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Nice Bruce! I have a few Butia spathes getting ready to open, so fresh pollen would be great for trying to make some hybrids!

I have a palm labeled as such, from RPS seed, the palm make multiple stems from the rootstock. The stems are about 1 cm diameter and 1.5 m tall. It's too dark here just now, perhaps an image later today. Yes, it grows well here with always cool, humid temperatures.

My diannanensis decided to throw a double cone!!! 😯. Need to find a female so I can produce pure species on this, as the ones at @edbrown_III house are phenomenal specimens! Multifrondis also coning...looks like more hybrids this year! 😁

The really tall skinny one? If so that should be Revoluta x multifrondis, definitely showing multifrondis traits!

The first is Aiphanes minima. They are usually very spiny but can vary with less. And older palms often have less spines on the trunk as they age and wear off. Older Acrocomia do this too. I think the mystery skinny palm is Reinhardtia paiewonskiana.

I’ve had this happen on Sabal palmetto and S mexicana and also Jubaeopsis afra more recently. Unfortunately in all cases, it is terminal and causes death to the palm and no viable seed is set. I’m really not sure what the root cause is, I’ve heard speculation it is nutrient deficiency but it can seem to happen at random. I haven’t heard of a single case of survival of this kind of premature flowering from anyone.

B purpurescens Richard? I actually got 2 of my own to sprout after a couple of years sowing. Grateful to have them - thinking one for me and one for the botanic gardens once I grow them up.

You have been working hard at it . Nice to see such terrific results👍. Harry

i had this happen to a 1-2 yr old palm and was told it happens from time to time and usually die from it. it happened on a hybrid dypsis and has yet to die, so we'll see!

The ones that are native to northern Madagascar, which is a more tropical climate, seem to do better here in Florida. Many of the ones from the south do not do as well here due to our wet, muggy summer conditions. I also killed C. pililifera and C. robustus last year in my yard. All Rotted. C. prestonianus does really well however. As does C. lastellianus and C. nauseousus. All come from wet, tropical rainforestes i believe. I'm in zone 10b with 55in of rain annually. JD

Yes , this is a tropical or sub tropical palm so it makes sense it would like your green house. It looks like , from what I read , that it is a smaller stoned species that could clump . Very nice , Richard . I don’t know if I will see one around here . Harry

It’s jumping all over the place here. 5 inches one hour, then 1.5 inches an hour later. At least some is better than none.

This graphic gets worse every time I look.

other alstroemeria in bloom

yes Tim is good person !

Yes Richard, as soon as they come back on sale, I'll buy them.

Thanks I love growing palms. I water by hand with a watering wand an adjustable spray nozzle giving a fan or a jet blast with adjusted turns. Actually it’s a good question you ask, watering is critical to getting your grow operation In good health. Underwatering overwatering can and does happen in your greenhouse and various watering methods are used to combat dry spots and wet spots. When you have seedlings growing with advanced sized palms. And in different sized pots it gets tricky. So hand waterings are best to avoid these things happening. And various methods of application can be used both in winter and summer. In winter I let the rainfall do most of my waterings. With a soft rose watering wand, in cool climate conditions with temperatures around 2 degrees Celsius in winter. I’m summer you can run a wet potting medium due to high temperatures.

Yes , I read the part about it being a clumping species (Palmpedia) . Thats fine by me ! @peachy has been quiet on this one , not her cuppa tea. . Harry

A nice healthy Hedyscepe Canterburyana. And a group of three new plantings.

You got me on this one Dave by a few years! Remember the older we get the better our palms look!

Never give up on seeds if it’s the only way to get a variety of palm you desire, I say let the seed hunt begin!

They are beautiful palm. To me they have a understory dypsis look about them!

Indeed a lovely clumping palm, but don’t tell @peachy there clumping palms or she will want a dozen of them!

Time for a bit of a repot on the confusa to get them going! They absolutely love the conditions in the greenhouse!