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It’s still a Ptychosperma elegans. Still not too happy.3 points -
I think it was around 1900. They were immigrant families who created gardens and brought exotic species. There's a nursery that has or imports Rhopalostilis to Chile. I hope they start giving out seeds soon. It only blooms. The photos below are from the nursery where the Rhopalostilis is located. They import, sell, and propagate them there, but with some seed viability issues.
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Or towering teddy bears (Chysalidocarpus leptocheilos) - at left - aflame in the setting sun.
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@OCKev and @sonoranfans my Archontophoenix tuckeri in the westering light of late afternoon….
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3 pointsMy S. bermudana, like my Butia yatay, is also putting out 4 blooming spikes this year. I'm assuming this is just because these two palms are maturing, not due to unusual weather...?
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2 pointsChelyocarpus species, kerriodoxa elegans and Johannesteijsmannia altifrons all three super easy to grow.
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All iam going to say is perfection in a palm the chamaedorea adscendens!
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They are indeed, yes I get seeds, hand pollination gives the best results. I usually get around 500 seeds each season. Another few weeks and this lot will be ready to harvest!
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Rhopalostylis sapida peeking out in all its splendor. Vergara Palace Garden. City of Viña del Mar in Chile.
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2 pointsI think this Encephalartos kisambo pushed cones s couple of years ago but I didn't see them fully develop to confirm it's sex. Based on the early stages of these 2, I am guessing female.
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They take a fair amount of sun. I have seen many of them in planter beds next to roadside hotels and restaurants. A landscapers dream plant.2 points
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2 pointsHere it was when I first planted it! I really had no hopes it was surviving up here 😂 Crazy how much it filled out this corner in only 4 years with suckers lol
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I’ve got a showroom of mature specimens so you can see what the various species look like when they big.2 points
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2 pointsRoscheria melanochaetes, growing into a solid seedling! And the dypsis manajarensis is not far behind!
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2 pointsDypsis lantzeana loving the cold weather, along with the triangle palm keeping the tree fern company!
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2 pointsWe had a nice period today with only a few minor showers, so I went out and used my newly repaired lawn mover to clear some grasses and get some pictures of my dwarf "betelnuts". Backstory: I was given six seeds by Don Thornton in March 2014 and got two seedlings. Don gave me 19 more in October 2014, from which I got 3 more seedlings. As far as I can recall, all the seedlings grew to be dwarfs. I planted 4 of the seedlings along my driveway (totally full sun) in June 2017. One was never in good shape and died. The others have grown well and two are now flowering and maybe producing seeds (I can't tell for sure). This is illustrated in the second photo below. The first photo is the trio, about 10 feet tall, lawn chair and tractor for scale.
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And some more from Punakaiki and surrounds including Pororari River track, Truman Track, Pancake Rocks, and the bottom end of the Paparoa track.
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Was on the west coast of the South Island recently for 2 weeks camping and experienced lots of great habitat. Here are some photos, mainly from start of the heaphy track. The first photo is from the deck of a friend’s house at the Mohikinui River mouth.
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1 pointI’ll say you have been keeping it small, get it in the ground asap it will explode in growth.Nice and healthy palm you have. My ones are about 27 years old.1 point
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1 pointThanks, but it’s those lucky Hawaii growers, and a lot of other peoples gardens that have beauty off their own. One thing I do know is we all share the love of palms, some of us a little more crazy about them than others. I myself are one of those crazy palm lovers who just love gardening. Every gardening has his or her own style of gardening!
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Iam not really a cold climate grower, that being said iam always trying new tropical varieties in my cool subtropical winters. Soil temperature is what is important, black containers help with that and place your container in another container for that extra insulation and even better if you can get some styrofoam in the second container. Styrofoam placed under the container offers insulation from the ground and helps keep the bottom of the container warm, keep watering at a minimum in the cold times, don’t fertilise in winter. And try to avoid cold draughty ares in the garden for your palm. A spot with good morning sun and a canopy will help. Oh and lots of luck!1 point
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1 pointIf I was forced to pick one, R. Baueri might be my favourite palm. Looks so tropical but my surprise has so far been just as hardy as my other Nikau.1 point -
1 pointI trimmed some lower leaves that were beginning to yellow on my Encephalartos lebomboensis. The lower leaves were also smothering some adjacent plants. The plant is flushing so it will still hold plenty of leaves.
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Consider Chambeyronia! Oliviformis macrocarpa….
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No one has suggested a foxtail... Wodyetia bifurcata... I'm fairly close to OCKev in La Mirada and these things grow like weeds for me... They are self cleaning but they do drop egg sized seeds that are easy to pick up and discard... Really no mess... Butch
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Super easy to grow, don’t break there roots! Don’t overpot! And don’t overwater! Seeds will be coming your way soon! Remember we aim to please @happypalms, and provide only the best sometimes🤣1 point
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Mine seed like crazy and the little seeds drop into the mulch and grow like grass below them. Much bigger then expected, they grew eight feet tall in a few years, when I initially expected them to be waist hight when I put them in.
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Unfortunately it is most likely untreatable fusarium wilt. There is no cure. Hopefully you have not spread it to the remainder of your queen palms via pruning tools. It is critical to sterilize your pruning tools with a bleach and water solution between trimming each tree to avoid further infection. Fusarium is easily spread. You should dispose of the infected trees ASAP. Butia and Mules are also susceptible. Does anybody have any experience with Allagoptera arenaria and fusarium? I planted one in an infected area 10 years ago and no problems since.1 point -
Hudson beach in northwest pasco seems to be an extremely warm micro climate...... not to far inland from this was in the mid teens this winter.
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I started a batch of pembana from seed a few years back, here , in Arizona. Some are just beginning to clump. Not a full sun palm in my area, but makes a great unusual patio palm or even an in ground planting on an eastern exposure. aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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1 pointI agree with Merlyn 😁 It looks like Encephalartos sclavoi to me as well1 point -
1 pointI'd say...not a Cycas but an Encephalartos. The cupped boat-shaped leaves with few (or no) thorns and the forward-swept tip is distinctive. I'm thinking maybe Sclavoi? https://www.junglemusic.net/Encephalartos_Species/Encephalartos_sclavoi.html The 6th photo down in the Agaveville page shows nearly identical leaves, a portion of the photo is below: https://www.agaveville.org/viewtopic.php?t=2799
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You can see why they call the cabadae the blue cane palm, very distinctive colour.
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1 pointA couple of dypsis forcifolia, looking forward to planting these beauties in the garden.
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1 pointThe colour of the Geonoma atrovirens definitely gets the eyes attention.
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1 pointSocratea rostrata always gets my attention! Both in the container and in the ground. Iam buying a Time Machine just to fast forward and live 40 years from now. Just to see the palms in full glory!
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1 pointHere’s a little update on the smallest of the two I have. After flowering it split growth points and continued without slowing down. May be a bad way to treat these but as mentioned countless times, my yard does not support my ignorant quest for more plants so I must adapt. These leaves easily get 3ft+ so I like to trim them up so the crown is more vertical. I cut the leaves off and leave a few inches at the trunk. Within a week or so the piece falls off by itself. I do like the look and it produces cool leaf scars as well. About 9ft to the tips now. -dale
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