Exotics from Vancouver Island

Wollemi25 · Post by **Wollemi25** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:19 pm

Heres my pine that I got for christmas.

My monkeys!!

This one just popped up in January

And finally my fan palm

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:50 am

Nice Wollemi.....I'll have to check my Wollemi which is outside in a greenhouse.....the min/max thermometer in the greenhouse hit 12F twice and I hav'nt checked in several weeks now.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:08 am

Very nice plants.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:54 am

Wow, that wollemi pine is beautiful! I might have to try one if Tim's holds in there.

Hope it's ok Tim, you should be able to get to it this week with how fast the snows melting.

Bill

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:38 am

welcome to the forum, great pics! do you have any idea of the age of your larger MP?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:26 am

Welcome to the forum Wollemi25, nice to have you aboard.

Great pics, that Wollemi has a nice bluish look, mine's just a dark green, about the same size.
Interesting how the young MP already has mature characteristics.

Naturally, we're all envious of "Coasters" being able to start stuff outdoors.

Fan palm being planted this year?

Yeah, Tim, time for a pic update.

Barb

Wollemi25 · Post by **Wollemi25** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:30 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:welcome to the forum, great pics! do you have any idea of the age of your larger MP?

According to this website its between 5 and 10 years old.http://www.victorialodging.com/monkey-tree/tips When I got it thought it was in a 4" pot, very root bound and in complete shade. So it might be older than that. But the root growth is starting to fill up the 1 gallon now.

Wollemi25 · Post by **Wollemi25** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:32 am

lucky1 wrote:Welcome to the forum Wollemi25, nice to have you aboard.

Great pics, that Wollemi has a nice bluish look, mine's just a dark green, about the same size.
Interesting how the young MP already has mature characteristics.

Naturally, we're all envious of "Coasters" being able to start stuff outdoors.

Fan palm being planted this year?

Yeah, Tim, time for a pic update.

Barb

Well I don't want to plant my palm because I don't want to leave it behind when I leave home in a few years. But the root growth hasn't done anyhting it still has the shape of the 5 gallon it was in 2 years ago.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:27 pm

I managed to get into my greenhouse to check the min/max thermometer today. Low was 7.2F since I last checked....probably occurred the night we dropped to -4F. So far the Wollemi pine, Sabal birmingham and Trachycarpus takil '2000' aka 'nanital' are doing ok. A few photos from today.

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Sabal birmingham looking good.
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Trachycarpus takil
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Yucca filata #4 looking beat up
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Lights in the yard burned a tunnel in the snow....pretty cool
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:53 pm

Tim, good to see your update.

7.2F = -14C, pretty darn good for a low, good that you had a lot of snow.

Everything does look very healthy.
Have you had some leaves on a Yucca collapse in cold previously?
Probably be fine, doesn't appear to be any damage higher up.
You'll get more clear trunk sooner.

Snow tunnel...cool, have never seen that before.
Most people just use an extension cord across the grass.

Thanks for the pics.
Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:18 pm

Hi Barb,

that Yucca use to look like this: (I'd much rather look at this...LOL)
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My extension cord ended 15' short....LOL.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:41 pm

That yucca is just saving you from having to cut below...how thoughtful

It's gorgeous and will be again ... in 5 weeks I bet.

cord ended 15' short

good mouse tunnel.

Wollemi25 · Post by **Wollemi25** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:15 am

Here's my other pine.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:29 am

Three!!!! Wow.

The big one is a stunner.

Looks like you've got the bubbly "chocolate" bark.
Can't wait for mine to do that.

Are you allowing other stems to grow, or pruning them off to keep it to a central stem?

Thanks for the updated pics.
Barb

Wollemi25 · Post by **Wollemi25** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:49 am

I am gonna let it grow this summer and hopefully it will produce root and then I will cut it off.

Here's a better pic of the bark.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:24 pm

Thanks for that nice pic of the bubbly looking bark.
Very cool.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:23 pm

nice big Wollemi Pine!!