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@peachy I was not going to let this one pass this time, I regretted not purchasing it last year, well this year it was up for grabs and grab I did! It was even in flower so there may be hope a seed or two if the palm gods are watching!

Hi there. I am honestly relieved that you are all doing well. Even if Okinawa's participation in this forum has dropped a bit lately, the Hawaiian forum members are always observed closely.👍 To enlighten you,... ...this is a brand new C.macrocarpa leave. Stay safe fellas, we count on you - best regards, Lars

I happened to be on a flight from Honolulu to Hilo yesterday, but on approach to Hilo at 2:45 pm, the pilot made an odd left turn. Then another more severe left turn and I could feel the plane climbing rather than descending. I knew something was wrong, and wondered if we were returning to Oahu. The pilot announced we were being diverted to Kona, much to the dismay of passengers. Planes don't do well flying into ash clouds, thus the inconvenience. Luckily a dear friend, BGL, came to pick me up and take me back across the island. The park was closed, visitors ordered out, and the highway approaching the park was closed. This is an exciting place! Edit: I should add, the repeated eruptions are contained within the humongous main crater up in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and notwithstanding the flying tephra, no homes or towns are in peril.

Another unknown variety. I know it’s tough and dry tolerant that’s about it.

I will be working both days at the Leu Gardens booth. MB Palms will once again be one of the vendors with a large assortment of palms and cycads. Here is what we will have for sale at the Leu Gardens booth; CAMELLIAS Camellia japonica cultivars; ‘Debutante’ ‘Don-Mac’ ‘Kramer's Supreme’ ‘Lady Vansittart’ ‘Mathotiana’ ‘Morning Glow’ ‘Pink Perfection’ (‘Otome’) ‘Professor Sargent’ ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Royal Velvet’ Camellia hiemalis ‘Kanjiro’ Camellia hiemalis ‘Shishigashira’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Cotton Candy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Leslie Ann’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Mine-no-yuki’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’ Camellia sinensis var. assamica- Tea Camellia Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor's Perfection’ PALMS, CYCADS AND YUCCAS Allagoptera arenaria- Seashore Palm Arenga engleri- Clustering Sugar Palm Beccariophoenix alfredii- Plateau Palm Butia odorata (capitata)- Pindo or Jelly Palm X Butyagrus nabonnandii- Mule Palm Caryota obtusa- Mountain Giant Fishtail Palm Copernicia alba- Caranday Palm Livistona decora- Ribbon Palm Livistona nitida- Carnarvon Palm Phoenix canariensis- Canary Island Date Palm Serenoa repens- Saw Palmetto Zamia integrifolia- Coontie Cycad Yucca rostrata- Beaked Yucca FLOWERING SHRUBS Brunfelsia grandiflora - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Brunfelsia pauciflora ‘Floribunda’ – Fragrant Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Cestrum nocturnum- Night Blooming Jessamine Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Painted Lady’- Tropical Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Snow Queen’- Tropical Hibiscus Ligustrum sinense ‘Sunshine’- Golden Chinese Privet Melaleuca ‘Red Cluster’ (Callistemon)- Bottlebrush Osmanthus fragrans- Sweet Osmanthus/Tea Olive Pleroma heteromallum (Tibouchina grandifolia)- Silky Tibouchina Pleroma urvilleanum ‘Compactum’ (Tibouchina)- Dwarf Princess Flower Rhododendron ‘Red Formosa’- Southern Indica Azalea Rosa ‘Louis Philippe’- China Rose, Cracker Rose Stachytarpheta brasiliensis (caatingensis)- Blue Porterweed Shrub Tabernaemontana divaricata- Pinwheel Flower Thunbergia erecta ‘Blue Moon’- King’s Mantle TI PLANTS Cordyline fruticosa cultivars; ‘Auntie Lou’ ‘Black Magic’ ‘Cuero’ ‘Kiwi’ ‘Maize’ 'Maria' ‘Picasso Red’ ‘Pink Diamond’ ‘Pink Magic’ ‘Red Bull’ ‘Red Pepper’ ‘Silver Lining’ ‘Yellow Diamond’ EDIBLE PLANTS Camellia sinensis var. assamica- Tea Camellia Malpighia emarginata- Acerola or Barbados-Cherry Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’- Sweet Banana Musa acuminata ‘Mahoi’- Sweet Banana Musa acuminata ‘Lacatan’- Sweet Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Ice Cream’ (‘Blue Java’)- Sweet Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Popo’Ulu’ (‘Red Trunk’)- Sweet Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Sweetheart’ (FHIA #3)- Sweet Banana Musa ‘Sumatrana X’- Sweet Red Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Matoke’- African Plantain Vanilla planifolia- Vanilla Orchid Vanilla planifolia ‘Variegata’- Vanilla Orchid TROPICAL PLANTS & PERENNIALS Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Macrophylla’- Copperleaf Alocasia ‘Metalhead’- Elephant Ear Alocasia ‘Portora’- Elephant Ear Alpinia zerumbet- Shell Ginger Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’- Shell Ginger Anthurium ‘Big Red Bird’ Begonia x ricinifolia ‘Immense’- Giant Begonia Canna x hybrida ‘Bengal Tiger’- Canna-Lily Canna x hybrida ‘Red Tiger’- Canna-Lily Coccoloba uvifera- Sea-Grape Codiaeum variegatum ‘Aureomaculata’- Croton (Gold Dust) Codiaeum variegatum ‘Mammey’- Croton Cuphea ignea- Cigar Flower Englearum montanum (Alocasia gageana)- Elephant Ear Euphorbia stenoclada- Silver Thicket Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum- Green Leopard Plant Ficus altissima- Lofty Fig Hedychium ‘Elizabeth’ Pink Lily-Ginger Heliconia ‘Hot Rio Nites’- Lobster Claw Heptapleurum arboricola ‘Ivory’- Dwarf Schefflera Monstera deliciosa ‘Thai Constellation’- Ceriman Vine Philodendron subincisum- Broadleaf Philodendron (climbing) Russelia sarmentosa- Coralblow Sanchezia oblonga- Sanchezia Sphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea)- Australian Tree Fern Trimezia gracilis (Neomarica)- White Walking Iris BROMELIADS Aechmea blanchetiana ‘Variegata’ Aechmea chantinii ‘DeLeon’ Aechmea nudicaulis ‘Red Brazil’ Aechmea ‘America’ Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’ Aechmea ‘Red Candles’ Alcantarea imperialis Alcantarea odorata Neoregelia carcharodon ‘Rainbow’ Neoregelia gigas Neoregelia tigrina Neoregelia ‘Hypnotic’ Neoregelia ‘Maria’ Neoregelia ‘Passion’ Neoregelia ‘Terremoto’ Portea petropolitana ‘Jungles’ Portea ‘Jungle Book’ Vriesea ‘Volcano’

If it's brown,take it down. If it's green,let it lean... 😄 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

A few orania sylvicola seeds going in.

Couple of dypsis species basilonga and prestonia

I do remember getting cocothrinax seeds, but that’s were it ends, and the sucker puts an end to cocothrinax species. The plot thickens. Richard

It does look like Livistona , but with a pup …. ? Hmmm🤔 Harry

@Harry’s Palms has been holding one for me, it might just have to stay in a pot. If this winter has taught me anything, it's taught me that my grow room might be ugly but it's actually pretty badass for its purpose. Stuff definitely grows in there. There's a chance it turns around in the summer but the only green I see is the weeds around it.

I kind of thought that when I spotted the sucker coming up, but I don’t remember purchasing seeds of that variety. I did purchase cocothrinax seeds around that time I remember, but it’s not a cocothrinax, so my source of seed supplier may have gotten it wrong iam led to believe! Which does happen a lot in the palm seed industry.

To add context to @bubba and @SubTropicRay's commentary, these are all of the dates where West Palm Beach International Airport has recorded temperatures in the 20s:

I'd guess 1970s +/- I think Butia appearance is just a lottery. 95% of them don't do it for me with the wiry wispy unkept open crown look. Nothing to do with manicure imo. Most mules inherit the trait too, don't like most of them either 😅

Richard, it looks like my Acoelorraphe wrightii only not as glaucous. Very drought tolerant and loves water! Mine just started suckering but you can't see it in the photo.

Nice one, keep a bit on the dry side, my problem I have with cocothrinax seedlings is I just want to water them mostly by accident out of habit with a hose in my hand!

Living in north Hilo we’ve been fortunate not to have had much impact from recent eruptions. Lots of Pele’s hair, but no tephra and very little vog. We are also on city services, so no worries about catchment tank disruptions. Glad Bo was able to pick you up Kim, a major inconvenience averted. If such an event happens again, we’re here as a back-up. Tim

Old photo. Accidentally caught a bird while taking a picture of a Borrasus

Chuniophoenix nana!

They should survive, possibly with minor burning on the tips. I've grown these in Mesa, Arizona, under similar conditions,(Full sun) and while they yellow up in summer,the yellowed fronds DO green up over winter. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

I live about 30 miles due east of Kilauea summit. Of course, I live directly ON Kilauea, just the lower slopes. The spectacular fountaining two days ago was episode 43. These have been happening roughly every two weeks for the last 15 months, but each one only last a few hours. It is difficult to catch them unless you happen to already be in the park when it starts. Despite being so close, I have not seen the 300-400 m high fountains in person. Surprisingly, all these eruptions have had essentially no impact on me. All the action is within the caldera. I did get a dusting of Pele's hair (fiber glass) from episode 41 or 42 several weeks ago. I had to disconnect my roof's rain gutters from my catchment tank until rain washed it off. Otherwise, I might as well be in Ohio. I have been more worried about big earthquakes, but so far I only felt one minor M4.5 a couple months ago. Fingers crossed. Here is what the recent eruption looked like on weather radar. Doppler radar sees the steam and ash cloud rising over 3,000 m, not the actual lava fountains. Today the island is covered in red and orange as a massive storm slowly passes over.

Vanda Nopporn Golden Dream x Taweesooksa #58

It has to be what else is out there that matches it.

First of two strong cold fronts pushing through this morning. Should rebound over the weekend then a second punch on Monday. Doesn't look to be crossing into Florida. Low of 42°F to hit Ocala Tuesday night.

Hey everyone, I know its been a long time since I have posted. I've been going through LOT. Thankfully life is getting better and I'm doing better. But I'm sadly here to say Ive lost plants. 2 died from spidermites I thought it was hardwater buildup on the leaves. 4 Died because my old roommates left the windows open all night. 1 died bc a dog was left unsupervised and ate it. The roommates even tore up my spindle palm. Breaking a front and severely bending the other so I cut them off. I have moved but that sucks bc I'm going from direct morning/ afternoon sun to NO direct lights at all. I do wanna continue my palm journey. Im gonna get a humidifier and some aluminum light fixtures with full spectrum bulbs and a fan for air circulation since its still too cold for windows to be open.

Sad to see it go. One of my favorite palms.

Palmate, thorny with a bit of gloss to the leaves. One of your local Livistonas?

I was just curious if anyone has had success with growing these in California. I've seen a photo of a nice looking one in Ensenada, Mexico before, so wondering if anyone has had one in California. I am growing a couple in the imperial valley of California and the one below has made it through two winters and one summer without any damage, but also with minimal growth. Also pictured are Dictyosperma album and Hypophorbe langenicaulis handing the desert heat for their third year now without issue!

One of a couple, addtnl. Coconuts spied in the Hermosillo area ( Northern side of town ) yesterday.. Unfortunately, could not get closer to those ( Streets they're on aren't mapped by street view. ) Hard to tell in the shot but thinking some of the bulges i can make out in the crown of it may be developing fruits. Note the stark difference between how it looks compared to the Queen on the right. Didn't save the shots but, Found a ton more Coconuts along / east of the Malecon' in La Paz, ...As well as numerous Adonidia specimens there. Sighted a few of those in Guaymas as well.

Please divert some down here - we're at 0.05" total rainfall for the year so far. 😲

Second time recently, we’ve had to disconnect our water catchment system because we have tephra and Ash landing on the roof which gets into the gutters which gets into the water tank, but other than that, no problems here.

That is a lovely flower . I’m not sure , but I think a neighbor , two doors down planted one a few years back and it literally took over her yard. If it is the same plant , they tend to be invasive if not kept trimmed. Harry

My golden Christmas ready to go in the ground caught my eye. Full sun for full yellow color.

Always having something to pot up is also a great way to feel the garden live on a daily basis. Otherwise watching palm grows can take a long time. today was Coccothrinax macroglossa azul. Lot of perlite for lot of drainage. But for those one you have to be patient. 8 months old and still a single small leaflet.

Sabal Yapa new frond

Your palm suffered some cold damage from the ice storm we had in late January. It should recover just fine. This damage often doesn’t show until temps start to warm up. I’ve got several palms that have shown more damage in the last few weeks. The spear on yours and the new fronds are looking fantastic!

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Looks like it took a bit of a hit . The new growth is still healthy but keep an eye on it . I haven’t tested cold hardiness on mine but they do seem to be pretty tough palms . The bummer , at least for me , would be slow growth = slow to come back. Harry

Bismarkia

Yellow latania

University of Houston had many on campus when I was there so it grows fine here, should be no different than the common Japanese yew (Podocarpus macrophylla). I suspect both were once common landscape plants as see you them more often in older neighborhoods (especially the tree form Podocarpus).

A few intresting varieties of palms caught my eye, as watered away! Dypsis rosea Rhapis nanzanishiki Dypsis tsaravoasira synecanthus warscewiczianus I

Sabal Yapa & Brahea (when blue meets silver)

I planted a sabal minor and needle palm in the ground this winter, and it seems I may have gotten a bit unlucky with my timing 😅 This has been the coldest winter for us since the year 2000, and unlike last year, where the lows were mostly short arctic blasts, the temps this year have stayed low (in the teens with occasional lows in the single digits) for weeks. We are finally back to having highs above freezing... I decided at the start of the winter to protect them with just a plastic home depot bucket over the sabal minor and a frost cloth over the needle palm to keep moisture out (needle palm too big for home depot bucket). I was hoping the temperatures weren't going to be as much of a worry as they have been... I have not checked on them yet since they got buried in 10" of snow and ice (now down to 6") a couple weeks ago. I'm hoping maybe all that snow and ice has helped to insulate them and keep them alive. Do you guys think they will make it through the winter? Hoping for the best!

10 day forecast for reference:

Latania new frond

Two lots over caught my eye today.

Pigaffeta is definitly the less frustrating palm to grow. A little less than a year from seed.

A couple of winners! lanonia dasyanthaGeonoma PanamaRoscheria melanochaetes

My experience with the Geonoma spp I tried is that they can't survive long term in Florida - more like a few weeks, perhaps months depending on when they are planted/potted. They prefer a cooler climate, especially at night but FL gives them 6-8 months of summer swelter day and night.