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@PalmBossTampa It does look like you might have gotten the link for the poster rather than the thread. I took the liberty to correct it in your post. All: For the podcasts mentioned, we've linked them on the CFPACS site on our Publications page: https://cfpacs.com/org/palmateer/ The Webinar I did back in February 2021 is the third link down IPS Webinar - A Blank Slate to Flourishing Palm Garden. All of them were great from my point of view, but some of them are not searchable. In addition to webinars, all of the CFPACS publications back to 1990 are posted for everyone to enjoy. Hope this helps.

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/82089-data-base-for-the-journal/ This thread touched on parts of what I've thought would be a good discussion for the new year. I come here as a new guy to the societies (couple years) but 20 years ago I first germinated Canary Island Date palms in an unused reptile tank in a closet. Hit the hobby brakes with baby twins I am 55 this year and have teenagers so always looking ahead. Thinking of advancing the hobby for the next generations that we wish to care for our mature palms. The Palms Journal may have outlived its life as a paper -borne identity but it’s evolved a little bit. Time for the next steps sooner or later right? I was on social media only for business purposes and wishing to cheerlead for palms and found no ‘Palm Tree Day”. I tried on my own on March 26 for 4 years in a row until IPS announced in 2023 International Palm Tree Day. I abandoned my efforts as this caught my attention and sparked my joining the crew here (as well as CFPACS and South Florida Palm Society). I hope my mission sparked someone in the IPS. Hopefully this discussion can advance how this wealth of information over decades can be usefully spread to anyone who wants to follow this interest. It would honor the folks who took the time to travel, research, and document their findings. I personally listen to a lot of podcasts so I’ll start with one idea of having podcasts created which can either be individual travel type episodes or compilations where parts of topics are merged from over decades to create some really inventive and engaging content. I grew up preinternet and iPhone but certainly love their use in improving our lives. Certainly there are tools to help get this done? I look forward to sharing my energy and enthusiasm where my skills can help, HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Naive me didn’t initially think of intellectual property legalities, by-laws of the orginization etc. Just would be great for the expansion of palm knowledge to better release whats been learned into modern media world IPS site on YouTube doesn’t include many of the webinars that CFPACS has linked so they are hard to find. This may end up being a good source of revenue for preservation ?

I need a good tutorial from @kinzyjr here’s which post

Hello Pete -- Could you check the link you included at the top of your message? I tried it a few times and it leads to the profile page for Phoenikakias, not a discussion. If you could link the actual discussion it would help in understanding the main focus of your message. As for podcasts -- it's not quite that, but look up the International Palm Society on YouTube where you will find several excellent recordings of webcasts.

Nothing special nor rare just some common forms set free from the pot.

I agree, especially the lowest photo. That looks like it had the trunk recently cleaned up of a bunch of old frond boots. And the oldest leaves are pretty ragged too, like it has been "eating" them for nutrients. With 2 fairly big cold fronts in 2025 and another coming next week, it'll be interesting to see what happens. If they were transplanted over the summer, they are doing really well so far!

i just did some research and florida southern is a private college that 46,000 dollars a year, plus you have to live in dorms all 4 years my only other option is Florida university for horticulture. Gainesville is definitely not better than jacksonville for palms.

I have searched everywhere which palm tree in Singapore botanic gardens this is but I can’t get behind the exact species.

Agreed. And wow!!

Lucky us 🤬 This was not on yesterday's forecast but it's coming into its own. Look for growing blue across the eastern US as the days move along. It's January after all and there are no free rides.

@juju95 I would say Elaeis Guineensis, but a rare mutation called "whole leaf" or "Idolatrica." ...and welcome to Palmtalk!

Hey Tin, thank you for the compliments! I do not have any true Decipiens in the garden. I had one in a 10 gallon pot but it died before I found a home for it in the ground. As you mentioned, I do have the Blue Decipiens and I also have a Decipiens hybrid. In my opinion that is one big Chrysalidocarpus / Dypsis that looks better in a drier climate like Southern California. I'm not sure I've seen many here in Hawaii that impress me when I see them.

Mine is nice and curvy…

Simply great 🤗

Those hybrids you have mentioned, have considerably thicker trunks.

man jason ... i cant believe how much your garden has advanced in a couple of years. seems like just yesterday we were reading about the start of this project. btw i was wondering if you have any decipiens planted? your thread is so long now that i can't possibly remember. you probably have a couple of the blue decipiens (aka betafaka) from jeff marcus. regardless, your garden is looking phenomenal. cheers tin

The infamous WodVeitchia. $120ea. 5gals TampaBay area. 3 these available in this size

Beautifull garden and collection, indeed eye candy 😍

I hope everyone is having a great new year so far! Here are a few pics from today.

Zamia inermis sending up its first flush

2 pics from yesterday and 2 from today. I love this dypsis Mt. something or other

More from my Latania collection

I am a recent IPS member and admittedly the IPS journal 'Palms' (Principes) is a treasure of information, especially articles of local botanists on their native flora are very interesting. Just to mention a couple of them as examples, one on Arenga in Thailand and another on Guihaia in China. To my disappointment though I found out that an electronic index in the form of data base is available only for a small part of journal, all old b/w issues and most of the colorful ones are still missing from the index, and a reader searching for a particular topic, has to scroll through the individual index of each one of the older issues (after the whole issue is downloaded in pdf format). This is imo an enormous waste of time and imo an inexplicable flaw. I mean every issue contains 3 to 4 articles plus some bulletins with botanical (ie not administrative ) interest. I do not consider a heavy duty, that total content be sorted out in a digitized index according to concerned palm genus or even sp (with a simple link to the relevant issue of the journal, as it is already the situation with the more recent issues). E.g. I came recently entirely randomly across a most valuable and new information (for me and I bet also for many other European growers), that namely Phoenix rupicola (although a Phoenix) should be sensitive to chemical fertilizers (salt accumulation). It was for me as if I had discovered a new continent and it is such a great pity, that I can not find again easily (or at all!) the source of this information...