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...At the old house.. Sidewalk Shorty.. Remember, Desert is a dry, boring place with nothing interesting to see or grow.. ...So don't move here 🤣

Me too, Alfredii

We have extremes but the averages aren't too bad, and my well water is very good for all of them so far (and the orchids don't brown tip on roots), so I'm hopeful. Biggest issue so far was overcare (water and frequency) on other species causing fungus, so I need to leave them alone somewhat lol

I don't think so...the leaf plane is all wrong...agree with B. Alfredii.

It's quite amazing really, but makes it very difficult to ID species or varieties if they're unknown! I can't think of another group of plants, off hand, that respond so dramatically to growing conditions?

Orchid House at ANSG:

I want irrigation for my palms so bad, hand watering sucks because it takes so long to make sure each palm is getting what it needs. I would to encourage more growth especially before winter to make sure they have a lot of leaves ready to go

lol we haven't had a long stretch like that in a while! Usually we'll get a few days of fog before it burns up and things dry up. Long stretches of it cause havoc with a lot of stuff - the tropical stuff stops growing/begin to die off, cacti (which have no issue with the temps) start to have fungal issues and rot. I had a couple of astrophytums just melt - despite being in bone-dry soil. They developed rot and it spread almost immediately throughout the plant. Same thing happened to a big Lophocereus. Luckily I caught it in time and was able to salvage a small piece which I'm now going to root. The whole inside became a stinky, gelatinous mess.

2 years later.... It has yet to recover a full frond spread. The initial fronds that were cut down to the cigar shape did grow out but died shortly after. It still grows green fronds, but slowly. Hoping this summer will be it's year to come back with a full spread.

Nice find! I agree with Beccariophoenix, I would specifically say it looks like B. alfredii to me.

Saw this strange trunked tree and would greatly appreciate some thoughts on what it might be:

Not sure what this is. Located at ANSG without a tag!

I had seen another post about them hating tap water in the crown. Makes sense! I’ll put it in a mostly sun and sandy spot with a dripper at the base. Palm has been in full sun more or less in the backyard and hasn’t seen burn. Thanks brother

Truly beautiful palms man! I am envious of your climate

Parajubaea

Matt, your observations of similar growth rates even in different climates and obvious success to support it should encourage an explosion of Acanthophoenix palm-growing elsewhere. I had previously avoided most (not all) spiny palms, but was lured into this species after seeing a really beautiful -and tall- example in Bo's old garden. @flplantguy -- Go for it. Seems like your temps are similar to Hawaii. I wonder about wet/dry periods? My garden depends solely on rain, which is usually plentiful.

Hi everybody I was just browsing googlemaps to have a look at places, that I know are interesting for palm enthusiasts in Greece. In this case, there is a very nice private property with lots of palms. Just next to it, I discovered that particular specimen (see link below), that looks a bit like a Cocos, but I think it is a Beccariophoenix. I would rule out Cocos Nucifera, because I don´t think the climate in Katakolo would support a Cocos in long term. Can anyone confirm this? Other suggestions? Λεωφ.Ομήρου - Google Maps

Good, I guessed right. 👍

Yes, Kyle is very good with palm IDs.

Looks like the drought map is a myth in south Florida. You guys are swimming in water.

Hey Kim, Kyle’s ID might be on the money. Check out Hydriastele costata in your Palms of New Guinea book, looks like it might be endemic to that region. Tim

Sentiment plays no part in this issue. The State of Florida deems queens to be Class II invasives and discourages their use as landscape palms. Fortunately more and more people are paying attention and seeking palms less likely to inflict environmental damage. One benefit of all the major hurricanes we've experienced since 2017 is that these storms ultimately take out sickly, neglected and aging queen palms. They've been dropping dead ever since Ian in 2022 and are not being replaced. Win-win.

I have been overseas for a bit so here is mine. Hard to get a good shot of it as I tend to plant everything too close.

Sounds very familiar to us in the PNW. 😄 Great pics!