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Topic Title: Leu Gardens Plant Sale
Topic Summary: March 17
Created On: 03/16/2012 04:44 PM
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 03/16/2012 04:44 PM
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If you aren't going to the Montgomery Botanical Center for the palm sale, Leu's sale will feature lots of palms propagated at Leu.  Here's Eric's list from Palmtalk:

PALMS

Archontophoenix maxima
Archontophoenix myolensis
Arenga westhoutii
Bactris gasipaes-
Peach Palm
Calamus castaneus- Rattan Palm (non-climbing)
Calamus erinaceus- Rattan Palm
Caryota obtusa- Mountain Giant Fishtail Palm
Caryota sp. "Himalayan"
Chelyocarpus chuco
Dypsis ovobontsira
Dypsis scottiana
Licuala fordiana
Livistona inermis
Livistona rigida
Myrialepis paradoxa- Rattan Palm
Phoenix loureiroi (humilis)
Sabal mauritiiformis
Trachycarpus martinanus
Trachycarpus wagnerianus
Attalea colenda
Veitchia joannis

PANDANS/ SCREW_PINES

Pandanus bernardii
Pandanus mc-keei
Pandanus solms-laubachii
Pandanus spiralis



TREES AND SHRUBS

Bixa orellana- Lipstick Tree
Camellia sinensis- Tea
Caesalpinia ferrea- Leopard Tree
Delonix regia - Royal Poinciana
Delonix regia (yellow form)- Royal Poinciana
Elaeocarpus decipiens- Asian Blueberry Tree
Ficus auriculata -Roxburg Fig
Liriodendron tulipifera- Tulip Tree (east central Florida ecotype)
Nageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi)- Nagi Tree
Podocarpus costalis
Pterygota alata (Sterculia alata)

Ceiba pentandra- Kapok Tree



VINES

Bauhinia yunnanensis- Purple Orchid Vine

TROPICALS

Acanthus montanus- Alligator Plant
Dracaena cambodiana
Dracaena draco- Dragon Tree
Musa itinerans ‘Blue Burmese'- Blue Banana  

Note:  I've seen Orlando-area tulip trees growing happily and fast on moist ground with royal palms and American elms in western Lake Worth.

 03/16/2012 04:51 PM
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Vendor list at the Leu Gardens website.  PDF.

 03/16/2012 07:12 PM
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Thanks for the links. I don't need anymore plants. But, Leu Gardens is an awesome place to check out and a hidden gem in downtown Orlando.

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 03/16/2012 08:20 PM
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As one of the garden forum regulars put it, there's no reason to buy more plants, but the show's too interesting to pass up.  

I'm looking to finally plant out three little palms that Leu donated to the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society for last December's meeting.

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Thanks for the Vendors' list, ww!!!

Does anyone know what's a name of this bromeliad? I took these pictures at a friend's house and he couldn't tell me what it was!!! Some kind of Aechmea???






 03/17/2012 04:08 AM
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The leaf looks a lot like Androlepis Skinneri, but the flower is different. Maybe start looking at Androlepis.

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 03/17/2012 06:32 PM
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Thanks, Dave!!! Haven't found anything that look like the pictures yet.

Went to Leu Gardens Plant Sale today with a friend. I'm getting better, I only bought two plants and two ornamental pvc yard birds. Pandora vine, full of flowers that I couldn't pass and Honeysuckle hybrid fragrance both in pink color.

Just added the pictures of what I bought to the slide show this morning.

Leu Gardens Plant Sale 3-17-12

Edited: 03/18/2012 at 08:08 AM by Sawatdee
 03/17/2012 06:54 PM
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That carpet of yellow flowers under a tree is amazing.  Looks like Narcissus, but has to be something else.

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No, that's yellow Trumpet flowers falling off the tree. I wish I could have seen them on the tree but it still looked beautiful under the tree over the Mondo grass!!!
 03/18/2012 04:35 AM
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nice colorful shots!



Buyers enjoy plants at Leu Gardens sale


4:08 p.m. EST, March 17, 2012|By Jon Busdeker, Orlando Sentinel

http://articles.orlandosentine...-exotic-plants-crotons

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