hey, one of the GBOP in my yard is growing a pup. maybe i could manage to seperate it succesfully, although i wouldnt be able to do it until the fall or wintertime because we're having temps in the 100 + degrees. It doesnt begin to cool down until november so maybe that will be a good time to dig up and ship. i really would like to trade it for your traveler's palm since i have no luck in germinating those.

I have a lot of Traveler's palm (ravenala madagascariensis) and Mexican papaya seeds to trade. Both types are fresh and the traveler's palm seeds are still in their blue seed coats. I am looking for any other neat tropical seeds. I prefer big trades, but am open to all offers. Send me an email if you would like to trade. Thanks! -Dave

Hi had one of these in my backyard when I bought the house so have no idea how old it was . I did not have the roo to allow it to develop trunks so constantly cut them out. Would still get leaves 20 feet long which would almost immediately get shredded by the wind. The most amazing part of the plant was the flowers as in ilima's pic. They would be 5 feet accross and have some sort of jelly like liquid that would run down the petioles Tasted a lot like apple jelly to me lol The amazing part was the number of bees attracted!! Thousands!! Then as it turned sour it attracted flies. Had to use a chain saw to remove them as they would persist for years on the plant. Another interesting thing was the leaves stored water. at least a pint in each axil. When pruning I would often get drenched.lol. Since I have such a small lot and it sprouted under the shadehouse and began to lift it I had it removed and the resulting cavity was about 4 feet deep.Took almost a year to get it to stop sprouting.lol Wish I had the room to keep it Fantastic plant even with all it's bad habits. gary

Hi My guess would be #1 is a travelers palm that way outgrew its glasshouse lol #2 Wonderful specimen of lipstick palm already showing intense color note the one in the back is not. Underplanted with calathea 3 Wouldn't even venture a guess from that pic Way too many to choose from Would agree that others are Tree ferns but probably not Austalian due to the finer leaves ,my guess would be New Zealand ?? Note in the last a wonderful tropical "maidenhair " in the background in spite of all the competition.!! The tough part on TP white BOP is when they are immature once they develop their characteristics very easy There is also One member of the family from S. America but is extremely rare except in bo gardens . The flowers of this type are entirely different In a glasshouse they could be almost anything !!! gary