I hear ya - I'm not far away here in London Ontario and I'm waiting for the heat also - I would really like my Basjoo to start taking off and some of the other things I would like to get to the flowering stage.

cheers

It was a nice arm June and early July but that's been it. Come on August!

Take some of my heat and send me some rain. Our heat index was "only" 100F today with a high of 91F, clear skies thunder in the distance (as usual w/out the rain)and a 10-15mph seabreeze, humidity was 60% at 2pm. My thermo reads...at 6:40pm 86.2F humidity 70% and what'ya know its still clear out! Lord our sun is hot in July. WEe did get .75" of rain Mon AM..heaviest since July 4th. Some reainy season. Orlando Int'l has logged almost 10" this month compared to my paltry 3.7". But, its still HOT HUMID every day. The palms do love it. Jealous anybody? lol Greg in Tampa Bay

very !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gregsytch you braggart....lol

Greg-
It hasn't been hot here but we need rain also. It rained here (work) half the day yesterday then I went home (33 miles northeast) from here and we hadn't gotten jack!

Its been sort of a below normal July for us as well. Temps in the mid 80's on many days. Normally its in the mid 90's this time of year. But at least its been really humid. All my palms are doing great though.

One of my T. Fortunie has sprouted 3 fully expanded fans since April and has 2 spears coming up. I expect this one to have 5 new fans by November when I'll have to bring it indoors. As you can see the azaleas aren't doing so well though.

Nice palms! I love the T.wagnerianus. I plan on getting some soon. They're so cool looking even when they're small. Plus "wagnerianus" is such a fun word to say. First I'm getting one of the 15 gallon 5 foot fortunei from eBay. Is that a tiny Pindo in the lower right of the first picture?

Your palms look great. This cooler weather is right up the alley for Trachys. They prefer it.

Josh,
The trachy waggies I got from a guy in southern California. I paid $20 for each plus $10 shipping for each. So $60 total for 2 like the photo. I can give you his email if you're interested.

The Trachy fortunie in the first pic came from Monrovia nurseries also in California. They don't sell to the public, but if you go their website they have links to local nurseries who can order one for you. The one in the photo was about $50 including tax and delivery... another bargain.

Andy,

I have't really noticed any difference in the Trachy's growth rates (caused by tempurature), but its my first year owning Trachys. All I know is that they have grown FAST since I bought them in April! The only complaint I have is that they get very ragged looking if not kept out of strong winds. I now keep them as protected as I can.
Here's my other Trachy fortunei. The trunk on this one is only about 14 inches. The other is almost 2 feet.

I watched a portion of "the Last Samorei (I know I butchered that spelling). It must have been filmed on location because there were Trachy Fortunies all over the place. They call them Chinese Windmill Palms even though they are actually from Japan.

Andy

I also find myself paying more attention to the background in movies and television shows. Its fun to see the trees growing where they need no protection whatsoever.

I checked the IMDB (internet movie data base) website.
Samaria was filmed in New Zealand and Japan. I've heard that New Zealand, at least the northern parts, has a very mild climate that would probably allow for all the cold hardy palms to thrive. I guess Japan does as well since thats where the chusan palm comes from.

Doug

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to Last Samaria filming locations.

Thank you for sharing the website. I also find myself checking out the background. When I was a kid I used to watch Magnum PI. Talk about a background. When I see palms in the background I always think "that could be mine some day". Even if I stay in Michigan I'll take my palms on a road trip to somewhere they can thrive in the ground once they get too big for me.

In "The Grudge 2" (horrible movie) theres one right up against the scary house. The story is based in Japan but who knows where it was actually filmed.

Oh yeah. southern il boy I almost forgot. I'd love to get his email. Can you give him a heads-up or should I just let him know you refered me to him? You can email me if you'd like. Thats an awesome price!

If you go to www.weatherunderground.com you can hit up any place in the world and check out current conditions, look at a calendar to see what the weather was like (perhaps their winter) and other info. Anywhere. I even checked out the capital of Mongolia! You learn what their weather is like, so if a plant comes from there you can get a feel for what their native copnditions are like. Auckland NZ is very mild in wintger with rare cold, always above 3C (38F) but rarely above 28C (83F) wet-dry. Its interesting. Southern Japan is the same way. Trachys grow in Tokyo btw. Greg in Tampa Bay...wakeup temp is 78.9 dewpoint 77F humidity 96% with cloud cover and rain nearby but never here!

Weather Underground is my homepage. It's awesome!

Andy,josh
I know what your talking about I find myself looking
at backgrounds of movies too..
Hi my name is topher and i'm a tropiholic !

Palm trees is an addiction ! That's why have you ever noticed yourself on roadtrips looking for diffrient types of tropical trees ? you know swerving from side to side on the freeway the other guy blowing his horn to get you back on your side of the road. And somewhere in between where
your going you actually start looking for nurseries ,
home depot and lowes and when you do stop you kind of look over at your wife and say : Don't worry i'm not going to spend that much, knowing all along if you see what you want your going to buy it ! 1 leads to 2- 2 leads to 10 and so
on and so on yep my friends it's an addiction and once you
get you will keep buying and keep growing because there's
better things out there all the time but hey we only go around once !! lol!!