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Really good looking palm, Tim. Here's another Hawaii entry - my quartet, planted September 2013. Photoed from my third-story balcony.

Had a nice dinner under the Roystonea regia: grilled up some cevapcici, which are caseless Serbo-Croatian lamb and beef sausages with some mushrooms in wine and garlic sauce. And a politically incorrect beverage. .

A rather fast growing majestic Syagrus with stiff dark green leaves. Ripe fruit is yellow and the size of golf balls. These have got to be in the 30 foot range. (10m) Always loaded with seed. Tim

Such a beautiful Syagrus Tim, my favorite. The crown has its own unique look. Yours looks amazing. Been growing one from a little seedling via Floribunda since 2006 or so. It’s grown steadily, although a bit unevenly since then. Occasionally battling nutrient, deficiencies and such. But it’s finally on its way, having developed about 3 feet of nice swollen trunk and that wonderful looking crown.

Hey all, Got invited up to Beaumont to see fellow palm geeks Randall (inland palms) & Eric (Beaumont tropics), along with Bill (Cardiff palms). Beaumont is about 2,800 feet in elevation (I believe) and we had great weather. Both have wonderful gardens. We started at Randall’s. Yes, there is a house back there. He must have 150 palms and cycads packed in there. First up, the nerds congregate. Followed by a nice, fast growing Nanorropes richiana, and an awesome Phoenix rupicola.

Hi Kyle, I do not know what causes the yellowing of specifically madagascariensis, but I do know adding lots of compost and lava rock for drainage in my clay hillside soils has helped all my palms and plants put on deeper green hues/ solid growth. The areas of the side yard I have been slower to add compost and drainage rock, has slower growing plants with more tip burn/ nutritional issues etc. I am a believer in developing the overall soil health, and dynamism to get the best looking plants which often means lots of leaf drop and litter that other folks might find less attractive etc. Every year or two I will do a big order of compost and mulch to cover the front and back yard, but this year I swapped out the organic mulch for draining 3/4 lava rock. Hope it helps with opening up my clay soils, but it also looks great against the green fronds!

Next, the best Trachycarpus princeps I’ve ever seen. Interestingly, they won’t grow very well here near the coast. But a slam dunk in the dryer air where he lives. Followed by a canopy view with a Livistona decora poking its head out. As his canopy has expanded, what used to be impossible for him to grow, is no longer out of the question. Case in point, Becarriophoenix alfredii.

Next up is a nice stout Brahea armata, followed by a great Phoenix rupicola & finally Dr. Randall explaining the characteristics of a Cycas hybrid.

Yellow Latania

The best I can capture since it is in the corner of banana collection

I use a mixture of coco pear perlite with a good quality potting mix. most likely the problem comes from watering in summer, it has been a long hot dry summer so I have been watering quite a lot, most waterings in summer had seaweed via a Venturi. I did do a couple of Agrifos systemic fungicide waterings in combination with the seaweed. I don’t think there is any reason Agrifos has had a detrimental effect on the gausia palms. Possibly some leaching due to heavy watering. So that may have been the boron culprit at play. I have seen at work 15000 blueberrie trees burn due to boron being used, the rate for fertigating should have been 200grms not 2000grms. What an argument that was with the boss trying to blame me, in the end it came down to well that’s your handwriting to I would have used a different pen looking for an excuse to blame me. Well I had it in writing, his writing!!!

Here’s the recipe for the mushrooms: INGREDIENTS 1-2 pounds crimini mushrooms chopped; 1 large onion skinned and diced; 1-8 cloves of garlic peeled and grated; olive oil; 1-2pounds ripe tomatoes; salt pepper chopped basil and thyme to taste; 1 cup dry white or red wine. PROCEDURE Coat sauce pan with 1/4” of olive oil and sauté grated garlic till golden or brown; add mushrooms, tomatoes, and chopped onion; stir; add wine, salt pepper and thyme and or basil;simmer on low heat uncovered till liquid evaporates. Stuff face, along with cevapcici. Chase with some red wine. So @dalmatiansoap what do you have with cevapcici?

I agree about the swollen base but the mystery palm does not appear to have a crownshaft. I will try to get leaves but they are 25 feet in the air. My friend (owner) commented that it may just be a volunteer!

Nearby Carpoxolon macrospermum for comparison:

Yeah that was my original guess before these latest photos. I’ve only ever seen a handful of Reinhardtia p in my life but I feel like the fronds don’t match and probably the trunk girth too. The leaflets on this palm look to be held at a strong V from the rachis which was one of the things that made me think Carpoxylon. Would be really interesting to see if the old leaf bases could be removed. It certainly is strange for Carpoxylon to hold on like this but in other palms this can be climate/environmental related.

Thanks @Merlyn I don’t think there is any boron in seaweed extract that’s for sure. I might find a foliar with trace elements, I will say fertilisation is not my strong point. With so many varieties of palms mixed together and some that like this and others that don’t like that, I just stick with seaweed and rely on my soil mix.

Found a photo of the Sydney BGs Cocos October 2018. Winter of 2018 finished it off.

The tall one they planted out at the Sydney BGs died after about a couple of years. That was about 10 years ago from memory. It was planted out in May just before winter so was doomed from the start. It wouldn’t surprise me if Cocos could succeed to some extent in Sydney. Maybe not thrive or set fruit, but at least survive and look ok long term. I think there are some collector’s in the northern suburbs who have kept them alive for a while.

The tall one they planted out at the Sydney BGs died after about a couple of years. That was about 10 years ago from memory. It was planted out in May just before winter so was doomed from the start. It wouldn’t surprise me if Cocos could succeed to some extent in Sydney. Maybe not thrive or set fruit, but at least survive and look ok long term. I think there are some collector’s in the northern suburbs who have kept them alive for a while.

My bottles don't start flowing until around 8 pm.

He was a busy host.. Notice how he seamlessly folded the mule palm into his deck!

Lastly, and a bit off-topic, Randall told me several months ago that he was relocating some palms in his backyard so that he could make a tiki hut. I’m thinking of something like maybe an outdoor barbecue/ bar area, open air, with a thatched roof. Ah no.. His attention to detail was absolutely unbelievable. Beyond words, enjoy..

It's a great hybrid, but the plant kneads moar lite.

At our local restaurant, they're served in a sandwich bun with side of yogurt and coarse-chopped raw onions.

A few pics from the far north coast of NSW. Apart from South West Rocks, these could be the most southerly. Covering Brunswick Heads to Yamba.

That’s my memory of the story behind it too. I believe they couldn’t be flexible on the planting time for that reason.

We have a Euromarket in town. They sell two types of the sausages; one with casing and one without. One is spicier than the other. For awhile they sold a rack of smoked veal ribs for $4.50 a pound but I haven't seen those in 6 months. Attached to the store is a small restaurant that makes the best espresso for miles around.

It’s always a learning curve, you work out one species of palm only find another challenge in another variety. By moving them around is a great way to learn sun, hot, dry, wet it’s all a fine balance. Ok so you’re just the cow that pulls the plow, and we can leave you and the penguins out of this I guess for now!

Everything in the picture was planted by hand circa 2018-2019. New zoysia sod just went in a month ago. Love my little tropical garden! (SW Florida Zone 10b) JD

The poor Livistona rigidas- exactly what happened to the one you gave me. I assuming baking it in heat would be beneficial but I reckon I cooked it. Good learning for those that remain.

Not my fault...I'm just the victim in this scene! Getting the water:light:heat balance right is so complex in a greenhouse. I learnt an interesting lesson this summer with my Livistona rigida. I'd had them in full sun in the hottest part of the greenhouse, thinking that's what they needed, but they never really thrived. This year I moved them to a shadier position and they look much happier. Guessing they're appreciating not drying out to a crisp between watering cycles...container culture doesn't always necessarily reflect in-ground requirements and if I ever do get around to planting them, it'll be in the hottest, sunniest spot I can find!

Just to the left of that corner is more carnage, but the majority of that is a multi-headed Cycas Edentata/Litoralis and a monster Encephalartos Whitelockii: The after view is pretty bare, and also covered with a solid inch of the World's Meanest Mulch(TM) from the Whitelockii. The Attalea Cohune double in the center both are pushing new green spears. The current deaths in this area are on the left hand side: 2 out of 3 Chambeyronia Macrocarpa (2 Hookeri dead, 1 Watermelon with a solid spear); a pair of Dypsis/Chrysalidocarpus Basilonga, and in the background a triple Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana. The three small Alfredii haven't spear pulled...yet. I'm not sure if they'll survive. Others like a Wallichia Oblongifolia/Densiflora in the bottom left side lost the bigger fronds but still has a sucker growing green. Just like the small Arenga Westerhoutii, this tiny Attalea Speciosa (from @NatureGirl through @Jdash) was defoliated but just opened up a tiny new leaf! And near the front door I took this photo after chopping off the Encephalartos Ituriensis fronds: And afterwards it's looking pretty bare. I removed a Spindle with 6' of clear trunk, a trunking Archontophoenix Alexandrae and Maxima and double Cunninghamiana, and a triple Gaussia Princeps. On the left side the leaning Beccariophoenix Fenestralis is questionable, but still has a solid spear. The big Ficus Auriculata trunks are bare but there's sprouts at the bottom. The Arenga Hookeriana in the bottom right is also questionable. It had some ground level leaves on a sucker, but they are not in good shape. But there's new flushes in the Cycas on the right and another Diannanensis behind the toasty Ficus Lyrata.

The Encephalartos Hildebrandtii sucker's flush is going pretty well, and the main trunk has a good 4 to 6 visible leaf flush going too. In the background the Munchii has a nice 8-10 leaf flush about halfway done. So this area will soon look like a garden again, instead of a warzone! Speaking of warzones, this is the front NW corner before pruning everything back: And after pruning. In this area I lost a pair of Ravenea Hildebrandtii, a Ptychosperma Elegans, a pair of Cyphophoenix Nucele, and a Gaussia Princeps. Everything else in the area looks like it'll grow back. Surprisingly enough a pair of Syagrus Schizophylla, a clump of 3 Ptychosperma Salomonense (well...2 out of 3 trunks...that ain't bad!) and a Copernicia Hospita all look in survivable condition.

Now that I'm moving the bananas outside to harden off for planting, I can put it under the big boy lights. This is another on my list of "stuff I'm afraid to plant."

Yeah I’ve got a similar challenge but on a much smaller scale so easier to manage. I’ve only got a small non permanent greenhouse but it has 3 shelves on top of each other. Even though the shelves are only about 50cm high each, the top one is a fair bit warmer on sunny days and palms up there dry out faster than especially the bottom where it stays damp. I use it to my advantage; got things like Livistona alfredii up on top and Chamaedorea sp, Caryota monostachya etc on the bottom.

This little beauty Pinanga disticha complete leaf, definitely can’t wait to get this one in the ground!

Beautiful as usual, lucky Hawaii growers!

Thanks Tim, you learn something new everyday, it’s been hot and humid in the greenhouse, so that would have started the disease due to watering. That’s one problem you get with so many varieties all together. You have to move the water lovers in a group, otherwise the palms that like it dryer get water to much if they are next to the water lovers! It’s a fine balance.

The lantzeana would have to be one of my favourite little dypsis species around. Cool tolerant a little dry tolerant and absolutely beautiful. A nice rosey red colour to the new leaf. And it makes a great little container palm. You gotta love the lantzeana.

Sabinara magnifica, nenga banaensis and a Calyptrocalyx hollrungii, looking pretty for a subtropical climate.

There’s a few planted around Woolgoolga,Mullaway and Red rock. I tried to grow them only 10 minutes drive away further north inland but no luck. Definitely a coastal palm for this area!

@SeanK They look great! Edit: Google maps shows them still there in 2008. Wow!

It should be Cycas siamensis, silver form

3 years ago I bought 4 differant one leaf Woodii hybrids. Fast forward and I potted 2 of them up into 15 gal. Today. Both had 3” caudexes! These things are speedsters! Here is (Fat Arenarius x Arenarius Woodii) starting to flush.

I'm not very familiar with this species, as it's not often seen here in Florida. Saw this today at Edison Ford Estates and it's a stunning palm, but surely Normanbyi would have plumose leaves at this size, correct? I'm not sure what it is though. The crownshaft is closer to Wodyetia than Veitchia, and the leaves arch in a way that reminds me of Adonidia more than anything. Are there known Normanbyi hybrids or is this a species that I'm not thinking of?

@bubba I had a 1 gallon Syagrus Schizophylla for about 3 years . The growth was hardly noticeable. That example is amazing . Even if the gopher didn’t eat mine , I don’t think I would be on this planet long enough to see any kind of height like the example you posted . Not here in Southern California , that’s for sure . Thank you for posting. Harry R.I.P. My little Syagrus just before becoming gopher food! As planted 3 years prior! Yea …. I know!

After 5 years of starting up my nursery, iam finally starting to see the results. Both in quality of the stock and growth, also in a few sales, moving a bit here and there with sizeable stock to sell after 5 years. I knew it would take 5 years to start a nursery, and as I also know it’s 10 years before you really get into the good stuff. From there on it’s up and working for the long run. And that’s the plan. Living the dream!

Phoenix theoprastii 'Epidaurus' is probably the hardiest Phoenix. Some documents state, almost as hardy as Jubaea