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So What Caught Your Eye Today?
Cocoa Beach Jason replied to The Gerg's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum (supposedly) new leaf.
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So What Caught Your Eye Today?
realarch replied to The Gerg's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Calytronoma plumeriana. Tim
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Grab the hot cocoa and marshmallows!
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San Diego Coconut Trees
SouthernCATropicals replied to SouthernCATropicals's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
January 14, 2026 Before the Santa Ana winds comes in usually is the coldest temps of the year where I’m at and these last few days got down to mid 40’sf. Last year that same event brutalized my coconuts but this year the damage is very minimal. It’s kinda hard to see, but there is some spotting and leaf burn on the older fronds especially. Unfortunately, the biggest coconut is extremely close to the powerlines now. My advice to people is assume that your coconuts will be as big as a date palm. We’ll see how that goes. This coconut looks probably the best but it actually got an extremely bad white fly infestation. I smothered it in insecticide and will keep doing that when it comes back. This coconut might look ugly but I think it has a lot of potential. It is infested with white fly but I smother it with insecticide.
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It does suck, but it is typical and there are quite a few palms that don't mind these types of fronts. There are a lot fewer that mind 1985 or 1989, though. The silver lining is that High 20s/Low 30s is better than High teens/Low 20s. The current forecast for Thursday night: Tampa area (Zoomed In) Melbourne/Orlando area Jacksonville/SE GA region Tallahassee/Southern GA/SE AL Mobile/Pensacola Monday morning isn't looking great for the areas where graphics are available either: Tampa (Zoomed in) Melbourne/Orlando Jacksonville/SE GA
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I have emailed him, I know he gets very busy and is often in remote places collecting pollen or high up a palm pollinating. The process is very cumbersome and in California it can get hot quick. First removing all the male flowers, then waiting a few days for the female flowers to reach peak receptiveness and dust them with pollin (collecting it without it spoiling with mold is also a task) and then cover them and reapply pollen on 3 or 4 consecutive days. And then if any seeds set cover them so birds, squirrels or other critters don’t get to them. This is why these hybrids come with a price tag. I am very fortunate to have2 jubaea x syagrus. I was hoping to see if he still had yatay x jubaea. So I am sure he will get back to me when he’s not busy hybridizing. I was just curious if someone might have a recent list he sent them.
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Silver lady fern checking out
realarch replied to quaman58's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
These have bifurcated and now trifurcated? I’ve been thinking of trying to remove the smaller trunk along with some of the root. Still haven’t gotten around to it. Here are a few photos.
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Definitely take advice from Darold. The enemy of this species is heat and drought. Think living in a cloud with condensation and mosses and ferns. That’s what they want. They wouldn’t care if it rained constantly. Bright indirect light is perfect, just like you’d find within a cloud. Hot piercing sunlight with dry heat will end them pretty quickly. If they never saw more than 22C ever they’d be super happy. 30C and up is the danger zone for this species I’ve found.
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Palermo Botanical Garden, Sicily (December 2025)
Jonathan Haycock replied to Jonathan Haycock's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Cefalù is a must see if you're travelling to Sicily. Stunning architecture, beautiful city.
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Palermo Botanical Garden, Sicily (December 2025)
Jonathan Haycock replied to Jonathan Haycock's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Phoenix sylvestris next to a 12th century Norman-Gothic church, Palermo.
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Palermo Botanical Garden, Sicily (December 2025)
Jonathan Haycock replied to Jonathan Haycock's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Some bonus shots from elsewhere within Sicily. First up this Washingtonia filifera with a monster stocky trunk. Lovely backdrop too. Cefalù.
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Pyromania in perpetuity with palm pieces parts
DoomsDave replied to DoomsDave's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
This is a good palm part for kindling; put dead leaves under, pieces of “beard” on top pile some small brunches pieces and use some Parajubaea or Trachycarpus fibers for starter kindling and strike a match and whoosh! Away you go!
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Palermo Botanical Garden, Sicily (December 2025)
Jonathan Haycock posted a topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Palermo was a bit of mixed bag. Still pockets of stunning ancient heritage, but unfortunately the city in general does appear to have lost its way. The botanical garden on the other hand was a pleasant surprise, with a fantastic variety of palm species. Also the most comprehensive collection of citrus trees I've ever seen, the majority of which were full of ripe fruit. Well worth a visit. Washingtonia robusta Church of St. Dionisio 14th century ruins Phoenix sylvestris Washingtonia robusta Not 100%, but I think this is Trachycarpus takil. Labelled Trachycarpus fortunei. Brahea armata Butia sp. Brahea edulis Trachycarpus martianus Jubaea chilensis Trithrinax campestris Rhopalostylis sapida Chamaedorea metallica Archontophoenix maxima Roystonea regia Chrysalidocarpus baronii Brahea decumbens Brahea brandegeei Brahea armata Chrysalidocarpus decaryi Trithrinax campestris Brahea aculeata Nannorrhops ritchiana Parajubaea torallyi Sabal maritima Dioon spinulosum Encephalartos lehmanni Chamaerops humilis var. argentea Howea forsteriana
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For some, Florida drought is getting very "extreme"
3 Milesfrom Gulf of Mexico replied to SubTropicRay's topic in WEATHER / CLIMATE
Looks like a decent chance of rain tonight. Weather app says Seminole supposed to get .22 inches of rain. Better than nothing. -
Pyromania in perpetuity with palm pieces parts
DoomsDave replied to DoomsDave's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Palm woods are NOT created equal. If your f-wood dealer offers “palm wood” for cheap, look carefully to be sure what it is, i.e., what kind of palm it’s from. -
@ASHCVS Lepidorrachis would be AWESOME for your glorious ocean front garden!
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Damn sanity really isn’t your thing! GOOD! My limited experience with hybrids is that fan palm hybrids breed true to the cross, I.e, they keep their distinctive look down through the generations while feather types seem to revert in the F2 back to one or the other of the grandparents.
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Casa de las Palmas for sale
Lars Woodruffe replied to Cindy Adair's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Hi Brad, no, we are not officially listing until February... we wanted the Palm world to have the opportunity first. If you'd like to chat... call us! Irene 646 338 7882. -
Got my grubby hands on these two hybrids from Floribunda. Anyone else trying them? Or growing them already? This first one is a prestoniana hybrid of unknown pollen parent. And these are the decipiens F2 hybrids. Jeff says these are from a clustering, smaller palm and that it is fast growing. Lastly, one of my decipiens nearby looking good with a new spear not far from opening
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I was looking at the plant in my garden which started this post and decided to update the photos. Still no sign of it flowering yet, but it is perhaps showing less of its juvenile traits and more those of what I expect it will look like in maturity. Coccothrinax no id still, except "hybrid"; hybrid of what to be determined. Speculation on its id is always welcome.
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Throughout December we visited Malta, Sicily, and Poland before spending time with my folks in UK. It's been more than 25 years since my last visit to Malta and it has certainly changed in that time, but the island is still beautiful and of course packed full of ancient history. Palm diversity not the best unfortunately. Weather was pleasantly mild and sunny with max temperatures pushing 20C most days. St. Julians Phoenix sylvestris, St. Julians St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina Chamaerops humilis and Washingtonia robusta, St. Julians Washingtonia robusta, St. Julians Monument to Winston Churchill, Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta Brahea armata, Argotti Botanic Gardens Chamaerops humilis, Sliema Point Battery Phoenix sylvestris, Balluta Bay Chamaerops humilis "Vulcano", Balluta Bay Chamaerops humilis "Vulcano", St. Julians Chamaerops humilis, St. Julians
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Why not grow orchids?
Brad52 replied to Matt in SD's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
Forget the variety….
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A nice little trio of chamaedorea tenellas
happypalms replied to happypalms's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
A man with his priorities so far out of whack deserves to be eveicted, fancy doing that to blokes greenhouse! He won’t be renting of me in a hurry. They were easy to pollinate and the timing for flowering was perfect. I will throw a couple seeds your way!🌱 -
A nice little trio of chamaedorea tenellas
Tyrone replied to happypalms's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Well done getting them to set seed. I once had a couple of tenella given to me by Jason Cox of Kamipalms fame. I left them in my Perth shadehouse when we moved down and explicitly told the tenant to leave the water on at the shadehouse. Well I might as well have been talking to a fridge magnet. He turned it off and by the time I found out virtually everything in there was dead including my cute tenellas. I was furious. He was evicted and we sold the place soon after. A low point in my life. -
Locating a Lepidorrachis
PalmatierMeg replied to Foggy Paul's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Oh, wow! My impossible dream palm. I'll admire yours from a distance. I can't say I know much about them but my instinct tells me the more shade the better. This palm is notoriously heat-sensitive. The San Francisco area may be the only place in the US where it can survive outside of an air conditioned conservatory. You have a treasure.
