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lakeland Palms and Others of Interest
kinzyjr replied to kinzyjr's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
The freeze put a beating on the garden and all of the other gardens in the area. Most of the tropical and subtropical palms in the area suffered heavy damage or are dead already. More will likely die as the temperature rises and fungal infections spread. Some of the palms that I figured would die are still alive, and some that I figured could survive the onslaught are slated for the bone pile. It's not all bad news. The last 15 years were a period of experimentation and success with the survivors of 2010 and their offspring proliferating. After this event, there will undoubtedly be less of a local seed stock. Whatever is left has certainly passed a big test in regard to advective cold. Come spring, the garden will begin to take on a different look. There should be more open space and some different plants taking their shot at becoming staples in the landscape. With recent rainfall patterns and winters not as amenable to growing true tropicals, there is a garage full of more cold-and-drought tolerant species that are slated to make an appearance. Stay tuned -
Potential Creation of Tennessee or Appalachian Palm Society?
PAPalmtrees replied to L.A.M.'s topic in LOCAL CHAPTER AFFILIATES
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Potential Creation of Tennessee or Appalachian Palm Society?
JohnAndSancho replied to L.A.M.'s topic in LOCAL CHAPTER AFFILIATES
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I've had this about a year now and I'm just not feeling it. Maybe it's too slow for me, maybe it's not cold hardy enough for me, I don't know what it is but I'm just not feeling it. Currently in a 2g pot, but I don't know where I can sell it. You got the weevils out west and you got the lethal bronzing in the east. $45 plus the ride in the brown truck. Open to trades, too.
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Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail Palm) in trouble?
Silas_Sancona replied to miamicuse's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
B recurvata, ..and most other sps in the Genus come from the " are periodically flogged by Hurricanes / intense storms " side of Mexico so, ..I'd just leave it and see what happens..
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Sabal horizontali 🤣
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Good to see. As above, these also benefit from bottom heat using a heat mat. Not very practical for larger quantities though.
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Potential Creation of Tennessee or Appalachian Palm Society?
PAPalmtrees replied to L.A.M.'s topic in LOCAL CHAPTER AFFILIATES
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The whole site is complete and utter AI slop. One of the many reasons that I absolutely loathe generative AI is that it's polluting the Internet with an endless feedback loop of garbage like this.
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Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail Palm) in trouble?
Merlyn replied to miamicuse's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
I would note, though, that this monster at Fairchild has about 8-10 feet of clear trunk before it starts branching. The base is about 12' or so in diameter, maybe a bit larger. I'm sure it's been through many hurricanes!
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Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail Palm) in trouble?
Merlyn replied to miamicuse's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
@miamicuse I would also be concerned long-term for the top snapping in hurricanes. Most of mine have split fairly low, and then grown single tall trunks. But that could be artificial, i.e. someone chopped them at 1-2ft tall to force it to split. That's how they sell them at the big box stores, and it's totally possible that mine all came from the box stores in the 90s. You could chop it a little bit above the darker grey weathered area, or just leave it alone and see what happens. It could end up really cool the way it is. If it snaps off, you can just slice it at a convenient spot, dust with sulfur or paint with that sealant tar stuff, and it'll just keep on growing. I don't know that there's a "wrong" answer... -
To all the people in life who said I'd never amount to 💩, well, it turns out you were right. But I do have a state nursery sellers license now.
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I don't remember who told me to bottom water and throw baggies over these, but it worked. I guess the Uresana pics didn't save? These are the Maratima from @Sabal King and after watching both episodes of the Palmcast and hearing how much he loves these, I'm so glad they're alive. When he sent them to me, all I had was some 3 gallon pots I found in the woods and some cheap garden soil. Welp, they dried out in the middle of the rootball. Fresh coir and fresh 5g pots (they needed that too!) and we're pushing green. The Uresana from @Josue Diaz, I let them sit out too long after unpacking. It turns out that plants really like things like soil and water. Anyway one of them spear pulled and is pushing a new green spear and the other one has started to green up again.
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Potential Creation of Tennessee or Appalachian Palm Society?
Palmerr replied to L.A.M.'s topic in LOCAL CHAPTER AFFILIATES
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One day I'm gonna figure out how to keep papaya sprouts alive, but apparently today is not that damn day. Maybe when I can put them outside and let them get established and just overwinter them? I dunno man but this is frustrating. I guess it's just like anything else, palms too - once I get it past "that point" we're cool, but damn. Between Steve and Walmart ain't no telling how many of these things I've dumped in the yard.
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Cycad cones and flushes
happypalms replied to Urban Rainforest's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
Been planting a couple. Deboansis and Subrosephylla.
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Humic Acid effect on palm trees?
happypalms replied to PalmX's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
A little trick or two for growing, but remember a little goes a long way, less is best and the old kiss (keep it simple stupid) method works best!!!
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Thank you for your input. I think my Foxtails will make it, but the Adonidias, while pushing new spears in 6/8 cases and flushing seed pods look to be hanging by a thread. Could be their last gasp. I'm resigned. I have a friend with a bunch of coconuts and they are also pushing spears and flushing (not sure what the correct term is) seed pods. But they too are really burned. Badly.
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Historically royal palms have always survived in that area, even from the 1989 freeze. Coconuts on the other hand perished from that freeze, in that area. Everything labeled 10A should rebound, it will take all year, but they will recover and hopefully we get a few winters that are at least not too far below average and they will all be fine. I wouldn't guarantee anything labeled zone 10B though, like coconuts. In fact I think the coconuts and Adonidia merrillii are cooked west of US1 from about PSL northward.
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Colocasias
JohnAndSancho replied to JohnAndSancho's topic in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
I am gonna be adding a lot to this thread in the coming months. I bought some bulbs from some reputable sellers with good reviews so fingers crossed. I also plan to take a knife to them so toes crossed. I bought 3 Thai Giants, 2 Hawaiian Punch, and one White Lava bulb all supposedly 2 pounds, 7-9 inches each. The Thai came from uhh Greenhouse PCA off of Amazon and the others came from Garden State Bulbs. I actually bought the Hawaiian Punch off eBay because it was cheaper there and I bought the White Lava off of Lowe's because it was cheaper there. Anyway, I guess we'll see what happens and worst case scenario I grab the coconut out of the woods and return it to them. I already got a little practice cutting bulbs from @N8ALLRIGHT and cutting banana corms from @5am so, I think I know what I'm doing, but that's usually when things go bad. It usually works out better for me when I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing and just wing it. Also bought a Black Ruffle plant. -
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So What Caught Your Eye Today?
JohnAndSancho replied to The Gerg's topic in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE
Gonna do a little sideways here. Was walking. Sancho and we ended up on the backside of the field where we used to have a trailer, and these are what's left of the trunks of 2 massive oak tree trunks that came down in one of the many, many tornadoes we had during Hurricane Katrina. The pictures aren't the greatest but I'm in shorts and slides. We literally watched these trees rocking back and forth for hours not knowing which way they were gonna fall. Logging companies and roofers made BANK right after that.
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It depends on how far inland you are in St. Lucie county. If you're generally east of the turnpike, then normally you'd be good. The setup we had on 02/01 was unusually bad, similar to 12/25/1989. If I remember correctly, the all time record lows on the east coast are as follows: Merritt Island 21F Patrick Space Force Base 24F Melbourne 17/19F Vero Beach 21F Fort Peirce 19F Port St. Lucie 22F West Palm Beach 24F We were not too far off from our all time record lows, about 2F to 6F in fact. What we just saw historically is almost as bad as it gets. The rest of the state was give or take was a repeat of 2010. North Florida and within about ten miles from the gulf coast fared comparatively well on this one.
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2026 2026 Florida Palmageddon Observations and Damage Photo Thread
Jimbean replied to idontknowhatnametuse's topic in FREEZE DAMAGE DATA
Another royal palm in habitat with freeze damage https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340110091
