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Piccabeen palm in Australia is the common name. And yes the good old Bangalow palm is Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana. It’s a good sales trick, oh i havent got that palm! So if you see a piccabeen palm for sale you already have it!

This was the best looking one in town after 2021, that photo is a 2022 street view. Even flowering, obviously a tall variety. There are more good looking ones now 5 years after that freeze obviously.

Looks like a Bangalow to me.

Left to right: Thrinax Radiata, Copernicia Baileyana, Copernicia Macroglossa.

Interesting palm, getting scary big as well. Every year I look at it and go hmmmmm…… Acquired it in a 1 gallon pot in 2019, still no trunk and extremely long fronds. Interesting pinnae arrangement in pairs, thin and long. Dioecious, I doubt I’ll be getting a mate. Too bad, I was looking forward to making my own buttons from the seeds. There is an orange handled full size shovel in one of the photos for scale. Tim

Without looking at the palm , I cannot help. I will say I bought two “King” palms at HD years ago . One was a double and one single . I knew immediately that the single was not a Cunninghamiana like the double . Turns out it was(is) an Alexandrae . It has silvery undersides and a bottle shaped trunk . Big box stores don’t really know palms that well. Harry

Hi all, Some years ago, this palm was purchased as a seedling, labeled “Dypsis sp. unknown, rare”. Knowing full well that this was a mere marketing ploy, I elbowed other customers out of the way in my effort to grab it before someone else could. In all seriousness, it was very pretty, showing a nice chalky white crown shaft at that young age. It’s a medium size palm, and has kept that attractive white crown shaft. I’m just not sure where the separation point is between the two species. I suspect others are growing this, so feel free to weigh in!

It looks like an onilahensis

The place next to the Riverdale post office has a lot of Sabal palmetto around it. The Embassy Suites near the airport has some new plantings that appear to be doing well; mostly Sabal palmetto and Trachycarpus fortunei. The Quality Inn near the airport has some nice Trachycarpus fortunei. When I was there, I saw a pinnate palm volunteer (Phoenix or Butia most likely) in the Fogo De Chao landscaping.

@96720 yeah most of the "monster" palms also seem to be pretty slow, especially the fan palms. Big ones like Causiarum are slow too, at least to get started on the bigger fans. I actually don't know of any monster sized and quick palms. Arenga Pinnata is reasonably fast, but in my climate it just gets torched and defoliated every other year. In a >30F environment it might be much faster, but I don't know about dry desert heat. @Sabal King any comments on the relative speed of the "Caribbean Mystery" palm? I'm trying to figure out a good spot for one, but I already have 4 slowish Causiarum and a moderately quick Lisa.

Alright, here are 2 pics. On closer examination, I see signs of what looks like limited Ramenta on ther undersides of the leaflets. So that means this is just a Cunninghamiana? It still doesn't explain its ultra dark green original fronds that seem unphased to full sun and heat, and the new emerging fronds just as dark green. The canopy is as dark gteen as a super healthy queen palm. All of my other Cunninghamiana have new fronds that are vibrant bright medium green that looks totally different with the original fronds all yellow and tattered

OK, here are three pics of my palm: And here are three habitat pictures taken by Jeff Marcus, I think in October 2008: Interesting topic, thanks for bringing it up.

Hey, Everyone Looks like it’s been almost a year since my last update. Be fun to see what other Caribbean palms that people are trying in the region. Copernicia Fallaensis This has thrown a number of spears since I dug it up and replanted it, last spring, I believe. Copernicia Macroglossa This one has been through a lot. Also dug and replanted last spring (from memory). Maybe 2 new spears, since planting.

Good question. It depends on the weather cooler temps, less frequently. It also depends on the genus & species. Some get watered every other day in the warm seasons. Mounted plants need more than potted. Living in the coastal zone I get more humidity than areas even a mile back from the ocean. The coastal Southern California humidity is still nothing like the humidity in the Southeast US.

Of the palms I've planted, two musts for such conditions should be Pinanga coronata and Bentinckia condapanna. If they're not in a hurry, Hedyscepe and Kentias/Belmores.

As I have noted before even a doctor would want to see scans before a diagnosis. Pictures please then the world of palms can give you a diagnostic report of the palm you have!

Dark mode would be my biggest suggestion. I do like the idea of a dedicated "species descriptions" forum. I use Palmpedia a lot, but it has recently changed hands and I get popups asking for $ often. That makes me wonder if it might spontaneously vanish one day. The Freeze Data forum is a great resource, just IMHO a Species Descriptions forum (or Wiki-like editable pages) could be useful.

Man it's going to be pretty hot next week!

After one night of 1⁰C and another one of 0⁰C for some hours.

2014 was a bad year. 10°F, 12°F, snow. Took out Butia, Chamaerops, even some b/b palmetto. ATL to CLT is prone to ice storms. After that, no more cold-hardy palms at the big-bix stores. Trachycarpus is found mostly on older properties. Millennials don't like to garden here. They buy big houses on small lots with HOAs.

Perhaps because it's landlocked and nowhere near a beach? IMO, it would just seem pretentious. Atlanta is its own vibe.

Just spotted a coconut palm in North Park, San Diego. Not even 100 feet from my place and I never noticed it 😓. It needs some serious water and chicken poop. Even the jade succulent next to it looks dehydrated. My mission will be meeting this neighbor and getting it hydrated! I wasn’t sure it was a coconut until I saw the actual coconut at the bottom