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Here’s a teddy bear going into rocket mode. It’s gonna gain a lot of height fast after this.

Huge inflorescence on an Arenga micrantha ready to pop at the SF Botanical Garden. Everyone else was there for the magnolias

Out walking Sancho and I peek under the cedar tree And there's a little Sabal. I'm guessing a bird planted this one. I think it's been there for a minute. I can't get much closer with the camera because I've got to move back a bunch of other branches. I guess I need to clear out around it.

Latania

Grew this little tacker from seed, you can definitely see it is not the run of the mill chamaedorea, they are special arenbergiana!

Hilarious and tragic that the documented sighting in Sherman Oaks includes this note: "saved it from drowning"

Hi All, I bought the D. remotiflora as remoltifolia. I does not seed this far south as it requires a warmer climate. When it still existed in Habit its temperature reqiluirement would be North of Brisbane It is not a Dypsis lanzeana which requires more heat than remoltiflora. Had mine for many years Hope this information and Pictures help Regards Colin 20260209_185807.mp4

This is the first cold event that I haven't covered it. I think from now on down to about 20 I'll let it ride, under that I'll still try to cover with some heat. It's just gotten too big to protect easily. It defoliated when we had 15 with no power in '21 even with a cover. Took forever to grow back.

The old saying never trust a farmer with a chainsaw, you gotta do what you gotta do!

McArthur palm. An Aussie native abroad!

Another flower coming on my dypsis saintlucei, and the kerriodoxas are loving the heat!

Another common one, but somewhat rare nowadays for sale! They make a great place for epithyts! The phoenix robelleni is here to stay especially in the cool climates.

Satakentia, trunk is clean, smooth, and straight as an arrow. Looking good in the afternoon sun. Tim

Probably not that exciting for most palmtalkers, but a healthy Chrysalidocarpus lutescens in my neighbourhood is not common at all. Probably the largest one I know of in all of Melbourne. North facing wall, less than 1km from the beach. The popular opinion is that they don’t grow here but can do ok if conditions suit.

Chrysalidocarpus titan beginning to gain more height. No trunk yet, easily 15ft. tall. Had to get a pic with the blooming vireya.

Really hoping the winter temps in the central valley and northern CA stop these from encroaching further north. I'm reading that other related palm weevils are killed and harmed below 50F, so I'm really hoping this weevil is at the northern limit of its possible range and doesn't continue to expand much north of LA or inland from the coast. It seems the most likely progression of these might be northward along the coast - San Fernando Valley, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo... then? it might be too cold for them north of that. Certainly too cold for them in Monterrey. This is where you begin to see coastal redwood habitat which is cold and foggy/gloomy. They certainly wouldn't cross Tejon Pass in fall/winter/spring - and if they do cross in summer, our winters would kill them I would hope. Would be a shame if they start attacking the Joshua Trees in the high desert.

I guess the old saying one year seeds, seven years weeds. Only with palms it will take about 10 years before you get any seeds with some varietys. Nice little collection you got there Harry! Richard

A stack of dypsis onilihanses seeds to give away! Weeping form of course.

Just harvested some seeds gonna plant all of them whatever they turn out to be. Any thoughts?

Funny as it is, I only planted one about 6 months ago. Just overlooked them. Crazy how Australian palms are so popular overseas, yet they are ignored in their own country.

Assuming you'll be camping out under that one with a bucket Paul?

Obscenities screamed!!!’ Hadda cut one of mine down, damn, hard assed wood.

Another warm day in the east valley of AZ...high of 83F and low of 57F.

Generally it was about as hardy as my other two Ficus Auriculata. Unfortunately it died sometimes last spring or summer. I had a leaky irrigation valve that was basically dripping on it 24/7. I suspect it was leaking over the winter too. Either way, it got a root rot and died.

Joseph, that's great to hear !!!! Are you collecting/selling those seeds ??? I think this might be a good contender for my increasingly harsh climate ! Thanks in advance for any reply !

In League City TX, just south of Houston. We had one night at 25 and the next bottomed out at at 23.5. It did get above freezing in between. Mule unprotected Majesty that I defoliated and wrapped with blankets and heat. Too easy to protect to risk losing it. L. Chinensis (unprotected) and Acoelorrhaphe Wrightii (blanket and Xmas lights) C. Alba just got a blanket (had lights on it but they didn't work!) and the Arenga Englerii had no protection. Another Chinensis behind that. Decora unprotected Bizzy unprotected Chamadorea Hooperiana (I think?) just had a pot flipped over it What I thought was Seifrizii but got absolutely toasted with canopy Cham Costaricana that just got a blanket. I may have overestimated it's cold tolerance Licuala Spinosa strap leaf just got a pot flipped over it A small Cham Radicalis and some transplant Rhapis did fine Chuniopheonix Nana had a pot flipped over it with a string of Xmas lights laying next to it Licuala Fordiana? Lanonia? I have to keep better records. Had a pot with some Xmas lights next to it. Cham Elegans unprotected A Cham Tepejilote that I decided would be easier to just dig up and replant after the freeze. Doesn't seem to have missed a beat. And last but not least, a potted Ptychosperma Elegans that I somehow missed when I loaded up the greenhouse. May he rest in peace.

I dunno you all think we eat our national emblem, kangaroos and emus. Actually the Roos go to pet food, and emus well you don’t see that for sale in the shopping centre. We are sort of civilised ( note the word sort of) 🤣

There are a few growing in and around East London on the East coast of South Africa at about 33S. The southernmost one I can find is at Hillcrest Drive, East London. You can see it in Streetview footage here in March 2025. It first appears as a smallish plant in the Nov 2009 footage. Interestingly it looks better in Aug 2022 (late winter) than March 2025 (early autumn) which makes me think something other than lack of heat is causing the leaf damage, at a guess strong/persistent wind - the coast of South Africa tends to be very windy and shredded or burnt leaves are common even on tougher plants. This one at Gonubie, a small town just up the coast from EL, is the largest I can find. It doesn't look as nice as the Hillcrest Drive one, I think probably because it's less sheltered from the wind. You can see even the other non-tropical palms and others around it look quite wind burnt.

Too bad on the removal but I understand . It sounds like you are getting stuff cleared out for other plantings? I spent the entire day yesterday just in the front yard, cleaning up. Harry

All in all doesn't look too bad.

The standard suggested for COOP stations is 4ft-6ft for temperature and 30ft. for the anemometer. This is only possible if the anemometer is separate from the temperature sensor. If the unit is all-in-one, then you have to go one way or the other unless you buy additional sensors and link them for the models that allow that. There are stations in town that are mounted high. In particular, there is an Ambient Weather mounted at 30 feet not too far away that seems to record reasonable numbers. There's a slew of documents available to guide installation for official records here: https://www.weather.gov/coop The average urban or suburban property isn't capable of meeting the NWS reporting guidelines. In my own case, too many trees, bushes, fences, concrete borders, etc. The manual for observing the various aspects are available at this link: https://www.weather.gov/media/directives/010_pdfs/pd01013002curr.pdf

The Arenga looks great, especially given it's fully exposed. Mine are going to lose all their leaves, even though they have a bit of cover. I guess they toughen up a bit at that size.

Heres an assortment of species that took 29,25,23 without protection. I thought the Copernicia i bought as bertroana was actually an alba BUT it got toasted so maybe it was in fact bertroana! Beccariophoenix alfredii got blown over last year by hurricane so its had a tough life . Bismarcks are really exposed but certainly will be fine. The green Bismarck I was covered with the 100gal bucket after the 29 degree night . Small Licuala spinosa is surprising survivor with live spears. Livistona nitida had heavy frost at 25 but fine

Drove around my neighborhood and the other coconut I follow in Belle Isle. Royals and Arecas got hit hard. Homes nearest the water and maybe a more South explore have light damage to Adonidia and Foxtails. Majesty palm looks good too. The coconut looks like mine but has 1 fully green frond. Interesting.

This is one of the 2 Kahuka that survived. I just did an emergency repot and the only root I broke was the size of one of my hairs so fingers crossed. I know what I did wrong with these - I started them in 1g pots because I was so worried about root disturbance, and I put too much compost in with the coir and perlite. Then figuring out the humidity then the baggies collapsing - anyway yeah just - good vibes for this one, it just randomly dropped all of its leaves and the soil was kinda soggy. The other one is doing just fine. Maybe this one realized it's in Mississippi, maybe it realized it's surrounded by Walmart papayas, I don't know. At any rate I'm trying to save it and the rootball was crazy small so even though the soil has been draining well for months it got too dense and the tiny fibrous roots couldn't poke through? I dunno. Anyway it's done. The water runoff is from me watering it since the fresh coir was dry.

I agree Darold! Plenty of space on my farm for more if I can find them.

Cindy, one Welfia is an insufficient number. Please increase your holdings. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

This young Howea is not quite ready for planting yet. It grew from a seed off one of my large Kentia palms . It could survive here but better to keep it potted for now. Harry If you look closely the seed is still attached!

Common but colourful Radicalis.

Licuala peltata var. sumawongii. Spectacular palm with huge leaves. Tim

More Coconut palm

Chambeyronia divaricarta. Tim

K elegans fan dance caught my eye so I shared my orange with it.

I can vouch for this vendor as well. I purchased one 8 years ago and have been very impressed, both with the color and growth rate. Eric does offer smaller, shippable sizes as well. And yes, it does have Jubaea blood in it's DNA, I confirmed this with mine when it flowered this year, as many of the flowers had more than six stamens.

I was in the same situation many years ago before I got my property. I had to move basically two Ute loads of plants every time I moved. In the end I had more plants than furniture. But I knew the reason why I collected so many plants, for my new house garden!

Phoenicophorium borsigianum, a Seychelles palm. Tim

wow, that is gorgeous and funky! what an amazing specimen and that Lotus 🤤

Bill, that car is beautiful standing still !

Very dramatic color, Rick! I have never seen a frond that red on mine. This is a very s-l-o-w palm, at least for me. Love those habitat shots! I can remember being wowed by Welfia in Costa Rica on an IPS trip, viewed looking down on the huge crowns from hanging bridges high above, amazingly gorgeous palms. I see most everyone's are still young. I have one that is getting pretty tall, but of course still no trunk. As it is slow to grow, I don't photograph it often, but happened to take a couple of shots last month. let me dig them up. Below center, some 25 feet beyond the shaded Marojejya darianii, with the little Syagrus hoehnii maybe 12 ft in front of it. A closer look. Planted almost exactly 13 years ago, pot size not noted, but probably a 3 or 5 gal.

Here is an update on the FB 1 gallon planted three years ago that almost died shortly after going in the ground. It is all recovered and doing fine. This morning I was going through the garden with an umbrella (58" of rain in the past 31 days) and noticed the new leaf had just opened. I have several species that are purported to push up new red leaves, but most of them are pretty disappointing. This is by far the most striking one that I have. Hope new leaves keep flashing this intense color as the tree gets bigger. The red lasts about 3-5 days.