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This coconut palm from my collection caught my eye

Visited the motherland this week. The smaller fruiting coconut is from a ditch that was collected by a lady in homestead Fl 5 years ago . receives no love from the owner . second the largest coconut that has managed to evade the 2021 Texas palm massacre lol over on port Isabel if anyone wants the exact address message me . across the same street I found a yard with 3-4 young cocos that looked really great the lady who lives there mentioned her husband collected all the cocos that washed ashore and they sprouted! other pics are of various parts of the valley for whatever reason palm talk won’t let me insert individual Info per pick so if yall have questions I’ll answer what I can haha . #Zone10A-BTexas IMG_9409.mov

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

I have read it is possible to remove a sucker from a Areca vestria. Well here’s to trying it out. It’s just a bit gardening fun to see if it works. Any thoughts out there on the subject?

I fear it would make things only worse. I ask again, have you applied humic acids? Perhaps a picture of the new leaves and spear could turn out elucidating.

Pretty old palm . Mine is over 20 years old and barely chest high! Harry They don’t grow very fast here at all. It was very small when I planted it .

One of my three Cymbidium wadae produced a flower bud this year. I thought none of them were going to since it is so much later than the hybrid cultivars. I forgot the C wadae is a later bloomer.

Damn that thing is beautiful. More than I deserve. Sprouting seeds maybe sell the babies.

It’s about 20 feet to the top of the taller leaf tip

Beautiful Dave! I have a few sprouts from the seeds you gave me

Cocothrinax barbadensis

Nice one Dave! Cats and palms hey. My dear kitty Kat sari is 19 now and she has used up all her nine lives, she’s having trouble walking and all the other ailments that go with age! But shes not letting go just yet! My princess sari!

Somehow, the queen looks as ratty as the rest of the property

An update, plants already brought there. A picture of the chief gardener next to the donated plants. And the previous happy owner...

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!

Worth a try . Harry

I got you Johnny, I've got plenty

Yes

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🟰🤪

Caught my bromeliad flowering from the corner of my eye.

I find it impressive that it survived 2021 but let's be honest, this is one ugly mofo. Any Butia you didn't like on the pictures that were posted on here looks a gazillion times better than this Queen . The car in the background is cool though.

I didnt have much trouble with them. But I did give them plenty of air space. Top little palm definitely one for the shade!

Hmm two kinds of hot air up here, summer and the hot air from the growers. You choose which one you want either way we got plenty of hot air in both form. 🤣

Kind of similar looking but with a pleated look!

Don’t worry if I have my way I will make seeds available!

wow, that thing is very nice! Must be about 20 yrs of growth? JD

There a great understory palm and according to palmpedia very similar to dypsis scottiana. I lucked up with another 100 seeds I ordered by accident and iam glad I did now, I can see great potential for this palm in containers at the markets for sale! Richard

I have germinated seed, just for fun. They need heat and humidity. As Scott mentioned the tree is slow growing. I donated the seedlings at a garden club meeting, as at the time I had a larger specimen in a pot. I did not have the ideal spot to plant the larger Jaboticaba so I kept it in containers for years. After 15 years or so it never flowered in the pot, even after reaching about 10 ft. (3m) in height, so I sold it. The newer varieties vary in fruit color and flavor, which I have seen for sale but have not sampled. Other varieties claim to 'flower and fruit sooner' or possibly in a pot. Once I met a Jaboticaba grower from Brazil at TPIE who mentioned working on dozens of varieties. I didn't get his name or business name but he seemed excited. Ryan

Two of my Kentiopsis oliviformis are getting ready to bloom for the first time

OK , now I have to put a new tag on my Pyroformis! It’s so small most folks miss it anyway! Harry It looks much smaller in the ground near our other large , overshadowing palms. So very slow at this age.

Awwww. Our Lizzie Norwegian Forest Cat mix is 12 now but doesn't look a day over 8. If she understood geography she'd take over the world. Tough girl. Dave, that hookeri is gorgeous. Do you plan to sell seeds from it?

Chamaedorea microspadix is very common here. Richard is a very generous person. 👌

A beautiful tray of Kentiopsis piersonorium. A great rare palm!

I had the pleasure of getting a tour of @oliver's garden and thought I would share a few photos of the palms he has growing that survived 2021 freeze and I was able to photograph. He also has a Raphia sp. (sese?) planted next to a resaca so it stays wet. First up Tahina spectabilis.

@PalmatierMeg I was pretty shocked at how well Copernicia did after 22.5F this February. My Fallaensis had near complete burn, but just opened a nearly pristine new frond. Baileyana and Gigas took around 50% burn and also seem ok. I've lost a few Macroglossa to bud rot over the years, but all were small. I have twoo more large seedling sized Baileys and a Fallaensisin the ground now too, and zero damage from the cold.

I believe everyone here has faced the same dilemma at one time or another. I recommend joining your local IPS affiliate. Attend a couple meetings. Ask the question from people with your same interest.

Dude i saw where your area got a Easter freeze overnight! Btw, same kinda damage here in Big D and for the same reasons!

My diannanensis decided to throw a double cone!!! 😯. Need to find a female so I can produce pure species on this, as the ones at @edbrown_III house are phenomenal specimens! Multifrondis also coning...looks like more hybrids this year! 😁

Got the same thing. I did ñot brush the snow off. Give that goat something to do

Coccothrinax borhidiana.

Copernicia macroglossa.

Copernicia baileyana hybrid (I think).

Well just adding to my blog here. I had my first in person customer today. Sweet lady, home health care nurse. She and her daughter showed up looking for the elephant ears I have on FB marketplace, and they were just kind of in awe of all the stuff I've got growing _out here_. She told me she keeps killing her houseplants, I showed her how to mix coco coir and perlite and stop using potting soil, her daughter was fascinated with the kittens. Sancho didn't make an appearance, and she killed a bee that flew in after I told her I was allergic so I basically gave her the plants for half price and gave her a philodendron. I think she'll be back once more stuff sprouts up. I've got dozens more bulbs to sprout. And then there was a bunch of "ohhhh yeah that's not for sale" 😂

Here is a preliminary cold damage to my personal palm collection. I live in Altamonte Springs, about 14 miles north of Orlando. Its a little colder than the metro Orlando area. My yard does have some good tree canopy in the back but this didn't make much difference with the winds. The first night of the freeze was 23F with 20-30mph winds all night and it was below 32F for over 10 hours. The 2nd night dropped to 28F but it was still with frost. This was the coldest freeze since the record Christmas 1989 freeze. It was also the first hard freeze with high winds the entire night. PALMS Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (4’)- no damage Aiphanes horrida x minima (6’) -100% burn, already had about 25% burn from earlier cold, it always showed damage below about 35F every year but always quickly recovered, not sure this time Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (20’) -major burn Archontophoenix purpurea (7’)- 100% burn Areca triandra (3’) -100% burn Arenga engleri (7’)- surprisingly burn on one leaf Arenga hookeriana (5’)- all tall stems 100% burned, shorter suckers green Beccariophoenix alfredii (15’, 10’)- both have severe burn but green in center Borassodendron machodonis (3’)- COVERED, no damage Brassiophoenix drymophoeoides (5’)- 100% burn Carpentaria acuminata x Adonidia merrillii (25’)- 100% burn Caryota mitis ‘Variegata’ (3’)- severe burn Chamaedorea elegans (2’)-100% burn Chamaedorea ernestii-augustii (3’)- 100% burn Chamaedorea metallica (2’)- 100% burn Chamaedorea microspadix (6’)- no damage Chambeyronia macrocarpa (3’)- all leaves burned except newest Chelyocarpus chuco (4’)- COVERED no damage Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos (3’)- 100% burn Chrysalidocarpus lutescens ‘Nana’ (3’)- COVERED but partially blew off, 50% burn Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis (Mahajanga form) (6’)- 100% burn Chrysalidocarous onilahensis (3’)- light burn Chrysalidocarpus pembanus (15’)- 100% burn on the 2 tall trunks, suckers have some green leaves Chrysalidocarpus psammophilus (3’)- 100% burn Chuniophoenix hainanensis (3’)- no damage Clinostigma savoryanum (4’)- 2 newest leaves have no damage, others burned Coccothrinax barbadensis (3’)- light burn Coccothrinax crinita (3’) – severe burn Coccothrinax spissa (3’)- severe burn Cocos nucifera ‘Green Malayan’ (10’, 3’ trunk)- almost 100% burn but a few green leaflets and petioles still green, already push new growth, it already had about 20% burn from frost a couple weeks prior Copernicia alba (6’)- no damage Cryosophila stauracantha (4’)- 100% burn Cyrtostachys elegans x renda (3’)- COVERED no damage Dictyosperma album (furfuraceum) (3’)- 100% burn Euterpe edulis (10’, 5’)- both have 100% burn Gaussia attenuata (7’)- 100% burn, new spear opening Gaussia maya (5’)- 100% burn Heterospathe negrosensis (4’)- light burn Howea belmoreana (3’)- severe burn Howea forsteriana (7’)- severe burn Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (6’)- 100% burn Lanonia dasyantha (2’, 3’)- no damage on either Leucothrinax morrissii (5’)- no damage Licuala kunstleri (2’)- light damage Licuala peltata (3’)- light burn Licuala ramsayi (6’)- slight damage on 1 leaf, very delayed reaction Livistona decora (10’)- no damage Livistona muelleri (4’)- moderate burn Livistona saribus (15’)- no damage Normanbya normanbyi (8’)- 100% burn Phoenix acaulis (3’)- no damage Phoenix loureiroi (Kashmir) (8’)- no damage Pinanga coronata (4’)- 100% burn Pinanga gracilis (3’)- 2 stems, 1 no damage, other 100% burn Pritchardia hillebrandii (3’)- moderate burn, still lots of green Pseudophoenix sargentii (4’)- severe burn Ptychococcus lepidotus (5’)- 100% burn Ptychococcus paradoxus (6’)- 100% burn Ptychosperma elegans (10’)- 100% burn Ptychosperma propinquum (macarthurii) (12’)- main stem 100% burn, suckers mostly brown but some green Ravenea glauca (3’)- light burn Ravenea hildebrandtii (5’)- 100% burn Ravenea rivularis (6’)- 100% burn Reinhardtia latisecta (2’)- no damage Rhapis excelsa ‘Zuiko Nishiki’ (5’)- no damage Rhapis humilis (8’)- no damage Sabal etonia x palmetto (2’)- no damage Sabal mauritiiformis (5’)- very minor burn Sabal miamiensis x maritima (6’)- no damage Sabal palmetto (10’)- no damage Sabal palmetto (Miami Rockridge form) (2’)- no damage Sabinaria magnifica (3’)- COVERED, cover partially blew off, light burn on a couple leaves, very delayed damage Schippia concolor (3’)- moderate burn Serenoa repens, silver (3’)- no damage Syagrus romanzoffiana (20’)- light burn Syagrus sancona (7’)- severe burn Syagrus weddelliana (6’)- severe burn Veitchia arecina (3’)- moderate burn Wodhyethia bifurcata (4’)- 100% burn CYCADS Bowenia spectabilis- no damage Ceratozamia hildae- no damage Cycas debaoenis- no damage Cycas thouarsii- 100% burn Encephalartos ferox- 100% burn Stangeria eriopus- light burn Zamia furfuracea – no damage, in pot and taken in Zamia integrifolia (narrow leaflet form)- no damage Zamia integrifolia (Palatka Giant)- no damage Zamia integrifolia (wide leaflet form)- no damage Zamia nesmophila- moderate burn Zamia sp. “Spots”- severe burn PANDANS Freycinetia cumingiana (4’)- main stems dead, some green shorter stems/leaves Pandanus furcatus (15’)- 100% burn but green already pushing out Pandanus letocartiorum (decumbens) (2’)- 100% burn Pandanus penangensis (monotheca) (5’)- 100% burn Pandanus polycephalus (3’)- severe burn Pandanus pygmaeus ‘Variegatus’ (2’)- moderate burn Pandanus tectorius (spineless form) (3’)- 100% burn Pandanus tectorius, dwarf spineless variegated form)- 100% burn PALM-LIKE PLANTS Cyclanthus bipartitus (4’)- 100% burn, this is root hardy, foliage dies every year as it declines around 35F but rapidly regrows in spring Dracaena arborea (4’)- severe burn Ravenala madagascariensis (15’)- 100% burn Ravenala menahirana (Honkondambo) (3’)- 100% burn, new leaf emerging Sphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea) (10’)- 100% burn Strelitzia nicolai (10’)- 100% burn

A large clump of Acoelorraphe wrightii

I have to check as it is burried somewhere between all of my seedling palms. I planned to repot it this summer, but haven't got to it yet. I hope I'll think about it and then I'll post an update.

I actually have a Sabal lougheediana in my collection. It's still small. I'm sorry I don't have a better picture of it right now. As it's still a seedling it doesn't look much different from any other Sabal imo. I can only imagine that they are pretty frost tender. It has seen temperatures around freezing in this pot though, No damage.

Good to hear

There's some at Montgomery Botanical garden. Not sure if they're planted yet though. There's a Sabal antillensis planted at a public botanical garden elsewhere in Florida, but I won't say where until it's a bit bigger to avoid theft. It looks like a standard Sabal at this point, however.