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4 pointsNifty little palms, although they eventually can get some size to them. The crown has dense, tightly packed leaves, and they exhibit virtually no petiole. Coming true from seeding specimens can be really hit and miss. Tim
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3 pointsAnd finally sari the cat who used up all of her nine lives a week ago passing away in the wifes arms.
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3 pointsMauritiella aculeata. See what winter does to this little chap!
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3 pointsA bit more of a miracle with a Brahea Clara icy blue germinating after 15 months. I had them dead and buried and held no hope for them. Patience is a virtue they say. And iam still getting Chameadorea metallica popping up as well.
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I think there’s already enough to tell it’s not a Cocoid. Looks like Nannorrhops.3 points -
2 pointsIt just goes to show never give up on your seeds. I had this lot dead and buried, took them off the heat mat and put them on the potting bench around 12 months ago to use the old medium in some potting soil. Well iam glad I didn’t use that mix. I lucked up on one seed sprouting. If they haven’t rotted away completely, keep those seeds around you just never know your luck.
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2 pointsYes , patience is key. I finally got the C. Decipiens sprouting in a baggie . I put them on top of the water heater during our winter and then on my work bench next to my drill press . I thought I saw a sprout in the baggie a couple of months ago but did not want to disturb them . Now roots are showing in a few places! It’s been a long haul with them . When I was gathering them to distribute , Terry warned me that they can take a while . I said “like Kentia?” He just grinned and repeated “ well…….they take a while” . I knew at that point I was in for a wait. Harry2 points
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2 pointsA stunning plant for any collection, at first I was hesitant to purchase such a plant given its tropical background. All I read about it was pointing towards it needs warm temperatures and will burn to crisp in the cold weather. Well I can say it one zone push that I have had great success with, taking temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius. Temperatures in my garden were certain tropical varieties wont live, this plant has not even missed a beat having spent 2 winters outside now and not looking back.
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2 pointsPalms such as Howea and archontophoenix are always potted up as multiples, so they sell faster in the nursery. It’s these two varieties that do look good as multiple plantings over time.2 points
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2 pointsEncephalartos whitelockii × sclavoi flush took off during my absence too. The wall is 6' tall and the flush is about a foot above it now as it continues to push.
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I’ll have to check on that one, never noticed it. There was another famous one in South Daytona near the ice skating rink that I thought was the one being referred to. It was taken out, but not from cold damage2 points -
2 pointsAreca macrocalyx. Crown shaft color really varies throughout the year, but today it’s looking great. Tim
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2 pointsHarvest season and progress on a flush after I returned from a short vacation.
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2 pointsThank you. A friend (who has minimal horticultural experience) calls it “controlled wildness.” Aside from what was already here, the entire (small) yard is deliberately designed and planted, however I often let volunteer plants that possess a little appeal just do their thing. I’d like to think the spontaneity gives it some visual interest without looking too chaotic.2 points -
2 pointsThis is such a cool tree! So glad I was finally able to get one in the ground. It has performed flawlessly for me, so far, even with temperatures up to 110F. I really enjoy watching it go through its calisthenics routine everyday. Every morning, all the leaf stalks are oriented towards the east, and track the full sun all day to the west, where they finally start to fold up each evening, and close when darkness approaches. Looks to be a fast growing winner for Arizona. 👍 aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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2 pointsI like your style @Manalto . Sometimes it's better just to take the layup rather than shoot from half court. It looks great!2 points -
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1 pointThis one is a native Floridian orchid growing on one of my Christmas palms. It always sends out a huge display mid May through June. Mixed in is a bromeliad compacta which self attached to the tree from the ground. It's all at eye level so maybe 5 feet from the soil. I always look forward to the display. Gets bigger every year.
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1 pointGot these Leptocheilos in December fresh from Colin Peters. He sent extras and so I gave some to Nature Girl. They looked fantastic and I expected them to all be germinating in no time. I put them on the heat mat and nothing happened. Then, nothing continued to happen. After it warmed up, I put the pots outside and forgot about them. 6 months later and here they finally come. Not sure what happened because Nature Girl had about 100% germination.
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1 pointI concur with @happypalms . As they grow , some palms just naturally give each other space . I rescued a pair of A. Cunninghamiana and they naturally formed a nice tropical look with the bases almost fused together. It takes years but the palms know what to do. Harry As they grew , they gave each other a bit of “breathing room”. These were just little guys in a pot . I had no idea how they would turn out . I’ve seen groupings of them arch out like this . This was a few years ago when I was working on that side of the house.
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1 pointOne of my Sabal uresana in October 2025 and then again June 2026, both pictures at dusk. Last winter it saw lows of 17°F two nights in a row with 26°F as the high in between and took no damage. West of Austin.
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If the palm is well watered , fertilized , and established it should grow out of it . Perhaps a bit of cold damage . As the new fronds open , they will tell you unless the growth point was damaged. Harry1 point
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1 pointWeed killer seems to do the trick, but I wouldn't recommend it. Seems to hurt the palms a bit. I hit parts of the yard with some lawn weed treatments last year for the first time. My Chinese Fans responded by not flowering for the first time after that. This year, they then produced 20 flower stalks initially in February (normal for these here). I cut them all off. They responded by producing a second round for 20+ more (this has never happened) which are now forming tons of seeds on 6 foot stalks, and need to come down again. They have never done this before. It's a few hour job to get at them with the pole saw and cut them all down, and clean up the mess.1 point -
May here was about a 30% deficit from average, but even that was enough to help with the drought a little and made a noticeable difference. It continues to cloud up and look like rain a lot of days, with mostly a light sprinkle here and there. The predicted big rain event of the past week turned out to be a big nothing burger.1 point
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I wish I had pictures but I was a gardener at a botanic garden in Jax FL and we had first year papayas in heavy compost full sun beds that survived several nights in mid to upper 20s in Jan 2024 (lowest of 24). The beds had a wide road on their north side so exposure was significant. This was with leaf loss but they did rebud. These were very thick plants so the diameter helps. I think under a sparse evergreen canopy they’d do better long term. I’ve seen a few longterm plants in the jax beach and ponte vedra area (9b) and they all were more nestled. If one doesn’t care about fruit, Chaya looks similar and is surprisingly hardy and is a terrific pollinator plant. It’s on my top 10 exotics to acquire again once I have a garden to work here in the Austin area.1 point -
1 pointStarting some more Jatropha podagrica, ( Buddha belly ) a caudiciform that does extremely well in Arizona, yet is rarely available. Bright orange flower sprays are an eye catcher, along with the swollen base of these trees. I originally collected the seeds of my parent plants from Nassau, Bahamas. aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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Read about the Texas Palm Weekend by IPS, the nomination of a state palm tree for Texas, and the start of the 2026 Biennial in Hanoi during Tết (Vietnamese New Year) in the March-April edition. Apr 2026 newsletter.pdf1 point -
1 pointYou’re correct on the Chungii, the D minor ‘Amoenus’ and the variegated Malay, I do have Asper, but none of them are in these photos. I’ve got the black form and the straight form. Bambusa Lako is the black one with the philodendron climbing it Gigantochloa atroviolacea is the other black one in these photos. Chusquea coronalis is the wee tiny leaf one, yellow is Sacred Bali not Eutuldoides, there is D brandsii, Schitzostachyum Murray Island is my preferred screening form - Australian native I believe, the green bushy form. What you were calling Nana was at one point sold as Nana, but that is Nana what it is - real name Thrysocalamus liang from Thailand. Wispy higher foliage with narrow culm base is T siamensis or Monastery Bamboo. Lacy leaves with black/white mottled culms is Nastus elatus, there is D sikkmensis there and some mis or un ID’d forms. I also have several other species, not depicted here - let me know if you have questions about specific photos if I know what it is I’d be happy to tell you! Otatea acuminata I forgot to include and it has a unique sloppy grass form.1 point
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There are quite a few showing signs of growth, even one west of US1 in Ormond Beach. The famous South Daytona coconut was removed in 2023. Lots of others have popped up all over, with some wealthy folks getting mature tall varieties near the water. Oddly enough, the coconuts look to have the same ratio of recovery as the Foxtails in the area.1 point
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1 point@Chester B that’s interesting, aren’t you in the Houston area. I would have expected they would never be fazed there. I’m 8 hours north in Big Spring and mine spear pulled the first year but were completely unfazed this last winter after we saw a low of 5 F when that northern came through in late January. That was essentially the only winter we had was those 3-4 crappy days but it made up for it in below zone minimums and freezing rain.1 point -
I already made a post with just one of my butias but I want to make a post with all of my plants. I also have my Musa basjoo and Musa velutina hopefully going come back. zone 7b northern Va my almost completely unprotected butia with a sled on top to limit moisture because it’s raining now.the butia without the sled My protected butia it got burned from the lights (I took off the protection)European fan palm no spear pull even though it looks terrible. It had some wrapping and lights.sabal minor unprotected undamaged. so far no spear pull on anything so that’s great we will see what happens in the spring, summer and fall. Hopefully the bananas pop back up too.
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@Meangreen94z the vast majority of cycads are in good shape now. Only two are questionable at this point: a Cycas Guizhouensis that suddenly turned yellow and almost all the fronds collapsed last week, and a Zamia Vasquezii that was defoliated and hasn't flushed yet. The other 5 or so Vasquezii have all flushed, so this one still concerns me. Speaking of things that concern me...this evening was time for the Foxtail triple to go. The tall solo in the foreground is opening a new frond (sort of) but the other 3 just behind to the left are clearly d-e-d: And here's as far as I got tonight, I'll have to try and dig out the bases tomorrow. The trunks all showed serious internal discoloration, and the bottom center one is badly rotted: The trunk bleeding is a classic Thielaviopsis sign: The smallest of the three had lots of tissue degradation all the way to the base. Here it is just after cutting it: The fact that it was heavily degraded all the way to ground level makes me worry about Ganoderma. I may end up just not planting a palm in this spot again...ever.
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1 pointLittle iguanura wallachiana doing well planted out as tube stock.
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1 pointThe Chambeyronias are putting out a lot of new leaves in the garden, and the usual dypsis lantzeana are always putting out a new leaf.
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1 pointI couldn’t wait for the rats to get this rare one, they can’t get out so in theory they can’t get in, an old rat trap should do the trick!
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1 pointI’ve always kind of assumed that with the true lowland tropical palms (like the majority of Licuala), if they don’t germinate within a few months or maybe max 6 months, then they won’t at all. I’ve found this for Pinanga, even a couple of the slightly hardier ones. Many temperate and high altitude species seem to be sporadic by nature, I guess as a response to climate and ensuring they can survive the weather once they sprout.1 point
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1 pointIt most certainly is a special one , I wonder if the rats will have a go at. After all it’s rare and just one single plant. It’s bound to be on the menu!1 point
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1 pointThat’s a special palm! Not many of those around at all. I hope it does well for you, should enjoy your climate.1 point
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1 point3 or 4 years ago,Shamus (Don) did import a couple dozen buccaneers from Florida in all different sizes. I don't think he's brought any more in since. I have grown this species from seed extensively in Mesa, Arizona over the last 25 years and have probably sold about 75 plants in 3-5 gallon size, although I don't currently have any available unless I dig one out of my yard. (I have about 20 planted) It IS a great species for our area,and I've found them to be very tough survivors;although very slow growers until the base is 6-8 inches wide. Importing your own from Florida is probably your best option. Be aware,they are not cheap, because they are slow growers no matter where they are started. Time is money...🤷♂️Growing entirely here in Mesa, Arizona,it takes me 10 years minimum to produce a nice 3-5 gallon tree. Definitely worth pursuing,at the largest size you can afford. Buying time does make sense for this species. To give you an idea of how slow they grow, I brought these 2 examples back from Florida about 17 years ago in 15 gallons pots. aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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I talked to Larry the guy who planted them and he confirmed that it was 1991.1 point
