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my guess is Sabal minor var. louisiana. The folded leaves are very common in the palmate/costapalmate hybrids. Regular minor would take 20 years to get this large, and the trunks would be much thicker with (more) tightly stacked boot jacks. Louisiana maybe 10? If the flower stalks were present, someone on here could tell you for sure.

If they're kept dry and cool they will probably be OK. I can't speak specifically to their shelf life but it seems that seeds from the more tropical palm species have shorter viability than the cold hardy species - especially the ones native to desert areas. Butia seeds seem to germinate better with some exposure to cold so I wouldn't hesitate planting them now. Good luck with them!

As Leonidas said in fluent ancient Persian: molon lavé!

I see. Tbh we usually have only 2 out of the 3: when it rains the wind stops. But man, you can't believe how much it's rained here the last days. There are pots full of water in my garden. Some spots have become like quicksand; my entire foot sinks in them. Thank Gawd tomorrow and Saturday will be dry.

Give them to me! They need an experienced surgeon's precision...🤪

This sentence is not mine, but of a former president of the SoCAPACS. A royal can withstand a great deal of chill rain and wind separately or a combination of only two of the three elements. Put together all three and presto yellowing-browning fronds. And he was referring only to mature specimens.

Love that! my dad and brother plays the guitar so we have a lot of amps and guitars well and we just have a lot of instruments in general. I play drums

My HGC robsutas ? Don’t have any damage showing up so far.

How deep do you need to go for well water?

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I have many butia and syragus and other cross seeds but I have not had the chance to plant for over 6 months. They are stored in dark conditions in plastic bags. After some research I am fearful these seeds will be unviable by the time I plant them. How long are butia seeds viable and are there any protocols for old seeds?

The trunk looks very palmetto but I'm not seeing much costapalmate fronds, although that could just be the perspective of the picture and the fact I'm viewing on my phone. I would say definitely not minor but that snapped frond reminds me of what some would say sabal louisiana.

That is a beauty , looks to be in mostly shade. Harry

Two Burretiokentia hapala seeds sprouted in the same pot and quite close to each other. When and how should I divide them? How risky is it? I'd rather just kill one if it's risky to lose both.

Definitely not Sabal minor, at first glance I was thinking Louisiana but the boots look like they are arranged fairly neatly so may be palmetto.

If you search on this forum, spreading Sabal minor seed in your area has been done by other Palmtalkers over the years. Many people in your area have been on here discussing the same things you are now. I suggest looking up some of the old posts and getting in contact with some of them to see how their seeds have done.

I think this am was the 4th night into the 20s this year. It's still alive somehow. It was badly damaged last year at 27 and was starting to look good again now it's all beat up. I'm not protecting it it will.be dug out in the spring unless it somehow lives. Picture taken this am with frost mwkting dripping off it.

I actually found one more webshop in Europe, in Germany actually: Palmenimpaket. Unimaginative name since PalmePerPaket.de are well established since long. Says here they opened in 2008. I count 69 palms for sale, heights 0.5 to 2.5m mostly 1-1.5m, so a bit bigger than Baby palms on average, presented as a long, almost alphabetical list, many of them are less common. I found a trick to skip through the long list conveniently is to search for e g the phrase "Lieferhöhe ohne Topf" that way you hop to the next one in a nice way.. Those 69 include some "sold out". I swear I have no idea how to fully populate the list, first there are 20 then suddenly 30 then 40 then more.. Reaching Washingtonia and Wodyetia should be a hint I'm near the end but then there are two Nannorrhops. And a separate list with 7 "Babypalms" I suppose (big) seedlings. And I find no reviews. Found a linkedin page for the owner Hans Löw. Does anyone have experience with them?

Not the best pictures but enough to get Impression 😊. Two Thitrinax on rainy cloudy day on 43N

I have a 10b plant in my garden and it has survived so far under canopy... dunno, perhaps it's too early. Roystonea on the other hand seems to be declining. Those dark patches on the leaves are expanding and the edges of the new leaf also turned brown. Only the edges but still. I will spray with Bordeaux mix if the rain ever stops... Tbf so far this winter hasn't been too cold. Very rainy yes, but we've only had one cold wave. Let's see what February and March will bring.

@Jimbean It's growing really well. I'd focus on keeping the growing point alive like @Walt did in Lake Placid. His method kept his palm alive down to 20F. Good luck over there! We're supposed to basically have two nights of December 2010/Jan. 2018 here with howling wind and lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. My coconut palms have held up decent so far, but this one will be a nail-biter. The two largest have a few C9s below them, but that's all. Whatever goes, goes, and is replaced in the spring by tougher stuff. Also, good advice from @sonoranfans for those who heed it. Good luck down there as well, Tom. May we soon have the wind at our back while we're facing north.

Thanks. Yes I suspected that. Looks really nice in the store though. And a short expected life span.. But I will abandon my notion to get butterfly palm and I just started a thread to help identify better places to buy palms in Europe

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There are mature CIDP, dacytilifera and syslvestris all over Houston. The last two years we recorded 19F and I haven't seen a dead one anywhere. Frond damage was minor to major but all seem to survive. There are dead Washingtonia telephone poles all around still, so if any Phoenix died there likely would be a few left. That's not correct all. I didn't go below freezing until Sunday around 10 am and was above freezing the next morning. WeatherUnderground data shows IAH at 26 hours below freezing which is inline with what I saw.

this is gonna hurt, one freshly opened spear on a satakentia was fried already. I am prepared for lots of burn and perhaps a few deaths. We have had a run of warm 10b winters here, that ended this winter as we have been in the mid 30's at least 8-10 days already and expect 30F or lower monday morning. I wish for the nasty humid summer heat for my palms. Glad I have more than half my palms that can take at least 26F. This storm looks like it could be an advective event, 2010 was radiational which is easier on palms. Heat arising from the ground after heating by the sun can keep palms warmer with a little canopy. Wind kills all that by blowing the heat away. Best of luck to everyone, protect what you can protect.