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Lovely Vanda's. They are a challenge growing outdoors here but a few species can survive and even thrive. Dendrobium speciosum season about to kick off in my garden.

Looks like your palm has a nice amount of filifera in it. 😊 There was a member in Montreal who kept one alive for a few years in the ground but of course he had to provide heated protection for it. What do you expect to do during the winter months?

A stack of dypsis onilihanses seeds to give away! Weeping form of course.

So, i got a bag of couple hundred Coccothrinax crinata brevicrinus seeds @ Fall CPACS meeting and more than 250 got potted up. I’ve been keeping 3 50cell deep liners in my water heater closet/then sunlight when nice and they are great. I left 2 trays of weaker seedling in smaller cells out in the elements since early December. Didn’t think to protect these actually since ive got so many. I was surprised to find such a strong seedling survive. Granted it was under oak canopy, but still! 23 in the open was probably 26 where these are

After a strangely " hot " day spent running around Tucson Saturday, and actually enjoying a < Warm > SB Sunday, Still 82F at 5:28PM on Monday #2 of the month after reaching 86 around 3.. Honestly feels warmer than that. Warm enough today that i had to water. Some neighborhood level readings around 3:30.. inc. a few 90s on the board today.. Back down to 84F by that time a few blocks from the house in downtown. One ( ?? ) more day in the 80s before temps pull back a little as some unsettled weather returns to the west over the next few days. Slight rebound is currently suggested for the upcoming weekend, before a -potentially- stronger storm may bring a decent cooldown, and rain chances sometime next week.. ..I say " potentially " because, ..eye balling the forecasts over the past few days, while the < brief > pattern shift that has been suggested for the west around mid month is still on the board, majority of the individual storms that may approach / pass through are looking pretty weak / majority of any rain or snow chances they might offer up staying further north than some of the earlier thoughts had suggested.. ..Direction most of the models seem to be pointing in right now. As usual, what is suggested now, can flip tomorrow so, ..We'll see. Regardless, continued confirmation in the longer term model thoughts that ...whatever.. cool shift occurs over the next ~ approx. 10 days across the state / part of the country, it will be gone by the final week of the month / Winter 25 -6 with temps quickly returning to above normal territory. Normal high at Sky Harbor is currently 70. Pretty sure it increases by 2 -4 degs by the end of month, which means ..if we return to the same " 9 to 15degs above normal warmth " at that time, we could be flirting w/ our first " official " 90 / 90s around the start of March.. Broken record repeating itself again, but, we'll see what happens. In a nod to just how dry / warm it has been, there is a wildfire being watched closely near Payson atm.. Monday P.V. check: " Nothing - burger " trend continues? Rando 🤷🏽‍♂️ dilemma for the evening: Who do you go with.. Strong is the loyalty to both teams.. so, Guess the question will come down to: Who showed up ready to play.. Regardless, per - fect night for anyone making the wise choice of watching the game out - side, ..Here at least.

Ray, Once again, I am not a scientist/meteorologist or any expert with specific acumen. I am providing my observation that I have witnessed numerous times over the years. Specifically, when I cross the bridge over the Intracoastal, my car thermometer rises approximately 4°F when I hit the island during cold events. I do agree that this cold event was similar to the December 1989 freeze but far less severe. At PBIA, the temperature was recorded at 42/28F. In this cold event, PBIA recorded 50/31F. I remember the difference! I will attach to this thread, several pictures that I took today, which will demonstrate what temperature must have been experienced on the island. please keep in mind that the ocean temperature today was approximately 76°F, and there were many swimmers and surfers in the ocean. You be the judge as to whether or not these plantings suggest that the island suffered a freeze.

Thay be right dont ask questions you don’t want answers too, or you will be swimming with the fishes I suppose. Must be a pretty big logistics company you have there. A consolidation of corporate operations, well know for dont ask questions. What Iam curious about is whos the CEO of such a corporation? Richard

Hey! I got a mexican fan palm just today, it's around 180cm tall, eith pot around 2m. I'm planning to plant it in ground on south wall in well draining cacti soil mixed with our native soil.

Kind of a nifty diminutive palm, although I don’t think it’s particularly cold hardy. Nice deep red crown shaft and colorful seeds. The mother plant is posing with the shovel, while the offspring are growing nearby. Tim

Interesting....Syagrus schizophylla seedlings, some bronzed, some green as grass, all right next to each other. And a potted Copernicia baileyana only slight bronzing

There's a little story behind mine. I obtained a seedling in a 1-gal pot. It sat in my shadehouse for a couple years and grew a stem about a foot long. Then it amazed me by flowering. After a while it grew three fruits that gradually enlarged and ripened, assumed because of their color change. I cleaned the seeds and germinated them. After another year or so, they had grow pretty well in 2-gal pots, so, in April 2022, I decided to plant them and the mother plant out in a new semi-shaded area that I had developed. After a short time, one of the seedlings died, followed soon by the mother plant. The remaining two looked fine, so I left them in place. The attached pic shows them almost four years later. Scale provided by the hat and two 8-in blocks.

Jonathan, these little guys aren’t uncommon in local gardens, but still you don’t see a lot of them. They seed regularly and are easy to germinate. Tim

Lovely little palm Tim, I can'tremember noticing it in your garden. Just did a quick google search, critically endangered apparently, restricted to a small peninsular on Sulawesi, might be worth collecting those seeds for distribution, or maybe there are plenty already in cultivation?