Washingtonia Robusta

could well be our common fan palm.



Reaching the height of the balcony edge.

result after pinching

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

tail that dropped off

fiddle heads on the french fern

It doesn't seem to mind the mediterranean sun and heat so far. To be named.

unnamed mini-succulent starting to flower

After a long winter, surviving on a stone in 3 tiny holes, it started growing faster recently and now it's even getting some flowers.

identifying the so called south-african dangling plant

well, it turns out to be Australian...
Although according to wiki most of the Carpobrotus family is from South Africa, the one I always mean is from Oz.

Here's an old pic from the one on my balcony, taken in it´s first year when it had 1 flower. Now it´s huge but it has never flowered again. (needless to say I never seen any salty pigface fruits either):




(yes, the flowers are really that huge, the wasp is full-size. )

And below is the story and pic from wiki

Carpobrotus glaucescens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carpobrotus glaucescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Carpobrotus Species: C. glaucescens
Binomial name
Carpobrotus glaucescens

Pigface, or Carpobrotus glaucescens, is a succulent coastal groundcover native to eastern Australia.

Succulent leaves are 3.5–10 cm long and 9–15 mm wide, straight or slightly curved. Flowers are 3.2-6 cm wide, and light purple. The fruit is 2–3 cm long, 1.6–2.4 cm wide, red to purple.^[1]

Uses

The fruit pulp is edible, with a flavor like salty strawberry or kiwifruit. The skin is discarded.

Leaves are also edible cooked, and can be used as a preserved pickles.

asparagus ID

Asparagus densiflorus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Asparagus densiflorus (Sprenger's Asparagus; syn. Asparagus aethiopicus L., Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth, Protasparagus aethiopicus (L.) Oberm., Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.) is a weed native to South Africa, which is often used as an ornamental plant. Asparagus densiflorus is toxic to domestic housecats.

Also known as 'Sprengers Asparagus', named after Carl Ludwig Sprenger who made it popular in Europe as an ornamental plant.

Now googling how to plant them and the result is as follows.

• Propagation: seed or division; roots develop fleshy nodules

Nothing about sticking some cuttings in a glass of water or some soil...

Cuttings waiting for roots

Pitusporum
Ficus elastica
Umbrella plant
And the not yet named babies-on-sticks

Stephanotis floribunda - Plantas trepadoras - Apocynaceae jardín

obviously I'll get rid of that silly silver frame tomorrow (and take some decent daylight pics)

http://es.gardening.eu/plantas/Plantas-trepadoras/Stephanotis-floribunda/1108/

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identifying & rescueing the old man

This old guy I temporarily called Bob because I didn't know his real name. My latest surfing suggest he could be a Portulacaria afra a.k.a. Spekboom?

pics on flickr

another troubled species