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Encephalartos altensteinii single frond flush

As y'all say, too small to say if minor or palmetto. I thought to go back and toss seed, but I'm out. I cut off all my S.minor stalks last year. It's a good area though, as it's a flood plane. Maybe I should acquire palmetto seeds this year to toss out next near.

Old and ugly near Hobby

Neither xButyagrus nor any Trachycarpus species have any tissues that are affected by a 31F temperature. Please see Broschat & Meerow's freeze-damage threshold diagram for T. fortunei in Ornamental Palm Horticulture. This was reproduced in a post by Pal Meir in this Trachycarpus thread.

Scarred gnarly Great name for a metal band.

I will be posting updates to see the growth. I think its gonna grow fast because im gonna water the crap out of it and our summers are hot. Do you know of any members here in my area with the beccariopheonix?

Kinsey, I forgot about 1977, 1982, 1985 but not 1989! Reminds me of the cluster of freezes in 1893, 1895 and 1899! That stated, no real effect on the level of vegetation and palms because of the overall heat. What grows!

If anyone's interested in watching I posted this video of the annual orchid show in washington DC https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_5ByLXSewxQ

Thank goodness this setup isn't occurring during the summer because that would really be something. I agree about closing the hiking trails here too. It never ceases to amaze me how many people think it's okay to go hiking in the intense desert heat.

I lost 5 alfredii’s in Harlingen, TX to a low of 22* in the Feb, 2021 cold blast.

Overall, those two palms look healthy. I think maybe there is some yellow on the fronds, especially on the closer palm. So, I think maybe those palms would benefit from some fertilizer. PalmTalkers wiser than me may suggest specific fertilizer. I looked up monthly rainfall in Whangerei, and I think Butia doubtfully ever will need watering in your climate. And, Welcome to PalmTalk!

They are also good to eat, I eat them all the time, here they ripen in September

A friend growing Encephalartos in his nursery mentioned that the Eugene complex species grow much slower in pots than other Encephalartos. This would include Encephalartos eugene-maraisii, nubimontanus, dyerianus, cupidus, and middelburgensis . You may get a bump in growth speed with hybrids, but his experience growing them commercially is that they still are slower. My specimens are all in the ground for these species except some nubimontanus pups. The pups I put in pots were all slower to grow than the one I transplanted directly into the ground. It seems my experience with these pups correlated with his advise.

Thank you, Arthur. I got a little carried away with the blue cycads. Nice to know that some of the hybrids may be more tolerant of moisture. I’ll probably be keeping some in pots. I had a small Lehmanii in a pot, with straight lava rock for years, and hardly ever watered it. I was amazed how tough it was - got planted in my yard, last year. It and the Dypsis Decipiens got the same treatment/sun/medium and both did fine.

Next spring you should see them flower and set A LOT of seed. The fruits are sweet and delicious - I make jelly from the fruits from mine. Each fruit contains a fairly large seed and can contain a lot of fibers.

I would like to visit the island of Hawaii someday. They are Polynesian sister islands, along with Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile.

What a tremendous explosion, Dave! It's like a bomb. Palma macrocarpa🦜🦜🌴

Hawai🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜

Thanks all for the suggestions!

Nice ones too..

They tolerate upper teens fine, below about 18F causes foliage burn. Between 10-15F will cause dieback to the roots. I would imagine below 10F is fatal.

Aren't they a bit skinny for a filifera?

omg… major problem… so last night it was 31F and I didn’t know it and didn’t turn on anything or cover anything… what do I do???? Do I spray copper fungicide to prevent? I also pour copper fungicide in my trachycarpus yesterday because it spear pulled… that probably froze inside the hole 😕

the seeds of chamaedorea graminifolia are small?

38F this morning, was only supposed to be 42F. I did not pull anything under cover, so hopefully no frost got the potted stuff. NWS currently has 34F and 35F for Monday and Tuesday nights. I just wanna get this cold snap done and over with so we can hopefully actually move on this time.