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I started planting tiny Rhopalostylis seedlings (bauri and sapida) many years ago. Was worth the wait. Here are some of them.

There is a an undocumented population of Braheas located just 40 miles south of Douglas, Arizona near the town of Esqueda, Sonora. These palms seem to be a variation of the Brahea Calcarea but with a taller trunk and fuller crown. I would also like to mention that these specimens of Brahea are very likely to be more hardy than Brahea Armata considering they are growing in elevations of 4000 or more where winters are extremely more cold than that of the Brahea Armata range. They palms are located in a ranch named Rancho Los Baños - Tierra Chamahua EcoAdventures which appears to have recently closed and has virtually no public access. There are dozens of pictures of the palms in the TripAdvisor page of the ranch online. I thought yall would enjoy knowing of these groves as they might have the potential of being the MOST hardy Brahea of all the genus. Getting seeds from these plants would be amazing but the location is very remote and a known area of high cartel activity.

For a complete collection of photos with IDs, please click here Here are some photos I've taken over the last few days in San Diego, CA! Borassus madagascariensis Jubaea chilensis Chambeyronia hookeri and Ptychococcus lepidotus Coccothrinax macroglossa Dictyosperma album Oraniopsis appendiculata Ptychosperma elegans Syagrus amara Caryota gigas

I spotted these Parajubeas near our hotel in The Presidio. Beautiful!! Mine in Dana Point is struggling. Enjoy IMG_8662.mov

A couple days ago we took photos of some of our palms catching up on some last minute growing while the early fall weather is still warm. We started in the back yard facing south and overlooking the Isabelle Canal. We've been blessed by a lack of hurricanes and tropical storms compared the the past few years so what wasn't killed by the likes of Ian has had a chance to recover. Allagoptera caudescens Dictyosperma album Livistona jenkinsiana Livistona drudei Kerridoxa elegans Satakentia liukiuensis Chrysaladocarpus leptocheilos Philodendron Pink Princess Chamaedorea sp Moving west toward our Garden Lot View looking east toward Back Yard Jungle Cocos nucifera Dwarf Red Spicata Twins Sabal causiarium by @sonoranfans after Ian Sabal palmetto variegata Sabal grethereae Chrysaladocarpus decaryi Leucothrinax morrisii Sabal minor Chipola Dwarf Livistona muellerii Coccothrinax sp Borassus flabellifer Syagrus kellyana Pritchardia sp Livistona saribus Pritchardia vuylslekeana

I wanted to start this thread to document myself and others’ plants so post if you got em. There wasn’t that many produced but they are out there. The “Lady Luck” Palm is a cross between Wodyetia Bifurcata x Veitchia Winin so the cousin to the well known Foxy Lady hybrid. I got the plant from Seabreeze / @Josh-O as a 1G a few years back and it’s the first time it was produced. Admittedly I did not plant it out for well over a year but this summer it has grown great and seems to be catching up for lost time. Ideal location in morning sun, watered and fed regularly. Here’s a few old pics along its journey as well as a recent. First pic planted out March 2024. Lets see em. -dale

Spent yesterday planting a few LHI palms down here in the sub-subtropics: H belmoreana ×3, Hedyscepe x 4, Lepidorrachis x 8. A few H forsteriana to come later. Weather was perfect for planting, still, overcast, humid and mild - my only regret is that I'm a bit sore this morning!

Just pulled off a leaf base this morning and noticed the first ring!! Tree is about 16-17ft overall. Zone 10b. Was bought as a Floribunda 1 gallon around 2019. Does anyone in South FL have a Redneck with trunk. The true C. lastellianus seems pretty rare here...all you see are C. leptocheilos

Simply Juania Australis

This plant is about 23 years old .

More palms and plants from Garden Lot Livistona mariae Bismarackia nobilis, smaller of two surviving Bizzie's West End of Garden Lot looking South Livistona decora Livistona sp Areca catechu Dwarf; left is Pritchardia sp; right is Dictyosperma Albus Coccothrinax sp by Garden Shed Blue green Agave Sabal palmetto 'Lisa' #1 Sabal palmetto 'Lisa' #2 Sabal palmetto 'Mocksville' Hemithrinax ekmaniana Sabal minor x2: Left is typical S. minor; right was sold as seeds of what Seller in Savannah, GA, called 'Savanna Dwarf'. Is there such a thing? I don't know but it is certainly different. Seller disappeared into cyberspace about 15 years ago. Coccothrinax proctorii Dutchman's Pipe Coccothrinax sp - very large Chrysaladocarpus lutescens 'Fused Leaf' Plumeria w/ pink flowers

Ok, I see it every day, but wasn’t sure what species it was. I used to live in Middle Tennessee (USA), and my folks were in Gainesville, Florida. I kept lots of potted palm there, underneath a Live Oak tree, in the irrigation zone. So they were neglected, but most of them didn’t die. I started a bunch of seeds from RPS in the mid-late-2000s and took them to Gainesville when they got a little size. Eliminated the need for a greenhouse in TN, since just about everything I was growing had some cold-hardiness. Mom decided to plant this Butia probably a little over 10 years ago, but the tag was lost. So it was just a guess what it was. I thought it could have been the rare Butia capitata, since I had a couple of them from RPS seeds. Or maybe B. catarinensis. It was definitely not any of the dwarf species. Fast forward to 2020, I moved in with them to help them out with the house. Well, I was walking past it a few days ago and something caught my eye…a spathe! A very DARK spathe! I sped up just a little and swatted petioles aside to check closely. Sure enough, it was WOOLY! Not only that, there were 2 of them. Well, that pretty much eliminates all the other species that I thought it could have been. So after searching high and low over the past couple of years for a decent-sized Butia eriospatha, and only finding small ones and seeds, I have a mature one in my front yard! Can’t wait to start crossing it next year. I’m glad it decided to push out its first inflorescences in October, so I wouldn’t be tempted to pollinate them, haha!

The leaves can be big and heavy. Here’s one of my baueri.

Not too much to look at for some but this Bentinkia caught my eye this early morning as the landscape lighting was still on illuminating. Bummer the Blood Leaf looks terrible at the base of the Bismarck behind. I just hacked it back. -dale

I've been nursing this underwatered tree back to health. I just had to share. Santa Barbara, CA

Last night the old leaf on this Rhopalostylis came off and I couldn't help noticing the spathe and spadix this morning. The spathe must have popped open and dropped overnight.

I didn’t know I could grow Cyrtostachys renda but I guess I can. 😀

A few more Jubaea chilensis coconuts. These coconuts are sold from Chile to RPS Germany. They're also sold in China. My friend hopes to close a deal with the United Arab Emirates for giant Jubaea chilensis palm trees. I'll keep you informed about this in the future. This is the world of palm trees, friends.

Once the Hedyscepe starts to trunk they speed up a fair bit.

A beautiful palm the onilihanses, majestic and always standing proud in the garden. A nice flower has formed and with any luck a few seeds will set, it has produced viable seeds in the past so a good bit of water and I might get lucky.

Saw this Crysalidocarpus onilahensis ‘weeping form’ at Floribunda a few months back. Stopped me, and everyone else, in our tracks. Tim

Sunrise on a pair of Chrysalidocarpus was captivating this morning. The Chrysalidocarpus onilahensis weepy form in the foreground and taller Chrysalidocarpus pembanus behind it.

Regular form: Smaller form with red fruit: Butia eriospatha I grew from RPS seed. It had no damage in most recent single digit freeze… has taken damage previously but never bad and think fruiting heavily can cause this. The one below is supposedly Butia x Jubaea. Only the huge size relative to my other Butias makes me believe this may be true

Red leaf on this Archontophoenix "Teracarpa" (it's a hybrid from Jungle Music Nursery).

Rhopalostylus Sapida taking off vertically. I also noticed a flower spathe emerging. Growing in Dana Point, CA.

my small garden is growing in! archontophoenix cunninghamiana, hedyscepe canterburyana, howea forsteriana, and dypsis baronii (can’t recall the new name) more is more!

Another year has passed since an update. Doesn’t look too different but it definitely takes up more room in all directions. Got to step back for pics. here it is…. -dale

It’s still here after several years. First noticed it when I lived down there in 2019/2020 and it’s doing well. This is the northernmost bizzie I have ever came across and the only one I have seen this far north. This is in the west side of Bluffton, by the university. Near the Jasper County line. First photo was taken a few days ago, second photo was several years ago.

Here’s my 15-year-old teddy bear for comparison. A few years older to be sure, but probably 18 feet of clear trunk.

After spotting this palm being advertised on Facebook group “Palm Nutters”, I contacted the vendor (Cairns) on behalf of Colin Wilson who wanted it for Wollongong botanical garden, NSW. Paul Latzias and Michael Smith stepped up to inspect the palm last weekend, and were joined by Arden Dearden to salvage her this afternoon. Massive thanks to Paul, Michael, Arden, Digby (vendor), and of course Colin.

Teenage pregnancy...first time for this little Butia yatay!

The best way to grow a palm is in the ground, so time for this one to go in the ground. Germinated from a few purchased seeds online. With 2 left from 4 seeds not to bad 50/50 odds. Planted in about one of the wettest and cooler spots in my garden I shall see how I go.

Almost two years later update…They are growing well. A bit more sun exposure has brightened the previous deep green leaves.

Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) ambositrae, I planted this palm on June 1st, 2014 as a small plant, it was about 12 inches (30cm) tall. I planted it in my neighbor's land adjacent to my front walkway. It has grown really well, so well that I was convinced to plant one in my own garden. Here are images taken today, October 8th, 2025, after just 11 years of growth. The palm now has 42 inches (107 cm) of true trunk below the leafbases, the bulging base is 8.25 inches (21 cm) in diameter, and the upper trunk is 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter. It holds 6 or 7 good fronds. I also favor its habit of a very short period of senescence. The older fronds will change from green to brown, and fall off cleanly in only 7 to 10 days. I have never given it any special care, and actually have somewhat ignored it since I am a notorious procrastinator !

Yes I have a hybrid palm silver lady catching my eye today.

Chrysalidocarpus leucomallus after a leaf drop

These Hyophorbe verschaffeltii.

I was just noticing how bowl shaped the new leaves open on this Pritchardia flynnii. I absolutely love the look especially with the color of the abaxial leaf.

Dypsis plumosa flowering.

Some other nice palms and tropicals Some of the Washingtonias looked like their petticoats had been burned. Their trunks were blackened. Not sure if that was an attempt to remove dead leaves the natural way or what.

Agreed. Nowhere near enough while the plant is in active growth, in winter no probs, but otherwise a couple of times a week. Also, I've found that unless a rainfall event is reasonably heavy or prolonged the effect on potted plants is minimal, ie it's remarkable how little water makes its way into the pot in light rain. Hopefully she can still recover.

Harry, I think that your images show Pauleen Sullivan's Jubaeopsis caffra at the Baylor apartments ? Parajubaea petioles are not orange, and the fruit is not yellow.

They do well here 30 miles south of the Arkansas state line. These palms defoliated 100% last winter, so as you can see they recover quickly. I have four of these I started from seed 20 years ago.

It’s always a joy visiting another garden.

A lovely gesture of some archontophoenix maxima from @palmtreesforpleasure. Any palm is welcome @happypalms retirement home for unwanted palms. A few will get planted in the garden and the rest distributed to gardens around the place. I know they grow well in my climate I have a couple that are doing quite well.

That’s seriously nice Darold! I think this proves it doesn’t require much heat to thrive. Mine took ages to take off but is now motoring along. It split in two a couple of years ago and now each growth point is pushing well above ground after years of being in that phase of looking like its fronds erupted from the ground.

My Latania caught my eye today

Lepidozamia peroffskyana with a Pinanga coronata.

A few updated pictures from Pearland