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A somewhat bit of a rare Howea species, there about the place if you look hard enough. But not that common, the fosteriana got all attention and the bell was left second place. A nice palm with that punk look about it!

I haven’t found them to be hugely different in growth rate to Howea forsteriana which is of course among the most common palms on the planet. I haven’t grown enough to know, but is their typical germination rate lower than H forsteriana? I feel like there must be something more to it. Aesthetic appeal of H forsteriana with drooping leaflets more attractive to your average non palm person? Looking back over photos, mine has been in the ground for 4.5 years now. It has grown from quite a small juvenile to a good sized plant in that time. These photos are a bit over 4 years apart.

Another good thing to eat under the palms is air fried salmon skin!

Had some Korean octopus dumplings in the air fryer last night! So good. Conan likes them too!

My twenty+ year old C. Decipiens (formerly known as Dypsis decipiens) is bulging in its crown shaft. It’s never flowered before and, for those in the know, do you think an inflorescence is hiding in there?

Areca songenthensis, dypsis baronii black petiole, both looking good!

Some of my coconut palms from the top

Licuala bracteata showing some promise of its potential!

You won’t really know until she flowers for sure, but she does look pregnant, never tell a lady she looks fat or ask are pregnant if she’s really not. So for now Jim just tell she looks good!

Bentnickia condapanna, one tough palm, it’s so dry at the moment and the condapanna is still looking good! It could look better with a lot more water, but iam impressed at how tough they are!

This weeks special garden treats are a few good unheard of rare ones! ixora speciesponapea (ptychosperma) hentyii Gnetum gnemonlicuala Romber cocothrinax spplumeria stenophylla Zamia nespophila Alpinia pumilla

A little update on one of my 2 Medemia Arguns. First inflos! Only one of the 2 plants is blooming so still have my fingers crossed for a male and female.

I love cooked alien linguine with marinara!

Somewhere around here, you'll find the loonngg thread regarding this discussion with lots of info to digest.. Regarding This, Only organism that acknowledges state / international " Borders " are a certain group of humans.. Rest of the living world, inc. most humans, does not. Oceans, and limits to climate related adaptations are the only barriers that limit what lives / grows where.. Another angle to this story is that, ..in another recent thread, this one here.. Washingtonia species were recently lumped together, so.. What you ..and everyone else.. in CA and other warm -enough parts of the west.. are seeing when you see robusta, or hybrids, or pure filifera sprouting ..everywhere.. is that particular form of the species expanding it's range, helped in large part by humans bringing it into cultivation.. Other parts of the U.S. are close enough that robusta would spread afar on it's own over time.. The true invasive?, the tree saplings in your first shot.. Unless they are CA Walnuts, most likely, they are Chinese Pistache, ..or possibly Tree of Heaven < though the leaflets don't look right for that menace, imo > ..Note the first part of the common name/ epithet portion of the scientific name < chinensis >.. Is a reflection of where they originated, though some newer cultivars are hybrids w/ other sps from other parts of the old world. Plants brought here from there / other parts of Asia, ..or Europe, Africa, and / or AUS. generally don't have the " checks and balances " organisms around that keep them under control in their respective areas when released into cultivation in the US.. Thus, they can spread and negatively alter New World ecosystems. The reverse often occurs when plants introduced from the Americas escapes cultivation in x or y place in the old world. Excluding island regions like Cuba, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, plenty of checks and balances around that evolved alongside Washingtonia - whatever to keep them in line, no matter where they're grown in the Americas.

The first ring on my California grown Chrysalidocarpus robustus. I don't recall seeing any other big specimens here in California. Thanks to visiting the Big Island I have seen some tall specimens which put my juvenile plant in perspective.

I have found archies to be very good for making multiples and I use a more dense planting than my other crownshafts. They love water so planting in multiples can make it easier to keep them moist. We have a dry spring here and they will get pale if I dont add consistent irrigation for them to look good. Other than that they are easy to keep happy in my yard. My archi8es are currently kind of tall(25-30') cant get em in a pic unobstructed so pictures are. I looked back to 2011 a year after I planted my alexandre triple and then a pic from 2019 where they grew in a bit. Here is the pic a little over a year after planting from 3 gallons, they were quite fast. Note the whitish undersi8des of the leaves in morning sun, hard to see the whitish undersides today as little sun hits them at 30' tall with everything grown in.. second pic 2019 shows how they grew in in 8 years(in 2019) since planting. today they are much larger of course, trunks are over 20' clear and bases are swollen to 17-18" thick.

Argh man you got hit , I feel for you on that one. But I know how you feel iam getting the opposite complete dryness with the drought we are going into with no rain for two months, not any that’s worth getting anyway it’s cruel here now. Just too busy to water doing all the other watering in the garden and greenhouses. Plus having a job. Not enough time to water.

It’s a statement alright and still in the understory of the gum trees, planted on the side of a steep hill in sandstone country. It’s one of my favourite palms, growing pretty well much perfectly!

Your palm actually looks VERY GOOD for a palm that you understand was dug out of the ground recently, and then transplanted on to your property. I think the browning is minor, and it is consistent with mild transplant shock. I think you should keep your palm well watered, and you probably should not fertilize if for a while. But, it would be good to hear opinions of more expert palm growers, and preferably some with familiarity with your soil conditions. Edit: Listen to Merlyn more than me.

@ThunderMoon it's pretty common to see random frond and leaflet death after transplant. After all, they probably used a backhoe to dig it up, and they certainly had to tie up the fronds with a rope. And then wind damage on the truck will show up a week or so later. in general it looks pretty good. Don't cut anything off until it is dry and crispy brown. The palm will "eat" the oldest fronds for nutrients, so they'll turn yellow pretty soon. The watering seems reasonable. I would move the hose around randomly to make sure it soaks all the roots. Something like a half handful of Sunniland Palm 6-1-8 is probably safe. Too much can burn new roots, so in general "less is more." The next week is probably pretty toasty, dry, and sunny. I'd expect some more yellowing.

Hey all, Got invited up to Beaumont to see fellow palm geeks Randall (inland palms) & Eric (Beaumont tropics), along with Bill (Cardiff palms). Beaumont is about 2,800 feet in elevation (I believe) and we had great weather. Both have wonderful gardens. We started at Randall’s. Yes, there is a house back there. He must have 150 palms and cycads packed in there. First up, the nerds congregate. Followed by a nice, fast growing Nanorropes richiana, and an awesome Phoenix rupicola.

These are elegant palm trees. They are dressed in majesty.

Two 3-gal juvenile palms exposed to 27°F. One protected with a cotton shirt experienced 60% foliar damage. Another unprotected in a more exposed spot suffering from a nutritional deficiency had zero damage! Both pushing new growth after first rain of the year.

Thanks for the advice greatly appreciated. As you suggested I might go with just a few suckers if any have a few roots. The sterile medium sounds the go. I just did a Areca vestria to see how that goes it’s sitting in a shallow tray of water with seaweed solution. Thanks for the tips!

in Royal National Park, just south of Sydney.

Looks good @iDesign here’s an update on mine that was posted back in 2019 on this thread. I planted it in my “new” Garden in 2021. It’s now multi trunks, flowering and massive! Full Hawaiian sun, close to sea level. Maybe 100 ft elevation. Size 10 sandal for scale: here it is from the outside of my fence: And here’s what it looked like in 2019 after digging it up from my old garden. It stayed in this pot for 2 more years til being planted in 2021:

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Soft soil that is soaked, high winds. The palm may have had a root disease with dying roots therefore not enough anchorage to hold it up. But most likely high winds in a big storm in wet soil.

Let the soil dry out, sprinkle cinnamon on top of your soil, hydrogen peroxide yes. But your palm is to wet in the soil solarisation is what you need combined with air flow. Place your palm outside in the shade if that’s possible. It sounds like your palm has been over potted, and there is sour soil at the bottom of the container. You could repot your palm into a container that is just the next size up of the root ball. Some fungi are good like mycelium, let the palm dry out.

Thanks for posting Bret, great pics. I didn't realize you shot so many photos, although I was busy making Tiki Cocktails. Had a wonderful time hosting all of you . Great food, drink and friends! Cheers

Beautiful palm tree, my friend. It looks like an Indian Phoenix sylvestris. They are magnificent palm trees. I only have two.

I chalk up their relative rarity to their slowness of growth. Finding larger specimens are almost impossible. But boy are they exquisite as they attain some size. The trunks are even more prone to bending than forsteriana, giving them a beautiful, graceful appearance. The umbrella shaped crown is just icing on the cake. I have one grown from seed about 18 years ago that is finally producing its own seed. Beautiful pictures!

I finally got my seeds, ordered on the 26-1-26, so I finally get them into my grubby little cultivation fingers today 15-4-26, not to bad considering customs and a lovely delay that they provided me with. But wait theres more to this story of 50 seeds, total cost of this project was wait for it $950 Australian dollars. The delay and the lovely bill from customs was $620 dollars. Three varieties of seeds where ordered and one lot of ten seeds was seized. It’s fun importing seeds and even more fun knowing how many will germinate from the 40 seeds I have left, if they do germinate they will be very exspensive little seedlings. That’s growing palms could have been worse I germinate all of the seeds and the rats get them. Luck of the Irish on this one!

A somewhat bit of a rare Howea species, there about the place if you look hard enough. But not that common, the fosteriana got all attention and the bell was left second place. A nice palm with that punk look about it!

at Coffs Harbour. Spoiler alert: these specimens are in a glasshouse but nice nevertheless.

The Encephalartos laurentianus flush is progressing better for this time of year than normal. The mild weather has allowed the flush to emerge without wind and rain damage. Sometimes the portion of the leaves above the adjacent 6' block wall succumb to wind shear, but not yet at least on this flush.

So @Than or @Phoenikakias or @gyuseppe or @dalmatiansoap any of you make lamb stew? Maybe share a recipe if you do. Or seafood! Anyone! Share recipes if you like!

I shall take your advice. Perhaps just cut in half might be a better approach, and iam wondering if i could hose the soil out and break it apart using secaturs. Did you ever get any to live?

Those meats in the OP are ground meat, for sure. But I've also had Land Animal Kababs as well: Marinate 1 - 2 pounds of pork, beef, veal, goat, lamb, camel or even chicken, cut into 1 - 2 inch pieces in olive oil, lemon juice garlic, rosemary, chopped onions - leave sit overnight in the fridge if possible, then skewer over a fire, cook till done and eat. Be careful about pork and chicken to make sure they're done all the way through, so you don't catch anything. The rest can be a bit rare and still good. Serve with rice pilaf, and a hearty beverage, including, as @Phoenikakias suggests, some burgundy wine, so fine . . .

I have to make one correction. I listed a palm above as a Phoenix rupicola, when in reality it's a P. theophrasti..

Flowering now after taking a few years off

Offering 30 seeds for 30 dollars of the Paddleleaf form. See attached pictures. Fast growers. Loves water and sun. The more wind protection you can give it, the less the leaflets will split. Small plant pictured is about a year and a half old from seed. This is the only one I let grow. Came true to seed. Rabbits do eat the sprouted seedlings. This one they did not. If interested, PM me. Seeds may or may not be cleaned. They are fresh. Mother tree also pictured. Some may also be a hybrid with schefferi.

Solicito de su apoyo, para saber que fertilizante puedo utilizar en la palmera ekmanni

Curiosity got the best of me. Let's see if either sets seeds. I'll try to go up on my roof a few times each week to continue crossing pollinating while nicolai is in bloom

I'd still like to have a mature Washintonia filifera var. filifera here. Working on it...

@ZPalms, they look great, all things considered. 😊 F.Y.I. name change coming...

Nice!

all look great, i grow filifera and robusta myself from seed here in oklahoma 7b. I have a pretty good size robusta in the ground (along with a sabal and windmill) that was about a 5gal when planted 4 years ago.