tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post7157183315038623930..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: List: Houseplants Native to the Southern Pacific Oceanmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-82000692783722224572015-10-03T17:32:04.472-07:002015-10-03T17:32:04.472-07:00Unknown:
It's been long enough that I don'...Unknown:<br /><br />It's been long enough that I don't remember why I left it off the list (probably I was going to lump it in with the Australian group: my recollection is that there weren't many of those so I might have figured the list needed to be padded), but yeah, Lord Howe Island is technically in the South Pacific and has more in common with the other small islands than it hasmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-47118495961045384862015-10-03T14:46:02.641-07:002015-10-03T14:46:02.641-07:00Hi!
What about Howea forsteriana / Kentia Palm ?
...Hi!<br />What about Howea forsteriana / Kentia Palm ? <br />It's also well known beautiful indoor plant from Pacific.Anttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661453207276278846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-57561928467956991932012-08-09T08:56:36.220-07:002012-08-09T08:56:36.220-07:00I am not a planet person at all, I tend to be able...I am not a planet person at all, I tend to be able to kill even plastic plants, but I'm going to try my hand one more time at a terrarium from the Solomon Islands (for a Solomon Islands Tree Boa) and wanted to find plants that were native to that area. I found your wonderful site in my searches and I thank you for the info. Hopefully my local greenhouse will have some of these plants in stockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491586717061788888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-87899139612087576732012-01-16T18:01:47.857-08:002012-01-16T18:01:47.857-08:00:-) You are quite a wonderful person, you know th...:-) You are quite a wonderful person, you know that? You didn't have to edit your post to include obscure "collector" hoyas but you did anyway. From personal experience, I can tell you that H. chlorantha and all the H. australis-es are a joy to have around...unless you let chlorantha get too dry and then it spits leaves at you. But I can think of several other houseplants that Tigerdawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820351466005300465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-35092428486602741982012-01-16T10:46:44.461-08:002012-01-16T10:46:44.461-08:00Tigerdawn:
Well, I don't think I recognize an...Tigerdawn:<br /><br />Well, I don't think I recognize any of the species from the <a href="http://hoyor.net/en/origin.php?id=11" rel="nofollow">South Pacific page</a> (maybe <i>H. pilosa</i>), but I'll add them.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-30104451701676036252012-01-16T10:35:37.772-08:002012-01-16T10:35:37.772-08:00While it may be too esoteric for this post, hoyor....While it may be too esoteric for this post, hoyor.net has a pretty detailed list of origins.Tigerdawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820351466005300465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58298563206378724272012-01-16T07:27:47.576-08:002012-01-16T07:27:47.576-08:00Tigerdawn:
Not according to GRIN. (Almost, but no...Tigerdawn:<br /><br />Not according to GRIN. (<i>Almost</i>, but not quite.) For <i>H. carnosa</i> they say:<br /><br /> ASIA-TEMPERATE<br /> China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan<br /> Eastern Asia: Japan - Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan<br /> ASIA-TROPICAL<br /> Indian Subcontinent: India<br /> Indo-China: Vietnam<br /> Malesia: Malaysia<br /><br />and for <i>H.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-89004734540739200042012-01-16T05:30:07.419-08:002012-01-16T05:30:07.419-08:00You're probably going to hate me for this, but...You're probably going to hate me for this, but Hoyas are from the South Pacific.Tigerdawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820351466005300465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-18517836413430730992012-01-15T17:52:54.475-08:002012-01-15T17:52:54.475-08:00For the record on Phormium (I'm awful nosy tod...For the record on Phormium (I'm awful nosy today aren't I?) I've found it nearly impossible indoors. I've tried a number of times... I think it wants moisture with sharp drainage, it seems to rot really easy. I'll be damned if I give up trying though!Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-68302535675667027492012-01-15T17:13:41.274-08:002012-01-15T17:13:41.274-08:00Jayson in Missouri:
Well, barely (GRIN says Norfo...Jayson in Missouri:<br /><br />Well, barely (GRIN says Norfolk Island, plus throughout New Zealand), but -- do people grow it indoors, ever? I've wondered if that would work a few times, when I saw it in garden centers, but I haven't heard of anyone actually doing it.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-34872045847703027122012-01-15T16:27:12.757-08:002012-01-15T16:27:12.757-08:00It is a heck of a stretch sizewise, but Phormium t...It is a heck of a stretch sizewise, but Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax) is no taller than many Musa and hits the geographic bull's eye.Jayson in Missourinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-67904996136198516672012-01-15T11:29:05.308-08:002012-01-15T11:29:05.308-08:00Carmona is a horrible houseplant (I've tried.....Carmona is a horrible houseplant (I've tried..so so many times). I think they hate me. I do love the smell of them though, I think they smell like fruit loops.<br /><br />Spathoglottis are in the same vein as crotons...so often pretty in the store but 10 minutes after you get them home they're leggy from not enough light and covered in spidermites. <br /><br />I can't even get a Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41218602047954608972012-01-15T10:31:28.102-08:002012-01-15T10:31:28.102-08:00Jenny:
Nothing against Medinilla, exactly; they j...Jenny:<br /><br />Nothing <b>against</b> <i>Medinilla</i>, exactly; they just don't seem to do that well for them at the ex-job. (I don't know what they're doing to the plants, exactly, but they seem to feel the need to cut the <i>Medinilla</i>s back severely, and often the leaves have burnt margins. Whatever that would signify.) And I haven't seen much reference to anyone growingmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58084508010029315202012-01-15T09:36:19.071-08:002012-01-15T09:36:19.071-08:00Fantastic post! Really informative, but when cust...Fantastic post! Really informative, but when customers ask me where a plant comes from, I always say (with a straight face) 'They're originally from the tropics. But these here are grown locally!' Locally meaning Florida, natch. <br /><br />Why no love for Medinilla? I brought an old specimen home, left it outside all summer, brought it indoors at the end of october - it bloomed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-69752128173857871672012-01-15T08:50:09.690-08:002012-01-15T08:50:09.690-08:00Add to the difficulty of the task you set forth up...Add to the difficulty of the task you set forth upon, is that it has been only fairly recently that man has made an effort to actually figure out origins of species. Long before people cared to pay attention to such things, migrating tribes/colonies frequently took seeds or plantlings along with them to establish in whatever area they were settling -- greatly enhancing range spread.<br /><br />Paulnoreply@blogger.com