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Nothing like having a collection of pinangas in a few containers! Pinanga sarawakensis Pinanga Pinanga crassipaes Pinanga disticha complete leaf Pinanga rumphianaPinanga densifloraPinanga coronata Pinanga ponapaepinanga Borneo sp

Wow I didn’t realise that kind of wind was that rare in Hawaii. We get gusts over that regularly. I wouldn’t describe today as a windy day, but we had gusts up to 57km/h (35.4km/h). I guess that’s one more reason why things look perfect in Hawaii, but I don’t often think of wind as a factor in climate.

Reached 30.8 today, first time even my home station which is sheltered and more often than not warmer than the nearest official site 15km away, had gone over 30 since once on Jan 7, and before that had to go back to Dec 11. Yet had an average max of 25.5 and 25.7 for Dec and Jan. After easily warmest November in last 20 years and 5 days in a row >30 in early Dec, was expecting a lot more >30 days this summer but today could quite possibly be the last. Not complaining, palms seem to like temps in the 20s as do people.

Some of the recent winter plantings are loving the summer heat, just add water! Wallichia disticha Carpoxylon macrospermum Dictyosperma album conjugatum Dypsis rosea Areca Laos dwarfChelyocarpus spVariegated lanonia dasyantha Marojejya darinii Nenga banaensisDypsis lantzeana Dypsis basilonga Dypsis spChambeyronia houalouensis Dypsis utilis Dypsis baby red stem Another couple of years and the garden will definitely have that tropical look!

Could have been worse a hurricane!

Another fix of some exotics for the garden! licuala triphylla var stenophylla with a couple of seeds licuala poonsakiilicuala Yaal Brawl Alpinia pumilla Microsorum whitheadiiZamia nesophillaPhilodendron golden erubescense The usual couple of winters to acclimatise and grow up a bit, then plant out!

I would check the color of that spear and also mark it to see if you notice any spread growth with the warmer weather. I have failed about a dozen times with coconuts here in Jax because I love them so much I couldn’t give up, but growing then is near impossible unless you can protect them and provide supplemental heat over winter. I’m down to one I have potted so I can move it inside when it gets cold. It’s still suffering, and I had another one die last winter that never saw frost or freezing temps, but just couldn’t handle sustained cool temps. Beccariophoenix alfredii is a cool palm that really looks a lot like a coconut and handles our climate much better. I’m not sure where to get them, but there was a guy that worked at Jax Palms who was selling them locally when I talked to him a couple years ago. He may be on here as well.

I know this is not warm for a lot of people , but this is a very warm winter night for us in february its currently. 48f at 12:02 here in needmore Pennsylvania

@kinzyjr Hey you’re a mod right. This comment above mine is completely unrelated to the topic and links a random gambling site. Acc only has 1 other comment, quite suspicious. They didn’t even try to fit in with the spanish 😂

Except.............. Robusta are not known to "sprout" in 9.2 ph soil like filifera are documented. An often overlooked or "ignored" fact/trait of filifera. Pics of native robusta habitat in Mexico look quite different. My hunch Filifera grove

That's very encouraging news! Hope things continue to push upward!

Sweet looking palm . You have a real winner there. Harry

These photos are only 4 months apart. Ugh. One night of freezing but happened to be 25F. Most sensitive have been treated with copper fungicide and, marking each spear with a sharpie 3 days ago, i confirmed all are moving their spears. This includes adonidia, bottle, foxtail, and coconut. Doesn't mean they're safe yet but at least alive. Got on a ladder to mark a new area of my coconut spear and noticed a new inflorescence pushing that is green (circled in blue). Will be interesting if it continues to push out because my experience is a stressed palm doesn't put it's energy into fruit.

Looking for seedling or small palm in Southern California. Any one I believe there are eight. Thank You

I'm sort of new to treatments too. I hired a professional who sprayed copper fungicide and part 2 is 2 weeks later (Feb 20). He told me too much copper could harm a palm. Hope he's right because that seems like a long time between treatments. For the others I use peroxide and apply every other day. My majesty bubbled on Sunday. Today it didnt. Hope your palms recover.

It's painful to toss a plant but the garden should be a source of enjoyment, not despair. If it hurts to look at, just remove it. Otherwise leave it alone until it recovers or a replacement is found.

Honestly? I think I've spent more on perlite and coir than anything else. I bought some expensive lights on eBay and wanted to return them? 50% refund. Got some pillows off Amazon? Refund and keep them. I got a heating pad I didn't want for Christmas. Return. A couple lightning deals and a couple black Friday deals and we're set up with extras. 5 (now 6 after the new pup) of the bananas were gifted, 2 were freebies from Wellspring Gardens, and the 2 Javas I only paid like $15 ea for and one of them is 6 feet tall now. Most of what's in there is seed grown. I built all of the tables with 2x4s and repurposed shelving - like real wood shelving, not the particle board laminate crap. Buckets are $3 and change at Walmart. The big totes were $6 on Black Friday at Lowes. I found some exotic philodendrons on $5 clearance racks that look fantastic. I promise this is very much a ghetto amateurish operation. I don't know if I should be defensive right now or not 😂 Its all documented on YouTube and Instagram, man.

Winter is over.

A nice small dypsis plumosa I can get to quite easily. Super tough palm growing in sandstone rocks, very hot and dry!

Welcome back Big fish will DM you.

Updated up close photo. Decent coverage, but got nothing on Jim’s.

I was gonna go but out of nowhere I have a weightlifting meet then. I typically have them Wednesday’s but I have one saturday

My o es have flowered for about 3 seasons in a row now and no seeds as of yet! Richard

They would pay good money for a purp like that here!

Our low was 33.6°F - brutal wind. All mature palms appear undamaged.