Tropical Ornamental Plants
At Penang Botanic Gardens
I think these are fruits from a plant in the family Araceae. Pic is from the Singapore Cloud Forest greenhouse. The leaves in the background may be from Pilea involucrata.
Somewhere on Penang Island (Malaysia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis at Penang Botanic Gardens
cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/2020342 > cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/2020236 > > > I am trying to plant palm trees from date pits. I've already done it. It's a very long process that takes about a year to show a recognisable palm. > > The date pit has to be first immerged in water for at least 15 days and up to 3 weeks. Then in wet cotton for the same time. Finally, we can plant it. The palm should be water only when the soil is fully dry. > > > > I've been using cactus soil last time but they are sold in big quantity and I don't want so much of it. Which kind of soil could replace it, preferably sold in smaller quantity? Are there soil especially made for palm trees?
It's in the Annonaceae
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