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I am looking for a 3-15 gallon Brahea Armata to be shipped to Georgia. I will pay for shipping. Please let me kjow what younhave and the procong. Thank you!

Do you have any other Brahea available? Aculeata? Thanks

Transwood is my favorite Woodii cross followed by Arewood. The Trans cross @Brian and I have is Trans x Lat. Agree though completely on the characteristic conundrum. Who knows. I’d imagine it has to do with both maturity and lineage. @Brian , here’s a few pics of my infant. I’d say it looks a bit stretched but it’s in blazing sun in the hottest part of my yard close to my stucco wall so I know it’s not that. Super cupped leaflets, significant shine on the top, flat colored and ribbed on the bottom. Grows very upright à la Trans. -dale

Found some South American palm weevil cocoons and a hatchling when I dumped out a pot that had some dudleyas I was repotting. I’ve never heard anything like this before. There’s no infested trees close by. Although my neighbors have lost several CANARY ISLAND palms in the last few years. Damn critters are adapting to different environments, im gu

Definitely my current favorite cycad 😁 I just got a Microcycas caloma today

Glad to hear the damage wasn’t near as severe for everyone as I was expecting and really glad the subsequent storm decided to move southward. We were off island during the event, but the tenants stepped up and kept us updated. We have cut down numerous palms and other trees over the years, some with a bit of regret, in preparation for events like this. Not a matter of if, but when. This time it paid off. We can deal with high rainfall, but the wind is terrifying. Tim

Rick, you’ve shrunk! Good lord man, look at that thing…..’Litttle Audrey II’, don’t get too close. Thanks for the info about the garden tour, be nice to revisit. Tracy, thankfully the frond drop on these monsters and others like them, are more infrequent than one would expect, but when they do it requires a bit of work for disposal. It takes a Sawzall to cut the frond into smaller sections with the thinner parts of the rachis and pinnae used as mulch straight away. The pinnae are removed on the thicker sections and again, used as mulch, the cleaned stems are then taken to the green waste dump. The saw makes quick work of the process, (my favorite tool), and they are tossed into the, ‘perpetual state of loading,’ truck bed. The life of an urban palm farmer. Tim

Here is my 5 gallon Attlelea cohune from FB that went in the ground in 2015. Still no trunk despite heavy fertilizer over the years. I almost never cut off an old frond. Not sure how that works. The specimen that Tim showed above will get another visit by the Hawaii Island Palm Society in two months. We will tour Davis Dalbok's beautiful Mahonu Garden in Opihikao assuming they didn't suffer any serious hurricane damage. I'm guessing 13 years growth will have produced an even more impressive specimen.

Lytocaryum insigne seedlings available. Nice established root system. These have proven to be trouble free and robust, ready to push 2nd - 3rd leaf. Seedlings will be shipped in cones. $40ea UPS 3 day $18

1 Dollar??? Let me guess, it was the shipment where they made their money

Palm road trips are the best, I once drove 800 miles in one day to obtain a better form of a palm I already had !

Yesterday we rose early and drove the 40-50 miles south to the Naples Zoo, where Jeff Searle had set up with awesome palms I can't possibly find here. My recent selling had fortified my Paypal account with funds to buy palms. And I did. The back of our Ford Ranger was full. We planted four larger palms right away. The rest I have to repot before placing them on the lanai or in the jungle. I want to share what I got. Areca montana - this little cutie is flowering. Hope I get seeds. I love the Areca genus Adonidia merrillii 'Golden Form' Archonotophoenix purpurea Licuala fordiana - also flowering Phytelephas macrocarpa - been seeking this one. Hope it survives here Ptychosperma 'Wotoboho' - 2nd try on this one. Lost the first this past winter Ravenea hildebrandtii Ravenea glauca Calyptrocalyx laxiflorus - I'm a sucker for this genus Areca recurvata Dypsis lutescens Thailand Dwarf - at least I hope it is. I've been seeking one for years Heterospathe longipes Cyrtostachys loriae - solitary relative of lipstick palm but much cold hardier Areca concinna - I'm a sucker for this species. It joins a taller one I've had in the jungle

@PalmatierMeg I am interested.

Never been to either place.