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Hemithrinax ekmaniana aztropic Mesa, Arizona

No time for recovery as we went straight into moving to the new house! Feels crazy to be finished with the house build and living out on the ocean! Here are a couple more photos of that Malcomberi, the leaves are very irregular, almost plumose:

Coccothrinax borhidiana aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Leucothrinax morrisii. (also beginning to flower at this size) aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Archontophoenix alexandrae (with green cunninghamiana behind)

Copernicia cowellii aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Coccothrinax borhidiana hybrid aztropic Mesa,Arizona

Old clump of Ptychosperma macarthurii at ANSG:

Our Sabal minors all survived our zone 4b/5a winter with no heat but lots of mulch. Surprisingly, one is shooting up what is probably the inflorescence. Is it usual for very young plants to bloom? Maybe it thought last winter was a near death experience and is reacting accordingly. These were just planted last year from mail order sources.

Out watering in the garden today and was noticing that from certain views around the garden it doesn't even look like im in Southern California anymore. share your own veiws

Another Chamaerops.

Independence day fireworks? More like a dud. I never pollinated this cone. I had two caudices with cones last winter on this Encephalartos lehmannii and only pollinated the first when it was receptive. The other caudex dropped the cone earlier and is flushing now. This caudex is going to cone again this year and at least initially skip flushing. Plenty of time to contemplate if I will use a male from my own garden from another species or get some lehmannii pollen elsewhere this winter. Three male cones on my largest longifolius are pushing out right now.

Archontophoenix Purpurea hybrid.

Another Arenga Engleri!a Guihaya Argygata ( not sure of spelling) this is most definitely the slowest growing palm in my collection! Painfully slow. Harry

Partial spear pull in January. Now 6 1/2 half months later this Robusta fully recovered from a partial spear pull. At one point I assumped it wouldn't make it but surprisingly these Robustas are very bud hardy .

Ovobosiara put on its first ring this morning

Hi I’m new to this forum. I live in Ålesund in the western coast of Norway. Many of you probably think of polar bears, when you think of Norway. My town actually has the warmest winter climate of any Scandinavian city, and the city itself is in US hardiness zone 9a, here at 62 degrees north. My location is between 8B/9A, most years 8B, but with slightly warmer summers than in the city. The record cold the last 30 years was -10 degrees celsius, in 2010. The record high 34,4 celsius (little inland in the city). Winter days average at about 5-6 degrees with most nights above freezing. This winter had a min of -6/7 and high of 16 degrees celsius. Summer days highs average about 19 degrees, With normal range between 15-25 degrees. The huggets this far this year is 30,6 in my garden, which is unormal and a record high for the month of May. This have made several palm entusiasts try different exotics and Trachycarpus can be cultivated without protection here. Also European fan palms, but they May struggle in harsh winters. My Chamaerops has been unprotected for 3 winters. of us have also gotten us a Jubaea chilensis, which is very difficult to get here in Norway. Anyway, here are some pictures from my garden.

There’s different size minors from different areas of the country too. Sabal minors from North Carolina and Texas seem to be the biggest and Sabal Minors from Florida seem to generally be of a smaller size. I’m fairly certain all of the super dwarf Sabal minors come from Florida if I’m not mistaken. My point being, depending on what ecotype you have, it most likely is just big/ mature enough to flower. I have 7 Sabal minors from Wakulla, Florida that have all flowered at a similar size to yours. But others from NC that are bigger and have not yet.

Mahalo Jason! Wow, made the big move……congratulations!! Definitely need to pay you a visit in the near future. Hmmm……wonder what kind of house warming gift I could bring. Tim

Heres an image from the other day to give you a bit of inspiration:

I’ve got both growing in DeBary, FL. Solid 9b. The cunninghamiana I planted from a 7g in November 2021. Got a bit of frost burn that winter, but only 30% or so. Since then has seen 27ish degrees over Christmas 2022 with no damage. Gets a ton of water and I feed it well. Has nearly tripled in size. Full sun all day, all year, no overhead canopy. The Alexandrae I grew from a seedling and planted it in late April this year. Has already gotten a fat base and opened two fronds. Fastest growing palm in my garden, and is in filtered light with high oak canopy, in a warm part of the yard. We’ll see how it does with winter, but overall it would be my pick for the central Florida yard. Also have an overgrown 7g Purpurea and a few dozen Tuckeri seedlings all in pots. Will probably plant the Purpurea in deep shade in the spring.

Not especially uncommon to see these flower young, at least in my experience. Maybe others have differing assessments. Looks great.

Plants can't read... They will be happy with almost any fertilizer applied in the correct amount. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

I know that feeling, If I see a palm ,I always look for seeds, its the first thing I notice, My wife is just as bad , so its a good match, I am looking at the property opposite .lots of clear land, ready for planting.

Excited to have added a Beccariophoenix Alfredii to the garden. Planted as a 25 gal. All rocks seen around the palm were dug out of the hole it was planted in lol. After marking the spear it’s grown almost an 1” its first day. These are not slow growers here where it will see daily temps of 90-105 in full sun. Look forward to having a yard monster in 10 years.

Good thread. Itaya amicorum Coccothrinax boschiana Arenga tremula Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis

Happy Fourth! Put this palm in as a 5 or so gallon in 2020. I have 3 the other 2 are recovering from -6F. This one I covered/heated during that event. Glad I did! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lyNd8oJxCwk 2021 2024 2024

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I was out in the garden today checking on things and noticed my Lanonia dasyantha is starting to flower! Has anyone in socal had any luck getting viable seed off of one?

Aaaaand it's gone 😞

I think the best overall nursery in the area is Turner's at 6503 S. Padre Island Dr. They always had a decent selection of palms when I lived there 7 years ago. https://turnersgardenland.com/ Another would be Padre Palms - a few more miles down the road from Turner's in Flour Bluff at 10015 S.P.I.D. Less than a mile from where I used to live so I visited there often. They typically had a better selection of larger palms and often had coconut palms in stock. https://padrepalms.com/

@James B that's just the older ones. I recently planted a close-spaced triple in the center of my backyard, a wide-spaced triple in the front yard...and am pondering planting another solo in the SW corner tomorrow. I also have 7 more in ~1g pots that I have no clue what I'm going to do with...

Not yet, but I’ve heard H subulata can in cool climates so I’m hopeful one day they will.

Hear, hear. As one of the few-and-far-between seeds/seedlings sellers, I get irked when people resurrect 14+ year-old Lazarus Sales topics for unobtainably rare palms, which only serves to push current and timely topics further down the list. Great idea: See something old you like? PM the seller. Place a topic in "Palms Wanted". You want input on unobtainably rare palms? Start a topic in Discussing Palms subforum that invites discourse and actually teaches something useful.

There's no hurt to bumping an old thread, BUT it takes time and eyes away from threads that are actually active. This is a super rare palm and now others will see this thread being active and think it's available when it's not, because it was bumped. I and others were simply being matter-o-factual. This is the "For Sale" part of the forum, which is much more time sensitive, if it was any other part of the forum no one would have said anything about the thread's age. Pointing out that in the "For Sale" area it's prudent to look at a thread's age and the original poster's year+ lack of presence before replying isn't "hostile or anti-supportive" and no one said anything "not nice" either. If my bluntness came across poorly just know that wasn't the intention, and I can say with certainty it wasn't anyone else's either. We're all enthusiasts here.

With Leucothrinax morrisii now flowering here, all native palms have flowered in town:

Sunrise over the jungle! Then , a happy surprise from my Dioon Spinalosa. What a way to start my day. Harry

Veichia simulins

This is the year of musical palms apparently. One dies, move another, another starts declining, etc. A big surprise for me - the Bismarckia nobilis I planted kicked the bucket. Root damage? Drought? Who knows. I got a refund and decided to finish planting specimens of Florida's native palms instead. The first photo is of the entire haul from Sweet Bay Nursery in Parrish. Palms are Coccothrinax argentata, Leucothrinax morrisii, and the native green form of Acoelorraphe wrightii. The lone cycad is Zamia integrifolia. The Coccothrinax argentata went where the Bizzie was - and immediately finished flowering! The Zamia is keeping it company until I get a spot cleared for it and it's future companions. Mind the bed - it has actually been raining here again. Leucothrinax morrisii takes a spot lower in the garden. Acoelorraphe wrightii is close by. All of these will be watched for decline. If natives have issues, there is something toxic in the soil.

Since moving to the San Antonio area at the beginning of May, I haven't really left the area to explore any nearby cities yet. I would like check out Corpus Christi before too long though. Are there any interesting nurseries I should check out, if I am in the neighborhood?

Just had the chance to explore some of the mainland Nikau Habitat on the West Coast of the South Island, and collect some seed. Never spent much time looking into this palm in habitat but it's incredible the variation depending on location, above/below canopy, and distance to the coast. Underneath the canopy they spread very wide, almost like Coconut or bangalows... there was many with green fronds below horizontal. After getting above canopy they turn into the typical shuttlecock shape. Also amazing to see hundreds of seedlings like grass around some really old ones in the forest. Enjoy..

I do think collecting palms is an incurable disease, I have had it now for almost 40 years , it began 11 years after I developed terminal orchid syndrome , I have been fortunate that my wife is a horticulturist like me . so we can share our love of plants .As we have travelled the world we have collected seeds and plants and started our garden In Panama. How you start your palm journey is find the seeds, plant the seeds and start planting them when they get big. we have planted over 5000 palms , some have done well others died , Its experimental , just like life, Here is my my prop area , Its a tempary one while I construct a new bamboo structure, We collect the seeds , clean them , some we soak and put in plastic bags and hang them up to germinate them .others we plant in shallow trays , it depends on size.The last photographs are of me finding a young Desmoncus orthacanthos its a native climbing palm , very similar to Calamus .The palm grows up through the canopy , covers the canopy..

Technically with a record low of 0C that’s 10A. But if that’s the way we are looking at it, this winter my area is 11A. Haven’t been below 3C. Even got a max of 20C and 21C coming on Monday and Tuesday which is warm for down here during the statistically most cold part of July.

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A baby iguana enjoying a flush on an Encephalartos laurentianus. Time of year we get a lot of baby iguanas hatching. It’s pretty cool to see their bright green silhouette in the garden. Hanging out in an Encephalartos probably gives them good protection from any predators.

Licuala sallehana and Kerriodoxa elegans

I mean I'll still say that mule palms are a fairly safe bet for 8b, especially a warm 8b. You're gonna roll the dice but not to the same extent as some other zone pushing palms. I have 5 in different spots in my yard and have had different post winter outcomes... and yea siting plays a role as we all know. I've had to trunk cut one, nurse one a bit and salute the other three for their service lol. I've seen temps in the mid to low teens and one of my mules hasn't shown any signs of distress, but this is not always the case. Yes they are variable being a hybrid but don't discount their resilience.

This hybrid is really interesting. I bought it with original fronds having small or lack of spines along its stems of the fronds. The new growth is forming with hot temperatures are coming which is promising. All new fronds have more pronounce spines than the original fronds bough. It going to interesting to see which Robusta and Filifera traits will become more predominant as it grows. I can’t tell about my other Washingtonia hybrid twins. My mom yank the second palm out and replanted that at her boyfriend place. LOL I guess saving down payment for a house is my long term goal for this year. 😂

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