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Home grown chamaedorea metallica seeds, 70 germinated from 70 seeds, the other ten seeds went to @gyuseppe, so waiting to see how many he gets, but so far 100 percent germination in Australia. Fresh is best!

Sharing seeds is a wonderful act of kindness on this forum. I have received quite a few from Sullivans garden and also @DoomsDave. . Freshness is key for success as some of Dave’s have already sprouted . The problem here , for me , is sending out of the country . The post office is very strict for most other countries. I mostly sow seeds from my own palms and that works out quite well . The Dypsis Decipiens that I sent out are sprouting for some of you , they seem to be a bit hard to germinate. I sent out hundreds of them and I am getting reports of some success. Harry

Customs and border security took the fun out palm seed sharing, we where not doing anything wrong in sharing a rare palm seed!

Never a dull moment in the garden with a dypsis louvelli and a Chambeyronia hookerii for a touch of colour.

Just planted - 4/3/2024 ~1 year - 3/18/2025 8 AM ~2 years - 3/20/2026 8 AM

While we are on the subject of alogoptrea caudescens, here’s a couple floating around the garden!

Humming birds do love this Dyckia, but I was noticing that this one is blooming earlier this year than in "normal years". It sort of fits into a them of a number of posts. I was in the backyard and noticed a humming bird nest in my Chrysalidocarpus onilahensis. I think the abundance of Aloes and different species which bloom at different times are the big attraction for the humming birds. So perhaps in addition to thinking about species that attract the humming birds, think about which will flower at different times, to keep them in your garden.

A couple of weeks later and it is really starting to look like a flush as opposed to a few little pale green nubs.

It's really filled out—wonderful! You've got a great specimen there, Feng 🤗

For the collectors here that are interested in hybrid palm trees, I have an online mail-order store with a few of my rare crosses. I'm certified to ship in-container to all lower 48 states and also internationally with phyto (extra fee). https://seabreezenurseries.com

Thank you my friend @gyuseppe for the rupicola seeds. Both seeds sowed side by side.

Recently I visited the Botanical garden of Rome and could observe the Nannorhops ritchiana. I thought it would deserve a video (actually two to get the single whole plant). Enjoy

So these coconuts were planted in October 25 gallon And I noticed something interesting today we’ve been doing a liquid fertilizer by a company and Lesco 13-3-13 Palm and tropical And we just got into this warm spurt with the rain last week Weeks ago they started doing the March trimming and I noticed that the trunks on these are now growing so quickly that they’re cracking the old boots and they’re on pace to be a 16 to 18 diamater trunks Nothing like the Maypan, which looks fantastic I was just curious if anyone same progress after the period of cold that we had in west Palm beach

Iam confident you can germinate them, if I have spare seeds I don’t mind sharing them around, after all the another mafia gang member must look after the Italian connection!

Thank to you Konstantinos, I don't know how many seeds you sent me! The Chamaedorea klotzschiana seeds are all black, but I want to wait another month to send them, so they will be sure to be ripe.

You learn to know your garden after a lot of years. The symbiotic relationship is a natural feeling. You create a unique animal habitat in your garden, after all we are an animal. In time your garden gets depth, a true gardener never stops planting and changing their garden. You even get familiar with the animals live in and around your garden. All you have to do is just look into the space you have created then you see the answers to gardening!

Plants feel your energy, you cut them and they feel it. A true gardener grows with his garden, it tells you where to plant new plants, a garden is a true biosphere created by the gardener. Plants know who we are they are grooming us knowing one day they will get the chance to eat us. So the next time you look at your garden just so you know that garden has other plans for us as we all know dust to dust ashes to ashes make good fertiliser! I think like a plant when in my garden, you water your plants and you can see a certain vibrational energy. I bring a new plant home and say to that plant welcome to your new home, then say to garden say hello to your new friend. It’s not crazy it’s being in tune with Mother Nature! Richard

Yep, that's an embryo!

First one has a lovely honeysuckle fragrance

They are a fast growing palm, I used them as pioneer palms in my garden originally, creating that much needed canopy. You think there fast in your area, should see them in habitat growing.

I can vouch for this vendor as well. I purchased one 8 years ago and have been very impressed, both with the color and growth rate. Eric does offer smaller, shippable sizes as well. And yes, it does have Jubaea blood in it's DNA, I confirmed this with mine when it flowered this year, as many of the flowers had more than six stamens.

Very nice. It looks healthy, but it looks like it is stretching for light. Is it kept in a shady spot? Or am I just getting the wrong idea from the photo? This should be a beautiful palm as it grows.

Richard, if they germinated for you, they'll germinate for me too. The only problem is that you won't get rid of me easily! 😄I'll keep asking you for seeds (I have to be brave and ask you for them; bought seeds never germinate).

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fresh seeds I received from my Australian friends always sprouted

Overwatering symptoms!

Try living in Australia. Fresh home grown seeds make a huge difference, and even better if there harvested from your own garden!

True, when I get fresh seeds from anywhere, even from Oceania, my main problem is the surplus of resulted seedlings, when I buy small packets from the market, I would be extremely happy, if I get a single sprout, anf this situation becomes a dejavu over and over again, like Groundhog Day.

And with thousands upon thousands of hectares of land out there in Australia, one can quite easily spend a day in the bush and not worry about the rest of the world. I know every plant in my garden a planted every one with a beautiful vision! I now look at that vision!

An amazing palm . I didn’t know anything about them until I saw one in the glass house at The Huntington in Pasadena , California. Yours is splendid! Harry

Reinhardtia latisecta. Tim

I really have to smile—we should definitely have a Sabal lisa here. First of all, it’s a wonderful palm tree, and second, my twin sister has the same name, so it’s a perfect fit 😁🤗🤭

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🤗 soooooooooooo beautiful

Hugo, my friend 🤗

Here's cut with pruners. I think that's the embryo @Bigfish what do you think?

I've watched this coconut and posted about it over the years. About a half mile from me by way the crow flies. One of best microclimates on the S side of the lake and sort of protected by large oaks. Snapped this pic today and was surprised the petioles are still green and it's holding some coconuts. Mine all dropped. They never have protected. I think this will make a full recovery.

I’ll just add that Sweet Bay Nursery here in Parrish has a lot of these native species if you’re serious about trying them. I’d post a link to their website but I’m not sure that is allowed here. I have no financial ties to them, just nice folks with a lot of native Florida species.

Myself personally bottom heating set at 30 degrees, coco coir perlite mix just slightly damp, using etoliation to help things along. If the seed is 5mm in size you bury it 5mm if 10mm you bury 10mm and so on. Oh and patience.

My first C. baileyana arrived from I don't remember where in a long skinny box that once held a baseball bat. When I opened the box I almost had heart failure. The seller had unpotted it, hosed it off then tossed it into the box - no padding, wrappings, nada. Just a 6-8" baileyana with 18" of bifurcated root rattling around its cardboard shipping container. I gave him what-for and detailed instructions on packing/shipping. He immediately went ballistic and reported me to eBay for having the nerve to diss him. Upshot to this kerfuffle: I potted my Copernicia, then held my breath. In 2 months it sent roots out of the drain holes. I planted it on our unirrigated Garden Lot. It's trunking now. This is a tough palm.

This is a Butia x Jubaea hybrid that I purchased years ago from Dr. Merrill Wilcox. It has held its silver color beautifully. The picture doesn't do it justice. Augusta, GA

D. choristaminea fireworks.. A couple younger Anna's around but they're completely preoccupied w/ the feeder, and what Penstemon / etc is flowering around the yard atm.. 2 scrapes so far.. We'll see if more develop, or it waits to produce more next year.. D. rariflora gettin' ready...

I have some Dyckia with orange flowers that seem very popular with th humming birds every year. I don't recall the species or hybrid names. The plant below is in bloom right now. Puya miribilis is a consistent bloomer every year but the yellow green flowers aren't the most popular with humming birds. The turquoise flowers with orange in the center of Puya alpestris definitely attracts humming birds. The problem with both subspecies of Puya alpestris is they don't bloom very frequently. I have had one bloom each on the two clumps over 15 years. One on each ssp.

@Jadd Correia nice to meet you! As @sonoranfans pointed out, alfies get big. I'm gonna say, REALLY big, across the base, 30" is pretty average; they can be bigger. Bismarckias are also big, both across the crown and the base. Like about 25 feet for the crown and 30" for the base. I'd find a spot far from your alfie for your bizzie. The more sun and heat the better. Put them too close together and you'll have kind of a King Kong v. Godzilla effect as they grapple for space. Also, see my PM (Private message.) Again, WELCOME!

I have four or five planted in Fort Lauderdale. . . .( with some tree ferns, Beccariophoenix fenestralis, Geonoma atrovirens, and misc. cycads and Pinangas alos in the photos).

If they'll take sun for Danny, they'll take sun for anyone. He's in the serious footy-print desert.

I agree with Ben: Full, blistering, blazing, melanoma-cizing sun! (Wear your hat . . . palm doesn't need one.)

Yup... it's a B. Madagascariensis... I wanted to also plant it in a bed of sand, and at an angle to give it more of a 'coconutty' appearance since we plan on putting in an above ground pool for the kids and create sort of a beach scene. I will say, the yellow, golden petioles are a little more pronounced on this one than on my other. B. Mad... Getting back to the B. Alfredii's, I planted a triple to see how it will look down the road... And a few pics of some I planted at an angle to get that South Pacific 'Beachy' look... Another shot of the backyard one...