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I’m glad you got it sorted out. Nice looking palms that do grow very fast , once established . From what I understand , they can hybridize quite easily but I don’t know first hand. I have Alexandrae , Maxima , and Purpurae as well as Cunninghamiana . They all seem to do well here. So far , the Alexandrae is the largest. Thank you Australia! Harry

Dypsis onilihanses

Even in Australia they get older yellow tattered leaves. They do like a good feed now and then. I would say that your one has drainage issues, thus causing the nutrient deficiency. They key to growing wodyetia is drainage.

Livistona Australis if heat and sun are a problem.

I have so many plants to plant in the garden, a lot of what is in there needs special attention and that’s what it will get. Some stuff in there will perhaps never go in the ground. A couple more winters will play a big role in what gets planted in the garden! Richard

Such a beautiful palm the dypsis louvelli

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The more exposed to the sun the more yellow they go, they love a shaded root zone with moisture. They really are a rainforest palm,in gullies and creeks, the more exposed they are in habitat they tend to go a light lime green. A cool root run is what they prefer.

Encephalartos latifrons x altensteinii natural hybrid. This came from Loran Whitlock in around 1980. Loran got a group of 5 plants in Durban at a nursery. I've been able to acquire 2 of them over the decades. This specimen hasn't grown for 4 years, but had tremendous cataphyll spread at the apex. There are rarely, but occasionally, man-made hybrids available; but they always lack the lustrous beauty of these plants from the natural population. 21 leaves this time. This was originally an 8-inch tuber. Now it's 2 feet of stem!

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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!

Alfredii take, in my garden up to 40 degrees Celsius and we just had a long hot dry summer.

Some good rain has the collection looking good! IMG_2840.mov IMG_2835.mov

Thought this one was photo worthy for the aquamarine and powder blue tones. Even more striking in person. NE Houston

Areca catechu yellow at leaf fall and green just a few hours later.

5/22/26 I would like to start this post with my big Queens. These are the last good photos I got of them: For the past several seasons, these palms have been defoliated. I could tell, especially with the one in the front yard, that it was starting to cause decline. They were not growing back as quickly with each passing season. With that all being said, I decided to edit these out and replace them with mules. Front yard: Back yard: Aside from that, there have been no other changes. Just progress updates. Starting with the palmettos, both of these are taller than me. Theyre both also turning 6 years old this year! My seed grown washy was almost completely defoliated this winter, but as of today, it almost looks like nothing happened: The other washy has taken on an interesting look after defoliation: The seed grown Queen is pushing out new growth after a spear pull. I will hold onto this one for a while, Im not gonna let the past few years of my time go to waste like that: Lastly in the back yard, the bananas and the big mule. That clump of bananas is an absolute UNIT. After cutting those stems back in March, they pushed out 6-12 inches of growth within 24 hours. Absolutely wild. The big mule had some latent spear damage but it has pushed all that out now. Its starting to get fat too: Jumping out front, starting with the CIDP/Sylvestris whatever hybrid thingy: The butia looking good as ever. It has recently shown some variegated leaflets, which there is a seperate thread about: The OG mule in the front yard is definitely something. It has quite the twist going on in the fronds. Not sure if thats just the genetics of this palm or if it has something to do with the trunk cut it got a few years ago. Guess we will see. Its definitely not the fastest grower: The Livistona nitida is doing well other than a minor setback from nutrient deficiency which began during the fall. And finally, the pygmy date. This had most of my focus for cold protection thru the season. It didnt have to be wrapped a ton of times, but it did stay wrapped for a week during the big freeze. It came out on the other side still looking pretty decent, and it has flowered profusely this spring. Thats all for now. Maybe Ill update again in a month, maybe next year. Who knows!

Thanks Harry. I know everyone has varying success and experience with these, but in my experience they did not like going straight from nursery pot to clay and rocky ground and watered like crazy during the cooler rainy season. So after killing many to root rot, I planted in September and October will great success, in the same crappy soil. And as luck would have it, we had a very warm winter and spring 2026 so they did get established quickly this time with lots of water because they really do prefer the warmer nights. Its not so much about cool daytime highs, but repeated cool nights with too much water is an issue, during the first few months of transplanting. Anyway, once those new roots shoot out and frond movement, you can water like a river!

Thank you for sharing . I could spend a lot of time in there. Harry

Your Sabals look good mine are pretty lackluster!! Maybe I’m not watering them enough or they don’t like our heat!! But my water bills are already crazy so I’m not looking for more water!!

Heads up. I killed my first Ox Beetle this afternoon. Large burrow at the base of my largest Sabal Lisa. Time to check the palms every morning for the next 6 weeks. Miss one day and a small palm can be killed.

I have adjusted that somewhat. I could do a little more, but let’s see how this setting works. Any more and it starts to get a little too narrow on some devices. I have another idea I’m working on to eliminate the sidebar completely when viewing a post, so that the pics will appear bigger without having to expand them if wanting a larger view. Stay tuned.

@sonoranfans great timeline documentation, thanks! I planted a big strap leaf Causiarum in December 2019 and three more similar ones in October 2021. Two are now about the size of your 2015 photo, 6.5 years and 4.5 years after planting. The other two are a bit smaller than your 2015 photo, but getting close. To me, 6.5 years and not trunking is somewhat slow to get started. But that's compared to stuff like Queens, Foxtails, Mitis, Lutescens, etc...which can go from strap leaf to 10 feet of trunk in the same time. Of course that's also why I cut down all 9 Queens 2 years ago, and am about to chop down the last 4 Foxtails in a couple of weeks...too tall too fast! About 3-4 feet of trunk per year is pretty fast, once established and trunking.

Never coned for me. No roots out the bottom at all. Plant is on a large paver and leveled. Made two pups recently. Haven't moved this in about 8 years.

@CBax welcome to Palmtalk! If it's just on the leaf tips of the oldest fronds, it could be a mild Magnesium deficiency. If it has progressed to the tips of newer fronds too (especially if it's progressive) then a moderate to severe Magnesium deficiency is likely. That's assuming that the rest of the fronds are pretty solid green and it's growing nee fronds at a "normal" rate. Make sure your fertilizer has a few percent Magnesium, and consider adding some Magnesium Sulfate (Sulphate). Here's a description page with some photos: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP266 If you see brown tips on new spears it might be a Manganese deficiency. Manganese deficiencies only show up on new fronds, though. It isn't progressive like you described. Sometimes if a palm is in a grassy area the grass will consume a lot of the nutrients and cause deficiencies. Extremely large amounts of water (or no water) can also cause brown tips.

Cycas revoluta variegated. I actually don't know if this type of coloring is variegation or chimera or something else. You'll notice the one leaf is displaying half-and-half variegation on one rachis which shoves the plant into more chimera or some other description. It doesn't make marbled pigmentation.The other two I have are variegated, but the Polaroid type that emerges green then gradually turns bright yellow marbling. I'll follow up with images as this one develops -- hah!!

Tracy, I’d say for sure it’s crossed with Horridus. Here’s my Are x Hor and it looks strikingly similar and much different than the Blue Arenarius I posted above. Makes me wonder if this is Blue Arenarius x Horridus or a green? I don’t know why but I always assumed it was green. It would appear it’s a Blue Arenarius cross like yours. This is a super good grower for me. 5yrs from a 2” caudex or so. -dale

Currently planting the last batch of Pseudophoenix sargentii seeds for my lifetime, and have more sprouts than I really need. Now offering some pre sprouted seeds through eBay, in quantities of 20, 40, or 100 as people prefer electronic payments, which I don't have any longer due to hacking issues. Prices start at $13/20 seeds. This is a slow growing species, so consider it a long term project to eventually produce some rare and valuable palms. https://ebay.us/m/9xNcPd aztropic Mesa, Arizona

PlantAnt shows availability of P. mesocarpa at a few Homestead nurseries...Everything Green lists 7g and 25G; Greendale Nursery shows 10g, and Botanics Wholesale with huge plants (65g, 15'-17' p.h.). You might also email Jeff Marcus at Floribunda Palms in Hawai'i, he doesn't generally put this on his availability lists anymore but he may still have some, it never hurts to ask. He would probably be the best source for mail-order if you can't drive over to the Miami/Homestead area to pick one up. You might also query Jeff Searle (who is still somewhat active on this forum), who has closed his nursery but may sometimes still sell material, or perhaps he can help you source one. I bought one from him when I lived in the Keys, though that was when Searle Bros. was still very much in business. P. henryana may be a difficult species to find just because it doesn't have a good reputation for cold-hardiness. I also remember it didn't seem happy, presumably due to our calcium carbonate in the Keys, as it was pretty chlorotic in my garden (perhaps just not rainy enough there to mitigate the high pH) and finally just faded away. Of those spectacular entire-leaf palms, I found Verschaffeltia and Phoenicophorium far easier to cultivate there. Best of luck in finding what you're looking for, I'm sure there are some out there...

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

Chambeyronias, chamaedoreas and a dypsis plumosa

Kerriodoxa and chamaedorea, always a favourite.

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

Here’s a volunteer in my garden. Dam weeds they are!

First split leaf. Any guesses?

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

There’s a lot I can’t grow and there’s a lot I have killed trying, iam quite happy to black sandy soil, and a lot of sandstone rocks in my soil. Plus the ocean influence, my elevation is around 130 meters. So quite a unique microclimate, a palm growers paradise close to halfway in between Sydney and Brisbane.

For some, this past winter has been rough. My own deep bag filifera had a 4% survival rate. My worst "grove" =33% survival az ecotype, Mesa. Midland sourced seed have been added to the "grove". Had one 75% (CA pure)survival grove, the rest at 100%.

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Brad, I don't have any beautiful lichens covering the roots. I do have abundant moss on the trunks concealing the spines. The roots are brown, but seem to take on a slight violet cast at twilight. The crowns are about 20' up (6 m). It is hard to get a good exposure of the fruit with the glare of the sky interspersed with the shaded undersides of the fronds. The cool roots are a consolation prize when the wonderful entire fronds disappear into the canopy. Growing in about a foot (30 cm) of black cinder, plenty of mulch and slow release 22-7-14 three times a year. Many palms suffered with the miserable dry weather this past year, but I didn't notice any distress with these. I wonder if a phalanx of these roots around the perimeter of the property could actually deter pigs. For some mysterious reason, I have not had a pig attack in over six months. Gotta be a record. I see them on the roads near my house frequently, but so far they have held their fire.

Fresh seed ripening daily. 50 cents a piece. 10 seed min. Plus 6.95 for shipping in the states.