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Or even Cantabria and Galicia in Spain.

A little rise from 16F. I'll take any bump at this point 😂😭

Argh, all these Kerridoxa photos are.so stunning What a palm!

Chambeyronia divaricarta. Tim

I think the NOAA and NWS budget cuts have rendered pretty much everything worthless. It's either hot or cold and it's either raining or it's not at this point.

Update 01.23.26 Palm shows signs of growth, as indicated from sharpie line. Yay ! I was not expecting any growth this fast. I think the palm is loving the sunnier spot in the yard.

That 18f forecast isn’t encouraging.

Kind of hard to get a good photo of mine because I’ve intentionally planted a lot around it for protection, but here it is coping with its 3rd 40C+ degree day this year. Just starting to produce clean trunk and grow upwards after years of crawling.

Same..I don't know when they flower but word around the campfire is @Butch has a prolific seeder.

I still wanna get my hands on one of these. Just throwing that out there. I missed the ones from @Josue Diaz by a day.

Yeh, I hope it does something in the not too distant future. Just today I've repotted it as I'd jammed it in a big pot next to a jubaea and it was definitely competing for root space! I hope it doesn't end up too big. I love puya flowers, and this year seems an exceptional flowering year for the few growing around here, but man they get massive and I don't have the room for that! Thats a shame the expert isn't still around, however you seem to have taken over the mantle very well!

Ok. I've got a small Trachy fortunei, a small waggy x princeps, a couple Filibusta, and a Sabal Bermudana and Etonia and a Filifera in the yard. Prep would be absolutely minimal, like Styrofoam boxes on top of them. We're supposed to get lows of 14 this weekend. Do I box them up or do I just let them ride? They're all 1-3 gallon sized. All but the Trachies are close to the house and protected by wind from waist high brick walls. The Trachies are under canopy.. Pamper them or full send Leeroy Jenkins style?

Here’s an update on my largest. Growing but not necessarily thriving. Has trouble holding onto the lower leaves before dying off so it doesn’t have that coveted Hedyscepe look. Just happy it’s alive! 🙌🏻 -dale

Archontophoenix purperea not as bright as some I have seen, but purperea nonetheless!

That is definitely Rhapidophyllum Histrix. There's no mistaking the juvenile fronds to the back of that first adult spear. It is on! Once you get that first adult spear the plant will accelerate in growth the following summer. Here's my needle Palm in Newark New Jersey, USDA 7A. It's on both sides of the fence. There's another one nearby, but it is Tiny. It flowers every year but there's no companion . I can't tell if it's male or female

It’s going to be bad here in Northeast Louisiana. Ice storm and probably not going above freezing until Tuesday once it goes below 32 tonight (It’s 35F as of 10:30 and falling). I’m not protecting anything except a young tree fern… hopefully we keep electricity.

Tuckeri, myolensis a couple more you can track down! Richard

Me too.

I was given a pot of A. Maxima and A Purpurae from a friends yard . I didn’t want to try to separate them so I just dug a hole and planted them . I guess some day I will know which is which. They are hardened off now and growing well. I have added a few Archontophoenix varieties now but I keep hearing there are others. Harry

Pretty discouraging Tracy. I’ve taken to trying pretreat some of the palms in the yard, emphasizing species that I know have been taken down by SAPW. Pritchardia, Bismarkia, Sabal & Butia in particular. It’s strange they seem to have a rather specific preference for certain palms. Canariensis are like a magnet, but I’ve not seen any affected true date palms (dactylifera). Weird, go figure. Like you said, a real shame to have such wonderful old specimens taken down.

I converted someone from that horrible company yayayay!

I had a saved search so I got the notification right away 😌

I've had one for a few years here in Lakeland: My Progress Thread: Palms and Others of Interest

Update almost a year later! They recovered beautifully. Hoping for another recovery after the freeze expected this weekend. Good luck to all bracing for the storm!! 🌴❤️

And a brown tomentum along the petiole as well for Cunninghamiana.