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If you’ve been following along here for any length of time you know I love plants growing on other plants. Jungle cactus winding themselves around the branches of trees, pyrrosia that have completely covered a trunk so it seems to be enveloped in green scales—these things make me swoon. You’ve also probably been witness to my tucking tillandsia and other bromeliads (Fascicularia bicolor for example) into the hairy trunks of my palms—Trachycarpus fortunei and T. fortunei var. wagnerianus. Today I’m sharing my latest crazy project, ferns growing on palms…

Here are two of my palms, photo from last October. In fact all the pictures in this post are from October, 2024. The trunk of the palm on the far left is covered in Passiflora lutea, a decidulous vine that dies back over the winter and then grows to cover the palm over the summer. On the far right is the palm we’re looking at today. See the green bits? Those are ferns…

Growing up from the ground is Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Theta’, an evergreen jasmine vine.

I love that vine, but I wasn’t content to wait for it to cover the trunk and decided to experiment using these natural sort of pockets in the furry trunk…

I started with the Asplenium trichomanes you saw in the top photo, and was so excited I texted a friend to share what I’d done. She encouraged me to take it one step further and include a Pyrrosia lingua. Duh! Of course I should…

I’m not sure why I needed the nudge, I mean I’d thought about it… I guess I was just hesitant to do it in October, with winter on the way (Asplenium trichomanes is hardy to Zone 3, whereas the pyrrosia is a Zone 8 plant). She reminded me though, when dry pyrrosia a better able to withstand cool temps. 

So there you have it. Ferns on a palm…fun! You know I’ll keep you updated on how they perform, so far they’re doing great.

One of the most popular nature craft activities involved creating a portrait out of natural materials found in the Garden.

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Koppert introduces their new Limonica product with a doubled number of predatory mites per bottle; from 12,500 to 25,000. “This improvement is a result of our ongoing efforts to make Limonica, the predatory mite Amblydromalus limonicus, easier to apply and more sustainable for growers”, the team says. Difficult…

Sharks and rays have populated the world’s oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat. Palaeobiologists have now investigated whether and how global warming influences the diversity of sharks based on climate fluctuations between 200 and 66 million years ago. According to the study, higher temperatures and more shallow water areas have a positive effect, while higher CO2 levels have a clearly negative effect.

Sharks and rays have populated the world’s oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat. Palaeobiologists have now investigated whether and how global warming influences the diversity of sharks based on climate fluctuations between 200 and 66 million years ago. According to the study, higher temperatures and more shallow water areas have a positive effect, while higher CO2 levels have a clearly negative effect.

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plantations are established in areas of the forest that are thinned out to accommodate new, young cacao trees. However, this comes with high economic and ecological costs. An alternative approach is to graft highly productive and native cultivars onto the existing older cacao trees. An international team found that cacao grafting is a useful measure to rejuvenate cacao plants, increasing their yield and profits with minimal impact on biodiversity.

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plantations are established in areas of the forest that are thinned out to accommodate new, young cacao trees. However, this comes with high economic and ecological costs. An alternative approach is to graft highly productive and native cultivars onto the existing older cacao trees. An international team found that cacao grafting is a useful measure to rejuvenate cacao plants, increasing their yield and profits with minimal impact on biodiversity.

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plantations are established in areas of the forest that are thinned out to accommodate new, young cacao trees. However, this comes with high economic and ecological costs. An alternative approach is to graft highly productive and native cultivars onto the existing older cacao trees. An international team found that cacao grafting is a useful measure to rejuvenate cacao plants, increasing their yield and profits with minimal impact on biodiversity.