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I planted this palm tree in about 2005 from a 15 gallon container. This is its third year to flower. the other two years were far from spectacular. This year's flowering is a little better! I thought I would share. The shots were taken this morning an hour after sunrise. When I went out for my morning walk, while drinking my cup of coffee the palm was screaming at me to go back inside the house and grab your camera before the suns lighting changes!!! Enjoy, Randy PS one shot facing the back of my house, just because!

This past weekend I attended my first Northern California Palm Society Meeting in Montara, CA, at the home of Jim Sayre. He has has a great property on a south facing slope along the coastline, where the ocean moderates the temperatures during the day and night. The south facing slope offers more heat than some of the surrounding area, as well as a nice wind break. The results are incredible palms in their prime that you had to see to believe. Fortunately for you, I had my camera out and took these photos to share what I saw... Note: I may misidentify a palm or two below, if you spot a mistake, let me know! Enjoy! Grove of Parajubaea Torallyi... stunning to behold, they were in excellent condition and huge to stand next to. Brahea Clara + Parajubaea Torallyi Livistona Decora John Greenlee giving a speech on grasses that he helped advise the home owner on incorporating into the landscape. Jubaea Chilensis Caryota Gigas Livistona Decora Trachycarpus Fortunei Parajubaea Torallyi grove with a person for scale! Parajubaea Torallyi up close Parajubaea Torallyi up close Parajubaea Torallyi up close I believe this is a Butia Odorata Jubaea Chilensis, surrounded by succulents. Jason Dewees inspects a Pritchardia sp. Brahea Clara (silvery palm in the front) next to a Brahea Edulis (I believe). Chamaedorea Sp. with Cloud Forest Palms in the background. Howea Forsteriana Howea Forsteriana, up close. Rhopalostylis Sapida Trachycarpus Latisectus Rhopalostylis Baueri? Chamaedorea Plumosa Hedyscepe Canterburyana Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae ... I believe. Hedyscepe Canterburyana Hedyscepe Canterburyana Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae Hedyscepe Canterburyana Hedyscepe Canterburyana Chamaerops Humilis Hedyscepe Canterburyana Darold Petty, auctioning off plants that were brought to the meeting that day. Thanks for viewing!

I was fortunate to meet two gardeners through an online sale. They visited my nursery and purchased some palms. And asked if could deliver them, not a problem I said. What a collection of plants 35 years of collecting and some unusual and rare plants mixed in with the usual landscaping plants. I must say as plant collector myself I was impressed with the rare trees and plants on display. Some common and some very old plants mixed in to make for a botanical collection.

A few more garden pics i took today after the rain. True Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus...rare here in South Florida. Chrysalidocarpus albofarinosus kept in a pot cause they don't like being in the ground here in South FL... too wet. Caryota mitis variegated Chrysalidocarpus pulilifer Chrysalidocarpus arenarum Black Stem form Dypsis sp. 'Mayotte' very rare here in South FL but very happy. It's like a better pemba palm. Dypsis mirabilis Entire Leaf Chambeyronia houailouensis Chrysalidocarpus ifanadiana or 'Votovavy Blue'. Not sure which one yet. Dypsis refescens. Also quite rare here in South FL Dypsis cabadae x decaryi Chrysalidocarpus lastellianus. Does great in South FL but no one i know really grows them. No sure why. This guy is about 16ft tall and not trunking yet. Chrysalidocarpus nauseosus Chrysalidocarpus pembanus x leptocheilos

Orania Trispatha on the left, Chrysalidocarpus Robusta Hybrid on the right

Would love to see posts of the tallest Howea in your gardens around the world! They are very uncommon to see in my area and I wish they were used much more. This one in the front garden is 25 years old and rising towards the sky. There are eleven others in the landscape of various heights but this one’s the tallest.

Here is a seedling I found on my hill . I dug it up for a fellow PT person who wants it. Harry These are all over SoCal . @JohnAndSancho wanted it so as soon as it settles in after transplant it will be on its way to a new home. About 2-3 weeks since I dug it up , I think it is already growing! I usually dispose of them when I am weeding the hill unless someone wants one ……or three! Harry

I am in the land of Washingtonia , here in Southern California . Most collectors in my area wouldn’t want one in their yard but I love them . Harry ‘Our one , token Washy . Greeting people on hospital hill! ‘Looking up from the base .

Some more of this magical garden. I was constantly asking what is that plant along with naming some real gems I knew about! They were not propagaters but offering whatever they had in cuttings , seeds or self sown plants! A real plant propagaters paradise!

Some unusual and some common palms amongst the winners in this private garden. A real gem hidden away in the suburbs.

Thought I’d throw in an update, a lot of growth since the last post. An amazing palm for sure. While dropping a leaf sheath is an event to look forward to, disposing of something that weighs as much as you can be a bit of a struggle. A good struggle. 😳 Tim

Washingtonia robusta does not enjoy a good reputation or is popular everywhere ... Show us yours anyway, no matter how big, in a pot indoors or outdoors ... We like it 🤗

Here's an approximately 30' tall filibusta growing through a few ash trees that was on the property when I purchased. It flowers and tries to produce fruits but they don't mature which is a good thing. You can see what's left of an infructescence which had green fruits on it a few days ago. I do enjoy listening to the wind through the fronds when I am out on my back patio.

So, I'm planting a bed of unwanted palms. Stuff like @Harry’s Palms mentioned would have been thrown away. Pure Filifera from @Dwarf Fan in Texas These 2 I'm assuming are Filibusta. They were volunteers in another pot that @Fusca bought. And this is the old one I abandoned in my apartment. i named it Dirty Sanchez.

i also like yours very much 😄👍, MichaelB

Here is mine, northeast Madison County, Georgia. Amazing how fast this grows!

these two are near Lake Constance. the owner planted them directly on his company's property at the beginning of April. they have grown well according to him

Guihaia argyrata Richard. Probably a very old plant. Not sure if you had a look but the abaxial surfaces should be silvery white. The unique identifier is the reduplicate leaflets (A shaped rather than V shaped) for a fan palm.

I just bought this 15-gal armata in March so based on a similar growth rate I should see flowers like that in 2040.

I already posted these in a different thread, but here they are. Three Washingtonia robusta pulled out of a small drainage ditch in Redding, California. Washingtonia are weeds in California, so why even bother? Well, these seedlings had good looking parents above them, showing pure Washingtonia robusta traits, and I had to pull a few. Glossy leaves, red petioles, thin trunks. Mostly free of persistent leaf bases. They are already pushing new roots out of their drain holes, and I am not interested in hanging on to them for long, so if you're near San Francisco and you want them, come and get them. While I don't grow any in my garden, Washingtonia robusta were some of the first palms in my life as a kid. I'd watch the neighbors' already tall palms swaying in the wind through my bedroom window.

This year's Washingtonia + sprouted Washingtonia seeds from this morning...

Spotted this fella as I left work today crossing the road. A rare animal you do see them now and then but not like kangaroos that everywhere. A strange mammal that lay eggs in there ouch the only other mammal that does so in Australia the platypus. A baby echidna called a piglet stays in the pouch for about 3 months. A very unique Australian animal. When disturbed they bury themselves into the hard ground and are very difficult to remove once tucked in. And the large spins certainly add for some protection. A cute Aussie animal. The males in the mating season form a train of up to half a dozen following the female for thay lucky chance!

Another example in my yard that is almost white due to the wax produced under Arizona desert growing conditions. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Here’s one I planted bought from a private seller hoping for filifera as it’s better suited for my climate.

too bad the beam technology doesn't work from Star Trek, we'd be right over to see you, Harry. not just because of the Washingtonia babies 🤗😄

Yes , @MichaelB soon you will need a ladder to trim it!😂 Sort of not kidding. They are very fast. Harry

I was impressed by the collection as I know what goes into such a large amount of plants in containers.

Looks like intense sun. You may need to water twice a day during the excessive dry heat of your summers. The palm will likely acclimate and eventually tolerate the heat better when it has a larger root mass.

I moved to this home at the end of 2010 and noticed a 2 strap-leaf seedling under this podocarpus hedge and knew that it was a seeded pygmy date. I decided to leave it there and these pictures are after a trim about 1 month ago. Slow to say the least but am glad I kept it. Probably 4 to 5 foot of trunk below the "pineapple". About 7 feet overall with the curve. Just thought I'd share the growth rate after about 15 years from something the size of a grass blade.

Wow! Beautiful. This is one palm I only wish I could grow in Florida. Always admired the silver and those amazing flowers! Awesome palm. Love that waggie too. I have a waggie looking nice in a pot and since the nematodes in my soils would kill it., it will stay potbound. But it looks great in my hot, humid climate. Will always keep it in a pot. Funny how we always want to grow palms that won't work well in our own climates.

There is also in Europe a bluish to glaucous form mixed in wild stands among green specimens. I found such an exemplary in Barcelona, Spain. I have a female offspring from above specimen, which was crossed with my male cerifera, resulting in to following hybrid.

Two of my then-living Washingtonia from November 2024...both were purchased in early 2023 from a private seller in Nevada. Both were later killed by upper 20s Fahrenheit in January 2025...

If the hybrid is from my plant's seeds, then it must be the result of reverse cross (loureiroi x roebelenii).

I came across this palm in a private collection and was amazed at its beauty. Cocothrinax came to mind but after that I was lost. So time to hit up the gurus in palm land. Thanks in advance.

Two beautiful gentlemen who knew there plants well, they even had plants from the age of 16 years old that started his collection. At age 75 now they had been given there rewards in collecting plants. Richard

The Rhodoleia are very hard to find now, good score. I think I saw a nice Tababuiea also.

They had a real flair as gardeners. They purchased some of my beautiful palms, iam going to offer them some more as a trade for some lovely plants they offered me. I was lucky enough to get a Hong Kong rose tree given to me super beautiful. Richard

What a gorgeous collection, even a few I have never seen before. Many I have had in the past and quite a large percentage of what I have currently, although these lovelies have a decade or two on my bubs. Love some of the combinations also. Putting a Colocasia with a Camellia would never have entered my head but it really seems to work well. Peachy

In case you don't make it to the travel logs part of the forum very often, please feel free to check out these photos from the recent Northern California Palm Society meeting, this past weekend. It was amazing...

Here is a 20 leaf flush on my Encephalartos transvenosus x latifrons. It’s still a young but aggressive growing plant and each flush seems to bring out new characteristics. Can’t wait to see how this one turns out.

There won't be many updates until fall due to the sheer volume of work that needs to be completed. For now, a small update - the Cocos nucifera 'Atlantic Tall' just put out a spathe.

The unidentified Hydriastele. Open habit and nice color at this stage of its young life. Tim

I only managed to take these photos, all the plants you see are as tall as me, about 1.76 meters, Two plants are male, flowering but not producing pollen; they are sterile. What a shame! If they produced pollen fertile, they could have been pollinated again with roebelenii.

I can't wait! 😍 I hope it survives our damp winters we have here. Last winter it was in a pot in a greenhouse.

Just wanted to follow up on this post with some updated photos and information. After continual observation, the double leaf seems to be an isolated occurrence on this seedling. All of the subsequent leaves have been singular, which is the typical form, especially at this age. (more on that below) Now that the plant has grown a bit, it is much easier to see that this double leaf is a true bifurcated form. In researching this a little deeper, I discovered that bifurcated leaf tips are actually a common trait of Sabal etonia, despite this not being mentioned at all in several palm identification books. This bifurcation is very subtle compared to other well known species that put out bifurcated leaves, and after examining several photos of mature etonia leaves, it is noticeable that the leaves almost appear to be missing a leaflet in the dead center of the leaf. (Does anyone have a mature etonia they can post pictures of? ) I initially came across this information from an old University of Florida Fact Sheet from 1999 (attached below). sabetoa.pdf

Quite a collection I really appreciated the time and work that had gone into the creation.

Demian, if pollination works save some seeds for me, thanks, obviously when I have hybrid seeds I will remember you

Im jealous. I have a lonely male sylvestris. Maybe in a few years when the pygmies grow up I can make a hybrid. but for now all his pollen is for the streets

Just starting mine out (Might have placed it too close to the walkway but ah well) Got it from Brian’s botanicals which has some really big palms that they don’t list on their website so anybody near Louisville go check em out! In Lexington KY where I live I found some European Fans, Christmas palms, huge queen palms, and botanical interests seeds 🤩! Places in KY that both have decent palms and stuff Wilson Plant Nursery in Lexington KY and Brian’s Botanicals in Louisville KY

I've got a 3 gal growing as a houseplant. Tough little SOB has taken lots of neglect. It's not fast by any stretch but it also hasn't died and pushes a couple new spears a year, I can't complain.