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These are tough to differentiate for me. I also suspect that there are hybrids between the species which make things more convoluted. That said, I always look for white-ish coloring under the leaves, and the amount of leaf twist. Also, the overall shape of the crown. And finally, whether it's a commercial property or not. Commercial landscapers will almost always choose commonly available species, which would be A. alexandrae in most of the world. The crown shape is similar to one I have in my garden. They also often develop a bit of a pronounced bulge at their base. Anyway, that's my guess..

Thank you for all the replies. For soil, I am using a Palm mix with Orchid mix. For humidity, I am using a full-home humidifier at 50%. The plants are in a location for indirect light. The cups have small holes in them. I have attached photos for review.

Did you treat it with fungicide? Usually the fungicide will kill the fungus really quick. I don’t think the fungicide hurts the palms at all. With this yellow one I have been drenching it with fungicide to treat the red fungus and now I drenched it in insecticide. Maybe bc it’s going to rain so much you should try bringing it inside if it’s potted to let the insecticide or fungicide do their work. One thing I’ve been recently thinking about is I think the more immature coconut fronds fall right off during winter but the mature ones seem to be fully unaffected during winter. At this point, the yellow coconut who still has some immature fronds at the bottom are all starting to fry off but the top four or five look mostly perfect.

I have been meaning to update this. Europe is in the grips of the ‘freeze’ now and has been for several days. It is the coldest end to a December and the coldest start to January in 15 years, since Dec 2010 / Jan 2011. The UK and southern England has performed 10/10 in terms of resisting the cold up to now, thanks to the maritime influence and island microclimate. The continent has been absolutely hammered… Germany absolutely freezing. They are by far the worst affected by this freeze in terms of departure from average. -10C minimums in Berlin and -5C maximums. A lot of the cold air is just sat around Central Europe. -20C in the mountains of Germany last night. The real test will be coming this weekend. We will see just how cold it gets. And it will be cold. Daytime temps barely above freezing. So far no air frost for central London especially. That will change I suspect… Models are hinting at the biggest, most widespread snowfall event for Europe in 15 years since the Dec 2010 event. Eastern Europe, Balkans and Turkey look particularly badly affected on this. As does Central Europe. But this is way down the line. I think January is going to be a rough one for Europe though.

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana HARDY KING PALM Seeds These say they are cold hardy to 8b. Is that even possible? Does anyone know if they would survive being eventually planted in the ground in Charleston, SC? https://www.ebay.com/itm/382834039363

Fog is what drove me away from the coast . We lived on a sailboat in Channel Islands Harbor for over 12 years and summers were brutal. It would be in the 60’s at the harbor and 5-10 miles inland , sunny and warm . Too far inland and it gets hot , we chose Santa Paula because it is warm but not too hot . Plus , when we bought out here , it was less expensive than Ventura . The fog follows the river but burns off mid morning . In this home we are above it most of the time. Altitude , even a few hundred feet , has its benefits . Harry

Brian, you can pm me with questions any time. I am older so I dont hang on line all the time but I do answer. I understand about the searching its more complicated these days it seems, I also have struggles there. Your soil may well be alkaline due to limestone rock. This you should know so you can make the best decisions. If it is limestone base in your area, all the cuban copernicias will do even better for you than mine as I have to add dolomite to make the pH slightly alkaline. Satakentia liukinesis( a must in our area) and chambeyronia oliviformis also prefer slightly alkaline pH and do better in those kind of soils. Many who I have learned from seem to not be on here much theses days. What I have learned from from them I share readily, that is what this site is about, IMO. Teddy bears "chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos" are gorgeous palms and do well in our climate. I still struggle with the name changes and spelling on the species that have name changes. It used to irritate me that they changed the names, but as a scientist I feel compelled to follow. I am not a botanist by any means but I do understand soil chemistry as a PhD chemist(dual undergrad degree with chemical engineering) with friends who did study transport of nutrients in soils(its complicated). If you are ever in my area you are welcome to see my garden. Its a small yard(about 12000sf(about 1300m2) with sandy soil so I am somewhat limited. some of my species are serenoa repens silver(really light blue) bismarckia copernicia: hospita, fallaense, magroglossa, baileyana and alba (blue) BxJ, (BxJ)xJ Roystonea Regia archontophoenix species(4) these are not fans of alkalainity to my knowledge and are pretty leaf tender @ 30F chambeyronia macrocarpa watermelon, hookeri, chambeyronia olvivformis , chambeyronia houilou livistona saribus, decora and chinensis dypsis madagascariensis, pembana, lutecens (not sure if they are now renamed to chrysalidocarpus) sabal causiarum, uresana phoenix rupicola dyctosperma album furfurcea, rubrum I can offer you what I know about growing these if you are interested I would suggest you visit palmpedia.com for descriptions, just paste the names in and you will get good information If you want to purchase palms, a trip down to miami area would be good to get some better deals at "Redlands nursery" and some you can order at small sizes online from them. Like I said, we can communicate through palmtalk personal messaging(best way) as my email is inundated these days with unwanted junk. THe engineering side of me hates spelling these latin names( I never took latin), and memorization of unconnected facts. Only my love of palms has motivated me to learn them as much as I have. best Tom

Brr that’s cold! I am cheering for you , I hope they stay good through winter. Harry

Recently in Jacksonville there’s been an explosion of foxtails! I didn’t bother to take pictures of all of them but there about 3 foxtails/arenas per street now, and there’s a restraunt near the river with some big neglected adonidia’s that have been alive for at least 3 years

They are definitely not happy. I hope they come back , if any palm can survive shock it would be these. They are very hardy palms . I have dug them up at that size , or even when they are much larger , and never lost them . They do need good drainage and the right conditions . In my climate , they are naturalized . Southern California they grow wild , popping up in fields , gardens , even in drainage ditches. Harry

Coconut palms are generally not long term in the Orlando area. But, there are some examples that have survived for a number of years. I believe it has to do with the siting of the trees, the genetics of the individual plants, the expansion of the Urban Heat Island in Orlando and the general warming of the overall climate. The Coconut palms at Orange Avenue and Kaley Street in Orlando are perfect examples of this...

33F at sunrise with some patchy frost, not bad for the western suburbs (NWS point forecast was on the money)...I narrowly evade a freeze again this winter! Urban core is in the mid-upper 30s But it is 20s in rural land south of Houston from Rosenberg to Angleton, the random patch of cold on the zone maps S/SW of Houston is much deserved

@JLM I saw: Tuesday morning - 36.5F with no frost Wednesday morning - 29.7F with mild to medium frost I format things the same way too, no confusion here! Officially the Sanford airport is showing 33F, continuing my unbeaten streak of being 3-5F colder than the closest airport...except that back on the November 12th freeze I hit 36.5F and the airport registered 36F. I think the 20-30mph winds kept my yards basically identical to the airport, since the airport didn't have the benefit of the "urban heat island." Last night was ~8mph winds, so I got a lot colder than the airport.

This popped up in my feed this morning. It is talking about JAN 10th. Florida freeze map update as nearly entire state under warning, advisory

I read the same thing when I started in palms around 2017. But there's quite a few long-term Royals in N Orlando area. Lake Mary planted a few to replace dead Sylvestris, and I've seen several big ones in yards around Lake Mary, Altamonte Springs, and Sanford. There's a pair of them along my normal bike trail, and they were basically torched in the January 2022 freeze and again on a 3 day freeze at Christmas in 2022. But only a few weeks after the freeze there were new green fronds growing out. Nearby Adonidia all died, and 1 out of 5 big Foxtails at the house next door also died. Maybe it's fair to say they are not leaf-hardy but generally bud-hardy. The only thing that finally killed the big collection of 30+ foot tall Royals at the SE side of Orange Blvd and I-4 was not cold...but construction. I have seen quite a few coconuts come and go around this area. Most only last 1 winter and vanish. But there's a couple that seem to be long-term survivors too, like this one out in Tangerine: @pj_orlando_z9b's actually successfully fruited, IIRC...

30.8 under 32 for 1 hour. Flowers on my hibiscus are still ok

Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae grows really well without heat, even for me !

I had a low of 35.8F here this morning in Melbourne.

This hits home. For roughly 3 years I was the very proud owner of some surprisingly speedy S. minor, only to realize they're something else as they put on size and their frond shape changed. Beautiful plants but the years lost on something that won't work for the space will forever be a sore point.

Currently 3.6°C and rising, finally sunny 🤗, -6.3°C early this morning...

After temperatures briefly dropped to -2°C / 28.4°F on the balcony and -6.3°C / 20.66°F in the community garden last night, everything still looks fine, even the young Phoenix dactylifera that I couldn't dig up. Okay, so far so good. We're one-third of the way through winter, so to speak... The castle walls hold firm, the enemy, frost, cold, and storm have been repelled 😁

Winter flushes push so slowly. My seedling Encephalartos (horridus × woodii) × (horridus × woodii) started pushing a single leaf flush a few weeks ago which is still emerging. The leaflets on this newest leaf look more like it's mother than earlier leaves. Clearly, the cooler nights and days, less sunlight of this time of year are the driving forces. It is still at the stage where it pushes single leaf flushes multiple times through the year instead of storing up energy for a multiple leaf flush only once or twice during the year like it's mother.

Not if accompanied by less and more expensive water! With colder weather I could still grow several palms but none without or not affordable water.