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Yessir, I have three of them. I planted one in the NW, NE and SW areas of my lot. They have not been thrilled with the regular frosts, but so far have grown back from around 27F ok. The extended 22.5F may be different. I will see in a few weeks if they start growing new buds. I like that they are relatively small diameter and have really interesting leaves. If they survive this winter I will probably plant more.

Yeah Darold, that stuff is a pain. Impossible to eradicate, so I just take small areas at a time and dig up the “bulbs”. Invariably, a little piece will break off and I’ll be at it again the following season. 😩

after the freeze its not totally dead but would look bad for a long time and i pulled of many pedioles and made countless mistake since it was my first palm. and it didnt grow for the first 4 months. should i replace it? spear is a little burned but not fulled dead yet

it is a fear but there are plenty of infested trees within a few hundred meters to me so they’re already near by.

The fun of seeds, Zamia inermis, Z. pygmae, Z. furfuracea and Z. integrifolia (south Florida)

I have the same issue with seeds/ seedlings . Most are environmental victims . I keep the pots under the large palms for protection , whatever the the garden gets …the potted ones get . The exception is when the dry winds blow , I water the small pots more often. What had helped with mine is adding an orchid mix with vermiculite to the soil for a coarse mix . Harry This is my spot where my newborns are kept . Under the young Rhopalostylus and the mature Syagrus . You can see the small pots next to the Syagrus trunk and under the frond of the Rhopie . I have had a few varieties do well there , even in very rainy conditions. I can line up several small pots here for germinating and growing. . I have no room for a greenhouse…….YET! I am working on a possible solution . Harry

It's always the same thing, isn't it? Water. Too much and they die but if you let them dry, they also die.

This is the first time I’ve seen this fine leaf form with pinnate fronds and I have to say it does look very different to typical arenbergiana at similar size (or the similar nationsiana which I can’t really tell apart). My seedlings are a bit behind Richard’s although growing quickly. For reference, here’s my C arenbergiana x nationsiana at a similar size. Only then did the fronds start to split and leaflets were very wide (late 2021, early 2022). They still are (last photo from Jan 2025).

DM sent for Hyphaene coriacea seeds.

At the beginning I too was a serial killer of germinated seeds

Xanthorrhoea species, possibly X johnsonii?

Is that a polyathia longifolia tree?

That’s the heartbreaker, keeping it all those years, loving nurturing and then bam in one move all is lost, returning to Mother Nature as part of the cycle of life! Richard

Thanks for posting Gunnar, great to see beautiful new species still being found. Also nice seeing the locals getting recognition for their part in the process...I've never seen a species description illustration like this before!

We learn from our mistakes, problem is iam still making mistakes and learning, the amount of palms I have killed would fill a botanical and sum!

It's a bit tricky cos it is on a heat mat and I can never know when the bottom is dry. I almost lost Colocasia seedlings because the soil had become too dry at the bottom. The hapalas I watered twice in a month.. oh well, I hope the remaining one makes it. Lanonia dasyantha seedlings on the other hand seem all fine! I still have 6-7.

He does not have to, as long as he is open- minded to other people's advice. Also analyzing own failures may lead to valuable experience. In his stage I had been a serial palm-killer.

Too wet! Next time you’re in the neighbourhood drop in for a week long crash course in palm seedlings!

I am also debating on whether to bring shoes with ankle support knowing the space they take up in the carry on baggage I plan to pack. In fact I will need to wear them on the quite lengthy flights from Puerto Rico if I bring them. I do have a pristine pair of the boots I wear on my farm as my old ones need to be retired anyway. I did fine in Peru with lesser shoes but for the Ceroxylon hike we were provided with rubber boots. I will try to find out re shoes and post here in the next few days.

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Now that’s a very generous offer, as you say it’s a win win situation. They are actually rare to buy now robellenii. With all the mom and pop nursery’s out of business and the chain stores dont want spikey plants such as robellenii. Even most palm collector growers don’t grow them. The trick is when you prune the old leaves off you have to cut them back beyond the spines, so next time you prune them there’s no deadly dry spines to get you!

If you’re baking Colin up that’s a good sign, yet no red leaf sheath I can see, so that one of mine is most likely not a remotifolia or remotiflora and iam ruling out lantzeana, another mystery dypsis like a lot of them out there!

Still no red leaf sheath, it still remains a mystery? Richard

I have a few nice ones in my garden, around 5 feet of stem and looking gorgeous! Richard

You can tell there special, single trunk and a beautiful little palm! Richard