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Main Forum => Enter the voids of the OT-forum => Topic started by: Persephone on April 18, 2009, 05:36:51 pm
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Hei :)
As we can see so many plants and flowers around our forum... You know, Vlad, Markus, Luth's Sunflowers :D I just thought that this might be a good topic for us to discuss plants... problems with its planting, for pics and advices. Whatever :)
Actually it's not without a purpose why I created it - I wanted straightly ask You, Markus... I love Cycas Revoluta. I had several years ago one... kinda big but unfortunatelly we moved to a flat with gas heating and it imediatelly died cause of the gas leaking into the air from the heating.
I got for my b-day a very very little new one now cause V. knew I adore Cycases and bonsai trees and Gardenias. So he asked his parents to give me Cycas for b-day. :blush:
So now I have little one. They are not easy to plant... do You have some experiences with Cycas, would You please give me some advice?
Thanks and enjoy this topic :)
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Hei Mirjam, :)
Latin and botany - a sure way to lure me. :lol3:
First of all: Congrats to your new plant! I don't really have experience with Cycas revoluta, but my parents have a Cycas plant. It stands in the living room in a rather shady place at 18-25°C, in the summer even warmer. My mom waters it, and only the most robust and easy-care plants survive her gardening skills. ::)
I did a quick web-research for you, and this site (http://www.rhapisgardens.com/sagos/) seems rather sound and helpful. The gist is: Your new roommate likes direct sun or at least a bright place and regular water. It gets better along with some dryness than with too much water; but avoid dryness when new leaves are developing. Some mild fertilizer is appreciated in spring and summer. It tolerates a wide range of temperatures, so normal room temperatures should not be a problem. You ought to avoid cold draughts, though.
General rules that hold for all plants are: Too much fertilizer is harmful, and the warmer a plant stands, the more light it needs. Never ever water them by a fixed schedule ("every Monday and Thursday") but always by their need - water them, when the surface of the soil has become dry.
If you have any more questions, don't hesitate! :)
Cheers!
Markus Botanicus
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P.S.: Miri, you might also enjoy these pages: Cycas revoluta (http://www.pacsoa.org.au/cycads/Cycas/revoluta.html) and Odd forms of C. revoluta (http://www.pacsoa.org.au/cycads/Cycas/revoluta-odd.html)
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Wonderful! Thanks a lot! :wOOt:
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So, I was in one of few botanic gardens here in my city... the biggest one. Unfortunately I forgot to take the camera... but then I used my friends mobile phone for some pics I had time to make at least in the end of the garden.
I was so fascinated by these little froggies! :wOOt: :wOOt: And how many were of them!
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5660/dsc00355z.jpg)
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7615/dsc00360y.jpg)
Their home:
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8840/dsc00358.jpg)
Way to the secret garden :ninja:
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2384/dsc00362d.jpg)
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9652/dsc00363.jpg)
View from the one of beginnings of the botanic garden to the gardens of Troja chateau:
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6362/dsc00369h.jpg)
We came there just right because of these little trees :) There was a huge exposition of bonsai trees :)
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6044/dsc00372e.jpg)
I don't usually like sculptures - but this one was fantastic, there was another one - smaller - too but in the end I forgot to take a pic of it.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5038/dsc00376y.jpg)
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OMG! Beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing! :thumbup: :bow:
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Really amazing, thanks a lot!
I'm especially fond of bonsai, too. Years ago I visited the bonsai museum in Heidelberg which has a lot of fantastic trees.
Cheers!
Markus
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Great pics (and great topic too) Mirjam!
My faves are the Araucaria (the fifth one) and the sculpture .
Man, it's been a while since the last time I went to a botanical garden. It was last summer in Bonn (Germany) and wow! what a wonderful place it was :bow:
I'll try to drop a pic or two in a few days.
Best,
A. :blink:
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Maybe some more continental plants...
Linum austriacum (at the banks of Vistula river valley)
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1916/dsc47031.jpg)
Iris sibirica (as seen yesterday at Folusz Molinia Meadows )
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4857/dsc48871.jpg)
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You've messed up the inscriptions. :lol3:
But the images are wonderful, as usual. I like the colour of the flax blossoms and the intricate marking on the iris. :)
Cheers!
Markus
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True :lol3:
OK... now must be correct ;)
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The second ones are... :wOOt: :blink: :wOOt: