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Really a magnificent palm. Stout, but not overly large, moderate grower, and good color especially after losing a leaf sheath. Prominent basal leaves on extraordinary long fronds add to the picture. Planted early 2012 from a 1 gallon. Tim

After several revisions, I’m excited to share my ongoing PDF guide to cold hardy palms. This has been a long-term project and will continue to evolve as I learn more and gather new experiences. Feel free to share it anywhere by posting the link to the document — that will always point to the latest version for when I update. I am still working on some more pages in time. I truly appreciate all the support, knowledge, and friendships from this forum over the years. My goal has always been simple, help others enjoy and succeed in this hobby as much as I have. Hopefully this information will especially help others new to the hobby. While the design is AI assisted, all photos and text dictation are from my experiences. While I am aware there are a few errors still, let me know what you think TNTropics Cold Hardy Palm Guide https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9-43MjGhgyQyqgVeQoWXU69GvRGLpdU/view?usp=sharing

I was able to force this color with 23 degrees but i don't think I’ll be able to maintain this look.

To all the people in life who said I'd never amount to 💩, well, it turns out you were right. But I do have a state nursery sellers license now.

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These three are my only Archontophoenix purpurea and I’m just wondering if the heavy black tomentum on their trunks is unusual or typical. Whichever it is, I like it. These were purchased as seedlings from Floribunda a few years ago.

The bulging crownshaft on this almost twenty year old Chrysalidocarpus decipiens makes me think there’s something good lurking underneath it. Could it be about to produce an inflorescence? Will have to wait ‘til the attached frond dies and falls off.

I gave this palm a fresh haircut and trim - i have to say that it looks amazing that way

1. Hyophorbe indica 1.5 gallon size 2. Burretiokentias koghiensis 15 gallon 3. Caryota gigas 5 gallon 4. Butia eriospatha band size 5. Brahea clara 5 gallon 6. Brahea edulis 15 gallon 7. Brahea elegans 5 gallon 8. Coccothrinax barbadensis 15 gallon 9. Coccothrinax crinita 5 gallon 10. Cryosophila stauracantha 15 gallon 11. Dypsis baronii 5 gallon 12. Dypsis heteromorpha 5 gallon 13. Dypsis pembana 5 gallon 14. Kentiopsis olliviformis 15 gallon 15. Prestoea acuminata (montana) 5 gallon 16. Rhopalostylis baueri 15 gallon 17. Roystonea oleracea 15 gallon 18. Syagrus coronata band size. This is a small sampler of the over 200,000 palms & cycads we have at our Nursery. I think we offer the largest species selection of any Palm or Cycad Nursery in the western U.S. Visitors welcome. We give individual attention. In business in Encinitas, CA for over 40 years. Mail orders done almost daily. Delivery available on most items. And, by the way, creator and early developer (along with assistance from other IPS members) of this PalmTalk Blog multiple decades ago. Phil Bergman Owner Jungle Music Nursery 1111 Urannia Ave, Encinitas, CA 92024 Phone: 619 291 4605 Email: phil@junglemusic.net Website: www.junglemusic.net

Chrysalidocarpus Basilongus

If you’re after a beautiful easy growing palm, look no further than the dasyantha. They seem to love whatever iam doing to them. A beautiful understory palm. I have a few in dappled light to deep shade to morning sun and they all seem to love growing in these conditions. They will drink as much water as you give them and a little tolerance to mild dry conditions if you miss a watering. I love them super easy to grow and not too bad on the eye, the poor man’s mapu is definitely worth growing. I even lucked up with a variegated variety from a seed batch I germinated.

Guidance has trended colder in the past 36 hours or so. This is shaping up to be a freeze for the Panhandle. NWS currently forecasting a low of 33F for Monday night. Looks like it may warm up pretty quickly after that before getting cool again to start the month of March. Being cold in Florida multiple times during the winter season is not a new thing. Y'all have gotten lucky more than anything in the past decade down south. I would be grateful to live in the areas of central Florida thats been trashed on so much in this thread. I am still thankful to be located in NW FL, where many palms can be grown. Sometimes it pays to just be thankful for what you have instead of being upset about what you cant have. My Queens are fried, my bizzy might not make it, my lady palm spear pulled, my washies are burnt, but... here is my super mule, looking like winter never happened: For that, I am thankful.

Some pictures from today mid summer. Going for 32C today and forecast overnight thunderstorms. It doesn’t get better than this.

After a few months : dictyocarium lamarkianum first leaf !

It's been exactly 4 years since my Copernicia berteroana last flowered. Looks like this year will be the year to start some more seeds. Seems to be a scarcely seen palm in peoples gardens for whatever reason. Maybe a 4 year flowering cycle has something to do with it?🤔😄 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Has anyone seen anything like this before? I can’t help but wonder which Rhopalostylis variety it might be. My first thought was Chatham Islands, but I’m starting to doubt that. It could possibly be a Great Barrier Island form instead. Or even a naturally occurring hybrid with archontophoenix cunninghamiana? It’s surrounded by them.. Anyway what caught my attention is the very open crown and the extremely dark crownshaft color. I was also looking through some older Rhopalostylis photos and I think Geoff Stein used to have a few similar plants in cultivation. Curious to hear what others think on the variety — what are your bets?

I just couldn’t pass up on some of the plants on offer at the pacsoa show this weekend. Just a couple more for the collection! satakentia liukiuensis kentiopsis oliviformis Dypsis ambositrae Geonoma atrovirens licuala sallehana Calyptrocalyx flabellata pinanga sarawakensis loxococcus rupicola calyptronoma occidentalisDypsis sp Bill Beattie Basselina glabrata Dypsis orange crush calmus muelleri polyandrococus caudescens Calyptrocalyx yummutumecalyptrocalyx flabellata cocothrinax guargruana Mapu for the wife you know how it is fellas you gotta get the wife a gift when you spend up! Zamia pictaDypsis hetromorphusDypsis avisonii Dypsis DrannsfieldiiDioon Rio verdeDioon holmgreniiSchippia concolor All set to go in the garden for a bit more of that tropical look chamearops humillis cocothrinax eckmanii licuala fractiflexavietcha montgomerianadypsis procera

My lafazamanga caught my eye this evening, and I thought I’d share a photo of it post-transplant (which happened months ago). 🪏 as far as I can tell, it’s very happy in its new location, and hasn’t missed a beat from the move.🤞 Has been such a great plant for me, so I’m hoping it will do as well in the new (equally prominent) location. 💕

Here is a preliminary cold damage to my personal palm collection. I live in Altamonte Springs, about 14 miles north of Orlando. Its a little colder than the metro Orlando area. My yard does have some good tree canopy in the back but this didn't make much difference with the winds. The first night of the freeze was 23F with 20-30mph winds all night and it was below 32F for over 10 hours. The 2nd night dropped to 28F but it was still with frost. This was the coldest freeze since the record Christmas 1989 freeze. It was also the first hard freeze with high winds the entire night. PALMS Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (4’)- no damage Aiphanes horrida x minima (6’) -100% burn, already had about 25% burn from earlier cold, it always showed damage below about 35F every year but always quickly recovered, not sure this time Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (20’) -major burn Archontophoenix purpurea (7’)- 100% burn Areca triandra (3’) -100% burn Arenga engleri (7’)- surprisingly burn on one leaf Arenga hookeriana (5’)- all tall stems 100% burned, shorter suckers green Beccariophoenix alfredii (15’, 10’)- both have severe burn but green in center Borassodendron machodonis (3’)- COVERED, no damage Brassiophoenix drymophoeoides (5’)- 100% burn Carpentaria acuminata x Adonidia merrillii (25’)- 100% burn Caryota mitis ‘Variegata’ (3’)- severe burn Chamaedorea elegans (2’)-100% burn Chamaedorea ernestii-augustii (3’)- 100% burn Chamaedorea metallica (2’)- 100% burn Chamaedorea microspadix (6’)- no damage Chambeyronia macrocarpa (3’)- all leaves burned except newest Chelyocarpus chuco (4’)- COVERED no damage Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos (3’)- 100% burn Chrysalidocarpus lutescens ‘Nana’ (3’)- COVERED but partially blew off, 50% burn Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis (Mahajanga form) (6’)- 100% burn Chrysalidocarous onilahensis (3’)- light burn Chrysalidocarpus pembanus (15’)- 100% burn on the 2 tall trunks, suckers have some green leaves Chrysalidocarpus psammophilus (3’)- 100% burn Chuniophoenix hainanensis (3’)- no damage Clinostigma savoryanum (4’)- 2 newest leaves have no damage, others burned Coccothrinax barbadensis (3’)- light burn Coccothrinax crinita (3’) – severe burn Coccothrinax spissa (3’)- severe burn Cocos nucifera ‘Green Malayan’ (10’, 3’ trunk)- almost 100% burn but a few green leaflets and petioles still green, already push new growth, it already had about 20% burn from frost a couple weeks prior Copernicia alba (6’)- no damage Cryosophila stauracantha (4’)- 100% burn Cyrtostachys elegans x renda (3’)- COVERED no damage Dictyosperma album (furfuraceum) (3’)- 100% burn Euterpe edulis (10’, 5’)- both have 100% burn Gaussia attenuata (7’)- 100% burn, new spear opening Gaussia maya (5’)- 100% burn Heterospathe negrosensis (4’)- light burn Howea belmoreana (3’)- severe burn Howea forsteriana (7’)- severe burn Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (6’)- 100% burn Lanonia dasyantha (2’, 3’)- no damage on either Leucothrinax morrissii (5’)- no damage Licuala kunstleri (2’)- light damage Licuala peltata (3’)- light burn Licuala ramsayi (6’)- slight damage on 1 leaf, very delayed reaction Livistona decora (10’)- no damage Livistona muelleri (4’)- moderate burn Livistona saribus (15’)- no damage Normanbya normanbyi (8’)- 100% burn Phoenix acaulis (3’)- no damage Phoenix loureiroi (Kashmir) (8’)- no damage Pinanga coronata (4’)- 100% burn Pinanga gracilis (3’)- 2 stems, 1 no damage, other 100% burn Pritchardia hillebrandii (3’)- moderate burn, still lots of green Pseudophoenix sargentii (4’)- severe burn Ptychococcus lepidotus (5’)- 100% burn Ptychococcus paradoxus (6’)- 100% burn Ptychosperma elegans (10’)- 100% burn Ptychosperma propinquum (macarthurii) (12’)- main stem 100% burn, suckers mostly brown but some green Ravenea glauca (3’)- light burn Ravenea hildebrandtii (5’)- 100% burn Ravenea rivularis (6’)- 100% burn Reinhardtia latisecta (2’)- no damage Rhapis excelsa ‘Zuiko Nishiki’ (5’)- no damage Rhapis humilis (8’)- no damage Sabal etonia x palmetto (2’)- no damage Sabal mauritiiformis (5’)- very minor burn Sabal miamiensis x maritima (6’)- no damage Sabal palmetto (10’)- no damage Sabal palmetto (Miami Rockridge form) (2’)- no damage Sabinaria magnifica (3’)- COVERED, cover partially blew off, light burn on a couple leaves, very delayed damage Schippia concolor (3’)- moderate burn Serenoa repens, silver (3’)- no damage Syagrus romanzoffiana (20’)- light burn Syagrus sancona (7’)- severe burn Syagrus weddelliana (6’)- severe burn Veitchia arecina (3’)- moderate burn Wodhyethia bifurcata (4’)- 100% burn CYCADS Bowenia spectabilis- no damage Ceratozamia hildae- no damage Cycas debaoenis- no damage Cycas thouarsii- 100% burn Encephalartos ferox- 100% burn Stangeria eriopus- light burn Zamia furfuracea – no damage, in pot and taken in Zamia integrifolia (narrow leaflet form)- no damage Zamia integrifolia (Palatka Giant)- no damage Zamia integrifolia (wide leaflet form)- no damage Zamia nesmophila- moderate burn Zamia sp. “Spots”- severe burn PANDANS Freycinetia cumingiana (4’)- main stems dead, some green shorter stems/leaves Pandanus furcatus (15’)- 100% burn but green already pushing out Pandanus letocartiorum (decumbens) (2’)- 100% burn Pandanus penangensis (monotheca) (5’)- 100% burn Pandanus polycephalus (3’)- severe burn Pandanus pygmaeus ‘Variegatus’ (2’)- moderate burn Pandanus tectorius (spineless form) (3’)- 100% burn Pandanus tectorius, dwarf spineless variegated form)- 100% burn PALM-LIKE PLANTS Cyclanthus bipartitus (4’)- 100% burn, this is root hardy, foliage dies every year as it declines around 35F but rapidly regrows in spring Dracaena arborea (4’)- severe burn Ravenala madagascariensis (15’)- 100% burn Ravenala menahirana (Honkondambo) (3’)- 100% burn, new leaf emerging Sphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea) (10’)- 100% burn Strelitzia nicolai (10’)- 100% burn

Ok I shall settle the score and start a on the potting bench thread to appease the palm gods. So it is as follows, on the potting bench you shall see what’s been growing and what reds to be potted up, freshly germinated to anything else that needs to be potted, it shall be gor reference as seedling identification. If anyone wants to identify a seedling, and also as documentation of what and how the plants are growing for the palm talk audience and for my own documentation!

It was a flamethrower when it came into this world and it’s going out as a flamethrower as well.

In my area up here in the Bay Area, king palms are all over the neighborhood. My own personal experience with them is that they are the easiest and fastest growing palms in the garden, sun or shade. I have groves of them as well as ones growing singularly. Seeds pop up by the thousands just as much in the winter as summer. Some of those volunteers are aver twenty feet tall. I have all the other Archontophoenix species doing well too. The first ones I planted in 2001 sailed through the 2007 freeze (26°F) with barely a scratch. Just some light bronzing on horizontal fronds and they replaced those leaves by summer’s end.

Another old frond removal today. This one is particularly special as it's the only solitary maroon leaf, red vestiaria I've ever been able to find. And believe me I've looked.

In 2015 while I was working in california I bought some patrick schaffer hybrids. I was inspired by the gardens of the fathers of butia hybrids DIck Douglas(NorCal) and Merrill Wilcox(FL). I wanted some jubaea genetics in my yard but best knowledge said pure jube would not be happy here. My favorite patrick hybrid, the one that I did not give away, was a (Bx J)xJ. I had a coupole BxJ from patrick and this one just looked different, even as a small seedling in a 4" pot. It is a BxJ mother tree pollinated by a jubaea. I had it in a small 7g container for years and then upgraded it to a 20 gallon in 2020. I feared it would not deal with florida humidity and wet soil so I kept it in that 20 gal pot and infrequently watered it. I tried to give it away, no takers from the coconut and adonidia crowd in my neighborhood. I even offered it here on palmtalk, surely a nice cold tolerant hybrid would work somewhere up in northern florida or there abouts, no takers. It grew slowly over the years and a year and a half(?) ago I decided I didn't want a palm prisoner in a container so I decided to put it in the ground in a dry spot where I had removed an invasive ficus benjamina I had mistakenly planted. Well, it seems as if the palm just loved this winter and pushed out a bunch of new growth. It grows faster in winter. I also have a BxJ with 3-4' trunk that is a nice palm but this one has a symmetric beauty that I love. Now I am very happy I didnt give it away. Its not a fussy palm, I planted it in a spot where it will intercept cold NE winds off the nearby pond Anybody else have a butia, Jubaea, or syagrus hybrid out there, I know Patrick made a bunch of different hybrids, show yours if you have one.

About 13 ft. tall. I saw this one in a residential area west of New Orleans. I suspect it is a native remant specimen that was there before it was reclaimed swampland.

When iam finished, or at least I think I have with my old propagation medium, I usually tip it out on the potting bench and just use it as any other additive for my soil mix. And usually there are old or what I think are dead seeds in that mix. They say never give up on old seeds but sometimes you just have to move on to new seed. So it’s a wonderful surprise when they start popping up in the potted palms. Especially licualas, not sure what these varieties are it iam sure something good, and another physokentia is most welcome in the collection. The seed is one way of getting an identification. I just tip the pot upside down and simply remove the seedling!

Today it caught my eye that I could take a photograph of my palms when it’s raining and see the raindrops in the photograph.

My verschaffeltia splendida gaining size and opening a new leaf. and my Areca macrocalyx starting to show some nice colour.

Just saw it posted on the FB group and surprisingly, it wasn't mentioned here, yet. The newly described Attalea taam from the Colombian Amazon 🎉. That is a really cool looking trunk!! Hopefully some seeds will make it to Jeff eventually 🙃. Abstract: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.739.1.5 Full article as PDF with pictures: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.739.1.5/53627 Some more pointers in this FB posting: https://www.facebook.com/Palmsmithy/posts/really-pleased-to-have-been-involved-in-this-paper-providing-the-illustration-of/1679777533474493/

There’s a stack of palms up for grabs, at the pacsoa show this year. So for all those palm nuts out there head on up to Brisbane botanical gardens for a palm or two!

Clinostigma samoense Clinostigma with Astrocaryum, Pritcharia, and Attalea in the foreground. Tim

Even if my garden is young, for some palms The circle is complete

@guillerman looks like you’ve got a really REALLY nice Rhop. baueri purple crownshaft just like mine!

A few intresting varieties of palms caught my eye, as watered away! Dypsis rosea Rhapis nanzanishiki Dypsis tsaravoasira synecanthus warscewiczianus I

As I sit on rock in the garden looking at what I have created iam amazed. The garden goes from a jungle canopy understory to a very dry hot intolerable in summer heat garden. Yet it all seems to work and grow in harmony with Mother Nature. You can create a garden of your taste to reflect your personality, it just takes time. All you see was basically carved out of the Australian bush, and we’re not talking about tropical cairns or Hawaii where you throw a plant over your shoulder and grows by just looking at them. Its hard country to garden in just add water! IMG_9785.mov

I like the forum format a lot more, it's too bad they're mostly dying in favor of places like facebook and instagram. It makes looking up old threads and posts a lot easier too.

Here are the 2 mature Coconuts growing across from Fashion Square Mall at the former smashburger restaurant. The one on the left is totally brown but the petioles are still green. The one on the right actually has a couple leaves in the center with green. These palms are less than a mile from the Executive Airport which has an official NWS station and recorded 24F. If both or one survives it will be the new I Drive coconut.

I have visited Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami FL many times but always enjoy seeing new additions and checking on “old friends”. This Sabinaria caught my attention especially since it looks untouched planted outside despite the recent cold spell here. I eagerly await mine growing big enough to show off the gorgeous leaf shape and color! Below are two different Kerriodoxa elegans. Rhino beetles in Puerto Rico love these so not sure if I will get any to trunking size. I am really looking forward to seeing them in habitat in Phuket Island.Thailand on the soon to start IPS post tour. Calyptrocalyx albertisianus is a fairly new addition to my own farm after I saw a beauty at Dean Ouer’s place in HI a few years ago. Here is one at FTG reminding me that they are likely to be much taller than my other more shrub size Calyptrocalyx. I am including a striking cycad that I wish I grew. Microcycas calocoma.

I was able to stop by my old garden today and got these pictures of the parent plant. Much taller than it was about 18 months ago.

Thanks for posting Gunnar, great to see beautiful new species still being found. Also nice seeing the locals getting recognition for their part in the process...I've never seen a species description illustration like this before!

I agree with the others that you’ve got an R. baueri. Incidentally, Rhopalostylis and Archontophoenix DNA is not similar and, therefore, cannot hybridize with each other.

Every seed and bulb I own is now planted. I'd just like to throw that out there. Please clap. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVAn6WoDTPQ/?igsh=aWgwNHQ4aTJ3a2Y4

A few of the more tender things at Naples Botanic Garden today. Not sure what the low temps were there but the vast majority of the collection seems to have avoided major damage. Areca catechu: Nypa fruticans: Pritchardia pacifica: And a few Pritchardia thurstonii for comparison, proving much more tolerant of cold compared to pacifica (as advertised)

Yes, he and his brother operated the nursery off farmland they owned. He invested heavily in inventory but not infrastructure, and unfortunately it caught up to him. From what he had told me any profit they made came from basic cold hardy species sold wholesale to local DFW landscapers. The rarer stuff was a dream of his for the business , that eventually became a massive loss. He spent tens of thousands on seeds from RPS alone, and that was before their shipping went crazy . He traveled to California , Florida , etc and bought every specimen level, seed producing age Cycad, Palm , Yucca , Dasylirion etc. he could get ahold of. From what he told me most of the rare stuff survived in his better greenhouses and he has kept for himself. He has absolutely no interest in being affiliated or caught up in the hobby/industry again.

Heres a brief overview of pretty much every palm I have in the ground. So much of it is totally burned that I’m not sure how helpful this is. On the other hand If some of these make it could be useful. Exposure, 1,2,3,4 - least to most 4 = out in the open, 1 being fully artificially protected, 2 = naturally covered on 3 sides, 3 = naturally covered on 1 or 2 sides. Could also be a combination of the above also. In other words, a palm up close to the house and near the corner of a fence but with fronds extending well above protection might be 2 and 4. Young/small, maturing/medium mature/large or combination of the above. Level of damage Level of exposure Age/Size of Palm Status one week after cold front. Pritchardia sp? 40% leaf damage, level 3 exposure, Young to maturing, 3/4” of spear growth. Aiphanes minima - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp. mature 12” wood trunk, no spear growth. Beccariophoenix alfredii - 0% leaf damage, young to maturing, Level 2 exp., appears to be growing. Caryota mitis - 90% leaf damage, level 2,3,4 exp., Mature/large, growth status unknown. Chambeyronia olivoformis - 85% leaf damage, level 3 exposure, young to maturing, 3/4” spear growth. Gaussia princepts - 0% leaf damage, level 2 exp, maturing/medium, growth status unknown, Coccothrinax sp? Argentata/barbadensis? - 10% leaf damage, level 2 exp. Young/small Appears to be growing. Coccothrinax argentea? - 0% leaf damage, level 2 exp., young/small, status appears to be growing. Coccothrinax miraguama - 0% leaf damage, level 2 exposure, young/small, status appears to be growing. Coccothrinax alaxandri - 0% leaf damage, level 1-2 exp., young/small, status appears to be growing. Ravanela (traveller tree) - 100% leaf damage, level 4 exp, mature/large, status unknown. Vietchia spiralis - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature/large, unknown. Chrysalidocarpus basilongus - 0% leaf damage, level 2 exp., maturing/small status unknown. Ptychosperma elegans - 70% leaf damage, level 2-3 exp., mature/ medium, Status no growth. Normanbya normanbyi - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., no growth. Cyphophoenix elegans - 90% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium. Status no growth. Gassia gomez pompae - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/smallstatus unknown. Chambeyronia olivoformis - 95% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium, status no growth. Coccothrinax miraguama havanensis - 0% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/small status appears to be growing. Pseudophoenix vinifera - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/small, status unknown. Ravenea rivularis - 75% leaf damage, level 4 exp., maturing/medium, status unknown. Latania loddigesii - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., maturing/medium, status 1/4” of spear growth. Chambeyronia pyriformis - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exposure, maturing/small, status 3/4” spear growth, Chambeyronia macrocarpa #1 - 100% leaf damage, level 2-3-4 exp., mature/large, status 1/2” new spear growth. Burretiokentia viellardii - 90% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium, status slight spear growth. Becarriophoenix fenestralis - 85% leaf damage, level 3 exp., maturing/nedium, status 1/2” spear growth. Coccothrinax macrglossa azul - 0% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/small, status appears to be growing. Ptychsperma elegans paddle leaf - 98% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium, status no growth. Chrysalidocarpus pilulifera - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/small, status no growth. Chrysalidocarpus prestoniana - 95% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium, status unknown spear is green. Phoenix sylvesteris x2 - no damage full exposure. Brassiophoenix drymophloeides - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature, medium. Dictyosperma album rebrum - 100 % leaf damage, level 3 exp., maturing small, status no growth. Cyphophoenix nucele - 99% leaf damage, level 3 exp., young/medium, status no growth. Dypsis rosea - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp. maturing/young, status appears to be growing. Chrysalidocarpus loucoubensis - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing small, status no new growth. Chambeyronia houlouensis - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium, status no new growth. Hydriastele beguinii obi - 20% leaf damage, level 1 exp., mature/medium, status 1/2” new growth on spear. Cocos nucifera red spicata - 100% leaf damage, level 2-3 exp., maturing/ large, status 1/4” new growth on spear. Pinanga javana - 25% leaf damage, level 1-2 exp, maturing/medium, status 1/8” new spear growth. Pinanga adagensis - 45% leaf damage, level 1-2 exp., maturing/medium, status 1/4” new spear growth. Chambeyronia macrocarpa #2 - 60% leaf damage, level 2-3-4 exp., mature/medium, status 1/2” of new spear growth. Archontophoenix tuckeri #2/3 - 70% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature/medium, status unknown. Clinostigna savoryanum - 40% leaf damage, level 1-2 exp., mature/medium, status very small growth on new spear. Burretiokentia hapala - 40% leaf damage, level 2 exp., maturing/medium, status 1/4” of new spear growth. Calyptrocalyx polyphullus - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., mature/medium, status appears to be growing. Euterpe edulis - 0% leaf damage, level 2 exp., maturing/medium, status appears to be growing. Veitchia arecina #1 east - 100% leaf damage, level 4 exp., mature/large, status unknown. Chrysalidocarpus rufescens - 0% leaf damage, level 2 exp., young/medium, status unknown, Prychosperma elegans - 20% leaf damage, level 2 exp., mature/medium, status appears to be growing. Normanbya normanbyi #2 - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature/medium, status no new growth. Veitchia arecina #2 east - 100% leaf damage, level 4 exp., mature/large, status unknown. Pseudophoenix sargentii - 15% leaf damage, level 2-3 exp., mature/medium, status appears to be growing. Licuala grandis - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., maturing/large, status appears healthy. Cocos nucifera HD - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature/large, status 1/2” new spear growth. Cyphophoenix elegans - 10% leaf damage, level 2-3 exp., status appears healthy. Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus - 60% leaf damage, level 1-3 exp., status some parts appear healthy. Thrinax radiata - 20% leaf damage, level 4 exp., maturing/large, appears healthy. Areca catechu dwarf - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., mature/small, status appears healthy. Wodyetia bifurcata - 95% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature/large, status unknown. Licuala ramsayi - 10% leaf damage, level 2-3 exp., maturing/small, status appears to be growing. Pinanga speciosa - 50% leaf damage, level 1-2 exposure, mature/small, status 1/2-3/4” of new spear growth on 3. Archontophoenix tuckeri - 95% leaf damage, level 4 exp., Mature/large, status unknown. Ptychosperma elegans - 85% leaf damage, level 4 exp., mature/large, status unknown. Pseudophoenix sargentii #1 - 85% leaf damage, level 4 exp., mature/medium, status unknown. Bismarckia nobilis - 0% leaf damage, level 4 exp., mature/large, status slight shock? Appears to be growing. Syagrus schizophylla - 95% leaf damage, level 4 exp., status unknown. Satakentia liukiuensis / 100% leaf damage, level 1 - 4 exp., Mature/medium, status 3/4” new spear growth. Crownshaft and trunk covered/warmed leafs exposed. Roystonia regia - 90% leaf damage, level 4 exposure, mature/large, status unknown. Chrysalidocarpus pembana - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., no new growth. Caryota mitis - 100% leaf damage (main trunk) level 3-4 exp., maturing/medium. Status no growth. Rhapis excelsa - 0-5% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., status appears healthy. Syagrus amara - 60% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., mature/medium, status no growth/unhealthy before front. Arenga engleri - 100% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., status new spear appears ok. Ptychosperma schefferi - 85% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/small, status unknown. Sabal mauritiformis - 0% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., young/small, status appears healthy, in pot. Carpoxylon macrospermum - 75% leaf damage, level 1-4 exp., mature/medium, status 1/2” new spear growth. Lights and heater used to protect lower part of palm. Neoveitchia storckii - 20% leaf damage, level 1 exp., maturing/large. Status 3/4” new spear growth. Most damage was from lights used to protect it. Caryota gigas - 70% leaf damage, level 1 exp., young/large, status unknown, covered by pot. Chambeyronia hookeri - 15% leaf damage, level 1 exp., mature/small, status no new growth. Hyophorbe indica red - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., maturing/medium, status 3/4” new spear growth. Attalea cohune - 80% leaf damage, level 3-4 exp., maturing/large, status unknown. Veitchia arecina + winin pair, 100% leaf damage, level 2-4 exp., mature/large, status unknown. Areca vestiaria maroon - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., maturing/small status appears healthy. Areca catechu semi dwarf - 20% leaf damage, level 2 exp., mature/large, status unknown. Protected by Bismarckia fronds. Licuala grandis - 0% leaf damage, level 1 exp., maturing/small, status appears healthy. Licuala peltata sumowongii - 0% leaf damage, level 3 exposure, maturing/small, status appears healthy. Hyphane coriasia - 0% leaf damage level 3 exp., maturing/small, status appears healthy, in pot.

Figured everyone could use some good news. Pritchardia thurstonii was able to weather the storm under coconut canopy and shielded from wind slightly by the lanai. It is opening the damaged leaf in the photo and the another spear is coming out. That said, we do have another front coming and that might finish it off. At least it is still in the game, though.

A stroll around the slope today… mild winter and warm days between drizzle never hurt anyone…

Cibolo TX Post Winter storm report: Temps in my neck of the woods hit 19F or 20F, with some freezing rain. As usual, I think the freezing precipitation was the bigger problem. C. radicalis with East Northeast exposure and partial overhead protection from the eave of the house. P. dactylifera was almost immediately dead. It was about 3 ft in overall height and very healthy going into this event. I covered it, but not until it was already wet. So it's spear pulled almost immediately after the freeze. It's leaves were brown within a few days. I cut the trunk down and there was no living tissue left, despite treating it with hydrogen peroxide within a couple of days of the ice. Butia took a little longer to show damage. It was covered with a large patio umbrella, but it blew off during the storm. It was a couple of weeks before the newest leaves started losing color. Spear pulled, and I have been treating it with H2O2 as well. No signs of a new spear yet. Even my S. mexicanas (No protection) have a leaf or two that have lost their color. This surprised me: My Washingtonia that grows like a weed looks pretty much perfect with no protection: Not all Washingtonians are created equal though. This is what another one just a couple of houses down from mine looks like: Small trachycarpus F x Ws took no damage with a bucket to cover them:

Another fix of some exotics for the garden! licuala triphylla var stenophylla with a couple of seeds licuala poonsakiilicuala Yaal Brawl Alpinia pumilla Microsorum whitheadiiZamia nesophillaPhilodendron golden erubescense The usual couple of winters to acclimatise and grow up a bit, then plant out!