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Not Carpoxylon. I’d stop short of saying this is a 100% positive ID since the lighting makes it a bit difficult, but looks like Satakentia liukiuensis to me.

Asterogyne martiana is apparently an easy grower for me, this one has done outstanding this last 6 months despite a chilly winter, even in the greenhouse. There are others that look good but this one I really noticed recently after moving it.

Agree with Satakentia liukiuensis

I think the folks above hit it on the head. Welcome to PalmTalk!

I haven't tried any Colocasia, but Alocasia 'Regal Shield' and 'Calidora' do well. Regal shield has purple undersides but Calidora is completely green. That Pharoah's mask is pretty attractive if it will work here. Xanthosoma sagittifolia is easy and has really huge leaves, but again not colorful. The top leaf in the photo below is around 3.5' long and they're still getting bigger. It's a bit weedy, new plants pop up in the area all around the original one pretty frequently.

Linospadix sets seed in my garden each year - Here in New Zealand though PM me if a few seeds in an envelope works

My biggest Hedyscepe canterburyana that I grew from seed from the beauty in pogobob old garden is finally setting seed. Last summer when Tim from Hawaii was visiting it flowered but the seed aborted.

Recently, I was sorely tempted by colorful plants, Colocasia 'Redemption' and C. 'Pharoah's Mask'. However, my garden is the very most cold microclimate to be classified as USDA zone 10. People have no idea about the lack of daytime warmth my garden suffers. The daily summer high temperature often ranges from 56 to 64 F. At this moment the early morning temperature is 48F. I do grow Alocasia 'Yucatan Princess' well. So, based on my success with the Alocasia... can I also grow the two mentioned Colocasia plants ? Thanks !

They are so friendly at customs. For an order of 3 varieties of seeds, 50 seeds in total, 2 varieties did not meet bio security requirements. So after inspection one lot of the two did meet bio security requirements, which left ten seeds, yes ten seeds that did not meet bio security. So just throw them in the bin you ask, not so simple anymore down under at your local customs treatment office. Let’s just say a lot of emails and an extra 3 weeks on top of postage, a bill for $500 bucks, and I still don’t have the remaining 40 seeds yet. Those ten little seeds have become a headache with a bill, not too bad for $50 bucks worth of seeds . Oh and don’t forget phyto certificate and postage. So the next time someone has a rare palm for sale and you think it’s too expensive feel free to import seeds, it can get rather expensive at times!

Keep us apprised Than, we all live to learn through new experience.

As a thumb rule, we never fertlize heavily a palm, unless we are sure about the nutritional deficiency, plant grows in sand and rainfall is very frequent. I usually go with 10 gr in 10 lt water and repeat after half to a whole month.

Curse old man winter, I actually started a bit more on the new greenhouse today. Running out of room in the other two 🤣 Richard

Sit back and watch them grow and then enjoy beauty. Richard

Absolutely beautiful that’s what it is!

I'm germinating some Redemption bulbs right now and I haven't been this excited about a new plant in a looooong time. Are you going to start from bulbs or starter plants? I can dig and see where I got my bulbs from, I got them for 50% off, but I can tell you to avoid Garden State Bulbs at all costs.

You should have some open real estate for some new stuff at least. Crossing my fingers for a few that look like they can eek out a win.

Thanks very much, yes my garden is cold, but frost free.

They grow them in the UK so they should be fine for you. The ones in the UK remain pretty small and grow slowly but they get the freezes that knock them back to the roots. I would expect that you get no frost so albeit slow growing, they should size up over time provided they get enough water.

You say it's a busy sidewalk. If it impedes walkers, maybe they have a point. As far as I know, a sidewalk is normally owned by a city, and is intended for public use. I remember my days as a young mother pushing a stroller trying to make it safely around obstacles. I never would have contemplated cutting anyone's bushes, but it seemed inconsiderate of some homeowners not to maintain a reasonably clear walkway. You might consider your liability if anyone were hurt by a spiny robelenii. I removed two that were leaning way over the sidewalk at my house. I see my thoughts are in the minority here.

@Harry’s Palms that's a revelation. I'd never have thought it would make it in a swamp.

I had an area of my yard that was constantly wet . We had just bought the house ( new ) and the builder installed another French drain but it was still wet ….mosquito wet. I bought a 24” box Syagrus Romanzoffiana for $25 that was on death’s door , dug into the mud , and planted it . It took off like a rocket , problem solved . No more mud over there and we provided shade for my neighbor! Harry

Yikes that's expensive. 7 gallon Redemptions are $35 here which is a pretty big plant, with many offsets. I bought mine for $15 although it was a smaller one. Why don't you buy from the large Greenhouses out of Florida for colocasias on Etsy? They're usually $10 or less for a starter plant. One season in the ground and you can usually get 10+ plants out of it.

Iam more worried about what goes on in the monkey house! Advertising, people see a picture of a palm and they get a tropical holiday in some remote island, it makes them happy a great subliminal message in there, the advertising campaign works well with a palm picture!

Oooooh lucky you!! I reckon the seed aborted because Tim looked at them and they just freaked out scared he was going to take them to Hawaii, where they would cook in that tropical paradise!

A couple more floating around the greenhouse iguanura pycnostachysCalyptrocalyx doxanthus licuala hainensis Geonoma panamensisCalyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana kentiopsis pyriformis bentnickia condapanna

Fe is toxic in overdose. And it is oxidized quickly. It would be better if you used from the start the Chaufer at a reduced rate and repeat application after a while.

So rookie mistake, i was too excited when i planted this 5gal copernicia fallaensis in my backyard a couple months ago. I’m regretting where i planted it. I feel like it doesn’t receive enough sun (2 new fronds opened + 1 spear on the way since planting). I didn’t take into consideration the shade from the fence. Ugh. also I know this palm gets massive so I wish I could transplant it in an area where it would have more room. I’m worried on doing so, I feel like these are root sensitive. Right now there’s a large vigorous cananga odorata tree to the left of it. Should I leave this alone or move it somewhere else in the yard ? Input would be appreciated.

What caught my eye today was rather intresting, palm related as well, this little monkey of a rat. Whom I shall say was lucky to get away his life today, especially after eating a dypsis minuta!

I got the bulbs from Holland. They're sprouting not on the heat mat, I've saved the heat mats for the Thai Giants. I paid $51.50 shipped for 2 bulbs. Good sized bulbs, too.

I believe the name "heterophylla" refers to the heterogenous leaves, i.e. you will see a good mix of leaves with 3 leaflets, 5 leaflets, and sometimes even entire branches with singular leaves. The leaflets are thick, like a live oak, and oval shaped. There are a bunch of similar looking species in this group, including the ones that are now classified as Handroanthus, so it gets confusing. I don't know that I've ever seen true T. rosea in Florida but from inaturalist photos it looks like it has big clusters of flowers on mostly leafless branches, more like Hadroanthus heptaphyllus. H. heptaphyllus is the other 'pink tab' that's commonly planted in Florida and it's easy to identify with consistently 5-7 (hepta) leaflets which have toothed margins. This one is more cold hardy as it's native to roughly the same region of South America as Copernicia alba - down to at least 30 degrees south in Argentina. I have no idea why it was split from Tabebuia. Tabebuia rosea is a Mexican species, but many of the photos on google for that name are from nurseries and websites selling the two previously mentioned species, possibly one of those mistakes that gets ingrained in horticulture because its just a nicer name for a pink flowering tree. Photo is Hadroanthus heptaphyllus

This plant needs to be potted up badly. I'm willing to sell this plant for $1100. Socal pick-up only, or perhaps I can meet some of you out of towners half way (within reason). This plant will be put into a box the first weekend of April and will no longer be available for this price. 9+ X 9+ inches of caudex, super blue, sex unknown.

Yes, I thought the same thing. More evidence about how the general public view palms. Palm = pinnate palm. I was impressed that the dentist named his/her practice after a Texas native palm even if the picture isn't accurate!

Yeah, Redwood City Hills. It can get quite hot, but pretty close to the same as San Carlos. The relative humidity is generally pretty low, so I worry more about burning than the average palm talk member.

I really must get to Hawaii. I know that overwhelming feeling when you visit an amazing collection!

Oh no, you have already drenched the soil!

Got .33" of unexpected rain last night. otherwise, the map is grim.

Obstruction of the sidewalk is not necessary for mindless vandalism. During my tenure as chair of the Lakeside Palmetum I witnessed adolescent "persons" twisting off fronds with their bare hands, a Juania broken off at ground level, and initials carved into the waxy, white coating on Ceroxylon trunks.

A few more red fronds , anyone? Finally some blue sky to show off the colors. IMG_5250.mov …and a backlit Chrysalidocarpus ‘Dark Mealybug.’

That sound kind of like stuff an old lady would do, enforcing the right of way. Who else would take the time or care that much. HOA types.

Sorry I was responding to the OP.

Maybe it is too soon to start making conclusions, but it appears C. macrocarpa is no where near as tough as even a foxtail. If you look close enough in the last picture, you can see there is a small foxtail that experienced the same brutal wind and cold that is opening a new spear. My Roystonea got a little fried on the more horizontal fronds but has already opened a couple new spears. Bismarckia did fine in my yard, but I have seen some fried not to far to the north and east of me. I have a stretched out bottle palm under foxtail canopy that prematurely dropped a couple fronds but otherwise seems ok. C. lutescens got a little toasty on top fronds but have been pushing out new fronds like nothing happened. C. probably cabidus (i ?) by the little coconut got a little crispier than lutescens but all the stems have opened new fronds. The P. elegans took a little too frond damage and maybe have prematurely dropped some fronds but all seem to have opened new fronds. R. rivularis seems like nothing happened. My last and final Adonidia still seems alive but looks like crap. I may have posted this already but I will reiterate that more wind sheltered areas of my yard somehow took more damage in this event (frost). My back yard is wind sheltered from the north by I have no actual oak or pine canopy, only palms. Frost still seems to my biggest enemy. The north side, front yard looks like nothing happened, foxtail and C. lutescens being the canary in the mine. It has been a good learning experience. I’m probably going to try any more coconuts or Adonidia. C. macrocarpa is a letdown too, it really needs canopy here. Foxtails and Roystonea still win, C. lutescens wins too, and Bismarckia. No wonder these are the more common palms sold here.

More general update of what things are looking like. C. macrocarpa is looking rough but is alive. Will cut its crispy fronds once it opens a spear.

Update on my coconuts: finally went ahead and trimmed the fried stuff off my smaller one. My larger one is always harder to get pictures of because it is in a C. lutescens jungle. I was able to get a bit of a picture today because I’ve been trimming a lot of stuff near the house because it is getting painted a week from now.

Still in business after nearly 45 years. BUT, we moved to a close-by location. New Location: 1111 URANIA AVE., ENCINITAS, CA 92024 Phone: 619 291 4605 Email: phil@junglemusic.net Over 100,000 palms for sale, about 300 species, all sizes

Mine is 16 yo from seed. Another one in shade is smaller.

I am in a sort of reverse situation. I used to grow only palms for many years until I have decided recently to 0lant also some exotic fruiting trees I use the therefore the large leaves of my Sabals as canopy and protection for my saplings. When palm fronds get old and fall horizontally and below, either I cut shorter a part of the hanging segments or I remove the whole frond. Here a mango and a macadamia under the Sabal fronds.

Rick Kern, George Zammas, Brian Bauer and I spent the afternoon putting Copernicia fallaensis in hundred gallon pots yesterday. These are going to be beautiful next year. Probably one of the more spectacular palms out there. I don't think we can grow enough of them here in Florida.