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Should be a consideration after all the seeds those palms have produced . I was told by Terry’s son that well over half of the C. Decipiens in North America are somehow connected to those palms . Many before me have distributed them , mostly through Palm Talk….gotta love it! Such a great network of folks. Harry

@Butch Those look fantastic, approx. how tall would you way yours are? They look very tall!

Hmmm...I think I know who you're referring to, and you're correct. No germination yet, had them on 26C heat mat, but have backed the temperature off a few degrees now. The seeds still seem fine, so hopefully something happens soon. Thanks again Richard and @Harry’s Palms.

Jonathan, You are correct! It was Tassie/Troy! We are very fortunate to have this Forum, allowing all of us internationally to correspond about a mutual interest. We may have not spoken on the phone but we are buds!

I reckon it was that other infamous Taswegian @Tassie_Troy1971 who you spoke to, he did a trip to California, maybe around 2010? I haven't been to Cali since I was a kid in 1979...unfortunately my interest in palms hadn't developed at that stage! The good old days of the Ratpack (rip Wal) and airline stewardesses smuggling palm seeds in their make up bags feel like a distant memory! Looking back through this old thread, I feel like we've been particularly lucky with this forum over the last 20 years...so many good people just quietly enjoying their hobby, very little conflict and a lot of community spirit...a rare respite from the madness of today's on-line 'expert' influenza ego-circus!

@Kim, Do you think it could be an Orania sp. ?

… you end up finding one more spot 🤣 Old man palm. Perfect for small areas.

I've had good luck with the small ones, but I don't buy when its hot. You are right though, deliveries have been a problematic especially lately. I'm waiting on plants that were supposed to be here on Friday, only 3 days late so far and it's hot. I am concerned.

Wonderful palms Kim.. Back in the day I'd spent a lot to get them, only to have them be confiscated at customs or die. But perseverance finally paid off and now I have a number of them; and they're remarkably trouble free in my 10a climate. The crown shape of these when they're mature is as tropical as it gets. Prior to that, all the Acanthophoenix seem to have a pretty vertical, upright look to them. Your looks perfect!

I'm giving them and A. crinita a try in my greenhouse for now, but understand that they are not long term (maybe the crinita if it handles summer🤞). The rubra are very spiny and red now, but are only 4 inch pots still and I have had them less than a week lol. No idea how they will do, but who knows🤷?

Here's a shot of the Corypha in November 2025. Have you collected any seeds @PalmBossTampa? I wonder if it's been taken down yet...

My condolences to him, definitely a legend of 9B zone pushing. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that learned a lot of things from his videos and posts even though I never personally knew him.

Here are some pretty coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) growing on the side of the road in a valley, not native but very pretty wild flowers

These are awesome looking. Used to be my holy grail palm. but South Florida was not k8nd to these. Not sure why more people don’t grow these… maybe those spines when young. I picked up a couple of babies from Floribunda a few years back. At first they grew like crazy, then (like so many tropicals) when the summer nighttime heat really picked up, they got miserable. They went back and forth like this for a couple of years, then I decided to it was cruel and unusual punishment. They looked terrible. I took the loss. They kind of have thin, soft leaflets, like teddies, or a R rivularis.

Jonathan, You may not remember but we spoke on the phone while you were on a trip to California perhaps with some of the Ratpackers, who I subsequently met at Montgomery Botanical Gardens. I briefly met Kim and Bo! This palm is located at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, directly adjacent to the Intracoastal, in WPB at roughly 26.8 degrees North. It is a real treasure and many palms were acquired at Fairchild or through an airline stewardess, who through international travels acquired many seeds of some exotic palms.

Nice selection of sun and drought tolerant palms! Obviously not by accident. ☺️

So sorry to hear about Walt's passing. What a fine gentleman and a real cutting edge palm enthusiast. He always made keen observations about the intricacies of his climate, in the lower Central Florida ridge and lake area. I know that he pioneered the introduction of many cutting edge palms in his area, including but not limited to Cocos nucifera. I greatly enjoyed his stories about his time in the navy and his experiences observing the effect of the Gulf Stream on temperatures off Charleston when his ship hit it in the winter. He also spent a number of years in Key West in the Navy and that had to pique his interest in palms. God bless Walt!

Unless it is the " usual " Bursera sp suspects, IE: B. fageroides, B. microphylla, ..and /or B. simarubra ( Gumbo Limbo ) Google searches for ..even the less common sps ( Over 100 in total in the genus ) are likely going to come up empty or wrong.. iNat is the definitely the best place for solving most NOID mysteries encountered. Keying out that sp. is definitely easier than if you'd been in a part of MEX where there can be as many as 15 to 30 sps of Bursera growing in a fairly small area.. Some look so similar to each other that you have to get detailed shots of the bark, any flower and / or fruit morphology seen to tease apart with 95% accuracy. Regardless, B. hindsiana is reasonably common in the plant trade, if you know where to look. 6 hours isn't bad.. Roughly about the same time in the car between San Jose and L.A. ..or from here to L.A. BTW, a couple other bonus IDs from your album for you to look over: Jatropha = Possibly J. cinerea, Ashy Jatropha / Limberbush ..Common in that part of Baja. J. vernicosa looks similar but hasn't been documented -officially at least, AFAIK- any further north than about Mulege'. Jatropha cuneata also occurs there but tends to be shorter / fatter, w/ lots more " twiggy " branching than J. cinerea. " Mystery Succulent " = ..Thought Agave ..something.. at first but, digging around a little more, you actually may have encountered Hesperoyucca whipplei specimens within the southern end of it's currently documented range ( Southernmost pop grows in the mountains near San Ignacio just across the state line in BCS ) Both Agave sps that occur in the general BDLA area ( A. shawii and cerulea ) have wider leaves, and Datillo Yucca has a very distinct look that stands out.

Roughly the same latitude as Daytona Beach or Clearwater. Outstanding find!

That is beautiful, and a palm you don’t encounter much on this forum or, come to think of it, in gardens either. Tim

Not missing a beat is right! Looks healthy and happy. Tough species, it just wants to GROW. Tim

ALL AVAILABLE SEEDS HAVE BEEN SOLD!! Thank you for looking!!!

Fantastic view, Harry 🤗and a picture that looks like it was painted by Pablo Picasso or some other great artist. What fascinates us most is that it keeps changing and looks different and great every time—it’s magnificentand. we're glad that you and your wife continue to enjoy it time and again; that's a special kind of appreciation 🤗

Acquired from Floribunda and planted January 2019, this palm is looking really lovely at the moment. It has always been a very spiny thing, but yesterday I did a double take -- it's as smooth as a fine suede jacket! And such color! No evidence of the "rubra" (red) for which it is named, but beautiful all the same. Still young, and has only a few spines on one side of the trunk. I'm interested to see yours -- please share photos if you are growing this species.

Just flowering away - still holding last years leaves...🤷‍♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona