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They grow by the thousands in my area. Just about every part of the subtropical rainforest you go into they are there. Often seen growing with Livistona Australis and linospadix monostachya and lepidozamia peroffskyana in their habitat. You have some great Australian palms there !

What is killing them? I have one here on O'ahu for about 25 years. Planted next to a leaky lily pond so it get lots of water from the pond. Have not taken a picture in about 5 years.....Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle attacked once but drove them away from this palm.

Here’s about how mulch I need for my garden every year! 🤣

Sold out, until next batch. Thank you

I can't answer about the bottom end temperature that Encephalartos sclavoi will handle because I don't ever get frost on any plants in my garden. Mine does appreciate some shade. The shaded side holds it's green leaves longer with the sunnier side showing some decline earlier on old flushes. Here are some updated photos as he pushes out seven new cones.

Burretiokentia koghiensis was planted as a 5gl from Joe in San Marcos about five years ago.

Burretiokentia hapala is a sun tolerant easier grow for Southern California gardens. There are two if you look close planted out as FM 1 gl years ago. When they were first planted years ago they got way more sun.

Today definitely brought more rain than yesterday. No real downpours here, but just steady light rain. According to the rain gauge at the dam spillway they got 2.56" which seems about right based on the amount of water I see in my gorilla cart. This will really help with the hot weather headed our way. Hopefully some explosive growth this week. I know that my Bamboos are really happy right now.

Sure seems like Socal is a winner for Aussie palms. Funny that in Florida some are good growers(alexandre, myolensis, maxima) and some are not so good/happy including cunninghamiana and purpurea which may not like our sun/heat. A number of livistonas do very well here. Cunninghamiana have thin trunks and smaller crowns here. When I lived in SoCal I had a cunninghamiana triple right across the coastal highway from my apartment, very nice looking palms. Here its either the sandy soil or combination of sun/heat(to 95F) and sandy soil. Further south the alkaline soil is reported to be a possible issue.

The front yard a good spot for small chamaedoreas, if it’s shaded and the tolerate a little dry soil and if it gets swampy the will love it. Backyard a few small growing zamias.

Throwing a few in the ground mid winter, a few common easy growers for the hard places and a couple good ones for those special places in the garden. Raphia feriniferaArenga engleri Chambeyronia pyriformis Livistona chinensisKentiopsis oliviformis

Hi everyone! I’m new here and I was hoping you could help me. I’m looking for a Chambeyronia macrocarpa with the characteristic bright fire-red new leaf. Does anyone know where I can find one in Europe, or even better, in Italy? I’ve heard that the color of the emerging leaf can vary depending on the genetics, with some plants producing a deep fire-red leaf while others emerge more bronze. I’m specifically looking for a specimen with genetics known for consistently producing the intense fire-red flush. Any recommendations for reputable nurseries or growers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

A nice trio of Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana coping well in the cool conditions.

A bit further along on this flush. It still has a ways to go before these leaves attain their full size.

I have germinated various species of Chamaedorea and never used heat mats or incubators . In fact , I have had very good success planting seeds in the garden . I am currently germinating C. Oblongata , C. Microspadix , C. Radicalis , Arenga Engleri , as well as Archontophoenix and a couple Dypsis varieties , Kentiopsis oliviformis and Chambeyronia Hookeri . I had been using my work bench in the garage over winter but had equal success in the ground on the side of my house. I know heat mats work with some sub tropical or tropical palms but I have never used that method . I recently built ( kit )a small greenhouse to house the seedlings because I needed to keep them contained in one place. I think natural light and temperature is all you need . Try putting the seedlings outside in the shade , water as you do any potted palm and you may find it will work . I planted two C. Tepejelote , that were not much larger than yours , on the side of the house . They are huge now. You have a great growing area in San Diego . Take advantage of it . Harry This C. Radicalis Tree Form grew in the garden from seed. Howea Foresteriana germinated and grew outdoors over winter. More C. Radicalis in a community pot , grown from seeds from my own palms , outdoors. This is one of two C. Tepejelote (this one is a clumping form )that were planted as seedlings Another “volunteer “ sprouting in the garden , Howea F. C. Microspadix I grew from seed from one of my palms , outdoors always. I was able to get this Wodyetia Bifurcata to germinate in the garden. Seed came from a friend’s palm . Unfortunately a rodent made a meal of it.🙁

Too wet, overwatering, damping off, pithium or Phytophera. Do the containers have drainage holes? Or possibly to much heat they do like humidity not dry hot conditions especially as seedlings. Or they have dried out the roots. These are about the only things that go wrong with seedlings apart from over fertilised and animal damage.

Yes Harry, this summer I germinated 20 species of palm trees, I also bought seeds of 4 species of chamaedorea in Europe, not even 1 germinated! I have decided that I will not buy seeds, but I will exchange them with people on this forum.

Arenarius flush hardening off

Encephalartos “true blue” Arenarius pup throwing a 5 leafer. I have only tried to propagate 3 Encephalartos pups and I’m batting 1000 so it seems pretty foolproof. I started this one about a year ago from a softball sized pup so patience is the name of the game.

I thought my coconut was gone a few years back after a record winter rainfall. I cut it to clean the rot but I was expecting it will not make it anyway. It's not growing in it's normal climate but it's still surviving today.

There’s always the before picture laying around somewhere, dug that bamboo out and the dioon spinolosums. Before it was a rocky tough place you were doing well if you could dig a planting hole, that’s why I originally planted the dioon nothing else would live there. So dry and barren part of the garden that had been like it the entire gardens life right from the beginning, amazing what time does, and what a bit labour can do some 27 years later I finally got around to doing something about that part of the garden!

The final touches has been completed for the new palm garden, now the big decision what gets planted, I have a nice big itaya amoricorum that will go in there. But after that small dypsis varieties perhaps, I really don’t know I have that many varieties all wanting that special place, whatever goes in they will the top of the collection range. But it’s amazing what you can do with the right machine!

I find am sun to be best, plants look better in shade to half day sun. The plants with double split leaves are really nice.

Beautiful work. What’s sad is that if you sold the house, the new owners would likely tear it all out.

Not much to look at but I think this is the first movement since planting out last year+. Got it as a two leafer from Jeff @ Aloes and it was unmarked. I don’t honestly know what it is but I’ve done a little research and my best guess is Arewood. New leaf petiole is way larger than the last so that kinda indicates it has some “large” genes in the mix. Who knows -dale

I offer four plants, grown from RPS seed. I ship via USPS Priority Mail with tracking anywhere in the 48 contiguous US states. The price is $35 plus $17 shipping, payable by PayPal. PM me for my PayPal address. The pot size is 4x4x6 inches and the palms need to be moved up a pot size, or better, ground planted. I have let them get a bit too large for my standard shipping box, 4x4x24 inches. Therefore the tallest frond and/or spear may be bent in the box. This will not affect future growth. I may delay a few days for shipping, rather than make four trips to the post office. Thanks for reading !

That’s not what the penguins told me!

There was a follow up the next day with the same low and slightly worse duration, then fortunately the predicted third frost was a fizzer with cloud arriving. Hoping that is the floor for this year as past the solistice now. Have heard reports from less frost prone areas up North,"the worst since 2021". In that context if get away with very minor damage means are growing suitable species.

@PALM MOD just reporting another scam account @mattllags838 . Unfortunately just another one of those “contact my friend who has these seeds via email” scams. Associated email is dbdarling309@gmail.com. Goes to a decent level of effort to fake authenticity including pictures of actual C nana and an Australian ‘mule’ bank account.

Maybe not, but is is 10' off the driveway. The clown thought it would be a good place to maneuver a three point turn. We host guests with larger "camping rigs" known as "Overlanders". Most are pretty good at handling their large rigs... this guy wasn't.

Thanks for your kind offer Gyuseppe! I will have abbondante seeds of Butia yatay later this year to disperse myself!

A heavy dusting of powdered sulfur would be helpful to prevent infection of the raw tissue.

Tell the guest to learn to drive better, and your palm is scared for life now. You could get some pruning wound sealant and paint that on. Palms don’t produce bark to heal over the wounds. And send the bill to your guest. A fungicide treatment and insecticide may help. But in general the palm will live and look a bit unsightly, and unfortunately it will be a place of entry for pathogens to enter. Plant more palms In lieu of it might pass on to replace it with concrete barriers around it to prevent it happening again, either that or tell the guest to not drink and drive I assume that was the cause of such a good night that ended up with your palm being the victim.🤣

For vacation for few days in Punta cana I saw rows of Pseudophoenix vinifera (commonly known as the Hispaniolan Wine Palm) unfortunately some are dying but others looks super healthy… They lost a lot of them … Some still looking good I hope the city will do something to preserve them they might be very old here … IMG_2776.mov

SLC Mem. Alvin Beggman Poem, (Sc. Beaufort x Laelia esalqueana). My tiniest little Catt type. I just love this little cutie 😊

I wish I didn’t plant the Grandiflora under the royal. It gets blasted by dropping leaves

Kogi, hapala, dumasii, grandiflora growing great here in Vista/Bonsall.

A nice example of a couple of chamaedoreas, one a Radicalis with both pollinated and unpollinated on the same spathe, and chamaedorea adscendens with it’s a successful hand pollination and an unsuccessful pollination attempt.

Chamaedorea cataractarum Who decides if something is rare? I no longer had Chamaedorea cataractarum, so for me it was rare, especially if the seeds were given to me by one of my best friends on this forum.

You can’t go wrong with that lot, a top little palm well sort of little, they can form quite large clumps and get to about 6 feet in height after 25 years in my garden. They are not so rare anymore for you gyuseppe!

Sure is, Tim. 🙂

A red spear just formed on my palm. Is there a way to show a short video of it?

Yes, just about the entire island is covered in Fertile, red, volcanic soil...even in the dry season everything is lush (alythough it still rains in the dry season there LOL)

Dug put some more horrible grass and made another garden bed, planted two multi Archontophoenix “albang” hybrids and a foxtail. As a few have suggested, these will make the canopy one day, also block out my ugly workshop. Unfortunately they were only from 300mm pots so not yet trunking.

Blc. Terri Henderson 'Barbara' blooming right alongside strap leaf Anthurium wendlingeri, putting out some spiral inflorescences.

Perreiraara (Prra.) Tony Tan Keng Yam. One of my home depot baggy babies i purchased years ago.

Hi Chill, if I were you, I’d plant them in individual pots right after germination. That way, you won’t have to disturb the roots at all during the first year. Feel free to give an update. Under the right conditions, they’ll grow relatively quickly. see you.

Several of my big Encephalartos are starting to flush. Here is E. Laurentianus

A sibling to the other Encephalartos (arenarius x latifrons) × latifrons which is located on the opposite side of my driveway. This was the runtime of the litter while my other one was one of the most vigorous of the cone's seedlings. This is turning into a spectacular cycad nonetheless.