Bromeliad

Spanish Moss

A view above the palms

 

The photo shows our planting area. We use a different soil mixture for each different plant depending on it's nutrient and drainage requirements. 

Bromeliad Agmea

Staghorns in our greenhouse

Platycerium Filled Tree

Bromeliad with yellow flowers

The palm canopy at the nursery

Tillandsias (air plants) on pole

Platyceriums

We currently have the following Platycerium (Staghorn) Ferns available: Platycerium Elephantotis R290 Platycerium Superbum R80 Platycerium Grande R85 Platycerium Willinkii R120 Platycerium Hillii R140 Platycerium Madagaskar R250 Platycerium Africa R240 Robbie Robbertze Tropical Farms Tel 012 379 8354 Cel 082 572 9347 Web http://tropicalfarms.blogspot.com Web http://thecuriousgecko.blogspot.com Web http://uncletarantula.blogspot.com Facebook Tropical Farms

Platyceriums on trees

This photo contains a few platycerium bifurcatum plants growing on a archontophoenix cunninghumiana plant.

Howea Fosteriana Information

Howea Fosteriana

The Kentia palm or Thatch palm (Howea forsteriana) is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It is also widely grown on Norfolk Island. Its "fronds" or leaves grow up to 3 metres long.

The species is considered vulnerable by the World Conservation Union. It is cultivated on Lord Howe Island by collecting wild seeds and germinating them for export worldwide as an ornamental garden or house plant. The trade in the seeds and seedlings is tightly regulated.

The palm is an elegant plant, and is popular for growing indoors, requiring little light. Out of doors, it prefers a tropical region but will also grow in a cooler climate, and can tolerate temperatures down to -5 °C, but only for a few hours; normal temperatures should not go below 10°. It grows readily outside in areas such as southern Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is fairly common in private gardens or as a street tree. In the Northern Hemisphere, it can be grown as far north as southwest England, and grows well in the south of Spain and the southernmost parts of the USA, and will bearflowers and fruit. In the United States, the kentia palm is often used in California in tropical plantings because it closely resembles the coconut palm, which cannot be grown there. The coasts of the southeastern Azores and Madeira offer similar climates to its original habitat. It is slow growing, but will eventually reach heights of 6 to 18 metres. Under natural conditions, it grows as a solitary tree. Germination of the seeds is erratic.

The closely related Belmore sentry palm (Howea belmoreana), also endemic on Lord Howe Island, is a smaller species to 7 metres tall, found mainly as an understorey plant in moist forests.

(Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howea_forsteriana, Oct 2011)

Staghorn special

Platycerium Grande. Now only R88

Have a look at what they grow into:

Sale on seedlings.

We currently have the following cycad seedlings on special as we need to clear space at the nursery. These are all planted in plant bags and range from 2 to 4 years old.

Encephalartos Transvenosis R89
Encephalartos Natalensis R49
Encephalartos Caffer R350
Encephalartos Altensteini R 49
Encephalartos Ferox R49
Encephalartos Eugene Marais R250
Cycas Taitungensis R240
Dioon Edule R69
Dioon Spinilosum R180
Cycas Revoluta R20