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Grew this little tacker from seed, you can definitely see it is not the run of the mill chamaedorea, they are special arenbergiana!

I love the dedication in cold climate growers. Me I just pack up and go home if a palm dies from the cold I just move onto the next palm.

Hi All, I bought the D. remotiflora as remoltifolia. I does not seed this far south as it requires a warmer climate. When it still existed in Habit its temperature reqiluirement would be North of Brisbane It is not a Dypsis lanzeana which requires more heat than remoltiflora. Had mine for many years Hope this information and Pictures help Regards Colin 20260209_185807.mp4

I guess the old saying one year seeds, seven years weeds. Only with palms it will take about 10 years before you get any seeds with some varietys. Nice little collection you got there Harry! Richard

A stack of dypsis onilihanses seeds to give away! Weeping form of course.

No John as we talked about it remember, the aliens did it!

Funny as it is, I only planted one about 6 months ago. Just overlooked them. Crazy how Australian palms are so popular overseas, yet they are ignored in their own country.

Assuming you'll be camping out under that one with a bucket Paul?

I really hope that your beccariophoenix fenestralis will recover. What a rare, absolutely beautiful palm.

Just wondering, have you detected any attack by SAPW on Strelizia nicolai? I am not sure if those attacks in my garden had been made by the local weevil or the Paysandisia archon.

Livistona nitida seems perfect for Houston. I don’t think it burned this winter or last in Pearland

Obscenities screamed!!!’ Hadda cut one of mine down, damn, hard assed wood.

Another warm day in the east valley of AZ...high of 83F and low of 57F.

Here’s a teddy bear going into rocket mode. It’s gonna gain a lot of height fast after this.

Generally it was about as hardy as my other two Ficus Auriculata. Unfortunately it died sometimes last spring or summer. I had a leaky irrigation valve that was basically dripping on it 24/7. I suspect it was leaking over the winter too. Either way, it got a root rot and died.

I missed lighting for pics but my fully exposed Sabal guatemalensis burned more than expected. Still nothing major but probably 20-30% burn on the tips especially the outer leaves. It burned more this year than last year despite the temp being much higher (23/24F vs 19F). Guess it didn't like being blasted by the north wind. Bismarckia is quite burned especially the outer leaves. Thankfully the teens forecast didn't pan out and it should be just cosmetic damage. Livistona nitida is completely unphased as far as I can tell. Numerous seedling decora are fine or have a bit of tip burn. I have some Chamaedorea radicalis that never burned before with some brown...might be the wind rather than the actual cold? Here's L. nitida without a scratch

Joseph, that's great to hear !!!! Are you collecting/selling those seeds ??? I think this might be a good contender for my increasingly harsh climate ! Thanks in advance for any reply !

Your yard looks great. Everything is filling in and really coming together. Hopefully we get a 5-8 year reprieve after this.

Any updates on this one?

This is the first cold event that I haven't covered it. I think from now on down to about 20 I'll let it ride, under that I'll still try to cover with some heat. It's just gotten too big to protect easily. It defoliated when we had 15 with no power in '21 even with a cover. Took forever to grow back.

Thanks, there's a bit more green than the pic shows, particularly on the crownshafts and the rachis. But it's very disheartening to step outside and see so much brown. I applied hydrogen peroxide on everything that I could reach. The buccaneer bubbled a little bit but most didn't. Most spears looked good. I'm cautiously optimistic. The only real issue I'm seeing is with the macrocarpas since they only give me a couple fronds a year. The buccaneer has bronzed a fair bit over the last few days so I'm not really sure. That's also a really slow grower so this could stunt growth pretty hard. The pembanas all look like they'll push through. Olivformis doesn't look as good as the pembanas but they are pretty quick growing and the spears still look good. The coconut looks to have stabilized. Still hanging on to all the green. I haven't marked the spears yet but will do later this week and will start tracking any growth or lack thereof. Honestly I'm very pleasantly surprised about the coconut not being totally fried. This event was brutal with the winds and the cold, and I think there's a legit chance it'll pull through.

I came to that conclusion too; from size and shape of seeds and configuration of leaves. Thanks mate!

The old saying never trust a farmer with a chainsaw, you gotta do what you gotta do!

McArthur palm. An Aussie native abroad!