Mimosa with blossom

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Mimosa

New washingtonia baby

Let's see whether the hormones make the difference!




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3 new fiddle heads!

The little one on the right has been there for 3 days now. The other 2 popped up today!

prothali?

the larger round green bit are something else but the very faint green glow could finally be the fern prothali.

fig roots

The fig roots are already sticking out of the pot in less than 2 weeks.

Tillandsia, or Ball Moss!

in the end it wasn't all that hard to find. the fact that it grows without pots meant it had to be an epiphyte...

and this is what it says in wiki:
The plant genus Tillandsia, a member of the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), is found in the deserts, forests and mountains of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southern United States in North America. The thinner leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought. Moisture and nutrients are gathered from the air (dust, decaying leaves and insect matter) through structures on the leaves called trichomes. Tillandsia species are epiphytes, i.e. in nature they normally grow without soil, attached to other plants. Epiphytes are not parasitic, and depend on the host only for support. Common names for Tillandsia include air plant, Ball moss (T. recurvata) and Spanish moss, the latter referring to T. usneoides in particular.


for more images...
http://images.google.co.uk/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enES320ES320&q=tillandsia+bergeri&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=SZ5jSt62B5isjAfMuugC&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4

Passiflora

Portulaca

Washingtonia Robusta

could well be our common fan palm.



Reaching the height of the balcony edge.

the good old zip lock bag tip

A Practical Guide to Germinating Palm Seeds
http://www.palms.org/principes/1999/palmseeds.htm

result after pinching

4 peanut sized seeds, probably from the common Phoenix Canariensis
10 mini coconuts from an unidentified dwarf palm tree

floaters

Mostly floaters...
The green ones all sink nicely.
I'll try pinching.

palm tree comparison

http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/Palm-Trees-Comparison-Summary.htm

palm tree propagation tips

Palm Seed Germination, Growing Palm Trees From Seed

http://www.junglemusic.net/palmadvice/palms-seed-germination.htm

experiments in the shade

New box hanging outside the small and cooler balcony.

Featuring the Fig, Bob Jr., some basil and meanwhile also the fern spores experiment (not yet on this pic).

fig cutting after 6 weeks in a plastic bag

At last the roots started to show through the kitchen paper.

spores and crushed brick

And now 8 weeks of patience...

Bob and his neighbours

stephanotis is growing new leaves