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Looking into Christmas movies of Christmases past, I can see as a tv-deprived person, I have missed SO many touching films... The Nutcracker in 3D....................................2010.........................Live-action 3D adaptation of the ballet. Homeless for the Holidays............................2009..........................A man's family is in danger of losing everything right before Christmas. Make the Yuletide Gay..................................2009..........................An openly gay college student struggles with concealing his sexual orientation from his parents when he goes home for Christmas. Lovely, Still...................................................2008.........................Elderly bachelor romances a widowed neighbor during the Christmas season, with unexpected results. Frozen River.................................................2008..........................A single mother turns to people-smuggling to provide for her family at Christmas. Fred Claus....................................................2007.........................Santa's bitter older brother is forced to move to the North Pole. What Would Jesus Buy?.................................2007..........................Documentary about the commercialization of Christmas. Deck the Halls..............................................2006..........................Rival neighbors duke it out when one of them decides to light his house up so it can be seen from outer space I'm not imaginative enough to make this stuff up... Merry Christmas!

My mature male (I think) Ravenea glauca tried to aid in reproduction and is now kinda spent, till next time around. Those inflorescences are kinda cool looking.

That’s a nice one. I was actually working under my one today planting a Joey, as you can see the trunk and the spent flower.

Yes they are in a greenhouse. I have a pritchardia martii that has similar symptoms but not as bad. It’s outdoors in the ground. I do have boredom water that is high in iron is it possible that the iron is the cause of the situation? Maybe the cold weather is doing something good for once!

If I glanced at that palm without being prompted I’d be confident it’s Rhapis humilis. Just looks typical in every way from what I can tell without close up study of flowers etc. R multifida (whether considered a variant of R humilis or its own species) to me has a much more dainty appearance and even more finely split leaflets.

I'm gonna say definitely not like the multifida I have or a friend has (Cindy Adair). Those palms are dwarfed by the one I am suspecting is robusta in my garden that has much larger leaves and leaflets and canes double the size. I remember seeing my very first specimen-sized multifida at Jerry Andersen's when he was open for business in Fallbrook. Gees, probably twenty-two years ago when I bought a single cane of a Rhapis humilis from him. So, maybe my palm is some cross or one we don't find in habitat any longer? But I'm eager to see if anyone else has any thoughts. The original thread was from 2016 regarding Rhapis robusta. Just hope more folks jump in long before another ten years LOL.

It’s a good point. P napaliensis does well outside here and I’m in a cool climate. It’s seems to be similar to Pritchardia minor in preferred conditions so far. It might be that any nutritional deficiency caused by being too warm to ideally absorb nutrients? @happypalms I can only say I haven’t observed similar for my P napaliensis down here in the fridge 🤣

I started grooming Mr. Ravenea by pulling off the spent inflorescences, but changed my mind halfway through to take the picture in the OP. Here’s the “groomed” side view.

Hi all, I have a few extra cycads. All species for sale are growing well in my garden in Central Texas since 2017. Cycas debaoensis: grew this individual from seed starting in 2012. One-10 gallon at $145. Dioon edule: grew this individual from seed starting in 1999. One-15 gallon $175. Cycas panzhihuaensis x debaoensis. Grown from seed started in 2017. One-15 gallon with 6 inch caudex $375. 4 photos attached. One of an individual planted in ground, one of caudex, one of flush of new leaves just emerging and one of leaves after a few days since emerging. Cash or Venmo would work as payment. Pick up at mutually agreed open location in or around Austin Best, Jason Best, Jason

A return to this topic. I planted mine out as a double 3 gallon about 14 years ago. Had much more shade back then. Hurricane Ian took out a king palm in 2022 so now it gets full sun for most of the day. The one took over and the second smaller one died, so is a single now. This is a very slow grower, even here in SWFL. With the more sun, it definitely has grown faster. Now it's about 7 foot tall OA, 9 inch tall trunk to the bottom of the bases and 7 inch diameter at the widest trunk point. Petioles are 42 plus inches long too. This is now the 3rd year it is flowering. I've read they usually hold 4 to 6 inflorescence. Well mine has 11 right now. Some flowering and others not quite yet. Nice palm but I would suggest if you're looking for one, buy it sooner rather than later. It is slow but worth it. Pics attached.

A pacsoa purchase a couple of years ago. There doing well taking the cold weather and the heat . Not rocket ships in the growing department but they are happy. Now all I have to do is get the breeding program in order for a few extra seeds.

Make hay while the sun shines, in my case plant palms while it’s raining. Acanthophoenix rubralanonia dasyantha Caryota kirriwongensis Johannesteijsmannia altifronsCopernica hospita

Dypsis CLBS, and a top bit of colour on the Chambeyronia.

Possibly nutrient I was sort of leaning towards that conclusion, however after talking to @palmtreesforpleasure he was saying get them outside and plenty of air movement. He also said try some in the greenhouse and some outside. Time will tell, iam not fertilising now due to the he cooler weather. So for now some outside.

I would say it's halfway in the teeth department, more hairy than toothy at the base of the petiole.

@5am I was going to suggest Caryota Mitis (Fishtail Palm) too, but I've never tried them in pots for very long. I'm guessing they'd do well in pot culture too. And they are clustering like Areca/Lutescens, so if one grows to be too tall you can just chop off that trunk....and the rest will keep growing like nothing happened. They are similar hardiness too, around 30F with minimal damage but severe damage below around 27F or so.

This is my coconut palm; for now, it's in a pot, but it survived the winter outside with very little damage, i am in southern italy zone 10b , somebody have expirence with this plants in marginal climate like mine?

Thanks! Appreciate that. I don’t seem to have any problems with wind and tear up. I just wish those petioles were a bit shorter so I wouldn't have to cut leaves off that hang in the path. Perfectly good ones need to be removed. Or, I wish it would gain height quicker. Is what it is. I have no desire to plant up seeds. I'll probably be dead before they would get to the size.of mine. Lol.

Actinorhytis calapparia. Tim

Nothing, but it was really a mild one comparatively. Even the very frost tender Gaussia maya has not gotten spotted old leaves. But I try to keep my plant collection limited to only very few, selected Z10 species.

I do not compete, just trying to say, that situation is not comparable and therefore not suitable for conclusions; something that might struggle or die here, might well perform much better down there. So crucial is substrate in marginal climate.

Beautiful palm tree, Dave. And very lush jungle. 🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜

Ha! I am honoured! Shouldn't this be in the freeze damage forum btw? OK, so I am pleased to report I did not lose any palms this winter. It wasn't a cold winter in terms of temperatures, as we only had one proper cold wave. I had 30F one night and 29F the next one and those were the only two nights I had freezing temperatures. I must say though that those temperatures lasted quite a few hours, at least 5. It was the wettest winter My weakest palms are a Ptychosperma elegans and a Dypsis leptocheilos; both seedlings and in the ground (big mistake). I protected the Dypsis with fleece and a bottle with hot water next to it on the second night. Same with Ptychosperma but only the fleece, no hot water bottle. Both are under canopy though. Surprisingly, apart from some spots on the leaves and burnt leaf edges my Ptychosperma did fine. It has started growing again. Dypsis looked fine till March and then suddenly went downhill very fast. I thought it was a goner but no spear pull. And then suddenly, a couple of weeks ago it started growing again! I honestly believe that the sandy topsoil of course in combination with the canopy above saved them. Especially the sandy soil; it was the best thing I've done for my garden! Next winter I will dig around them and create a short mount for extra safety. Other palms: Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Howea and Rhapis excelsa didn't blink. Syagrus romanz. and Roystonea regia: The Syagrus look a bit tired as always after a winter. Roystonea regia which has a trunk of no more than 2 feet atm, so fairly young, lost its old leaves and was left with the newest two but it is now growing happily again. I covered it with fleece and again a hot water bottle on the 3-4 coldest nights. Non-palm-wise I hadn't many losses as almost everything grew back even after severe damage. Mostly plants that were not under canopy, such as my cestrum nocturnum and my Acacia tortillis. I am pretty sure the constantly wet soil was the main factor, and not the temperatures. My only loss this winter was my two cissus verticillata; no wonder as they are both 10b and I didn't provide any protection. Your turn @Phoenikakias

It already exists, butia purpurascens

yes is Rhapis multifida.

Rhapis multifida. I once got told that there are so many rhapis species lost in habitat that they only survive in cultivation. You could well have a lost species, but it looks like multifida.

Sounds like it will resolve itself (with help) over time.

A new V splendida leaf did…

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It has been another year since I planted my backyard Washingtonia. I thought it would be good to post another update so I can track growth over the years. Last winter saw an ultimate low of around 20F and freezing rain. While two nearby Sabal mexicana of similar size spear pulled, this washy did not. After its spears grew out though, it was clear that it did take some damage to the fronds that were emerging during the freeze. At planting around June 1st 2024: Then October 2024: Feb 2025: Then May 2025: December 2025: And today: I am 6'2" for scale (1.88 m for our friends outside the US) These grow so fast and so easily in this region, it seems no palm garden would be complete without one. I need to clear the grass back from the base, but I haven't prioritized it enough, since it continues to grow so fast...with no extra care.

It's still there.. Is under the " Tropical Looking Plants ( Other than Palms ) " headline..

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My twenty+ year old C. Decipiens (formerly known as Dypsis decipiens) is bulging in its crown shaft. It’s never flowered before and, for those in the know, do you think an inflorescence is hiding in there?

Here it is today.

Somehow I managed to miss all of those! But I did see A Christmas Story! Great movie!