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update from Orlando

Posted by PJ Lake Nona FL <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=PJ+Lake+Nona+FL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/14/2019, 11:07 pm

It's been a long time since I posted. My job has consumed me this year and kept my time posting things to a min. Hope everybody is having a great growing season! I have luckily found some time to keep up with the yard. We had a mild winter and are having a good growing season. Because of the mild winter (one night in the 30s), my coconut had time to recover from the prior year freeze.

After 4 years in the ground, it got its first inflorescence (4 actually). 3 of the 4 have opened. This means the coconut is a Malayan as they fruit with approx. 2-3 feet of trunk.

Here is a bee pollinating.

Bottle palm

Front yard with foxtail

Happy growing!

Enjoying life in Orlando, FL (z9b)

Re: update from Orlando

Posted by Stan Hayward CA <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Stan+Hayward+CA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/15/2019, 2:24 pm, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Coco is great. So lush in Florida..look at those lichens on the dwarf Date palms!
I'm going to make a tiny greenhouse for my Crotons. It survived the last winter on my porch..juuuuuust barely. Its still not growing full sized leafs.
Like the Bottle palm too. They don't get much greener and fresh looking then that.

Re: update from Orlando

Posted by Ben OK <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Ben+OK' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/15/2019, 9:22 pm, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Congratulations on your first coconuts PJ. That's pretty awesome. Sorry work has kept you that busy, but I'm always glad to hear when a fellow gardener has had a mild winter.

Kano ako, Pinoy kayo?

Re: update from Orlando

Posted by Derek in NC <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Derek+in+NC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/16/2019, 12:29 pm, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Beautiful! That coconut looks great.

Wow!

Posted by Dave in NoVA z7a <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Dave+in+NoVA+z7a' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/17/2019, 8:12 am, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Wow! That's looking so good now! Your tropical landscape is really maturing. Love the Bottle Palm. Now you need to find room for a mango! Try Pickering, Neelum, Carrie, Cogshall, Nam Doc Mai, Angie, or one of the smaller varieties. I hear there's nothing like a tree-ripened mango. And there are so many good varieties that never make their way into the grocery store.

Fairfax, VA,Zone 7A

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Re: update from Orlando

Posted by WSimpson NC <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=WSimpson+NC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/18/2019, 1:31 pm, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Looking good PJ .
Will

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F 14F 19F 16F(2021)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 12.7F ; 30 Year 12.36F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

Re: update from Orlando

Posted by jay-mid-md <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=jay-mid-md' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/20/2019, 8:42 pm, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Ah. You answered a question I was about to ask: Foxtail is the palm I wanted to know the name of. I'll make a separate post about a question I have on those.

J mid-md z7a

Re: update from Orlando

Posted by Glenn Orlando <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Glenn+Orlando' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/23/2019, 7:33 am, in reply to "update from Orlando"

Your coconut looks great. Fingers crossed on a mild winter so you can have coconuts next summer.

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