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Love when my triple C. macrocarpa cooperates!
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Alright I confess as collector of some rare and exotic plants mainly palms. I must say I thought I would be the last one to plant a bangalow palm in the garden when I have so many new palms to collect. It’s funny no care was taken in amendment of the soil just dug a hole and planted using the heel method. I collected the seed in Dorrigo national park when i visited once i could not help myself picking up the seed thinking one lucky little seed coming home to be grown and planted with all its other cousins. But I do love the bangalow for being such a pioneer palm. The first palms I planted on my property where bangalows as a canopy tree on a steep rocky dry hillside now they are part of the garden standing proud and very tall knowing they did there job well looking down on all the understory palms and plants.
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Few more pics .
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Just wait till your royals start sticking out, will ping palm radar immediately. I'm surprised there are more CC coconut pics than royals LOL4 points
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Cambridge Botanic Garden have supplied a Tahina to the Eden Project in Cornwall. Anyone can view this in the Rainforest Biome section of the dome and it will have plenty of space to grow and eventually flower. Probably one for the grandkids however. I will update on this in the coming years. There is also a bigger specimen at Kew Gardens, which Fox Palms has posted previously. So there are a couple growing here in the UK.
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This Carpentaria Id by tim_brissy_13, thanks!,caught my eyes today, it was around 5’ tall when obtained about 3 years ago. I have a second very similar growing at a similar rate. A bit of recurve going on.
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Mine has done this in a fat three years from a three gallon maybe?
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Flour bluff corpus today ! Lots of coconuts if you actually look hard enough lol .coco queen 🤩🫣😆
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An interesting conversation this afternoon from knocking on a door asking about some bellmoreana seeds in garden I spotted quite some time ago. It turns out the palms are originally from lord Howe being brought back in the early 80s from a very knowledgeable person in the seed industry knowing what he was bringing back. Further into the conversation the gentleman knew a few blokes in the local area whom I knew both of us talking about Howea plants in the early days when they hit the market in a big way back then. I just grabbed a few spikes about 100 bell seeds I was offered the rest of the seeds later on when ready. The palm in question was one prime specimen of a bell kentia solid looking with a great curve in the leaf and so it should being originally from lord Howe. I might have to make an enquiry next time I visit about some Hedyscepe seeds seeing as the contacts are still fresh with lord Howe you just never know. In return I offered a couple of Joey palms along with an anthurium veitchi in appreciation of the seeds.
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I got more information from the nursery man, who planted this palm in November 2019. I inquired about the use of various fungicide's recommended by connoisseur, Steve Stern. None of these has been used on this specimen. That stated, it would probably help substantially if they were used. During this time frame, the minimum temperature recorded at PBIA was 37°F. Low 40°F (43F) temperatures nearly every year at the airport during this time frame. At all times, the median temperature well exceeded the necessary Koeppen temperature required for tropical rendering. In fact, most months median temperatures were closer to 70°F than the required 64.8°F. This palm is located at latitude, 26.93° north. It is in an area surrounded by water not far from the ocean. However, I would not describe it as "flourishing". It reminds me of the Newport Beach Coconut. The browning tips of the Palm are evident. This is definitely a very ticklish palm that requires close attention for success in southeast Florida.
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The decision to plant the runt joeys I had from 2000 germinated ones Iam growing was not a good decision considering how slow they grow in a subtropical environment. With the pick of crop at hand I decided to transplant the runt Joey for a much healthier larger plant this one being the best of the 2000 seedlings. The one I chose is 3 years old and the best of the best they don’t come any better than this one. I will find out if it’s possible to transplant a small Joey so I dug around its four sides withe shovel lifted it out and straight into a pot. I just figured iam not going to persevere with a runt when I have one of the best joeys in the batch saying plant me instead.
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Enjoyed my day off from work, wife put me off the leash so I drove to some locations here in San Antonio including a park called Ladybird on the Westside. Sad to see gangs and homeless people have no respect for mother nature. I took a few shots and got out of dodge quickly. Some other pictures were taking at the zoo and tea garden , some others in and around SA. Some pictures were put up recently from other PT members
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Those old leaf boots can really make the trunk look fat. Once they're removed the thickness kinda normalizes. There's a massive one here in Harlingen I'll have to get a pic. Gotta love the thick trunks!3 points
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I think these are Chamaerops humilis3 points
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Here’s a few newly planted mexicana at Roberts Point Park in Port Aransas. Pictures don’t do them justice they all had an enormous girth to the trunks. The fattest I’ve seen yet.
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I can't answer that question but I can share some highlights from the 21 observations of S. Causiarum collected by kinzyjr in the cold hardiness master data, which is mostly from here on Palm Talk. Lowest temperature without damage: 14F (w/ overhead protection) Highest with damage: 22F Lowest survived: 3F Highest temperature that killed one: 19F There are 5 observations showing survival below 10F.3 points
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While one I suppose never knows, due to such a variety of influences, whether one will stumble on a success or not in a given situation, my own observations of this species in FL are that they will not thrive, and probably not survive Florida's worst cold-jabs, if not planted as an aquatic or semi-aquatic palm. As in nature, they want their feet in nice warm water. The best specimens I've seen have been planted in ponds, although in the Keys where it is warm enough for this species it does fine on dry ground. I had a very nice specimen growing on Big Pine Key for several years before Irma's saltwater inundation blackened it...and it was planted high on a mound and looked good, but grew very slowly. It only suffered four hours below 50F (to a low of 48F) in those years so it wasn't exactly given a stress-test! But as one moves northward I think it's especially helpful to give a heated body of water around the rootball, as I suspect that in cold-spells the roots are the point of failure, rather than the tops. I don't have any empirical evidence on that, but my casual observations of thriving individuals in water and knowing that the roots are typically the most tender part of a palm, makes me think it's the only real hope once you get up and on to the peninsula.3 points
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Here’s a couple of mine aglow in the light of evening. DON’T plant them under the wires!
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A couple of my CIDP growing with their feet in water.
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A little garden color a few days ago. I really enjoyed the view. Dypsis rosea, Chrysalidocarpus carlsmithii, and C. paucifolius. Tim
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Acquired a few years back as H. chaunostachys, which has now been renamed H. ledermanniana. Fast grower and becoming a beautiful palm with arching leaves and grey/white elongated crown shaft. The origin of this palm came from mother plants on the Kona side of the island with seed originally collected years ago on Papua New Guinea. Tim
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Hello guys, please help to ID these two Sabals growing in a consevatory in the Tashkent botanical garden (Uzbekistan). both S.palmetto? Specimen 1 Specimen 2
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Yes, it's the one in the photo that I included in the reply - just expand my reply.2 points
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Nice to see that Phoenix reclinata is still hanging in there! It's recovered quite a bit since I saw it last.2 points
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No lol it’s too big to handle haha2 points
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@Robert Cade Ross I think you missed this behemoth at Lowe’s.
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Not rare but still a nice little palm. I'm interested to see how much of that brown tomentum this one has. The couple of bangalow seedlings I've grown also have yellowish stems with tomentum but don't seem nearly that hairy. I know it's a variable species with a wide range. My Alex's are all pure green on the crownshaft with very silvery undersides, except for two small mystery seedlings which I thought were going to be alexandreae but they have a small amount of that brown tomentum and also less silvery undersides. Starting to suspect that they are hybrids.2 points
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I have four plantings of pembana for several years now; three beneath a tall oak tree and one in direct exposed sun. Frost (even if above 32 degrees) will burn some of the top most exposed fronds. They are quite fast growing, much more so than dypsis lutescens .
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A couple of small dypsis to plant today a dypsis sp and a dypsis poiveana two beautiful small understory palms. They have survived winter without any problems so they should be fine in the ground. I also planted another Ernest Augustii I got from Tim Brisbane another quality grower of palms. A few more years time should see them on there way to being a nice conversation piece in the garden.
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Picked up two pindos and two Bismarck’s tonight:)
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I know John well but this was enough palms for me to see lol !2 points
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That's exactly what they are Koelreutaria, Golden Rain Tree, they're all over town, and I don't know why.2 points
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19c and mostly cloudy with a few light spits today. Sun feels hot when its not blocked out from clouds. We've had a few cooler days with Southerly winds this month and it's probably drier than average. Here's my biggest Hedyscepe that was exposed to a light frost back in July. No real damage at all which is great but next summer might still burn it a bit.
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@Merlyn yikes! 😬 That sucks. Thanks for the detailed info though. Super helpful2 points
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I decided to plant one of mine in the ground, possibly death sentence! But it took a bit of beating last winter, probably didn’t bring it in as much as I should have. We were wet and cool, not cold. But it is on the south side of house, away from north winds. I will protect it when/if it gets cold this winter. We will see how it does? I have two more large ones, almost too big to bring in garage. Plus 6 or 7 more rooted plants, so I have backups.
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@Robert Cade Ross it looks like you found the house I saw with all the coconuts. I was staying at the Candlewood Suites on Flour bluff. It’s a convenient spot and lots of fishing going on just outside the hotel. If you’re looking for good donuts and kolaches I recommend CC Donuts on Everhart.2 points
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It took significant damage in the original ~26F front at the end of January 2022. The Pembana and a nearby Caryota Mitis were somewhat protected by a taller Bambusa Asian Lemon next to them. Here's the temp profile: They were in a spot closer to the house so I am estimating somewhere between the 24-25F in the middle of the yard, but not as warm as the nursery at 27.7F. Here's the positioning before the cold front, with some old damage visible from the year before. The Mitis is just to the left of the photo on the other side of the Asian Lemon: In that cold front it lost 1 trunk and was about 75% defoliated. That summer I trashed the overgrown Asian Lemon bamboo, so then they were out in the open, and the tallest things in the area. The Caryota Mitis cluster also lost all the tallest trunks. Here's the temp profile of the killer weekend, Christmas 2023 with ~50 hours under freezing and not getting over 52F for two whole days: And here's the D-E-D Pembana with 3 trunks already cut down: And here's the Mitis about 15 feet away. The Beccariophoenix Alfredii took a little tip burn but was fine:
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Dan lives close by on NPI . Whenever I go down there I give him a call. He showed me a lot of cool palms on his island . I know Flour Bluff pretty well. Best palms I have seen are on NPI and Ocean Dr . All the other areas are heavily Robusta. Some of the pics you've posted I know where it is. CC is pretty awesome .2 points
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It was nice to meet you at the PSSC meeting at the ouer garden in Encinitas. Palm is still growing well. Gotten bigger over the last couple of years here . Here's A couple updated picks from today. And by the way that sumawongii looks great
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Here's mine - not exactly $999 size but looking good for a $15 seedling from a couple of years ago. I got it directly from the hybridizer (is that a word?) Erik Brown as a small 2-strap-leaf. It's begging to go in the ground so it will this February.
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Went to SABT today to see if I could find the smaller palm that was labeled in 2015. There are three young Sabals in the same are but I’m not savvy enough to know this species from any others, especially without seeds present. Here are the photos I took today as well as the map of where my geolocation tagged the original photo. And to correct my prior post, the two sabals behind the large Causiarium are indeed still present.
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I don’t think the buried pool will be an issue. The palm roots will grow all around and through the buried debris. Another thing to consider is you may be able to burn a fire in this pit during the coldest of nights, creating warm area to possibly deflect some frost. You might want to try zone pushing around this fire pit area, the surrounding palms may have the best chance of cold survival there. I have a similar fire pit in my yard and have some cold sensitive specimens placed about 10’ - 15’ from the pit. I always to try burn some large logs in the pit throughout the night on the coldest spells. Not close enough to burn the palms, but close enough to have a radiational heating effect. Worth a shot if done safely.2 points
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You gotta have flowers of some sort I even get amazed at some of palm flowers I just love em
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Jungle vibes at Kemah.
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A&M corpus tonight;)
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From what I heard, the Sabal causiarum at the botanical garden was removed because it wasn't recovering fast enough from the February freeze. It was still alive a year after but didn't look good in a public garden so they cut it down. If it had been watered more I think it would have fully recovered.2 points
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Last harvest of the year is in, and I got some beautiful embryos on the first 3 that I cut open.
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They seem to be quite happy in California. They pop up as volunteers in many places. Harry2 points
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CIDPs certainly enjoy the damp cool air of San Francisco despite their desert growth abilities however.
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