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Nineteen years ago I crossed my fat trunking Butia eriospatha with Jubaea chilensis. I have several of this palms growing here. A few were imported into England also. Yesterday I cleaned the trunk of one of this two. It are beasts! How you call the hybrid of a Butia eriospatha x Jubaea?

Absolute Beast! Bravo!

Nothing like a bit of garden bling to liven things up!

Keep up the good work, the world needs more palms!

Looking pretty good for a chamaedorea seed harvest this season. Might have to put a few adscendens and metallica seeds up for grabs on palmtalk, stay tuned!

We did talk about eating them gophers remember! Richard

This year will be more of a work-in-progress year. A lot of stuff has been removed, a lot of stuff will be added. This year might be the year of the Brahea and Livistona plantings. The success of Brahea edulis here has been a motivator to bring more species from this gorgeous genus in for a try. The bed was condensed to a circular scallop bed to make room for a path in this area. Due to the success of Brahea edulis thus far, the former desert bed is getting an expansion with copious trials of Brahea aculeata, Brahea brandegeei, and a few Brahea 'Icy Blue'. All but one of the plantings was grown from RPS seeds picked up last year at this time. About half of the bed is still empty, but there are more Brahea armata, Brahea dulcis, and Brahea 'Icy Blue' waiting for their turn. There might even be a Nannorrhops ritchiana here at a later date. Start of desod - notice how un-Florida-like the soil is here A few views of the first plantings in this area. More to come.

The Wooly Wine Wonder palm?

Dypsis plumosa loaded up with seeds!

There moss on commercially grown blueberry plants. So it doesn’t seem to be an issue for this commercial nursery. And iam sure ifbit was an issue they would be doing something about it as these plants are tissue culture grown. So we are talking about big money in this investment!

I would call it a big Bertha!!!

Bring a trailer! By trying new things and changing things up as you try you learn. I have seen a few people on palmtalk be inspired to do things differently and give things a try, iam no expert by any means and the things I myself have learned on palmtalk have been an inspiration for me as well! Richard

A beautiful palm that would be welcome in a large space to be enjoyed . Harry

That is a beauty! So is the C. hookeri!

Free Areca vestria I suppose! Just doing for a trial and to share the knowledge. Richard

Regarding the non- black / purple or red Jaboticaba varieties / species, All are distinctly different. Yellow, Myrciaria glazioviana, tastes like Apricots or Peaches and is a steady grower, White, Plinia aureana, taste similar to the " standard " Jabo. types, but with addtnl. " Mango / Papaya / or Pineapple -like " notes.. Slow -ish and burns easier than others. Blue, Myrciaria vexator, tastes like Grape and Blueberry.. Seemed to handle the most sun out of all of them.. Grown all of 'em here in the desert w/ few issues, ..except that they must stay moist, in pots esp. ..and should never be grown in anything but high, bright shade. Neighbor's in- ground specimens seem to handle the dry breaks between their " lawn -esque " watering schedule.

It’s about 20 feet to the top of the taller leaf tip

Prestoea acuminata var montana inflorescence would catch anyone's eye. In two weeks it will be pink, then red. The bees are having a party.

I don’t think the moss is causing it, it looks to wet and the moss is an indicator of its to wet, especially for cycads!

You can try but try as you might!

@bubba I had a 1 gallon Syagrus Schizophylla for about 3 years . The growth was hardly noticeable. That example is amazing . Even if the gopher didn’t eat mine , I don’t think I would be on this planet long enough to see any kind of height like the example you posted . Not here in Southern California , that’s for sure . Thank you for posting. Harry R.I.P. My little Syagrus just before becoming gopher food! As planted 3 years prior! Yea …. I know!

Absolutely correct...in the name of science, or failing that in the name of Jonathan or Tim!

Good question, with a few different answers. A couple of ways around that one, bare rooted is another method for larger plants, courier is another choice. But the way the cost of things are going, when a plant is $5 for sale and postage is going to cost $25 you’re not going to sell many plants. At the moment what Iam selling is paying for itself in getting my investment back. As the stock grows I will transition to the local community markets and still supply a certain local family owed hardware store mitre 10. And as for the rest of sales word of mouth and contacts that visit the nursery is my main goal. I get a couple of growers coming down from Gold Coast area and for now that’s fine. Ultimately I will still have small stock coming through so those sales will pay for themselves. And after that it’s a unique market I will target, but by ten years time if they want it they come and get it. Doing the markets will increase sales by word of mouth. But hey if it doesnt sell iam quite happy to plant out the best of the best in my garden, that’s one advantage as a grower I get to choose the best strongest and healthiest plants for my garden and that’s what my main goal was, I did that about 30 years ago and look at the garden I got, so round two now with that many new palms available it’s going to be one heck of a ride into the garden for my retirement!

Well done my friend, I too have donated plants to the botanical garden of Naples in the past, I also donated the very common chamaedorea radicalis, an easy to find plant, but they didn't have it, I saw lately that they were male and female and they produced seeds.

You’re welcome on the pics. It grows well on the sandstone rocks in my garden wherever I created shade. I would welcome the moss any day growing on my advanced palms in the garden a great indicator of the moisture levels and humidity. And ladders and gardeners are one hazard I try to avoid, the other day I was 5 meters up a ladder just for a handful of archontophoenix maxima seeds, not worth the risk I thought after, yer sure for Tahina seeds but archontophoenix.🏥

They weren't extra cold sensitive, we had 2 planted out. I'm not sure how the one fared after this past freeze. One we lost to lack of water after an irrigation problem. They don't really have any drought tolerance, at least as juveniles.

OK , now I have to put a new tag on my Pyroformis! It’s so small most folks miss it anyway! Harry It looks much smaller in the ground near our other large , overshadowing palms. So very slow at this age.

It is not the size and well-shape of seed the most crucial feature, but rather the existence of the so called operculum or lid, which in case of Sabal seeds in particular resembles a belly button. Where there is a belly button, most probably there is also an embryo inside, where there is not such, most probably seed is sterile regardless other positive features.

Glad to see kitty is alright! That’s BIG Chambeyronia!

It’s worth the risks!

I see Conan missed severe injury from that frond . That is a gorgeous palm , Dave . Thank you for sharing! Harry

It’s also just this side of lethal. The dead leaf that fell would make a wicked conk on the noggin. Conan and waste cart for scale.

Yes, you are correct. Dave was just persisting in old habits.

Got 1.3" earlier today - still less than parts of Cape Coral near our home but the most rain in one session that we've had in the past 1.5 years. Somehow Florida and cloud seeding do not connect with me. But let me tell you about the "Dome" that sits atop 15th Terrace and blocks virtually all precipitation while North Ft. Myers a few miles away scarfs up cloud emanations like a vacuum cleaner. I've lost a number of palms, including one of my variegated Sabal palmettos, because of this extreme drought. One week looking fine, the next: toast! I hope the last week of puny rainfall is enough to spare my remaining variegated palmetto. I don't have irrigation on my Garden Lot so everything depends on rainfall or hand watering. Rainfall appears to fall liberally over Cape Coral except for the infamous Dome turning our neighborhood into a desert.

Got a decent downpour here from 4:30 to 5:30ishPM. Might have more on the way. Ryan

I don't think there's anything wrong with this Butia, it just looks the way it does. It probably even looks above average But it's never going to look quite as good imo as these. Note the difference in how tight the crown appears and how long and also recurved the leaves are. But there's a pretty difference in color between the the three as well. You can't fertilize and water a green Butia to turn it blue....the other physical attributes are probably significantly genetic too. The two Butia below don't look like they get any TLC at all either

@Merlyn Allegoptera would still have a heel!!!

B fenestralis I cleaned up the area around this palm and gave it a good watering. The windows are showing really well and only the oldest frond has any kind of burn of damage after winter. I really enjoy this palm!

@oswaldo welcome fo PalmTalk! A photo would help. It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between underwatering, overwatering, and fertilizer burn. Best guess from me: Overwatering can end up with pale, droopy fronds. Underwatering (or super hot temps with low water) usually is brown tips on leaflets. If it's all over it might just be heat. Pure lack of water usually has brown tips on the oldest fronds first. Fertilizer burn *might* have streaks or splotches or random dead spots on leaves.

Crotons sprouting, foxtail trying to recover, Christmas palms now sprouting green from the center, bottle 2nd spear looks good. Coconut shooting up new growth mostly green but dead fronds all snapped jn the wind storms. Lawn guy cutting them off this weekend. I see no growth on shrubs like clusia.

More general update of what things are looking like. C. macrocarpa is looking rough but is alive. Will cut its crispy fronds once it opens a spear.

One of my Dendrobium speciosum is close to full bloom. I moved this one and another under my patio cover to protect them from the rain, wind and wind borne debris. It was a good call. Chrysalidocarpus pembanus leaves have come down in various parts of my garden, a banana stalk loaded with a bunch of almost ripe bananas came down and several snapped leaves on other palms.

If you’re looking for a palm that grows vertical real quick go ahead and buy a queen palm from your local big box store. Beccariophoenix alfredii is a fast growing palm when one talks about fronds given per year. Sometimes palms that aren’t self-cleaning and grow vertically so quick can end up being expensive and problematic when it comes to maintenance.

The idea that it behaves height wise is part of why we don't see them in taller specimens for sale then. I wonder if they will even attain a decent height outside their native range like many species tend to do (most plenars we see are significantly shorter in cultivation) I prefer the slower to get tall habit too, less heavy lifting of dead stuff over time. Maybe one day they will be good shade palms here.

I also transplanted one and it responded fine, the roots are virulent though.

That's good to hear! It was a huge pain getting the roots disentangled and getting it out of that pot, though!

That's amazing! Really does look like a giant coconut. I think mines about half way there. I'm going to need a bigger garden!

Absolute stunner what I would give to be able to grow this palm to that size ! T J

@sonoranfans wow, yours looks amazing! Do you have an overall picture of the whole thing? I assume it might be kind of hard with ~20' fronds.