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Here on the west coast of Oz only cunninghamiana and alexandrae are common. The other 4 are completely missing from the mix as they are purely collectors palms. I suspect that many of the Archontophoenix getting around are not pure and are various combinations of cunninghamiana and alexandrae. I reckon I have quite a few Alabangs growing here. A pure cunninghamiana will have the ramenta underneath the leaf. I’ve grown some seed thinking they are cunninghamiana and they don’t have the ramenta. Over time they get a faint amount of silver under the leaf. So probably a cunninghamiana mother and pollen from an alexandrae. I’m growing all the 6 species here but I need to try and seperate them to try and create straight up species in the future.

Update on transplant 6 months ago. Going well, almost unaffected

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You folks certainly had a go of it! Sorry for your losses. Harry

Shouldn’t be a problem for you I don’t think Richard. Mine is a different kind of heat, but mine breezed through 44C a few times this summer in filtered afternoon sun. Seedlings don’t mind either. I haven’t heard that they are too sensitive to humid heat either. Northland NZ would be right at the top of my list of places on earth to grow palms. Of all the places I’ve visited, it’s where every palm is just so perfectly green and lush. And where else can you grow Juania, Lepidorrachis, Hedyscepe, Ceroxylon, highland Geonoma and Parajubaea side by side with Pinanga javana, phillipinensis, all New Cal sp, most Dypsis and Chrysalidocarpus and even some Areca species? I’ve never visited Hawaii but I’d imagine it’s one of the closest places but just cooler all year round allowing those heat sensitive species to thrive (while limiting the true equatorial species). Here’s a few pics from a nursery up that way that I took in 2018. Really should’ve taken more photos but was caught up staring at everything 🤣 Hedyscepe canterburyana. Still can’t get my head around being able to go to a nursery and buy one of these! Pinanga javana and a nice little palm at the front left (maybe Geonoma orbigyana @richnorm ?) Geonoma undata grove and friends Prestoea acuminata var Montana Arenga micrantha just to stay slightly on topic with what might be Allagoptera caudescens front right

This is the Macrazamia serpentina I did show you earlier. Up to now, it produced in my kitchen two new leaves this summer with rather big and a plumose-like appearance. Right now it is producing a third leave, so I put it outside in a protected place and I hope the new leave will be shorter and more upright! I'll keep you posted.

Veitchia

Way back when the Remarkable Palms of Tampa Bay thread was started, many of these palms graced the thread. The palms on this thread come from City Hall, the parking garage areas, and the surrounding landscapes that do not include Hollis Gardens or Lake Wire since they have their own threads. This thread picks up after the municipal gardens were exposed to 25F during the February 2026 Freeze. With perhaps the best microclimate in the metropolitan area, there are palms that survive here that are difficult as little as 6 miles east or west of City Hall. When we give tours of the palms collections, this area is one that raises the most eyebrows. Carpoxylon macrospermum - City Hall South Entrance Pseudophoenix sargentii - City Hall South Entrance - Damaged, but recovering well Chambeyronia oliviformis (Kentiopsis oliviforms)- City Hall East Entrance - Damaged, but recovering. This palm had strikes against it before the freeze due to overtrimming. Satakentia liukiuensis - Parking Garage West Entrance - Damaged, but recovering well Pseudophoenix sargentii - Parking Garage - Damaged, but recovering well. It should set seeds this year. Pseudophoenix sargentii - Parking Garage - Damaged, but recovery is slower. One may end up dying. For now, this is enough to get the thread started. It gives @SubTropicRay a glimpse at a few species he asked about in the Lake Hollingsworth thread. There is a Pseudophoenix that survived near the midpoint of the walking trail, but that photo and post will have to wait for now.

A species that probably doesn’t get much attention on here - Gaussia maya. It’s been bulletproof for me on a north facing brick wall which probably helps with additional heat retention. Love the chunky base, will look great when the leaf bases start to fall off.

This update is for the washy specifically. What a UNIT. March 7, 2026: August 4, 2026:

While definitely not its first ring, I’ve always loved how defined the growth rings are on Hyophorbe Indica. -dale

Wow inwish mine looked that good. I think being nailes 2 years in a row it's just taking forever to come back.

Kiwi land has got it growing nicely, iam impressed!. Some nice palms any collecter would be proud to have!

Yes I hear you get hot down in Melbourne now, soon you will be mapu palms! Iam pretty confident one would survive my oppressive summers in a drought, maybe git be a shade one for me. True water loving palms are a problem child for me, yer sure they live in my cold hot temperatures in containers, wack em in the ground and forget to water them and it’s goodnight Irene!

Cheers on that one, crazy I have never come across them up this way. I will see what’s in the cupboard as a barter for you!

Please join me in celebrating my larger Chambeyronia Houailou for two accomplishments: 1. a dazzling new red leaf 2. one foot of clear trunk Arching green Houailou leaf frames canal Trunk details

I think P gracilis, P capitata and P baviensis are generally considered to be the hardiest species. I’d guess P tashiroi would do well too given its native habitat.

#1 Actinorhytis calapparia 3 gal $30 (4 available) #2 Pinanga coronata 1gal $20 (4 available) #3 Arenga undulatifolia 1gal $15 (3 available) #4 Sabal mauritiiformis 3gal $30 (2 available) #5 Archontophoenix tuckeri 3gal $20 (1 available) #6 kentiopsis oliviformis 1gal $30 (2 available) #7 Heterospathe elata 1 gal $15 (1 available) #8 Pritchardia thurstonii 1gal $25 (1 available) #9 Chambeyronia hookeri 3gal $45 ( 6 available) #10 Ptychosperma propinquum 1gal $15 (2 available) #11 Coccothrinax alexandri 1gal $25 (1 available) Local pickup on 3gals in miami (Westchester area) Shipping available on 1gals at buyer's expense . Pictures in order of list above

Yup.. I hit 107..isnt that one of the official weather stations? That would be representative of somewhere??? Not near the outflow of a canyon?? Roughly 15+ days of 100..

Here’s an update on my first rostrata flower with 3 more on the way after it!

Kerriodoxa elegans, Johannesteijsmannia altifrons, Geonoma atrovirens, iguanura wallichiana var major, Areca vestria red form, sabinara magnifica, reinhardtia gracilis, chamaedoreas are must have, variegated rhapis. Then there are Zamias, Cerotazamias they all compliment palms and there are many of them to collect. Good luck once the palm bug bites you it’s a whole new world of plants!

This sounds a lot like some of the various Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) species like baronii, lanceloata and onilahensis. Also, I recall seeing Sabal minors in Oklahoma northeast of Tulsa, as I roared eastward trying to outrun a tornado system.

A nice sallaca, variegated lanonia dasyantha, dypsis Pembana all looking good in the garden.

Here are some detail shots I took today.

It should be noted that those are not all suited to Miami's climate, but all great palms.

Hi Tim, here are couple shots of mine Purpurea hybrids. You’ll see purplish crown shafts with silver undersides of leaves but missing ramenta. I have 3 with varying degrees of purple. And I’ve noticed during summer months when a new leaf base falls off it’s not as vibrant as in spring when it’s cooler.

Has taken all year, but a frond on my Chambeyronia macrocarpa has finally opened up.

A nice garden in Kaikoura, about 2 hours north of Christchurch, taken on holiday recently. Is the second pic a standard Butia odorata, looked a but different to me?

Red Latania

Wallichia densifolia git my attention today.

I have a fair amount of these that are available. My preference would be shipping within the U.S., as international shipping costs have really gone crazy over the past few years. The mother plant is a beauty.

Thanks Bret.I had great and easy germination!

It’s the beginning of soil making on lava in the background of this Metroxylon is a pile of trash tree. It will take 2 to 3 years with the pigs help to get turned into soil so I’m just gonna keep throwing debris behind this bloke. We are building the soil up for a nearby rainbow eucalyptus, but the palm will benefit as well..

Latania opening a new frond

Your post caught my eye!! O. K . where’s my shovel . Time to plant some palms at @happypalms . I’m in for a palm fix. I have a nice Dypsis Cabadae that needs planting , you just motivated me. Harry I have a nice , shady spot for this guy ! “Be free , spread your roots little palm.”

Dypsis rivularis and a nice Corypha umbellatum, waiting there turn to get planted in the garden!

A nice selection of chamaedorea adscendens for the garden, when I get around to planting them!

A few more gardening years and she will be a focal point in the garden, plant it in the ground!

Carpentaria acuminata with citrus medica fruits around

Dictyosperma album and a nice kerriodoxa elegans, cool temperatures are not worrying these two garden beauties!

Time to weed the lava and misc AM light…

I just got back from my holidays and was pleasantly surprised to find quite a few seeds had germinated while I was away! I’m guessing the summer heat we’ve had over the past couple of weeks gave them the final push they needed. Among the surprises were Howea Belmoreana, Jubaea × Butia F2, Trachycarpus Princeps × Ukhrulensis, and a few others. During my holiday I also came acros Jubaea × Syagrus. Such an impressive hybrid!

M amicarum seems to be building some momentum…

After over a year of waiting, some Butia lallemantii is showing activity!

Chambeyronia macrocarpa and hookerii a nice example pairing together!

And a trifecta of chamaedoreas!