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Bonjour, je vous partage mon expérience de pollinisation puis semis de mon cycas panzhihuaensis. J'ai récupéré deux fleurs mâle dans d'un cycas panzhihuaensis, j'ai eu de la chance. Comme vous pourrez le contacter sur les photos, tapoter puis déposer 15 jours sur la fleur femelle. Récolté le 24 novembre 2025. Conservé dans un carton sur un lit de riz. Semé le 17 janvier 2026. Elles ont toutes commencées à craquer en mars 2026. Première racine le 19 avril 2026. Puis elles ce sont suivies. 29 sur 107 pour le moment. 14 jeté. La 28 ème à germer 67 jours après la première et la 29 ème à germer 88 jours après la première. Je suis dans l'attente pour la soixantaine qui reste. Semé en frigo chauffant, sur pierre ponce 2/4, température constante 25/30 degrés.

Encephalartos Longifolious

Horwood x Arewood throwing a single leaf flush. 3rd flush since spring time!

Nothing spectacular, very slow growing and tiny A. purpurea finally opened new leaf

Iam sure they would be something to see, that is if you could see through the pollution to see them in Delhi, Amritsar was enough for me!

@kinzyjr indeed! Not all of my "Zone 10" palms died from the epic freeze, for sure there are some odd survivors. Both of my Elaeis Guineensis are growing back strong, despite spear pulls and crown rot infections. But most of them did die immediately or were lost to subsequent infections: 1 of 1 Carpentaria Acuminata 5 of 5 Burretiokentia - Hapala, Koghiensis, Vieillardii 1 of 4 Arenga Hookeriana, the other 3 regrowing from the roots 1 of 1 Actinokentia Divaricata 0 of 3 Arenga Pinnata - defoliated but growing back slowly! 0 of 1 Arenga Tremula - also defoliated but growing back 0 of 1 Arenga Westerhoutii - burnt to the ground but with 2 new fronds 0 of 12 Attalea - all were >75% defoliated but all growing - 4 Brejinhoensis, 3 Butyracea, 2 Cohune (?!?!?!?), 2 Phalerata, 1 Speciosa 3 of 14 Beccariophoenix Alfredii - all defoliated, but only lost 3 big seedlings under ~2-3' tall 5 of 5 Chamberyonia Macrocarpa - Watermelon, regular and Hookeri 0 of 19 Copernicia - Baileyana, Fallaensis, Gigas, Alba, Hospita, Macroglossa 0 of 2 Corypha - Lecomtei had minor burn, Umbraculifera defoliated 2 of 2 Crysophila Warscewiczii 9 of 9 Cyphophoenix - Alba, Elegans, Nucele 18 of 22 Dypsis/Chrysalidocarpus - 1 Lanceolata, 1 Decaryi and 2 Lutescens clusters survived, but other Lanceolata, Cabadae, Pembana, Basilongus, Albofarinosa, Arenarum all died 4 of 11 Hyophorbes - 2 of 4 Bottles and 4 of 7 Spindles died, but one of the Bottles I over-trunk-cut and killed the bud myself - oops. All died from bud rot or, er, a reciprocating saw. ☹️ ~3 of ~25 Gaussia Princeps - I still need an accurate pre-post count 1 of 4 Kerriodoxa Elegans - exposed and died of bud rot ? of 2 Licuala Grandis - still unsure 3 of 3 Ptychosperma Elegans - big seedlings 0 of 1 Ptychosperma Macarthurii 0 of 1 Ptychosperma Schefferi - burnt to the ground but growing back 4 of 10 Ptychosperma Salomonense - shocking survival of ~1' tall seedlings, so I bought more!!! 2 of 2 Ravenea Hildebrandtii 1 of 1 Ravenea Sambiranensis 2 of 2 Reinhardtia Latisecta 3 of 3 Satakentia Liukiuensis 4 of 4 Syagrus Amara strap leaf 2 of 4 Syagrus Lorenzoniorum strap leaf 3 of 4 Syagrus Sancona strap leaf 0 of 5 Syagrus Schizophylla 1-3' tall - all defoliated and I thought were dead, but all growing back! 1 of 2 Wallichia Oblongifolia/Densiflora - both defoliated, but the one in sun couldn't struggle back 4 of 4 Wodyetia Bifurcata - 10-15' foxtails defoliated and died from Thielaviopsis or bud rot At some point I'll have a complete list of the life/death spreadsheet for you! I was really impressed that the Kerriodoxa Elegans and Ptychosperma Salomonense pulled through. Many of the above deaths were planted as big seedlings or even strap leaves last summer, so it's hard to judge if a more mature palm would have survived.

A couple E. “Trappes valley” Latifrons I bought last year throwing nice flushes but still one leaf. They are putting on size quick!

What caught my eye was three palms I gave a friend 6 years ago, that I had never seen until today. I will say I was impressed with the archontophoenix, beccariophoenix and the Wallachia. Just planted in some very hard conditions with no attention and temperatures down to minus 1.

There’s always something to look at in and around the garden!

A few more pics to brighten the day!

One magical looking Ernest augustii!

Plant more trees I say, more palms even better, I was learning about acid rain in science in the mid 80s what has happened is happening! Richard

A nice little shrub sized metrosideros for a bit kiwi touch in the garden with the New Zealand Xmas bush!

Couple of sabinara magnifica, not worried about winter at all, even putting out a new spear. I will say they have some cool tolerance with temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius cold and wet conditions!

Two large clumps of Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) lutescens in Upland, CA. (Inland Empire).

Little dypsis heterophylla!

I was never a big fan of Livistona, until recently I started to admire the beauty within them. Only specialist palm growers have the ones you mentioned above, most of them grow in very isolated areas, or in national parks that are protected, a lot of caravan camper travellers collect the seeds. Being home palm growers they know what they’re looking at. The same with our native cycads in such remote areas and hard to get places for the average person. And national parks officers don’t muck around when it comes to poaching seeds, they have a job to do and that’s to protect our flora and fauna. And a lot of cycads if you get the seeds you need tags to sell them! And they don’t issue those licenses to collect seeds to the home grower that’s for sure!

It's now been over 5 months since I ordered these seeds and they still haven't been sent!! Not replying to emails now either! I was offered a full refund and the seeds still to be sent but if they can't send them when money and a reputation are involved what chance have I got if there is no incentive. I do really want the seeds as they are hard to source but this is getting ridiculous. Not sure how you can run a business like this?

wow and salute ! I grow this one in JAX out in the opern

this one wasnt covered but was under canopy in my rainforest ---- also it was in a pot ---- I think I got down to 20 F° or so here ---- it was pretty brutal -- then the bad drought after wards

Interesting to see that your Dioon mejiae was practically defoliated before flushing again. Mine seems to hold a couple of older flushes when pushing a new one. They have such great fuzzy new leaves when they push a flush. I have been surprised by the girth of their caudices as they mature too.

There were a few large ones at Leu, but I haven’t been back to see if they survived. Got sawed up pretty good planting that first one, sure to be a toddler magnet soon

Hi Ya Cindy. This has been a quirky species for me, like trying to figure out what a non-verbal living entity needs and wants. They are managing to grow, although slowly, but are still specimen palms in the garden. Wettinia, Socratea, and Iriartea, thrive here and require very little care. I will carry on and react as well as I can. Tim

@cbmnz, it looks like you guys are being hammered over there...I hope it eases up for you sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, we've had a very mild winter in Hobart, with a minimum temp of 1.7 back in July and min of 3.7 so far for August, and I don't think it's unrelated to your cold weather. I've noticed over the years that our weather patterns have a definite cause and effect on you guys, which makes sense with Australia being your nearest continental mass. A big high pressure system over Tasmania seems to push a big low up the Tasman sea and you guys get smashed, with the reverse often being true for us. So apologies for this horrible winter you've endured...for us it's looked a lot like this coming week all winter, but no doubt we'll pay the price in the future.

Most of the seeds I ordered from RPS last winter sprouted quickly and are now pushing their second fronds. I'm going to move them outside soon and see what happens...🤞

Here is a pic of the Encephalartos Trispinosus that Was completely yellowed out and had for at least the last 3 years thrown yellow/orange flushes. As you can see from the pic the old leaves started to get their color back and the new 9 leaf flush looks completely normal.

Normally my alfredii doesnt hang below the horizontal, but hurricane milton damaged the oldest leaf stems(longintudinal splits) with big winds. The upper 2/3rds of the crown(above the horizontal) is new growth since milton hit oct 2024.. Here it is today still recovering but doing well. The ability to get the whole palm in with camera requires a wide angle lens(17mm cropped frame) -and standing as far away as possible- so the crown appears more narrow than in person. Its now about 30'+ wide and 30'+ tall, within say 2' both dimensions. This palm is a few months under 16 years in the ground from a 3 gallon size. I will trim the leaves as they brown, but when they get large, they usually don't have the older leaves hang down like this, they go to about the horizontal meaning its about 10' normally(without hurricane damage) to the lowest leaf when walking under it. Its a tad dried out due to our drought and lack of consistent rain for the last 10 months but the last few weeks its looking better and better.

Australia is a beautiful country! They do take a bit of cold not snow white frost but cool temperatures yes. Give them room though. If you want seeds I know where you can get them!

There was one at Hollis, but I think it is gone. They are like baby alligators - they don't stay cute and cuddly for long.

Glad this thread is still going strong all these years later. This last freeze has dampened some spirits, but we got hit like this before and bounced back.

@Eric in Orlando I have two Grandis here just W of Sanford, both wer defokiated at 22.5F. The tiny seedling sized one seems to be regrowing, and the slightly larger one has two ne spears that are just stalled. So I might get one out of two suvivors. Other Licuala like Ramsayi, Spinosa, Sumawongii and Distans did well. My Ramsayi out in the open were badly burned but growing back ok, even though they are now in full sun. One of the Sumawongii was in full sun exposure and took basically zero damage. It only suffered later in the spring with a bit too much direct all day sun. My Hyophorbes were not so lucky. I lost a Verschaffeltii with 6 feet of trunk (the top just fell off from crown rot), and 3 of 5 other smaller ones. 3 of 4 Lagenicaulis survived. I trunk cut the tops of 3 of the Lagenicaulis to get to the bud rot, but cut one way too low and killed it. So really 3 of 3 survived. They are all very susceptible to crown rot.

Now your just teasing me, lucky Hawaii growers!!!

@edbrown_III Glad it made it. My Licuala grandis looks about the same, but I put a concrete splash block over its planting bed to shield it from the wind. Otherwise, it was probably going to be DOA.

This really sums it up. Although I am sure that we were lower than 27F over here. My yard is open and I would estimate 23-24F was the ultimate low. But the wind, man that was crazy. In the past, mid 20s were usually associated with little to no wind. Which is obviously not good. But we had 20+mph wind with temps in the 20s. I did not have any C. Macrocarpas but I have 2 Oliviformis. The seedling got covered by a blanket of mulch and is fine. The 7’ lost all exposed leaves and is pushing out some growth but it’s now about 4’ and doesn’t look anything like it did.

Here are my three planted out, the best looking one was the least exposed with the best windbreak and canopy, the last was most wind exposed and took the most damage, but all have put forth a valiant effort to regrow this summer. Hopefully a mild winter and good rains keep them going. I managed to save everything in this garden area with my attempts but had losses elsewhere.

The same here. I have one Plumeria by the kitchen window , next to a large Chamaedorea that keeps some of its leaves year ‘round. The rest defoliate . The climate is definitely warmer here than when I was young . I think most scientists agree that it is cause for alarm. The palms are luvin it though. When I was in biology class in the late 1960’s we were taught that the planet’s mean temperature was critical to life . If it were to change by more than a degree or so , it could threw off the balance of life. Here we are! It’s not knowledge we lack , it’s humility. ( stolen words from Don Henley song ) . Grow more palms , cool your garden . That works at my house! Harry

I knew at the time of my last post that it didn't look good, had just gone below 0 the earliest in the evening in my station's history and the forecast -5C was the worst since maybe the 1990s. I wanted some time to assess damage before posting. So the nuclear frost that I always knew could come some day was here. I always knew there was a risk as while I was not recording my own temperatures back then, there were memorable frosts in 2009 and 2015 that were a step above anything that had occurred since. At time, they were worst since the 1990s. The 6th Aug had min -3.2, bad, but no worse that the week before. If it had stopped with that, might have gotten away with no further damage - but no it had to be a 1,2 punch this time. The 7th at 5am was on track to maybe only be about the same min as the 6th, but it then decided to go for gold and dive to a min -4.2 of the recorded 15min samples, I saw -4.3 taking a manual reading between samples. So far, I am mostly amazed that the damage is not worse to most of my palms and other things, and to notable specimens around the town. Rhopalostylis x 5, all look pretty much unaffected. Will see if show changes over next few weeks. Heavy canopy, natural/permanent or temporarily placed was at work. Bangalow x3. Two in backyard have partial natural canopy, otherwise not protected. They are a bit bronzed. Maybe 40% burn, but still heaps of green. One in front yard, is badly exposed. It was already bad, possibly no worse. It does have some green, about the first 4 leaflets at base of each frond are still green. I stuffed some scrunched up frost cloth in places to try to protect this remaining green. Avocado tree (Bacon variety, 6 years old, well loaded at moment) no protection. What frost? Can't tell anything has happened. Bananas. Leaves long gone, had trimmed off. Stems look like nothing happened. Neighbors bangalows look about 20% burnt now, but surprisingly good. Drove by the three largest bangalows/bangalow groups around town that I know of which have about 5 to 12m of clear trunk. From a distance hard to see detail but look like nothing happened. Bring on the growing season so can see things looking better and better each day again. A nearby city broke its all time record, to give some perspective on this event. "Rotorua woke to its coldest day on record this morning. The thermometer dropped to -5.6C, beating the previous recorded low of -5.2C set in 1996 and 2011, MetService said. The records began in 1972."

mine is Dioon mejaie flushing today

The BA is clearly a winner, and not a messy palm as it will take many years to fruit and you could cut off inflorescences. Dypsis decipiens will not like it here. Looks like you need some full sun palms for now. ANd dont hestitate to create a grove with 20' spacing. These do get very large crowns here with 20' leaves down to the horizontal. Once they grow in a bit you could plant more shade sensitive species under them. THe copernicia alba is a winter, with the blue ones being particularly attractive and they do handle the hurricanes to 110mph. They are more cold hardy(20-22F) than alfredii and they are easy care. Your zone should also be good for Copernicia Fallaensis, Copernicia Baileyana, Copernicia Hospita and Copernicia macroglossa. All are good for cold 9B and very attractive palms that self shed to smooth trunks. Have you considered a bismarckia nobillis good cold 9B palm that throws some good shade and is self shedding in florida? Sabal uresana (blue variety) good to the low teens at least, would be an eye catcher. You might have to get that one small by mail from perhaps texas, but they also love sun and are bulletproof. Similar to yours, my yard was a blank slate, all full sun at first. As time goes by the more tender shade lovers can be added.

I agree that they look nicer when they aren't taking any from damage in winter...like this pair at a barracks building at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: There are some on the Riverwalk here that look good some of the time, but I don't think I have photographed them in the last 18 months or more: The L. chinensis at the SABG takes a similar amount of damage as those on the Riverwalk. I haven't seen it in over a year though as well.

I was out this afternoon driving with my daughter when I spotted a double Livistona chinensis in Schertz: They aren't my favorite palm, but they aren't common around here either. So, I thought it was worth a quick photo.

They will work if you are brave!

Definitely a thread worth reviving. Aechmea comata. One of my favourite Aechmeas. Under some canopy (Heliconias and native honeysuckle) but endured three nights of Z9a temps in January with only minor damage. I don't think it gets enough sun to flower here though, but it is slowly spreading out. I would love to see some more photos of cold hardy bromeliads people are having success with. Or some more unusual Rhapis species... @Alicehunter2000