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Finally starting to get some of the seedlings into the ground. A few additional Livistona species start the perilous trek to adulthood. @Plantking165 pointed me in the correct direction for a true Dwarf coconut. That coconut is going to attempt life opposite of the Atlantic Tall for best survival chances. You can also see the new Adeniums from GreenThumb resting on the rocks. The next couple of photos are plants from the CFPACS Spring Sale at SJBGNP. This Bismarckia nobilis will start life in the ground this year. Hopefully, I was gentle enough with the roots while cutting the pot apart. Thank you, @CodyM The first Chrysalidocarpus decipiens seemed to do pretty well during the heat last summer. I had an opportunity to add two more to the garden. Thank you @STLOUISPALMGUY! Clay Porch had 3G Phoenix theophrasti for sale. I've had trouble with these getting a fatal leaf spot in the past, but as tough as they are, I'll roll the dice again. Let's all hope we actually have a rainy season this year.

Cerotazamia subrosephylla

A few updates as we progress from near-record cold to record heat. The Atlantic Tall is moving toward a full crown at a decent rate The Maypan has less progress, but they typically do not grow as fast as talls since they're hybridized with semi-dwarfs. The Chrysalidocarpus Corner doesn't look good, but surprisingly, has only one casualty. One of the Chrysalidocarpus pembanus died and hasn't come back yet, the other is doing relatively well. Anything I thought might be dead, like the cabadae, has come back from the ground. Clustering palms for the win. The circular garden in front was planted with Sabal minor 'McCurtain' as the backup planting in case of a bad freeze. The Cordylines and Crotons were assumed dead, other than a few that somehow kept a few lower leaves. At this point, all have leafed back out. Please pardon the weeds - been a busy spring. The Mango tree finally started leafing back out. Native Ficus aurea is coming back very well. The Avocados are leafing out almost the entire way up.

I stayed at The Wave Hotel in Lake Nona which is several miles East of MCO and about 25 miles East of Bay Lake. The exotics faired better than to the West of MCO. Survival was very hit or miss, trunk diameter and proximity to buildings seemed to make the biggest difference.

Here is what’s left of the world famous Animal Kingdom Yak & Yeti Kapok tree(and a few others). This used to be a beautiful, majestic tree.

Sorry mate, kept all the good ones for myself 😉

Hey palmtalkers. Just wanted to share the progress of my bailey palm. I planted this one from an overgrown, rooted in the ground, 1 gallon baby palm back in May 2016. A picture of that at first planting is shown as well with it being the tiny palm, center of the pictures. It has about an overall height of 9 to 10 feet now to the top of the leaf. Has been slower growing for me than I would like. It gets way to much shade from the surrounding palms now that they outgrew the bailey. It's hard to show in the photos, but this one has that blue-green color. One I prefer. Has been through 3 major hurricanes. Irma, Ian, and Milton. Some winds from Helene as well. It still holds damaged leaves from Milton, but I didn't want to over trim. Took some leaves off and left the others. Hopefully now that it's getting larger and a bit more sun, it will start to grow a bit faster.

I have a question for you Australian friends, but does Ceroxylon grow in your area? Are there adult plants? Here in southern Europe they die in the summer due to the heat, I have tried 3/4 species, germination is easy

Maybe not something commercial landscapes might do, but, I wonder if folks there / in similar, extremely marginal areas treated it like something you might cut back to near the ground right before a significant cold spell, then cover w/ heavy leaves ..couple layers of Palmetto fronds perhaps? thru those episodes if that would be enough to get the roots / any section of remaining trunk thru sub - 30F cold spells. Seems it grows fast enough, especially there, that it would be flowering not too long again after pushing new growth, esp. if sited in an ideal spot. Yea, it's St Armands and " cold " really isn't an issue there, but, specimen there has been planted since... ..at least.. 2013, perhaps a year or two earlier? ( 1st shot ) ..Bad quality street view shot, but still there in '19. iNat Obvs. from 2020 < Blue > and again last fall < Purple > ..That's over a decade of surviving a few chilly winter evenings. Not bad, imo..

Agree. 1 and 2 look like T fortunei to me. 3 is P canariensis. Easiest way to tell from Jubaea is the armed petioles and induplicate leaflets.

Well done I got some quindiuense to sprout from the last RPS batch, I checked a couple of the parvifrons and found they had no embryo.

May 2026.. 13 years in ground

The solitary one I have in Leucadia is getting more light now that I removed a Guava tree to its west and a little north. The top of the wall is 6 feet high for perspective.

This palm should be a top choice in SoCal. Fast and jaw-dropping.

Here is a better shot of the whole palm

Close to all day full sun 1.5 miles from the ocean.

Do t yet know if a true variegation or just a nutrient deficiency. Transplanted near Iona swfl

In the greenhouse that’s the only place I have that wine cool enough, by keeping it wet in summer. But iam not that confident from what iam hearing about them. It’s the complete opposite to winter killing many of my tropical palms, only it’s the heat this time killing my cool temperate palms.

Yeah a water issue in the arizona desert will take down all but 2-3 palms I know of. W Filifera and P dactylifera can exist without regular irrigation. Bismarckia cannot deal with a water shortage in the desert. In florida they do fine without irrigation, though this years drought is testing them good, I see bronzing and shrinkage of crowns in some along the highways.

Caryota maxima, winter is approaching with a sky that colour in the southern hemisphere!

You either love em or dislike em. Each to there own on this palm, but it’s a proven winner regardless with its yellow colour and it’s predictable landscaping growth. It’s hear to stay, no wonder it’s been around so long. I even grow a few for that question got any golden canes?

Richard I'm sorry to say this, but we are here to share our experiences Konstantinos I totally agree

Hi Guiseppe. I’m not aware of any mature specimen in Melbourne, but that’s more due to their slow growth and relatively recent introduction to cultivation here I think. There are a number of long term survivors growing well including in my garden, but they need at least filtered light or shade when small. I think there may be a mature Ceroxylon alpinum in Sydney. I lost many seedlings years ago when temperatures got up to 46.4C but a Ceroxylon alpinum is still growing well today from that batch. Moisture and shade are important.

You might look over street view shots over at Bayfront Park.. Aside from Geiger trees there, from 2019, but, some interesting palms that may still be there ( Were as of an overhead view in 24. ) Be interesting to see how much a particular sp., planted near the entry arch, have grown since '19.

Hmm, no, those definitely aren't Ceiba sp. do you have a pic of their leaves? The one with the circular shaped crown looks like the benjamina in South Texas and northern NE. Mexico after 2011. Might as well be microcarpa.

A while back, there was some consideration among a few growers in Orlando to try growing these. Not sure if anyone actually planted one outdoors, or if it managed to come back from the ground after most of the city saw 24F-25F this winter.

Any more is just teasing a palm pedophile! More......!

Yeah, what a legend. We were trying to think of other people who have had such universal adoration worldwide for such a long period...Nelson Mandela was the only name that sprung to mind. Both very remarkable gentlemen!

Nobody has mentioned sabal Bermudana which is a very nice palm and has been unfazed down to 18f and a foot of snow for me

I do, I have! The fact that he hasn't stepped up to defend his honour, seals his guilt.

So with time, Dioons do get some chunky trunks, at least some species. My cousin has some large older Dioon's in her garden that I thought are mejia with a few feet of trunk but they are skinnier. So that was what I was comparing Bubba's photo to. I was looking at the base of my Dioon mejiae which is getting chunky after I responded to this the first time. No trunk on it yet, but it appears it will be fat when it does get there. Bubba, when you get back to where that Dioon is growing the id will be easier for others when you post the leaf close ups and the whole enchilada (should have posted that on Cinco de Mayo).

I have no photos but recall numerous large specimens that survived the 1989 freeze. For reasons unknown, they are not as prominent. This may have something to do with developers, who seem determined to utilize plain specimens.

Jonathon, your info makes perfect sense. Fulva is likely too heat sensitive for my climate. Mine died so definitively I decided not to apply my "3 strikes" rule and go straight to "out". BTW, last week I watched a Public Broadcast System documentary on some of the animals on Tasmania. Very cool. David Attenborough narrated and anything he does is great. Love that guy - 100 y.o. and still carrying on.

The good old Chambeyronia and the dypsis saintlucei poking its head up above the greenhouse.

I have some of the same seed batch and they are germinating well. About 50% to date. In a baggie outside in a shady spot here in NZ.

Maybe one of these boys crossed Bass Strait! Would have thought drudei would do well for you Meg? I've seen them in habitat north of Townsville growing in sand nearly right on the beach. Pretty similar climate to south Florida, hot with cyclones!?! On the other hand, the Blackdown Tablelands where fulva comes from can be pretty damn cold at night in winter.

I would like one in the right spot out front. It looks like they handle sun at an early stage . Harry

Both of my Operculicarya decaryi remain in pots. This one is the shorter of the two and recently stopped flowering to devote its energy to producing an abundance of new green leaves. I love the tiny glossy green leaves it holds.

Two different palms have come in over the years as Dypsis (now Chrysalidocarpus) Sp. Ambanja. The first was a multi trunk palm somewhat like Baronii. The second was a larger solitary palm. Mine has just revealed its first ring of trunk and is a really nice looking palm. Has similar characteristics as Leucomalla (white spear and coloring) and Sp. Dark Mealy Bug with the black flecking. But has a unique look of its own. Anyone else growing this?

Everytime this palm loses a leaf sheath is quite the event. Who needs sun on a rainy day with this in the front yard, It’s really quite the chunk. Tim

How bout a small ‘BUMP’. So, how are all of the posted specimens doing? Thriving I hope. Here is a photos I took yesterday of a grouping grown from seed back in 2012. The tall palm in the center surrounded by B. condapanna is B. nicobarica. Tim

Even before we opened at 9am, the garden was buzzing with activity. (9 photos) When we finally opened, some familiar faces showed up to fill their wagons with new plants. Dr. Rossi leads the Tour de Freeze, showcasing the palms that performed best and worst during the cold outbreak that dropped the garden to 21.5F. You can't say the Central Florida folks aren't adventurous, with Rhopalostylus planted. The baureri didn't handle the event as well as cheesemanii. A special thanks to @Jeff Searle, @Fishinsteeg234, @howfam, @STLOUISPALMGUY, @CodyM, Clay Porch and Steve Farnsworth for an excellent selection at the sale. Also a special thanks to @PalmJuan, @ChristianStAug, @RiverCityRichard, @flplantguy, @Jblume, @Kekoanui, and all of our new and current members for making the event a success.

The first two photos go together…

Instead of Cycas sp. silver they should have called this Cycas sp. golden because that is what color the leaves are.

This plant was acquired as an Encephalartos arenarius blue form hybrid. The male cones look like horridus cones in color. Right now it is pushing flushes on the main caudex plus two pups, one of which is a new pup. It's largest pup was my last Encephalartos flush of the 2025 autumn season, so it is probably building energy still.

Enceph. Blue Arenarius flushing 7 leaves. This plant is as consistent as my green version. It always looks good too. I love the aqua color of Blue Arenarius. Super underrated. That being said, I tried True Blue and it didn’t go well. 👎🏻 (Stupid Lutescens won’t stop multiplying. It’s moving in on the Arenarius real estate 🤬) -dale

This true-from-seed mutation of the normally common Golden Cane Palm came to the attention of PalmTalk during the 2016 Biennial in Thailand where this mutation originated. I bought 10 seeds from RPS the following year or so and currently have four extra seedlings that need new homes. These seedlings were agonizingly slow growing compared to the standard golden cane and these are four years old. They do germinate true from seed as RPS claims so maybe in the future this Fused Leaf Form will become more easily available. See info below: https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/dypsis-lutescens-fused-leaf Dypsis lutescens Fused Leaf Form: $20.00 each (4 available) OR Take all four seedlings @ $75.00 for the lot Shipping = $12.00 via Priority Mail No shipping outside the US. No shipping to HI Payment via Paypal PM me if you are interested. Tell me how many seedlings you want and I will respond with a quote. Give me your name/address to copy/paste on a mailing label. When you pay, tell me. NOTE: Please give me 24 hours to respond. After 24 hours, send me a civil reminder. Photos

Picked mine today, only two slips tho.

1500 mile road trip to score sweet palms , Jon you are my kind of guy !

just wanted to update this topic on what my fused leaf has grown into. It is about ready to go in the ground