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I’m sorry I probably didn’t word it right. I don’t doubt that the palm you posted in Pauleen Sullivans garden is correctly labeled and really is Archontophoenix purpurea. What I meant was the palm I posted up can’t be Archontophoenix purpurea because it’s 900km south of the Mt Lewis area. The purple palm I posted has no white under the leaflets, or whiskers under the mid rib. All Archontophoenix purpurea are white underneath and have those whiskers. Seed size is vastly different between the two as well as first leaf size of seedlings. Archontophoenix purpurea has large bifid leaves for ages. These ones are small from the beginning.

As you are aware of this is the colouration of the southern population of bangalows. Iam leaning on purperea that was my first thought. And as discussed with you iam sure if it was a different species they would be onto it. Keep looking you just never know what you will find. Trucking around the country side, be calling you the Leyland brothers next or is that Malcom Douglas.

I was looking at some rainforest in north qld the other day and spotted these palms. Lots of purple on these ones.

Any updates on the seedlings? I am working with another PT member who has a dozen (or more) mature Jubaea x butia of Patric's that are producing fertile seeds. Saw low germination numbers the first round, have about 450 seed collected and cleaned about to go into germination beds with this second round. Small seed is standard Butia odorata seed.

Here’s big Jubutea — yowza no point in the Shoe. It’s about 25-30 feet overall with about 7-8 feet of trunk.

Another one

Bonjour, je vous partage une expérience débuté en Mars. Le projet est de multiplier la tête de ce cycas. Je ne pense pas avoir réussi, mon erreur est de n'avoir pas avoir assez scalper la tête pour trouver le point blanc du cœur. J'ai dévié la tête je pense, mais pas multiplier. Je referai l'expérience.

Some more pictures. Some details of a fallen leaf and seedlings.

I really lucked out getting a couple blue Arenarius out of a flat of straight green Arenarius that I bought a couple years ago! This one is almost as blue as my “True blues” and throwing for the second time this year!

This Trappes Valley Latifrons is throwing a nice leaf more than twice as long as the older leaves. All 3 I bought last year are flushing one for the second time since spring! I dont know where these got the reputation of being slow but they are some of the faster Cycads I grow. These babies are for sure going into 15 gal. Pots next year.

E. Cleopatra x True blue Arenarius one leaf flush starting to harden off and turn blue.

Encephalartos Munchii throwing a nice flush.

The good old cycas taitungensis a die hard plant!

It’s an amazing time to be in the garden both mornings and afternoons. It’s a westerly aspect and I get a lot late afternoon sun that keep things just that bit warmer in winter, with a lot of the far red colour spectrum, which is great for flowering. Richard

Couple of nice afternoon sun pics of the garden.

Lucky Hawaii growers! Plant that cabbadae before winter gets your way! Richard

I’m pretty sure that the Sullivans had this palm labeled correctly . Only one is Archontophoenix and the fronds and crown shaft are not visible in the photo . The fronds that are visible are not Archontophoenix but something else. The collection was started sometime in the 1950’s Pauline and her husband have both passed on but the son and , now grandson , are maintaining the properties that have the collections . The rotted fruit could be from something else , there are a lot of palms there and I’m not sure the Archie is fruiting , it is very old and super tall. It isn’t as tall as the Ceroxilyn but close! Unfortunately I couldn’t get a pic of the fronds or the Purple Crown , the trunk seems to disappear into the sky! Small city lot with lots of mature palms. I have Purple crown Archontophoenix juveniles from my friends palm and yes they have silver undersides like Maxima and Alexandrae . Harry

Start tracking it down and have a good look, they are a bit cool tender. You need that right microclimate for them and good soil and moisture but once established they are a beautiful palm. Here’s a nice example of a Normanbya, one in a subtropical climate near the coast not far from me.

Very interesting and beautiful palms, thanks for sharing. Mt Dalrymple is close to Eungella which is known as the northernmost population of A. cunninghamiana. Bangalows also would be more likely to have this coloration than alexandrae, I think. I wonder if they might be hybrids. I would love to see more in depth study of the genus, clearly there is a lot of variability within especially A. cunninghamiana.

Not to mention hurricane force winds ! Last year we had too many Santa Ana events. It seemed like every week they were howling . I live on a south facing hill and I’ve had 90mph winds before up here. Keeping the gardens safe is a chore. Every gust I hear at night gives me pause. The palms get shredded sometimes if not burned to a crisp. Harry

Another bp x pjc

A natural JxS hybrid I grew from seed. Grows about 4 times as fast as its standard Jubaea brethren. I had 2 of these hybrids come up from a batch of seeds I collected from the 1 blue Jubaea at mission beach. Gotta love it's very upright growth pattern when planted in close quarters.🌴 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Gene was correct that my Encephalartos munchii is a male. The peduncle on the cone that is beginning to open is about 7 inches long. If you get a female someday and need pollen, you can check with me.

A very tall one that the leaf fell off in the earlier picture

The good old excelsia, it’s been around a long time. Somewhat problematic after a few years in the garden. My solution to this problem is I cut them right back to just one stem and it sorts them right out real fast. Just one single stem will even have the most die hard palm nut asking what variety of licuala is that. It not only contains a problem child in the garden, you also get an interesting look about the garden.

Why are foxtails so popular overseas, I see a lot of growers who bend over backwards to have one in there garden. In Australia they are a landscapers favourite, chain stores sell them like they are going out of fashion. Yet to a palm collecting palm nut in Australia they hardly get a second look. I have them in my garden but they don’t wow me like other palms do. Yes they are bullet proof, take a beating in sunlight, tolerance of a lot of dry conditions and they grow in some of the rockiest soil around. Cold frosty weather seems to be there only enemy. They are becoming a bit of weed in the Northern Territory around the Darwin area, with city councils asking people not to plant them as they grow so well in the heat up north. So what’s the beauty and challenge a lot of overseas growers find in them!

I actually love the foxtail palm. I just wish I could grow a good one. I could get one to survive but it would never be happy in my cool climate. I really enjoyed germinating them too. There’s nothing wrong with a good foxtail palm. I love the foxtail. Everyone went nuts over them 30 to 40 years ago for a good reason. Now Normanbya are truly beautiful too but a notch or two more difficult to grow in a cool subtropical or less climate. They need the warm subtropics minimum to a truly tropical climate to be happy. You can get one to survive in a cooler climate, but they will be pencil thin. I was growing them in Perth which was fine in summer but too cool in winter. They’d never get to be the big bulky dimensions in a cool climate that they get to in North QLD.

The flush on this E. Trispinosus is progressing nicely. Notice the stained surface of the soil from the chelated iron. This plant has never thrown a flush this nice!

@Silas_Sancona allways appreciate your insight!!! I bought this tree probably 20 years ago from a nursery no longer in business along with my Guaiacum the lady that worked there was a plant person that pretty much ran the place and ordered whatever plants she wanted was an interesting place to visit!! How do you know if you get a tabebuia the thing I have is so slow growing hasn’t grown much more than my guaiacum and doesn’t bloom very often I’m posting a picture of one year that it did bloom!! When I bought it she said it wasn’t a common tabebuia!!

This morning brought in a much welcome marine layer of coolness. The flowers on our Sabal are quite abundant and fruit on our Butia Oderata, silver. The fruit will disappear as it ripens as the squirrels wait for just the right time . They hop from a neighboring Brahea Edulis , quite interesting to watch! Harry Not sure , but I think this is Sabal Palmetto , although someone told me it may be Riverside. Either way , I don’t think I’ve seen this much inflorescence on this palm before. Silver Butia Oderata (sold as Bonneti) . Behind it is a Brahea Edulis that is barely visible . The squirrels tend to go from tree to tree. The fruit will be a treat for them. In all the years I’ve had this , and it produces fruit every year, I’ve only had one volunteer! No fruit on the ground , but copious amounts from the Brahea , untouched. Squirrels like what they like and the Apricot sweetness of the Butia is candy.

What do yall think this one is? Some sort of sabal likely a minor but doesn’t seem like just any minor like I’ve seen. Reminds me of Louisiana variety but it might be something different. Photo taken in Surf City, NC zone 8. Has a thick base, very little trunk, but fronds are huge and bushy.

I think I see cut inflorescences, If that is the case minor if not maybe some hybrid like Birmingham, etc. Holding a lot of fronds for minor

Their native habitat is up north in cyclone country, so no wonder they stand up to hurricanes!

These are the palms growing in my front yard. They are all fairly recently planted between 1 and 3 years in the ground. My Chamaerops humilis that has an oddly strong costapalmate shape to all the new leaves that have grown this year. it’s only the newest leaves on the main trunk doing this. The oldest leaves are flat. Butia odorata that I got from Home Depot for $70. I wish it was blue but for that price I’m not going to be picky. I did a deep dive on an older post talking about the shift from most of the mass produced ones being blue to now the green ones being most common. I also wonder if the ones with strong blue coloration may be more hardy.. Sabal rosei that @Chester B inspired me to try that was planted this summer. It’s a decent size and was a really reasonable price from project palm Rhapidophyllum hystrix planted this spring. It’s in part sun because I had heard they appreciate some shade.. but I’m not sure that shade would be necessary in PNW climate. It does get at least 6+ hours of strong sun though. It has 4 pups and I’m trying to decide if I should just select a few to have a more structured look or just let it grow fully wild bush style. Trachycarpus princeps x wagnerianus Still very small but starting to really speed up this summer. It has some nice blue coloration and the underside of the leaves are super white but it doesn’t show up well in the pic Trachycarpus fortunei is just a required staple in the PNW. It’s a random seedling but it’s got really nice blue coloration on the underside of the leaves and the leaves are surprisingly rigid on it. It grows so fast, pushes 3 spears at a time all growing season. Sabal minor - this year it just started picking up speed.. it’s starting to open its 3rd leaf of the year and there’s a nice size spear behind it already. The old leaves are pretty yellow I think from not fully realizing how quickly the planting spot got dry last summer. All of these are planted on a large south facing mound. It has been helpful having everything on a slope since the native soil is pure clay.

J'ai pour projet de les conserver pour plus tard pouvoir les reproduires, voir faire des hybrides, pour me faire un complément de retraite. Désolé de répondre tardivement, je n'avais pas vu votre message, je suis nouveau sur le site, je le découvre petit à petit chaque jour.

That is Handroanthus ( Yours pictured appears to be the large form of H. impetiginosus that is sold in 99.9% of the nurseries here ) ..One of several, former Tabebuia species no longer a member of that genus. ..doing that thing they do sometimes here. Have a small H. impetiginosus ..One of it's shorter, regional varieties that has been a pot for years. Gets blasted by mid / afternoon sun, esp. this time of year ..and is green as can be. ..Will hold off leafing out after briefly dropping old leaves in Feb or March, until it gets hot.

August 14th update It’s been extremely hot and humid, the nights have almost never dipped below 74f for months now.

Yeah, comparing the two pictures, the fronds do show some differences. Here's a picture of my still juvenile parajubaea torallyi as well...

That's the same seller I bought my Jubaea hybrid from. I've contemplated purchasing one just to see. I've been to Tallahassee a few times but never had time enough to visit their nursery. Was trying to compare that picture to the picture of the queen in my yard. Hard to tell, definitely has a very robust trunk. Really hoping to see my Parajubaea torallyi flower some day so I can have some fresh pollen to work with. Anyway, here's my big queen, ten years from seed. I tried to capture the same perspective for comparison of the pic above.

My Rhapidophylum is just settling in . It is still quite young yet. It’s been in the ground about a year , I’ll have to go down the hill to check on it . Reading this thread on how hard they can be to germinate gives a whole new appreciation for these palms. Harry South facing slope , full sun . This was several weeks ago when I was down there weeding. So far , gophers aren’t interested.

Looks great. The needles do fine in full sun in Oregon and grow faster. They do fine in shade as well and have a nicer look but it really slows them down. The Butias down here are typically blue with many more towards silver. I’m not sure if it has to do with the intense sun. I have three and purposefully planted one that looked more green and it seems to be holding it color. The blue ones color has been intensifying as they get larger. I think all those hybrid Trachys in the UK are really nice. Vic is able to ship seeds to the US so it might be a good idea to grab some while they’re available and fresh.

Looks great. You should try a Jubaea. I’m always envious of how they look in the NW

Causiarum update, it got bigger after milton A year and a month later ... My Causiarum marches on adding height and the crown is at least 3/4ths recovered. How tall is it now? I really don't know, its too tall for an accurate guess, 35' to 40' maybe. The wide angle lens might be making it look smaller, LOL! In person it a beast! Beccariophoenix ALfredii has recovered nicely too. cant get ground to tip of tallest leaf so I just shot 3-4' to the tallest leaf. 8-9' of clean trunk

I am getting close to the first inflorescence opening on a palm acquired as a Cocothrinax borhidiana hybrid. When posted in the past, Cocothrinax miraguama was suggested as a potential parent in the mix. I look forward to the inflorescence opening to see if it provides any insights. I find it to be a particularly attractive palm for a small space in my coastal full sun. It has great contrast in the abaxial and adaxial leaf color, nice matting on the trunk and stiff blades on its leafs. It is possible that the smaller plant at the base is actually a seperate palm, as it has grown much slower. The other stem's original trunk started to lean and a new growth point on the base of that trunk emerged. The taller trunk is the newest growth point and has grown at quadruple the speed of the smaller plant at it's base. The smaller plant seems to hold its leaves tighter as well, which is more like true borhidiana would.

It is entirely possible I mistakenly mixed a Nannorrhops seed into this cup. I guess I’ll find out with time.

I think it worked.

My JxS from Patrick is slow but steady here in North Florida Coastal Panhandle. We had an unheard of 5 inches of snow that stayed on the ground for 3 days. This palm never flinched.

update, the(BxJ)xJ went into the ground in 2024(?) before milton hit. Its doing well and just starting to put out longer leaves and more of them each year. It has had Little to no feeding and a sparing use of water in the area. Its a tad over 6' tall now. I like the symmetry of the leaves compared with my BxJ. The even spacing of the leaflets reminds me a little of my cuban copernicias.

Hold onto them there’s hope. They have been getting high temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius with not a lot of fluctuations some but not a lot. I almost gave up on them.

September 9 2024 update The highest temp I’ve ever recorded (by a lot) was yesterday at 103f previously I’ve only ever seen maybe mid 90’s during a heatwave. The cocos didn’t seem to mind but my cherimoya is burnt up and mangos loved it. I gave away my yellow potted coconut to a neighbor to plant, it was looking really really good and tall😓 My first coco has become somewhat pinnate. The fronds look strange almost like a fan palm in that they aren’t very long like all my other cocos. This is the only one from Hawaii. It’s taller than the shadow of the wall so it is no longer north facing. It might be slow growing but I really like this one particularly. These two getting bigger, I think they’re particularly fast growing. This one is finally looking good, maybe it didn’t like the winter. Virtually all my coconuts have received the same treatment, except the ones that were still in pots I brought indoors during the storms. This one is my second biggest, it is growing, just nothing like the one next to it. This one is getting more and more height and thickness rapidly. Looks to be about 8 ft tall now. I watched a video about Thai coconut farmers, and they said that they only choose coconut sprouts that grow at a certain accelerated rate, I think this might be a good genetics coconut like that. I’ll try to close off the greenhouse somewhat once the trunk is fully outside and over the greenhouse bc I would like to get some use out of it and maybe the coconut could enjoy a bit warmer area around its roots atleast for another year.