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I'm sure you will have a great visit and see plenty of beautiful palm species on Oahu. But just to inject a pinch of wretched reality, Oahu is being attacked by swarms of coconut rhinoceros beetles. They were introduced around 14 years ago, but the state's response has been pathetic. 'Too little, too late' does not begin to describe the bungled half measures taken. Large beetle populations are firmly established across Oahu and there is no realistic strategy to eradicate them. The department of Ag has stopped monitoring surveillance traps around the island because every region is now infested. Hundreds of large coconut palms growing in beach parks have been cut down to prevent the towering dead trunks from falling on people as well as to destroy any larvae that might be developing inside the rotting trunks. Driving around you will notice the characteristic V-shaped cuts to palm fronds that signal that the end is near. I think the public botanical gardens have not been hit hard, yet. But the outlook is pretty bleak. Good that you are visiting now. In five years there might be many fewer palms to see. Here is a map showing the latest infestation data. The map on the left shows no detections along the mountain chain, but that is only because nobody placed or monitored traps in this very steep terrain. The right panel shows color coded population densities with darker blue being worse, but the data are pretty incomplete. The beetles are pretty much everywhere. If you can possibly arrange a free day on your trip, I recommend a quick hop over to the Big Island. Depart Honolulu on the first flight of the morning, arrive in Hilo before 9, then hit four or five private palm gardens you see on PT, plus Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden 10 miles north of Hilo, fly back to Honolulu by 7. You will be very tired, but you will see great palm collections. CRB arrived on the dry Kona side of the island two years ago, but so far has not been sighted on the wet east side of the island.

The problem with ID's in our region is a lack of exposure to the many species. They're not sold in nurseries and essentially grown from seed by enthusiasts who are at the mercy of them being correctly identified. To the inexperienced much like myself, Sabal pretty much all look the same. I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Grow room/what's left in the bedroom. Now I want a bunch of alocasia corms.

If I can find someone who wants a 2 foot plant (and they sell!) I've already got 2 more, one is sold and one can be the mom. I got so many damn philodendrons in here right now it's obscene and I've got 5 more to start propogating. If I can get $125 for this one I'll take it all day. Someone out there wants a big one.

GTClover, I think you have blue latan, these are my seeds and plants

Tracking them down would be the hard part for you. Seeds are available at certain times but have to be viable to start with. Definitely worth growing!

By all means propagate it, you just never know who wants to buy it. A lot of people prefer online buying or it’s not available in there area. You just never know your luck.

Guidance has trended colder in the past 36 hours or so. This is shaping up to be a freeze for the Panhandle. NWS currently forecasting a low of 33F for Monday night. Looks like it may warm up pretty quickly after that before getting cool again to start the month of March. Being cold in Florida multiple times during the winter season is not a new thing. Y'all have gotten lucky more than anything in the past decade down south. I would be grateful to live in the areas of central Florida thats been trashed on so much in this thread. I am still thankful to be located in NW FL, where many palms can be grown. Sometimes it pays to just be thankful for what you have instead of being upset about what you cant have. My Queens are fried, my bizzy might not make it, my lady palm spear pulled, my washies are burnt, but... here is my super mule, looking like winter never happened: For that, I am thankful.

Gophers annihilate Bizzies.

I knew what this post was going to be haha. I had the beige ones last year. 23 is rough on them but usually survivable.

Interesting. With the amount of rain I get warm temp / high humidity mine rot easy. Good news is once they trunk my spear stopped pulling.

Mine pulls every year but quickly regrows I don’t treat it with anything

The same place. Patric S in California

Hmm. Looks like a paler version of freeze damaged Caryota obtusa at the Huntington botanic garden’s after the big freeze of January 2007. 15-17 degrees FF.

Banana = big leaves, which = perfect places for bugs to hang out on ...good and not so good ones. As long as the Mealies or White Fly aren't covering them, it's perfectly normal to fine a few of each hanging out on a leaf here and there every so often. Start seeing more? pick up and apply some Neem Oil or Insecticidal Soap to effected areas. A good, occasional spray w/ the hose can also knock down mealy bugs.

@metalfan by any chance do you have a corm hookup? I guess aroids are my current "gotta have it" obsession and it looks like the best prices are on mystery boxes and I'm not a huge fan of surprises. I want a mix of color and obscenely huge stuff, I kinda have an idea of what I want but if I can find a plug vs buying from randos on eBay that's the way I'd prefer to go.

Welp I apparently pulled that pup too early, and the Ensete is in a pile of coir and perlite somewhere in the yard. It's not funny but it's funny how instead of red clay from deep under the soil and grass, all the new fire ant beds look like coir and they pick the perlite out. I've also started an empty pot graveyard pile from everything I've killed lately (mostly store bought mango seeds that molded) that need to be cleaned out. I still need to put the Dacca on the floor and rearrange that whole side of the room, but I just haven't had the energy.

Looks like there is a good chance spear will pull on your Butia/Jubaea x Queen. Spear pulled on mine last year 18°f consecutive days. I treated with copper fungicide but trunk still wanted to rot. I had to cut trunk back and find good tissue. It pulled through but barely hanging in there.

2 twenty foot, seedling grown, Trachycarpus fortunei in Dallas zone 8a

That palm does not exhibit rosei traits

Didn't know that. Is it worth it to keep something around you can buy at Wal Mart though? I mean the value in this particular plant is its size right now.

Ngl I'm scared to go to Lowes right now. I'm gonna walk out with something I don't have room for. I'm already eyeballing my benches seeing how I can stack them into shelves to free up more space, so I can build more. Spring can't get here soon enough for me, man.

@Silas_Sancona Thank you for your response!

Where did the one on right come from?

It certainly has the right look