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I have 4 planted around the yard. These two put out after years in pots back in 2021 when Covid was giving me plenty of time to clear and build terraces. On that single behind them is my Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. 'hookeri' planted out about the same time. Any way after clearing grass that blocked the path for the past month and a half I discovered that some how the soil must have softened w/all the rain in March n April and something caused the to lean toward each other. LOL Can't wait till the get taller and cross. LOL

These are cool palms. The swollen base is really cool looking; they just don’t seem to reach their potential in my climate. I suspect you’ll have way better luck!

They are a nice palm with that chamaedorea look, I planted one in the ground the other day.

A top little miniature palm, easy to grow they flower pretty well much after a couple years of growing. Cool tolerant growing as far south as Sydney. Somewhat dry tolerant, perfect shade understory palm, patio, greenhouse and mist likely indoors. Very predictable growth pattern and they will fit into pretty well much any space available. The perfect miniature palm. And yes @gyuseppe I shall be thinking of you for a few seeds. And @tim_brissy_13 have tried this little beauty in your backyard refrigerator.

Little update on the bondaria and she is doing well.

This has become a handsome medium sized palm with a nice colored crown shaft after leaf sheath drop. It was acquired as C. malcomberi in a 1 gal. container in late 2011 and still not convinced of the ID. Anyway, here are a few photos from last week. Tim

There’s a lot I can’t grow and there’s a lot I have killed trying, iam quite happy to black sandy soil, and a lot of sandstone rocks in my soil. Plus the ocean influence, my elevation is around 130 meters. So quite a unique microclimate, a palm growers paradise close to halfway in between Sydney and Brisbane.

If ever there was a little cute palm to fall in love with then this is the princess for me in the Palm kingdom omg it’s so cute I purchased 5 seeds from rps and got one but what a winner it is.

They are a nice duo you got there, if I collect any pollen will send it down to you, keep it in the refrigerator if the girls are not ready. The three I have in my greenhouse come from eBay, so I know they are the real deal, and requested a male plant in the last eBay purchase. I got lucky!

Yep I’ve got C tenella going well here Richard. Similar size to yours shown. Like yours, they flowered after only a couple of years from seed, both females though unfortunately so no viable seed. Just checked today and they’re sending out new inflorescences again for the next season. No issues down here in the fridge. Photo from a year ago. They’re a bit larger now.

Livistona Australis, a pslm I can’t fault for ease of growing with them being native to my backyard.

Hers a nice little batch I germinated from RPS seeds,

Couple favorites: Encephalartos Longifolius x Latifrons Encephalartos Arenarius x Latifrons -dale

Getting ready to pot up the next generation of Buccaneer palms! Somebody has to grow them, right? 😄 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Dendrobium gracilicaule ssp howeana bloomed a few weeks back. Now it is loaded with seed pods. I haven't taken the time to learn how to germinate these properly so will probably just try spreading some seeds on the bases of where I grow other epiphytes and let nature work or not.

Both of these have needles on the trunks . The rest of the photos most probably are Needle Palms ( Rhapidophylum Hystix)

Finally got around to cutting the 3-4 foot high grass around this palm and the trail leading to it. Not the best lighting but it's HEALTHY. Bought a 1 gallon plant from FB back in 2020. Here is is 6 years later. First two show the grass that grew WILD after 21" of rain in March and 5 more in April. Cleaned it up yesterday.

Pinanga sarawakensis for a splash of colour!

The color of Arenga Engleri inflorescence. Harry

More red! Dypsis rosea opening a new leaf.

You're in luck... I put a dozen Bucanneer palms up for sale this February in 5 gallon pots. Still have 6 left currently. Definitely a viable, (albeit slow growing), palm for the desert.🌴 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Great looking palm , but they just have that “tricky to grow” look. I don’t know what it is , just has that look. Harry

The plumosa in the garden are flowering again, so this time I will make an attempt to pollinate a few of them. Only problem is they are 6 meters in height and they are not a palm for leaning a ladder against. Where there is will theres a way. The male plants are a lot smaller than the females, so the males are accessible.

Hi Harry how’s it growing. I might actually try and measure the tallest one it could even be 8 meters. And they are fast growing, super sun tolerant and quite a nice palm. I have planted two clusters of them do they look like a crazy bamboo clump and they will set seeds more easily this way. Richard

That’s what I observed on the first video @tim_brissy_13. Harry

And now it’s fruit time

Here’s mine growing in Phoenix!! So if you treat them right they are tough palms!!

Loxococcus rupicola your best bet!

Crysophilla warscewizianus, Schippia concolor, Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana and a Hedyscepe Canterburyana all doing well.

Here is the supermodel shovel for some scale. Tim

Some oohlala for the plant lovers.

Ravenea hildebrandtii, Syagrus hoehnei

Four dypsis louvelli about to show off what they are known for.

Only one new frond but looking good, they're slower when grown in shade.

Red Latania

Dark mode!

Today the favorite is this Encephalartos which is currently flushing. I include some photos of it earlier in the flush.

I planted my Thai Dwarf a year or two ago but it was not doing well. Turns out I had two specimens, one of which had died, so I dug up the smaller survivor and repotted it - hope to bring it back but will keep it in a pot here on. My Vietnam Dwarf is a 7' tall clump and I am in the midst of thinning out some of the offsets to expose the colorful stems. All work is above ground so rot shouldn't be an issue.

This is a Mountain Pear

More flowers coming online

I will find out how difficult it is but it’s taking the cold weather and even a new little spear in winter so iam confident but not to confident yet I have mooreana seedings and they seem to like my cultural techniques.

Nice palm Jim thanks for the picture and the tips all I have to do now is wait and plant it.

Encephalartos longifolius arguably has the best structure of any of the Encephalartos. It has such an organized, dare I say formal structure yet there are plenty of variations in form as well. Below are a couple I'm growing. The smaller one stalled after transplanting from my old garden where changes in the neighbor's landscaping necessitated that I move it to a sunnier spot in the new garden. Those re-curved leaf ends makes it extra appealing. I just hope it retains this characteristic when it gets to the size of my big boy. I wish I had more space to plant more of these!

Yes, I love my blue cycads but don't undersell the green ones. Flush has hardened off now and you can see the beautiful deep green which looks very tropical in my opinion. The densely packed leaflets add to the look. I'm surprised I haven't seen Encephalartos turneri in more gardens. Pictured to the left of the KO trunk in the first photo and the leaflet stacking detail in second photo. If I were ever to move, this would be a must have in the next garden. I have no plans on moving though so that is just a hypothetical.

Peter Pacific, Thanks for your comment! Encouraged me to venture away from the computer and take an updated photo of some of our Pelagodoxas. Bo-Göran

Bo, Congratulations on an almost single handed effort to conserve this species. I took these phots in Fiji at the Raymond Burr garden, where they have something like 10-20 and also have a program to preserve them. The mother tree:

A few more current photos. First, this is the under side of a Pelagodoxa frond with the sun shining on the top side.