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A couple of common Brahea down on my hill. Harry Mr. Elephant , Brahea Edulis This Brahea Armata is about 3-4 years younger than the Edulis . A much slower growing palm.

Really difficult in your case from the photos without clear images of the inflorescences and we’d need to understand full size fruit size and shape. The only observation I’d note is that the second one appears to have scattered lepidia on the abaxial surface of the fronds which would rule out P hillebrandii. Here’s a link to an article with a key. https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vol51n4supplementPritchardia.pdf

Copernicia bailyana at Ann Norton:

Yes, it could be due to it growing on such a steep slope . It also gets a ton of water being down at the bottom of the hill. Harry

@palmtreesforpleasure and @tim_brissy_13 after the original thread I have doubts about the identity of my two Pritchardia specimens. I am totally in the dark about the usual diagnostic features applied in the genus, since I do not have the relevant book of Don Hodel. I can only say that the first sp is more prone to nutritional deficiency (sensitive to alkalinity) but also cold hardier. Besides it has already bloomed at a much smaller size and its flowers are more yellowish. So here we go: First one obtained as Pritchardia lowreyana Second one obtained as Pritchardia hillebrandii:

@Harry’s Palms this edulis has a very chunky trunk! 😍

Argh the dypsis complex syndrome. Such a shame that Madagascar has lost most of its native habitat. Palms in cultivation will never be found in habitat there again. This leaves a big gap in the identification of indigenous species now in cultivation.

Here’s the “type” at the Black garden in Fountain Valley, OC California. Scream obscenities with delight! Chrysalidocarpus blackii (above) looks a lot like lanceloata, in fact Mr Black bought his thinking that’s what it was since that’s what the original label says. But the trunks are a lot thicker and the infructescence is totally different. Blackii’s are dense and compact while lanceolata’s dangle like C. lutescens’.

You’re welcome!

This one is E. Arenarius x Latifrons. I harvested a pup about 3 years ago you can see behind it and there is another pup on it right now. All 3 flushed at the same time almost like they were talking to each other and said LETS GOOOO!!

It’s nearly 13 years since I had the great fortune to first meet the legendary ( and extremely generous) Tassie Troy and I thought it’s time to pay homage to all those who have helped me , and those in the Palm pantheon , like Darrold and Colin and Jonathon, who visited in the early days ( when there were only tiny plants) and didn’t wonder, at least out loud , if anything would ever eventuate. Here are a few pictures .There are around 25 species including 12 of chamaedoria. Some like the big baueri , trachycarpus and forsteriana are hard to depict . Nothing can keep up with the torallyii. Of course all 4 Lord Howe Island palms love it here in Hobart. Mike

Arenga nana seedlings a rare palm.

Beautiful palm trees. They have a great Mediterranean feel.

Yeah mate they rock!

I'm gonna open with this meme. Anyway as always price is OBO, white monstera. Yes it was sold by Costa but it's been confirmed they did not grow them, it's from the Kunzo lineage also confirmed by them. Not an albo or creme Brule or Thai con. Rehabbed and is now pushing out of a 1g pot. I've got it listed elsewhere for more optimistic prices, these were sold in March and didn't last long. $75 obo for y'all plus the ride.

Wow wee, Jim. What else can one say? Truly spectacular and all these new goodies I'm sure will do beautifully under your deft hand. And I agree on planting small...not only because the plants seem to like it when their roots can decide where to go from a young age, but also of course it makes it so easy to stuff these things into all the little nooks and crannies that are just aching for another palm (especially when those big containers just won't fit, dang it). Plus no broken back trying to dig a hole for a 15-gallon monster (or lugging it home). Only water, fertilizer and (quite a bit of) patience are required. Life goes along, you blink a few times, and suddenly everything's big and beautiful!

That time of year again ( ..Though earlier than last year ) for some beastly, neighborhood full frontals..

Silver Copernicia hospita in 7 Gallon Pot-$125. Pick up in Satellite Beach. All my Copernicia’s survived the 27F Freeze here. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

The latys are coming alive!….

2 of my big Eugene’s just flushed. They usually dont flush for me until about Aug. or Sept.

E. Lehmannii throwing a good one. Looks like 20 leaves give or take.

Had 75 of these seedlings in 4" pots and sold every single one of them. Here are some in community pots planted same time to compare. Also have a chunky trunk armata I planted from seed about 20 years ago, and never moved.👍 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Here is the Brahea Armata in Canvey, Essex (51N) in the UK. This thing is really stacking on growth now and must be one of the biggest Armata's in the British Isles. It still hasn't lost its trunk boots yet, since it is growing so quickly there. It must be at least 10 foot in height from the base of the trunk up to the tip of the crown. It was also totally undamaged by the 'bad' winter we just went through, while nearby CIDP and Washingtonia suffered some leaf burn. But this Armata.. .totally bulletproof there! 2009 2023

Brahea armata in commercial landscaping. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Very interesting topic mrjc. I tried Butia yatay and they were great! Thank you. I cut them with big sharp pruning shears, and even with that i need to cut a few to get a nice looking side.

I’d post close-up photos of the crown, trunk, and any fruit or flower stalks. Many rarer palms look similar from far away, so those details make IDs way easier.

Licuala triphylla var stenophylla

Dictyosperma album gracing the skyline.

A couple of chamaedorea plumosa seeds. I might have to send them to @gyuseppe and see how he goes with them!

This is the stick neighbor of the heavier bloomer. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for these stick Royal Poinciana's to bloom this year:

I think it might be in trouble Paul. Looks like the inflorescences originate from close to the growth point and come up straight out the top. I’ve seen this a few times myself on other species and there’s occasional reports of it on this forum and I don’t believe I’ve heard of any survival ☹️

It definitely got through a couple of Melbourne winters without a problem but I never planted it out fully exposed to the elements. Regular A alexandrae are known to go well even down in Hobart so I’m not sure my winters would ever really test them. I’d assume they would be less hardy to hot sun especially in dry climates but again I don’t think I really tested mine from memory I kept it in the shade.

Plus you're not so far from the New Madrid fault line.

More like a Hawaiian garden. San Jose is inland enough to get hot but close enough to get marine influence.

I made it back over there and grabbed 3 inflorescences.

Given the cold snap and freezing rain there are many palms in the area that suffered damage. Lots of bruised fronds in larger California or California Fan dominant hybrids while many very young Calis spear pulled with a few dying. My Mexican Fans are making a comeback but they did suffer spear rot and are pushing out dwarfed fronds now. I’ve said it before but Washingtonia DESPISE frozen precipitation and freezing rain probably the most. So worth saying again! Happy Summer!

I just had a look at this picture of the chamaedorea genoformis, and thought look at all the pipes for the irrigation going in every direction. That’s what it takes to have a palm garden in the bush! Funny thing is I know where each pipe goes for what irrigation shift.

Dave, I’ve always been a “plant them even when they’re tiny” kind of guy. Many of my big honking palms were planted as 2 or 3 inch seedlings directly to the ground. Here are just a few of them… @Jim in Los Altos. I have done that as well and been ok. I was just curious how others have done it . Some of them stay in pots for a while just because I am deciding on final spot or don’t have time to dig the hole. Harry ‘These two came home from Maui with me in 4” pots . Pritchardia H. above and Chambeyronia M. below . Planted within a week of coming home .

Hey Mike, looking great...everything has grown so well! Congratulations. Time to get the walnut tree festooned with bromeliads and orchids to complete rainforest transition. Did that Butia odorata that we dug up from down here survive?

Beautiful as usual, I’ve heard stories about them Tasmanian characters @Jonathan and @Tassie_Troy1971 I know what goes on down in the refrigerator! Happy gardening guys this winter and I for one am not looking forward to winter!

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Lars

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.

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So if all goes well, maybe by 2046 I'll have a few units like that.

Super silver

One of my Brahea pretty silver!!

My Brahea Super Silver is starting to look pretty good.

I get mid to high 50’s at night in the winter and really wet and the ones I have do great but bug magnet

This is a property that is surrounded with Braheas

Pretty certain they're Brahea edulis.