as soon as i got home i separated them so now i have 2

i saw some big ones at a local nursery which were probably close to 20' tall which were $1500 CAD each

aruzinsky

Same here. You can buy plants in 4in pots at a price that is too high for me at:

https://kensphilodendrons.com/produc...agascariensis/

subsonicdrone

hi aruzinsky!

this page needs some flower pics
i know i post my plumeria all the time but this is what is flowering currently

subsonicdrone

so i noticed last night while watering that my BOP has a pup/offset!



and i know i have posted pics of this hoya carnosa before but it is currently in the process of flowering

all43

Mine too!!

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subsonicdrone

a couple days ago:







and today:

all43

Bet the Hoya smells sweet!

cincinnana

Hoya flowers are the best.

They are so waxy and plastic, it's amazing.
Your plants look great.

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aruzinsky

After success with hedychium coronarium, last year I bought about 10 other varieties of hedychium. The first to bloom is Hedychium Giant Hybrid Yellow which was a surprise because it is the largest growing, growing to 9 ft.



I discovered that potted hedychium coronarium can be stored in a dormant state in a cold spot of my basement so I will be doing the same with all of my hedychiums because, otherwise, they would occupy all of the space in my greenhouse.

Calathea Loeseneri:


Some heliconia: