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Sabal Yapa Palm & sun making art

here is one i grew from seed. vulcano ... seed from portugal. awesome you grow platyceriums too! i just started but grow the rarer forms indoors. i started a platycerium discussion on the other tropical plants thread. you have perfect climate to grow so much. i love pasadena but alas couldnt afford it when it was time to purchase a house. lived there when i went to art center. cheers tin

Here are some photos of flushing zamias in the garden, Zamia neurophyllidia A couple of Zamia splendens colorful one leaf flushes, A Zamia flushing bronze, And finally a Zamia inermis flushing after a thorough haircut.

Someone here would like to see how and, here you are satisfied, I didn't breed it and it was born on its own, on the 2nd leaf I saw that it was different from a normal radicalis

It’s amazing the difference a little mulch makes on the garden. A nice winter blanket, weed control, moisture retaining, you feed the soil and it looks good. So a little mulch does go a long way, now all I have to do is spread that mulch around, a couple of wheel barrow loads should do the trick!

Been growing nicely in deep shade since 2020 Just planted The other day. Iʻm 5ʻ10" tall so itʻs doing just fine.

Yes. P macarthurii is now considered a synonym of P propinquum - they are the same. They can be quite vigorous, but not too difficult to manage. You can always chop off stems you don’t want.

The mid north coast of Australia a subtropical paradise. With thousands of hectares of rainforest that covers a fair chunk of it. Before settlement it would have been one very unique piece of land. Now it has been fragmented into isolated areas broken up by farmland. Much of it is either state forests or national parks with a lot of special reserves locked up for conservation purposes.

Confident it’s a Ptychosperma sp. I’d guess P propinquum.

The peace and quiet and with a lot of areas inaccessible to the family car there’s always a spot where you won’t see anyone at all except for the animals!

Macrozamia johnsonii I grew from seed is now coning. 1996-2026. These are large plants with 10ft+ leaves.

Things slow down for palms in containers in winter, and so has this page so here’s a few palms in containers! Linospadix monostachya Johannesteijsmannia altifrons dypsis orange crushdypsis black petiole Areca mandacanii Chamaedorea adscendens Chambeyronia houalouensis

I have a reason to put this this request, as I am investigating the possibility, that mother plant is actually a hybrid. Truth is that microspadix fruits from other plants nearby are matte green uniformly:

Many flowers over the years. First time I’ve seen seeds. Will see if they turn out viable. 20’ish years old from a 20 gallon. Dana Point, CA

Lehmannii and whitelockii

The first Chamaedorea radicalis in Italy were made by a friend of mine with the seeds of Inge Hoffman who managed the seed bank, she collected them in Dick Douglas' garden

I have two clumps that have still green fruit. One in almost full shade , the other gets way too much sun this time of year. This one is in a pot on the side of the house under a large C. Tepejelote This one in the courtyard where it gets afternoon sun this time of year , so it burns . I’m too lazy to move it! I am growing a Wodyetia near it to eventually provide a bit of shade. Harry

So slow . I have grown only one Sabal and it took years to grow from juvenile stage . Once established , they grow well here. Harry

Konstantinos, how could I not please you? My friend!

That’s a beautiful palm. Here’s a nice black petiole baronii.

Here’s a few red ones if that’s any help! Your green ones look like normal microspadix seeds to me.

You’re a palm grower gyuseppe, you have grown plenty of palms before, just apply those same techniques that have worked in the past. The only tip is don’t overwater, and lots of gyuseppe palm love!

Hi, my wife is in love with these palm trees and wants to plant as a high-level privacy screen in our backyard above a 8 foot tall fence in a 5’ wide strip between the fence and the pool. We’ve tried identifying them with multiple growers, and each one tells us a different species. Any help would be greatly appreciated. See pictures, both pictured palms and our home are in Miami. Thanks in advance.

You gotta watch those blokes who flood you with seeds, it’s a plot to stop you growing good exotic palms, it’s keeps you busy while they grow the exotics 🤣

Just look at Dubai with what they have created in desert. A tropical oasis, just add water and a big watering system and they created a paradise in a city. The climate has changed and now it’s possible to grow palms once unthinkable of growing in a certain area. Also with so many new palms available from so many different regions there’s something for most climates. Time is only thing that slows a garden down, many people see my garden and would like the same but they are not prepared to wait 10 years or more for that, unless you have mega dollars to buy advanced palms time is the only way to do it. I had a plant collection from age 17 and every time I moved I lost plants due to cold as I was moving further inland away from the coast with frosts. Now no frost so it’s grow whatever I can get my hands on and hope it lives! Richard

When I had more than a couple it was actually my hope to get some up to the Mt Dandenong Ranges Botanical Gardens. Just not sure I’m ever going to get them to a size to be able to hand them over to public gardens where they may not be cared for until they’re good to plant out. The gardens up there certainly do have a better temperature and rainfall profile for G undata than I do at sea level.

Asterogyne martiana, seen in the Botanical Garden of Basilea, Switzerland

Not super red today. Has looked better Calyptrocalyx hollrungii This one has looked better.

A little slice of Australia here in Florida: L to R: Archontophoenix unknown (I think tuckeri) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Archontophoenix unknown (supposed to be maxima) Sphaeropteris cooperi Archontophoenix cunninghamia (not as robust as the others) Archontophoenix alexandrae

Not entirely true your conclusion. Length of petioles may depend also on genetics. For example the cultivar vulcano has short petioles regardless the water it receives. This here is a specimen in my garden I callit wannabe vulcano. Seed originates from vulcano, but the offspring has longer petioles than in an ideal vulcano and therefore crown spreads more horizontally than remaining upright. Otherwise it is a very appealing dwarf specimen, which receives perhaps the least water quantity here, when it does not rain.

A vine that was scrambling along the ground.

With very unique plants that have adapted to cope with all sorts of climatic conditions, and relying on the animals for that symbiotic relationship to survive for a lot of species and visa versa with a lot of animals dependent on that ecosystem for survival.

I have two satakentias from ken johnsons farm, planted out in early 2019 with 2-3' trunk. I also have a smaller one I grew from a 4" seedling in 2021 that was planted in early 2025 is now 6-7' overall. They are great palms and the trunks are pretty thick. I will quote ken " ythey are emergent palms so they like shade when young but with size they take the sun well. The trunk at the crownshaft is about 8-9" caliper, definitely more than my archies and all my other crownshafted palms except for the royals. They hate frost with a couple upper leaves burning a couple years ago. They do look a lot more colorful in sunlight after shedding a leaf. Here is one of mine, they trunks/crownshafts glow in the distance in sun. No sign of inflorescences yet. closeup of the same palm to see the crownshaft color a week or so after a new leaf was dropped Easily my prettiest crownshafted palm. I checked the trunk measurements, 8 1/2' clear trunk as of today.

Looks like some sort of infection in the crown that has now completely pushed out. Growth should be normal from this point forward.

Bad luck! We worry about freeze damage before it happens, but forget there are plenty of other hazards that can damage or take out palms, hail, wind, falling trees, extreme heat etc. Dodged that one, it seems. Bottomed out at -2.3C which matches my lowest of 2024. It didn't go below freezing until 3am however and warmed quickly once the sun came up. That will be no worse than the -1.9C earlier in the month which apart from Alexandre had nothing covered for. Now have a full day sun to put some heat into the housebricks, driveway etc's thermal mass. Should make a difference. Yesterday was the dreaded cold sunless day forecast to clear at dusk.

That’s all we need to see it’s possible, I have transplanted Johannesteijsmannia and had a little success so I guess get enough root ball and as little disturbance as possible they will live. The inflo may get a little longer.

Ian goo to keep an eye on it see if it sets seeds, iam sure it is cool tolerant.

Hi, thanks for the quick response. Would that be what they commonly call here a Macarthur palm (P. Marcarthurii), I understand the same species? That was my first guess, many growers told us it was a P. Elegans, but I understand those do not cluster. Some even told us it was an Adonidia… Will P. Propinquum be easy to manage to that they don’t overtake the small strip we have? Thanks again, I’m clueless about palms, doing the research for the backyard project. Any suggestions for underplantings that will play well with these palms…?

Thanks Scott.. Crazy, teeny things

Update: it finally seems to be producing, well, something. They look like fruits, but they’re only about twice the size of BBs. For some reason, I figured a huge palm would probably make at least moderate size seeds. Anyone from Florida care to weigh in on that? Thanks in advance!

This is the only one I have so I have no idea if faster. It is certainly different than the palm I was hoping it would be. I was hoping for more of a curved trunk multi so when the large trunks got too big I could cut them down and have smaller trunks to fill in . As it is it kind of blocks part of our view from the deck , but I just love it so much I have left it alone. Harry

My AC decided to stop working Friday afternoon and yesterday my thermometer hit 122F as the high. Hopefully this thing gets fixed soon because it's 90F inside my house here in the east valley.

Love the compact look. The next step for me is to grow seedlings and to observe their variability. Did you germinate many in this batch of seeds?

Here’s the duo of both varieties, slow in my climate, water lovers and Iam surprised they have taken temperatures as low as 2 degrees celcius. Both varieties planted in the ground and rostrata seems to be wining the race in growing the best.

Was checking on the progress of some Iriartea seed and noticed they were beginning to germinate. The embryonic leaf, cotyledon, is cute as a ‘button.’ The one seed in the group already has a ‘radicle’, the embryonic root. Just some FYI. This palm is a beast. Tim

Mike, I posted some photos of my male Ravenea julietiae and male Ravenea glauca inflorescence and flowers. I have both male and female Ravenea glauca and have had success pollinating the female resulting in many seedlings in the past. Hopefully these visuals will assist you in determining if yours match the male or females of these fellow Ravenea species. The Ravenea julietiae photo actually shows both an actively flowering infloresence and a spent one in the process of dessicating. From March 2025: I assumed that my Ravenea julietiae is male due to similarities between its flowers and those of my male Ravenea glauca. Glauca flowers and inflorescence are much whiter. Both are blooming now.

Getting a few exotics in the ground, they are doing well for winter. So why not plant them. And a thanks to @Jonathan for the brugmansia. Licuala ferruginiaIguanura wallachiana calyptronoma occidentalisAnthurium vietchii draceana goldieana brugmansia sanguinea Pavetta australiensis

Yes I agree value for money, but that’s where it ends in my book. All they have is common palms, yes those common palms grow easily and they are palm so that’s not the palms fault, it’s a clever palm that has learnt to utilise humankind ensuring its survival on the planet. Palms are losing their habitat daily and are being over exploited to the point where they are being wiped out, and it’s even more critical that exotic rare palms get into cultivation and into gardens to ensure there survival, otherwise those common palms will win thay race and be the major dominant palms left on the planet! Those big chain stores have driven just about every mom and pop nursery out of business, showing no mercy in doing so. As a grower who has a palm nursery it’s near impossible to complete with such prices. This is why I chose to grow rare and exotic palms. And if i could get the prices they are getting for a golden cane or bismack palm. I would throw out my exotics and start growing bizzies and canes. But this is where I have an advantage over the big chain stores. The exotic stock may not sell by the hundreds weekly but I certainly can supply the quality along with rare exotics. I don’t grow my palms to make a million dollars I grow them for the love of palms and for the next generations to look at in wonder and glee in such beautiful exotics. So the next time you want a palm don’t over look a rare and exotic palm grower, you will have a very unique rare palm collection that will stand out leaving all those common palms way behind. And in 20 years time you look back and think iam glad I purchased those rare beautiful palms.

Can always buy a bougie swamp cooler from MistAmerica up in Scottsdale.

Hard to believe that this little thing could turn into that in 10 years or so if all goes well!