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@DoomsDave missed his calling as a chef. That said, there's nothing like a rack of ribs under the coconut canopy.

Oh I have met peachy in person and her wit and humour is as sharp as tack and spot on, you won’t fool her in a hurry!

V. Manuvadee. A favorite blue. been looking for this one for years to replace the one I lost to cold one autumn. Just shipped from a wonderful grower in HI.

in Royal National Park, just south of Sydney.

Look’s ptychosperma, archontophoenix?

Thrinax excelsa:

A little update on one of my 2 Medemia Arguns. First inflos! Only one of the 2 plants is blooming so still have my fingers crossed for a male and female.

First you should ask which pronoun they prefer and which gender they identify as. Get with the times kiddo Peachy (Cisgender female)

A somewhat bit of a rare Howea species, there about the place if you look hard enough. But not that common, the fosteriana got all attention and the bell was left second place. A nice palm with that punk look about it!

One of my chamaedorea elegans has turned out to be distichous Curious little palm. Just thought I'd share. The second picture shows it next to a normal C. elegans.

Mine too. Very neat looking palm.

Likewise, mine seems to grow at pretty much the same rate as a typical forestiana, which is not fast, but nor is it anywhere near the slowest palm I've grown. I don't know about germination rate, but forestiana does naturally grow in big stands, such that the seedlings are very well adapted to and tolerant of low light (and will grow steadily in it for decades), and hence make good houseplants. I don't think belmoreana grows in dense stands like this, so it won't fair so well in low light and hence the reputation for being slower.

Apologies if my attempts at humour weren't coming through. I am indeed aware of P sargentiis reputation of growing at snails pace.

A nice dypsis plumosa in the sandstone countryside and a Areca vestria not wanting to miss out on any attention!

The Atlantic Tall officially has a shot as it is putting out its first full-sized frond

Update 4/16/26: I have no evidence to prove it other than it getting easier to shine my phone flashlight down and see how it looks inside, but it seems to me that it is pushing at a steady rate. Still a good ways before anything actually emerges, but at least the bits that have emerged that were previously yellow have now started turning green. Just little signs. Odds gradually increasing that this survives though. Will continue to monitor.

So I’ve been using Claude to measure the growth rate of our coconut palm after the cold and this thing is going nuclear right now the new spears are growing at 2 to 3 inches a day also we got this dwarf coconut with a 3 and a half inch thick spear

Bunch of stuff coming alive in the garden. I’ll post quite a few times here in the coming weeks/months. Love this time of year. Admittedly I don’t know the cross but I believe it’s Longifolius x Princeps. Could be Lehmannii x Princeps as it’s very blue. Who knows….its happy tho. Last year was a 2 Leafer, this year it’s 4. -dale

Not sure if they'd go after them if nothing else around. Maybe in a year or two things will settle down. At 83 I'm beyond major landscaping changes or adjustments to the physical area.

This is the Palm Society yea?

The only thing fast about this post is how quick customs took my money!

I think there’s a healthy dose of sarcasm in both of alzo’s posts. Don’t think I’ve ever heard of B dumasii or P sargentii being described as anything approaching fast.

The only trick to growing sargentii is getting old watching them grow!

That’s so sad you can’t even grow one of your loved palms. When I know how much we all love to grow palms. They are such beautiful plants Mother Natures gift to the horticultural world. This is one reason our bio security is so strict, the crb is one example of bio security gone wrong with your government letting you down when you comply with the rules they don’t!

Yep it’s basically a fine I got for doing something wrong that wasn’t even my fault in the first place , I had all the phytosanitry certification. I would not dare import anything without the correct paperwork heaven forbid one strike with customs and wherever you go it’s into the room for a full body search. 🔍

You could plant small ones like Chamaedoreas or medium-small heavy clumping ones like Bactris, Pinanga or Ptychosperma.

Two 3-gal juvenile palms exposed to 27°F. One protected with a cotton shirt experienced 60% foliar damage. Another unprotected in a more exposed spot suffering from a nutritional deficiency had zero damage! Both pushing new growth after first rain of the year.

Phoenix palms are beautiful, truly admirable. I hope you manage to buy more varieties, like Reclinata or Theoprasti. Also Roebellini, but hopefully they're purebred.

@Merlyn Thank you!

My twenty+ year old C. Decipiens (formerly known as Dypsis decipiens) is bulging in its crown shaft. It’s never flowered before and, for those in the know, do you think an inflorescence is hiding in there?

If there is an asymmetrical bulge in the crownshaft, it could be a spadix.

Planted in 2013 has survived the following cold events (both with snow), never shown any damage, temperatures from nearest weather station. 2018 High/Low (oF): 2018-02-26 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2018-02-27 1/-3(33.8/26.6) 2018-02-28 -1/-5(30.2/23) 2018-03-01 1/-4(33.8/24.8) 2018-03-02 1/-1(33.8/30.2) 2022 High/Low (oF): 2022-12-08 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-09 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-10 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-11 0/-3(32/26.6) 2022-12-12 1/0(33.8/32) 2022-12-13 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2022-12-14 1/-2(33.8/28.4) 2022-12-15 1/-5(33.8/23) 2022-12-16 3/-3(37.4/26.6) 2022-12-17 6/-4(42.8/24.8) 2022-12-18 10/-1(50/30.2) Has seen several other small freezes, typical absolute winter minimum generally in the range of 0 to -3 (32 to 26.6)

TvT planted in 2013 has survived the following cold events (both with snow), damage described, temperatures from nearest weather station. 2018 - First and only ever spear pull, outer fronds continued to look healthy with minimal burn, suspected cause is snow melting into crown, any subsequent snowfall has since been shaken off and/or the fronds have been tied if snow was forecast. High/Low (oF), 2018-02-26 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2018-02-27 1/-3(33.8/26.6) 2018-02-28 -1/-5(30.2/23) 2018-03-01 1/-4(33.8/24.8) 2018-03-02 1/-1(33.8/30.2) 2022 - About 20-30% leaf burn after this one, looked a bit ragged, but recovered well in the growing season. High/Low (oF): 2022-12-08 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-09 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-10 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-11 0/-3(32/26.6) 2022-12-12 1/0(33.8/32) 2022-12-13 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2022-12-14 1/-2(33.8/28.4) 2022-12-15 1/-5(33.8/23) 2022-12-16 3/-3(37.4/26.6) 2022-12-17 6/-4(42.8/24.8) 2022-12-18 10/-1(50/30.2) Has seen several other small freezes, typical absolute winter minimum generally in the range of 0 to -3 (32 to 26.6). Normally comes through unscathed but occasionally shows some brown tips.

You won’t really know until she flowers for sure, but she does look pregnant, never tell a lady she looks fat or ask are pregnant if she’s really not. So for now Jim just tell she looks good!

This was a nice event - well planned, many vendors. It was nice to meet @Fishinsteeg234 and would have bought some plants but my yard is in such terrible shape. I really need to get it cleaned up before committing to any new stuff.

Let the soil dry out, sprinkle cinnamon on top of your soil, hydrogen peroxide yes. But your palm is to wet in the soil solarisation is what you need combined with air flow. Place your palm outside in the shade if that’s possible. It sounds like your palm has been over potted, and there is sour soil at the bottom of the container. You could repot your palm into a container that is just the next size up of the root ball. Some fungi are good like mycelium, let the palm dry out.

I chalk up their relative rarity to their slowness of growth. Finding larger specimens are almost impossible. But boy are they exquisite as they attain some size. The trunks are even more prone to bending than forsteriana, giving them a beautiful, graceful appearance. The umbrella shaped crown is just icing on the cake. I have one grown from seed about 18 years ago that is finally producing its own seed. Beautiful pictures!

Anchovies in the oven with olive oil , lemon juice, oreganum, salt n pepper, plus a layer on top of pomodorini slices.

Well I got up this morning to thick fog and mist and about 16C with 100% RH. The fog didn’t lift until around 9.30am but it just reminded me of a cloud forest environment especially when I looked at my Parajubaeas which come from the Andes. So I took some pics. The trees were also dropping a lot of condensed water like rain in the rainforest area whenever the slightest breeze went through. I’m really happy that the trees were acting like rainforest trees. Really beautiful morning. Now in the afternoon it’s about 26C and very humid.

Scott W, There is a huge amount of seed that is never harvested, or collected for germination here around Santa Barbara and Ventura. OK it takes awhile to find the mature trees that consistently deliver but Jubaea seed by the buckets goes to the squirrels . I collected Nikau palm seed in Ventura today and at least the squirrels leave it alone but again buckets of seed never get touched. Parajubaea Cocoides seed is also available although mature trees are fairly rare. I was wondering if Nikau seed are hard to get in Florida? Obviously Jubaea seed is imported and Parajubaea aren’t locally available . Is it the opinion of Florida growers to favor the hybrids or are growers there still trying to germinate cool climate palms at least in Northern Florida. We can get down to the low twenties and I grow these palms because they can handle a mild freeze. I also enjoy germinating difficult palm projects . Hope they outlive me.

Still anticipating the disclosure of the beverage👀

A rather fast growing majestic Syagrus with stiff dark green leaves. Ripe fruit is yellow and the size of golf balls. These have got to be in the 30 foot range. (10m) Always loaded with seed. Tim

That is exactly the way my Jubaea look. First to open are the male flowers at the ends and then a week or more later the female flowers. I read or was told by someone that Jubaea Female flowers open after all the male have finished on same spathe. Purpose for that is to help prevent pollination on same plant by itself preferring to get pollination from a different Jubaea tree in the vicinity. Also I was told that it is best to have at least two Jubaea palms in order to get fruit. If this is true or not I don't know, but 45 years ago I planted two Jubaea just in case.

Thanks for looking!!

I could have included these photos in that ‘moss on palm trunks’ topic. Quite the eco-system from bottom to top. Tim

I went to palm sale at Fairchild Gardens a long time ago, someone told me this quote. “It is time or money”, if you have more time spend less money. I have pretty good success with these, I think they have grown pretty consistently for me. Always keep in tray of water and fertilize regularly. They love water, have even seen them sitting in ponds up to top of pot.

Have you tried Sabal brazoriensis? They're actually native to parts of the Texas Triangle, and they even do better here in Middle Tennessee than Birmingham or Louisiana palmettos based on what I've read recently. I feel like they'd be my best hope of growing trunking palms long-term without protection here in Tennessee, so they should surely do well there - especially with them being actually native to College Station!

Sure, here’s a quick 12 Brahea armata, San Antonio river walk pictured, John Fairey Garden, Austin, Dallas, San Marcos etc Survived at as high or higher. of a rate as Butia or Washingtonia Brahea dulcis. John Fairey Garden etc Brahea berlandieri/bella -John Fairey Garden Trachycarpus fortunei- Zilker Botanical Garden(pictured) and all over Central and North Texas Nannorrhops ritchiana. John Fairey Garden(pictured), all over Central and North Texas Serenoa repens- John Fairey Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, San Antonio botanical GardenGuahaia argyrata -Zilker Botanical Garden Brahea moorei- John fairey, and North and Central Texas rhapidophyllum hystrix- all over. John Fairey, Zilker, etc.Arenga engleri- Zilker Botanical GardenTrachycapus takil- Zilker Brahea decumbens. Did not burn in 2021 in Central Texas

Does also anyone know if the fruit of a mule palm is sweet or edible like a butia if they even develop fruit? And do most butias have sweet fruit? Does syagrus also have edible fruit since I've seen some mexican workers back last year in a resort in mexico eat the fruit dried.