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Feb 17, 2012 7:16 AM CST

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The palm in the second photo is definitely Licuala grandis. The Alocasia with it looks like A. plumbea which is now considered a synonym of A. macrorrhiza.

At this stage of your dry season I'd have thought your pineapples would already be flowering if they were going to this season. My neighbour has lots of them in pots and she fertilises them. Her fruits are large, whereas mine are smaller. Mine get completely ignored. In fact I sometimes notice a flower and the next time I see it it's a half rotten fruit on the ground. Keep promising to set up the pineapples properly ....... one day. I have got one that has bright red fruit, even when the fruit is small. The thorns on the leaves are large and savage, but the fruit looks spectacular.

Heliconias are great, if you can keep them under control. Especially Heliconia psittacorum. Some people say Heliconias should never be released from a pot, there's no guarantee for their good behaviour. Hilarious!

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