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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

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

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.

Dypsis onilihanses

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.

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!!

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!

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

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...

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!

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!

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

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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.

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