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Auction ends this evening.

Cheers!

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The parent plant is one I've had for a few years now, got it from a trusted source. Has been an easy grower, no major pest/disease issues, it's still potted and has become about 5' tall now, has yet to flower so don't know the (gender).

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB Myrica Rubra seeds/scions
« on: February 01, 2021, 11:28:47 AM »
I should have some rooted cuttings available later this spring.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Iguana removal opportunity with the cold
« on: January 24, 2020, 09:53:42 AM »
There is no such thing as a delicate balance of nature, any assemblage of organisms is an accident of geology, geography, and time. Likewise the terms "native", "exotic" etc. have absolutely no biological meaning whatsoever.

A few interesting books on the subject:

The New Wild by Fred Pearce
Inheritors of the Earth by Chris D. Thomas
Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience by David I. Theodoropoulos

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Iguana removal opportunity with the cold
« on: January 24, 2020, 07:33:54 AM »
It's the invasive primates in Florida that I find most distasteful, they have destroyed everything they touched, while pointing their filthy fingers at every other newcomer.

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That's a very cool looking tree for sure. Have you ever tried the seeds as a nut? Wondering if they are as good as commercial pine nuts.
They take 50 years to produce first nuts .

I think 50 years is an exaggeration, in reality trees can start producing at around 12-15 years old. The seeds are quite popular in parts of Brazil.

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Mine came from a plant collector, he use to sell on ebay, but no longer does.

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How about Araucaria angustifolia? I have some spares if your interested.

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I think they are mostly found at elevation, I have one growing at my place (zone 8-9ish), the seed came from Oaxaca.

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Just realized I may know you on another forum Botanicus. If so thank you for your contributing species to my gardens. Soap berry trees etc. You may know me as MP(abbreviated) on STS if your the same guy.

 ;) yea thats me - Cheers!

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I also live in the Florida panhandle, and have had great success with Turks cap hibiscus (edible flowers + leaves), goumi, improved autumn olive, Chinese water chestnuts, cassava, ground nuts (Apios Americana), old fashioned edible daylily, native beauty berry (delicious jelly), coral vine (Antigonon leptopus...invasive potential, but entirely edible), arrow root (Maranta arundinaceae), ginger, turmeric, malanga, pecan, elderberries, Passion fruit, raja puri banana.

Unusual plants I’ve had my eye on:

. Fish mint. (Houttuynia cordata)
. American hazel nut.
. Ginkgo.
. Bunya pine.
. Strawberry guava.
. Taro root.
. Dunstan chestnut.
. Topi tambo (Calathea allouia)
. Suran root (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius).
. Water caltrop.
. Mayhaw trees. (Should handle poor drainage)
. Improved honey locust varieties. (Hershey, millwood, etc.)
. Dioscorea species.
. Latex vine. (Araujia odorata).
. Peruvian apple cactus.(Cereus Peruvianus)
. Improved prickly pear cactus.
. Sochan. (Rudbeckia laciniata)
. Chaya.
. Edible bamboo.
. Magnolia vine. (Schisandra chinensis)
. Lagos spinach. (Celosia argentea)
. Reverend Morgan apple tree.
. Improved Chickasaw plums.
. Good tasting hosta varieties. (Hosta fortunei)
. Ipomoea macrorhiza.
. Star anise. (Illicium verum)
. Florida native pawpaws. Asimina sp.
. Gopher apples.
. Madeira vine. (Anredera cordifolia.)

Does Star Anise (Illicium verum) grow outside in your garden? Where did you get the plant/seed?

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Spondias dulcis is very fast from seed to fruit

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How do I get my cacao to fruit?
« on: October 08, 2019, 07:31:28 AM »
Cacao plants that are clones from a mature plant can flower when small and in pots, not sure how long it takes seedlings to flower. I have noticed that Cacao plants seem to not be self-pollinated and need a different (genetically) plant for fruit to form.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Any hardy Proteaceae nut trees?
« on: September 18, 2019, 12:12:23 PM »
Tried Gevuina here in Florida a couple times, and even in somewhat cool shaded locations they died.

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Tea seeds seem to have a very short viability window, most seeds online are old/dead/worthless. Buy a plant and grow as many as you would like from cuttings. Camellia Forest Nursery usually has several different varieties. I have found the large-leaf varieties do best in the southeast.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: It's National Iguana Awareness Day!
« on: September 16, 2019, 05:01:37 PM »
Thank the Gomphothere

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help me identify this fruit
« on: September 16, 2019, 09:47:59 AM »
looks like Cinnamomum camphora

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: It's National Iguana Awareness Day!
« on: September 16, 2019, 09:46:57 AM »
The Camel group evolved in North America, moved south & west and disappeared here.

Those Iguanas & Pythons are now as Floridian as you, get used to it.

The terms "Native" &  "Non-Native" have absolutely  no biological meaning whatsoever.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Zone 9b space coast Florida peaches?
« on: September 13, 2019, 08:50:56 AM »
UF has bred many low-chill peach, plum, & nectarine varieties. I like 'Tropicsnow' a very good white flesh peach, and 'Sunraycer' nectarines the best out of the varieties I've planted.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/MG/MG37400.pdf

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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Tree identification
« on: August 27, 2019, 08:29:31 AM »
Looks like Guajilote (Parmentiera edulis)

I grew one in Sarasota, the tree did well enough, just couldn't figure out what to do with the fruit.

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I've ordered many different types of seed from them over the past few years, mostly small packets of palms, fruits, & various ornamental plants. Successful germination has been mixed with some having nearly 100% germination and some zero. They do receive seed from all over the world and are dependent on the supplier for proper ID and handling, but I believe they try to be truthful about what they sell. That said, some plants just have very very short periods of viability (like cyclanths), or painfully slow germination rates (like some palms), so the buyer has some responsibility to research what they are trying to grow. I will give RPS credit for making many previously rare seeds available, and I'll continue to purchase from them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Central Florida food forest ideas.
« on: May 28, 2019, 10:37:51 AM »
My jaboticaba has been surprisingly cold hardy, with only minor leaf burn at around 23 F.

The University of Florida has bred some quite good low-chill peaches, plums, & nectarines. Grapes, both muscadine & bunch should do well too.

Blueberries, blackberries & raspberries also.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Tropical Fruit Books
« on: April 04, 2019, 08:11:39 AM »

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Mexican seed
« on: April 01, 2019, 01:37:47 PM »
Hello,
I'm looking for a source for seeds from Mexico. If anyone has a source for any of the below, please PM me.
Cheers, Botanicus

* Abies quatemalensis
* Pinus maximartinezii
* Pinus lumholtzii
* Juniperus jaliscana
* Quercus insignis
* Quercus skinneri
* Quercus tarahumara
* Magnolia sp. [looking for any Mexican magnolia species]
* Podocarpus matudae
* Chamaedorea tuerckheimii
* Nernstia mexicana
* Aristolochia tricaudata
* Beschorneria albiflora

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