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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.

The official IPS travel begins Feb 23 but those on the Board needed to add on hotel costs to be present for the 8 am start. Then we will move the day after to the hard to believe it even fancier hotel included in the travel cost. Both hotels are surrounded by very fancy stores like Prada and Vuitton, but I was very happy with my USD 50 cents magnet depicting train street which was part of a city tour set up by Tracy. And I had ice cream for lunch as one must buy something to sit next to the train and it is vacation so ice cream for lunch is totally allowed in my opinion. I like the interesting tea cup in our room too.

Iam with you on that one, this one takes forever and a day to open up, it used to be red leaf now just green, and it has three spears it takes that long to open. Although temperature is not cold climate it’s the opposite stinking hot in summertime!

One of my dozen Chambeyronia (Flamethrower Palms) holds a new red leaf far longer than any of my others. Here’s the progression from November 20, 2023 to February 15, 2024. Two other palms in the garden threw red leaves in December and their red lasted just three weeks. Nov. 20 Nov. 30 Dec. 10 Dec. 23 Jan. 10 Feb. 2 Feb. 11 Feb. 22

We can start a discussion with temperature related I reckon, the hotter the shorter they hold the red, cooler climate the longer they hold the red.

Welcome! Hope you got some sleep. Enjoying a sumptuous buffet breakfast at the MGallery hotel in Hanoi which is where the Board meeting takes place tomorrow.

Watch the Palmcast with Sabal King and Teddy on YouTube. Lots of good info on there. https://youtu.be/tTsJZNSrA-g?si=c7Q42uo-zvi0oeTN

Flying over Tokyo on our way to Hanoi for the start of the 34th biennial. Now we’re really starting to get excited!

Starting off, Plant in question is a Cordyline, rather than a palm.. With that said, the two types of plants behave similarly in that the roots of both aren't generally considered a danger to foundations / other nearby concrete or asphalt surfaces since they aren't as woody as roots produced by trees ..Plane tree, Elm, Oak ..those sorts of things for example.. That said, ..from the angle of the pictures, it does look like it is planted a touch close to the house ..which might not allow enough room for the trunk to expand ..which could cause issues later. Then again, these ..and look - alike plants in the Genus Draceana, are planted all over the place in California, within 10ft of a houses foundation and i've never heard of anyone having damage - related issues as the bases grew larger. ..Not to say that can't happen though.. As for any concern involving the roof, A: I'd have whomever did the survey prove the branch closest to the roof is causing damage to it ..And i mean proof beyond any sort of refute.. B: You could trim off all leaves below the roof line ..so that the canopy stands above it ( Leaves can't " mess with any drainage from the roof if no leaves are blocking the flow of runoff off that specific area ) If any branches growing near the roof aren't rubbin' against it, then there is no issue ( ..caused by them ) If you are actually forced to remove it, branches of these are very easy to re-root, so, ..while you might end up loosing the original plant, you could stick any branches you save in the ground a little further out from the roof ...Say near where the fences meet, ..what looks to be the far right corner of your pictures. Yea, that might block the view of ..what looks like some sort of Barberry ( Berberis / Mahonia sp. ) a bit but, ..at least you'll still have the plant. As for your neighbor? ..As long as any branches aren't hangin' over their side of a shared fence / wall, they have no say in what you can grow ...on your own property. Sounds like you've gone beyond being a respectful neighbor in doing your part to keep the plant out of their way. Shot in the dark guess but, if they whined about any leaves falling off your plant that would end up in their yard, I'd bet they were the type of people who complained about any / everything any chance they got. Don't doubt you're glad they're gone. I'd throw a party to celebrate, lol.. Good luck.

Hey everyone......been a while and sorry I have not read what has been posted since I last posted but wanted to post a quick update on my palms. My 3 Coconuts are the ones I'm most concerned with. Everything else - while full of brown fronds - look like they are going to pull through, thankfully. And we'll see about the Veitchia joannis. I can't see what's happening with the spear because it's so dang tall...lol... I'm still pleasantly surprised at how well my Ptychosperma and Archontophoenix held up. With the warmer weather I thought I'd hit everything with a second dose of copper all over the crown and soaking the spear as much as possible, so did that this afternoon. Will also do a liquid feed this weekend. I think it would help. Good luck everyone and I will followup down the road when I know more...

Mine have a range of colors from pink to maroon to orange to ruby red depending on the particular palm.

Just my .02 here, but that is a LOT of green on the trunk of that hookeri. I would venture a guess that it was most likely mislabeled. I see that happen more than I would like to see. The midribs also tend to be dark, even after the leaf turns green. A good true hookeri wil have that pale yellow trunk... everywhere.

My Ch macrocarpa always had amazing red new leaves until an alleged 'gardener' pruned it with a chainsaw. (insert expletives here) I bought another and a hookeri as well. Both had green new leaves. I tried a couple more times buying from different places but always the same result. Fortunately for me I discovered Calyptrocalyx, always a reliable display and a lovely deep red. They handle my cold nights far better than Chambeyronia too. Peachy.

Welcome aboard our merry ship! How about a picture of your greenie new leaf hookeri?

Another batch of palms going in the ground, the usual suspects! Along with a couple of other plants. Another sabinara more kerriodoxas dypsis brevicaulis microsorum whiteheadii Anthurium effusilobum Zamia augustifolia

The things you do to collect a few maxima seeds, climbing ladders for ips members!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVAn6WoDTPQ/?igsh=aWgwNHQ4aTJ3a2Y4 Seeeeeeeeds

Thanks, isn’t Tim running around Vietnam living the life of Riley, most likely sipping on cocktails by the pool, or drooling over some exotic palm he wishes he could grow! 🤣

Magnifico!! Hugo

We need updates on this beast!

This is a palm at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, which I photograph today and cannot identify. At one time I thought it was a Calyptrocalx spicata. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated:

Wow. It resembles standard form Hydriastele beguinii with the leaves and that perfect inflorescence spathe. I can only zoom in on the photo so far at that size, but it looks like it. The lower rachises and petioles appear to have the fuzzy tomentum. Awesome old plant. It seems to have a cold damage scar halfway up the trunk. It looks great considering the cold we just had (and are continuing to get). He and his Chambeyronia neighbor seem to have a protected spot. The species was in Siphokentia (or perhaps even Nengella) when it was planted. Ryan

I haven't seen animal kingdom, but I've been working out in front of new island tower and they put in a ton of new landscaping between there and Polynesia at the worst possible time. It all died. Here's a poor peltophorum pterocarpum spit open at the trunk.

When I first started growing palms a few years ago that's the only thing I wanted to put in my gardens, But the past two years I have planted palms but I've also planted a lot more other stuff

At that stage,I would remove it from the community pot and put it into its own separate container, with the root buried, and just the seed above ground. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

"Imagine", that's the key word. Often when current views change over time, and they will, and depending on what motivates them, affinity changes. I'm no where near as enthusiastic about palms and exotics as I was 20 years ago. Currently, I'm happy with a minimalist approach to the hobby.

Wrong last name for the individual, but I've received images in text messages from other growers that happened to catch a response from him on Facebook.

Some cooler overnight lows of 8 to 9C predicted in the next few days, my station has not seen single figures since a low of 9.0 on 18th Dec and before that have to go back to 17th November. It has not really been a hot February at all save for a few days last week, running about 1C above average but that because the overnight lows have been mild. Weather does its own thing, just because a summer starts well above average tells you nothing about what the second half of it will be like. Fortunate to not be hit my any damaging wind or rain, have to be thankful for that.

Removed a couple of old leaf sheaths this arvo.

Awesome news.

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.

Just perlite on a heat mat plugged into a 12 hour on/ 12 our off timer inside a Walmart takeout container. Took about 3 weeks to get them to pop. Cracked seed carefully using vise grip pliers. They work best due to the rounded shape of the pliers not crushing the seed insides. It did germinate a little faster than the coated seeds maybe by 10 days. I don’t really see a major advantage to doing this over keeping them in the shell.

Hello all! My first post here in a long time...I was just in Corpus Christi over the weekend, and was pleased to see some cocos on North Padre Island still alive after last month's cold event. I was pleasantly surprised by most plants I saw in the area, I was expecting total carnage. Most strelitzia were undamaged on the island, which was surprising as well. Looks like the official low at CRP airport was around 26F/-3C, areas on N Padre were likely closer to the freezing point based on plant damage. Here are some pictures I took last Sunday, February 15.

Chambeyronia hookeri, variegated rhapis ayanishiki.

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.

WOW!! What an awesome collection of well grown mature Cycads you got there🤙

My BxLytoWedd is an absolute beast , nothing like what i was expecting it grow up to be haha ! @Matt N- Dallas specimen was what i thought i was getting instead. My BxMonty has way more of the purplish coloring which looks way more Butia like as @Fusca pointed out T J

I get them all the time with so many chambeyronia in the garden in different places. Sun shade it doesn’t matter always a new leaf appearing.

Mine only lasts about a week but it is in full sun all day long. It was much more impressive before it grew out of the shade. I gave it some E B Stone just a few weeks prior to the last opening , maybe the next red display will hold longer. Harry

Nice one Jim the heading should read when anthocyanins attack 🌱

That Chambeyronia red is really bright in California and Australia. Mine in Florida are not as bright red.

Thanks for the gracious invitations. I would love to visit both your gardens. Dave is less than an hour away from me so I should be able to do that sooner rather than later. And next time I am in the Bay Area I’ll be sure to swing by if you are available, Darold.

Please visit my Chateau Chambeyronia up in La Habra if you like. I’ve got 20 plus trunking specimens in the ground.

Hi peachy what variety of calyptrocalyx are you referring too thats cold hardy thanks Richard

Expletives screamed!

Whoa Darold that IS odd. I’ve never had a hookeri with a green new leaf, though young plants aren’t as red as the adults get. Those were nice big plants too. I’ve grown hundreds by now at Chateau Chambeyronia.

Here’s another one I have in my garden no trunk yet but the age of the palm wound have to be around 18 years after planting it we had really good rain for a couple of years then Australia went into drought for around 12 years wich give Australia the really bad bush fires along the east coast it was like living in a box of matches any day a fire could have come then we had the rains again just recently wich broke many a record for rainfall in my area I like the new spear pattern I still have a few in pots a slow growing palm in my area

Oh wow. Kudos to you

They aren't very popular here in Southern California either. I'm growing just this one species, G. princeps but have been happy with it thus far. I can't think of many things I'm growing which are slower but there are a few which equal it's snail's pace.