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This Chambeyronia caught my eye from the window, they always capture attention and i cant ever get bored by them.

Yes it’s Dypsis onilihanses.

A few more interesting varieties, a couple of Stangeria eriopsis, along with a few Syzigium boonjee. And the usual palms.

A top little miniature palm, easy to grow they flower pretty well much after a couple years of growing. Cool tolerant growing as far south as Sydney. Somewhat dry tolerant, perfect shade understory palm, patio, greenhouse and mist likely indoors. Very predictable growth pattern and they will fit into pretty well much any space available. The perfect miniature palm. And yes @gyuseppe I shall be thinking of you for a few seeds. And @tim_brissy_13 have tried this little beauty in your backyard refrigerator.

One of the parents and the offspring. I need to get these planted somewhere. Tim

Once again, this Dypsis rosea x mirababilis cross. Great color on this palm. Tim

Kerriodoxa and chamaedorea, always a favourite.

New to me Everglades palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii). I might hold off until next year to plant it.

Encephalartos Blue Arenarius getting there! -dale

I do see there is now a Dark Mode in this new version. I haven’t checked, but it should be an option in your profile settings. Somebody give it a try and let us know.

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!

Pinanga sarawakensis and a new leaf opening on the polyandrococus caudescens.

Sorry it took a while, but travel has kept me busy.

Red latania new frond

Crysophilla warscewizianus, Schippia concolor, Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana and a Hedyscepe Canterburyana all doing well.

Just purchased one of these last month from Jeff Searle. Pushing spears lightning fast in half day sun. This spot gets a lot of water

Agree with this...the actual user friendly, or usable space has shrunk significantly, to what end? Feels like there's now a lot more space on the right hand side for what...more ads? Skip to recipe!

Never heard of it before, where is it from what country?

You got me on this one Tim, shes a beautiful lady! Lucky Hawaii growers!

Apologies as I don't get notifications for messages here, for whatever reason. They do seem to grow well and I am on year two for all of these, but they seem quite large for a 1.5-2yr old palm. Can't comment on "long-term" but for me, they seem to be a robust grower. I will be saving a few for myself and need to be careful not to sell them all. Seeds of this one are not easy to come by, and don't come yearly.

Pelagodoxa henryana, brassiophoenix schumanii, Calpytrocalyx benga dawn, Areca catechu, drymophloeus oliviformis, cocos nucifera. All these ones I thought they had a chance and keep on trying. Then you realise it’s no use in on trying so you learn after a while, not to waste your time on trying, you know the signs of cold damage and necrosis on a palm. Yet we tell ourselves it wasn’t the cold and try again, it died due to some reason we tell ourselves. But this is how we learn to grow from making mistakes. It makes for a better grower and the quality of your plants increases!

Chambeyronias, chamaedoreas and a dypsis plumosa

Super easy to grow, a nice little grove of them should see a few nice seeds being produced.

At it again chucking a few in the ground. Howea fosteriana lytocarum weddlianum Syagrus picrophylla Bill Beattie baronii

Certainly appears to be recovering to me. Sure it'll look rough for a little while, but the fact that it still has that much green shows how resilient it is.

flower

Wow, that Dioon looks great, thanks for sharing the pics. Im hoping mine does well, it's going to get a lot of heat and sun.

I gave them to Richtrav from Texas and he already has them in the United States, I saved 2 seeds for myself and they are turning brown now, they look good, now I have to wait until they sprout.

Dypsis lantzeana, variegated rhapis ayanishiki, chamaedorea adscendens and dypsis poiveana flowers if you can call black and white a colour

First picture is when I received it,fronds were shade grown, long and oddly shaped and green 2 nd photo fronds are the 1 st new flush here Shorter more compact and showing the blue, full sun

Seems like a reasonable plan. I have a decent size dioon" queretero" that I received from Tom Broome,got it about 2 years ago. It came bareroot but from a pot not field dug. So I planted it in my own fast draining mix in a pot slightly larger than the rootball. It's done well, 2 flushes and a male cone. Dioon edule has a reputation for being tough, I think it will do well.

I wondered about Alfredii in the heat. They do great in full sun here, but I live in a swamp. 😁

Horridus

Quite the load of fruit on that one . They look similar to Chamaedorea fruit , maybe larger? Harry

They’re a great palm! A faster prettier baronii!

Here's how it looks from my Laptop ( ..with a few notes ) Straight to the website from a general " Palm Talk " net search in Firefox.. Would have to select dark mode from the options in the lower lefthand corner at the bottom of the page. Duck Duck Go. ( pretty much any website you search for there is instant dark mode, though PT wasn't, for me at least ). Looking around at various site aspects in Dark mode, a few things stand out a bit: Red lettering for user names, against the dark background? ..tough on the eyes.. Can't look at it for more than a few secs. myself.. Maybe changing it to a different color? ...like the bluish green background color of the user ID bubble that draws your eyes right to it. Not so harsh on the eyes, either.. Larger, brighter white font stands out better compared to the ...not so bright? font color. Might work better as the standard size brightness for typed font.. if that makes any sense.. Coming back to the overall page, Circled = IPS banner looks great, but note how, on my screen at least, the letters kind of disappear into the background.. Maybe a larger font size / banner width? Arrows.. = swap the black tones.. Just some user observational feedback, Don't go floggin me for it, lol..

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

Livistona Australis, a pslm I can’t fault for ease of growing with them being native to my backyard.

Pant pant pant!

Areca dwarf loas

Just planted the Sabal Causiarum today…can’t wait to see the growth on this one.

Upskirt to show seeds:

Tall skinny Thrinax radiata in the bright:

Pseudophoenix vinifera at Mounts:

It would be good to have a list of topics started by me somewhere in my profile info...currently it's not easy to find them unless I've been recently active in them. Unless I'm missing something obvious, which is always pretty likely!

Great to hear. Here is mine. Location: Orlando, FL south side of town. I'm on the E side of a large lake, giving decent microclimate benefits especially on radiational cooling nights. Temperatures: 1 night below freezing. Feb 1: 46F / 25.7F Feb 2: 55F / 34.4F Feb 3: 65F / 34.8F Protection: some (marked with * below) From my personal experience, I'd rate hardiness of my palms as: 1a) Phoenix roebelenii (40% burn [front], 10% burn [backyard]) 1b) beccariophoenix alfredii (10-20% burn, mostly tips) 3) Majesty palms (50%-60% burn) 4a) Foxtail palm (total defoliation, spear had green) 4b) Bottle palm* (total defoliation, spear had green) 6) Coconut palm* (total defoliation, minimal green in spear) 7) Christmas palms* (total defoliation, minimal green in spear) I don't have Royals but from what I'm seeing around town, I'd put them above Foxtails. One note about my coconut. I did experience bleeding and after much research and courage, I did cut some of it away. thankfully it wasn't deep. After spraying with copper very well and allowing it to dry, I applied a natural homemade patch of beeswax, olive oil and tea tree. What I learned is it was caused by a broken irrigation system. ugh. Always check your system. My pump was breaking and basically poured water right on the coconut trunk. I'm guessing a stressed tree couldn't fight off some early rot. My recovery method was: 1) Within one week of freeze, sprayed with copper fungicide. Repeated every 10-14 days for 2 months or until I didn't notice any sign of rot. If I was really concerned about rot, applied Banrot to specific palms. 2) Within one week of freeze, applied a root stimulator and repeated once a month for 3 months. 3) 15 days after freeze, applied a recovery formula to soil which is basically a light fertilizer. 4) Once soil hit near 70F, applied fertilizer 5) Watering often especially with this bad drought and heat. All pics below are about 60-90 days apart.

More Caribbean Garden photos. I'm really pleased how well everything has grown in the past 25 years. I live on a busy street close to a major thoroughfare. I don't want walking or driving lookie loos, and prowling porch pirates to be able to see into my house or scope out the yard. So we live behind a curtain of green. Ravenea xerophila - I've grown this odd but neat palm from a 1g I bought approx 2010. Not remotely trunking yet - SLOW. Raveneas are dioecious but I don't know what sex it is as it has yet to flower. No chance for seeds in my lifetime. They are now almost impossible to find now - one of the downsides of so many more people enthused over palms beyond the "usual suspects". Archonotophoenix (for sure) cunninghamiana (not so sure) bonus points if you remind me what the zaftig palm next to it is (an Ian replacement palm). To the right of the Archo is a Chrysaladocarpus lutescens 'Fused Leaf' Coccothrinax argentata - Florida native palm that is tough as nails. I found this one down toward Naples in 1993. From my research I believe it originates in mainland Florida rather than the Keys. Mainland argentata are very slow growing and stay relatively short. This one blocks the view into our front alcove and the hall beyond the front door. This palm has taken down to 28.5F without a blemish. Coccothrinax sp 01 - I used to have most of my Coccothrinax spp marked but time and attrition messed up my system. They are now part of my canopy Acoelorrhaphe wrightii - It used to be a spiny clumper but frequent stem removals have reduced it to a solitary palm. It does produce orange fruit way up high. It sits in the center of the photo behind the large Coccothrinax trunk Sabal minor 'Blountstown Dwarf' first photo - My original uber dwarf Sabal from PDN and parent to all my Blountstown F1 generation. It has been 12" high x 18" tall for the last dozen years. Comes true from seeds. If you like Sabals or live in an arctic climate, try one. I've read it has been grown in a pot indoors to flowering in a very cold winter Sabal minor 'Blountstown Dwarf' second photo - F1 siblings from my mother palm in a planter box. They have flowered and seeded numerous times. Coccothrinax sp 02 Jatropha podagrica Serenoa repens green form - much easier to grow than the much-vaunted silver form. I have one surviving silver - all the rest did not make it long term. Serenoa repens green form; and above Coccothrinax sp Hemithrinax ekmaniana x2 - I once had 4 but lost 2. I grew them from tiny grasslike seedlings I obtained circa 2009/10 at a Palm Beach plant sale. Neither has flowered nor set seeds. A bitty palm in its own orbit. I have several others planted in my Garden Lot that survived Irma and Ian (a couple met their demise by a Bizzie uprooted by Ian). Another palm that is less common than it once was. Pritchardia thurstonii - Another interloper from the South Pacific but a winner. I almost lost it to mealy bugs a couple years ago but buckets of homemade insecticidal soap later it has bounced back big time. Skip P. Pacifica and try this one instead. To the left is the trunk of the Acoelarraphe Sabal minor 'Wakulla Dwarf' - Native to coastal NW FL about 70 miles from Blountstown. They have similar descriptions but are not at all the same. Wakulla Dwarf is actually slightly bigger but even more: it is slower growing and far less robust than Blountstown. I got less than 50% survival for Wakulla seedlings vs. 90-100% for Blountstown. If you are new to Sabal minor uber dwarfs, get some experience and knowledge before you tackle this one. Coccothrinax alta x2 - I received these palms already planted in an artificial cluster years back (I'm generally not a fan of solitary palms being forced compete in life or death growth match). Palm experts are sometimes divided into 2 categories: Lumpers and Splitters. Lumpers seek to group palm species in fewer and fewer categories and take every opportunity to move them around like checkers on a board. Their lot may be easier once DNA research puts the issue in focus. Splitters tend to stay with a status quo "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". DNA research may make many arguments between them moot. Trust real science not just the opinions of egos lugging around a truckload of degrees and awards looking for the next opportunity to "publish or perish" (academia is not a peaceful place). My point? Coccothrinax alta existed as a separate species for decades and appeared in the first copy of my favorite book: Encylopedia of Cultured Palms by Riffle, Craft, et. al. Then a year or two after I joined PT, the Lumpers glommed onto C. alta and decided it must be subsumed into C. barbadensis, well, because they said so. And, presto!, in the next edition of my favorite palm book: Coccothrinax alta was gone. I don't necessarily agree. I've seen no scientific papers or DNA research that convince me C. alta and C. barbadensis are the - same - palm. So I'm sticking to my original ID until convinced otherwise. Anyway, here is the late, lamented (by me only apparently) Coccothrinax alta