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in Royal National Park, just south of Sydney.

A little update on one of my 2 Medemia Arguns. First inflos! Only one of the 2 plants is blooming so still have my fingers crossed for a male and female.

Update 4/16/26: I have no evidence to prove it other than it getting easier to shine my phone flashlight down and see how it looks inside, but it seems to me that it is pushing at a steady rate. Still a good ways before anything actually emerges, but at least the bits that have emerged that were previously yellow have now started turning green. Just little signs. Odds gradually increasing that this survives though. Will continue to monitor.

So I’ve been using Claude to measure the growth rate of our coconut palm after the cold and this thing is going nuclear right now the new spears are growing at 2 to 3 inches a day also we got this dwarf coconut with a 3 and a half inch thick spear

With the introduction of the CRB I'm not buying any more palms. It's enough of a battle to keep the one's I have alive. As they die I think I'm gonna replace w/some native plant. Sad day on the West Side of O'ahu.

Oh I have met peachy in person and her wit and humour is as sharp as tack and spot on, you won’t fool her in a hurry!

Bunch of stuff coming alive in the garden. I’ll post quite a few times here in the coming weeks/months. Love this time of year. Admittedly I don’t know the cross but I believe it’s Longifolius x Princeps. Could be Lehmannii x Princeps as it’s very blue. Who knows….its happy tho. Last year was a 2 Leafer, this year it’s 4. -dale

This is the Palm Society yea?

V. Manuvadee. A favorite blue. been looking for this one for years to replace the one I lost to cold one autumn. Just shipped from a wonderful grower in HI.

Thrinax excelsa:

Two 3-gal juvenile palms exposed to 27°F. One protected with a cotton shirt experienced 60% foliar damage. Another unprotected in a more exposed spot suffering from a nutritional deficiency had zero damage! Both pushing new growth after first rain of the year.

@Merlyn Thank you!

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?

If there is an asymmetrical bulge in the crownshaft, it could be a spadix.

Trunking form planted as a small seedling in 2020, survived the following cold spell, never shown any damage: 2022 High/Low (oF): 2022-12-08 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-09 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-10 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-11 0/-3(32/26.6) 2022-12-12 1/0(33.8/32) 2022-12-13 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2022-12-14 1/-2(33.8/28.4) 2022-12-15 1/-5(33.8/23) 2022-12-16 3/-3(37.4/26.6) 2022-12-17 6/-4(42.8/24.8) 2022-12-18 10/-1(50/30.2) Has seen a couple other small freezes, typical absolute winter minimum generally in the range of 0 to -3 (32 to 26.6)

Planted in 2013 has survived the following cold events (both with snow), never shown any damage, temperatures from nearest weather station. 2018 High/Low (oF): 2018-02-26 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2018-02-27 1/-3(33.8/26.6) 2018-02-28 -1/-5(30.2/23) 2018-03-01 1/-4(33.8/24.8) 2018-03-02 1/-1(33.8/30.2) 2022 High/Low (oF): 2022-12-08 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-09 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-10 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-11 0/-3(32/26.6) 2022-12-12 1/0(33.8/32) 2022-12-13 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2022-12-14 1/-2(33.8/28.4) 2022-12-15 1/-5(33.8/23) 2022-12-16 3/-3(37.4/26.6) 2022-12-17 6/-4(42.8/24.8) 2022-12-18 10/-1(50/30.2) Has seen several other small freezes, typical absolute winter minimum generally in the range of 0 to -3 (32 to 26.6)

TvT planted in 2013 has survived the following cold events (both with snow), damage described, temperatures from nearest weather station. 2018 - First and only ever spear pull, outer fronds continued to look healthy with minimal burn, suspected cause is snow melting into crown, any subsequent snowfall has since been shaken off and/or the fronds have been tied if snow was forecast. High/Low (oF), 2018-02-26 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2018-02-27 1/-3(33.8/26.6) 2018-02-28 -1/-5(30.2/23) 2018-03-01 1/-4(33.8/24.8) 2018-03-02 1/-1(33.8/30.2) 2022 - About 20-30% leaf burn after this one, looked a bit ragged, but recovered well in the growing season. High/Low (oF): 2022-12-08 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-09 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-10 4/-1(39.2/30.2) 2022-12-11 0/-3(32/26.6) 2022-12-12 1/0(33.8/32) 2022-12-13 2/-2(35.6/28.4) 2022-12-14 1/-2(33.8/28.4) 2022-12-15 1/-5(33.8/23) 2022-12-16 3/-3(37.4/26.6) 2022-12-17 6/-4(42.8/24.8) 2022-12-18 10/-1(50/30.2) Has seen several other small freezes, typical absolute winter minimum generally in the range of 0 to -3 (32 to 26.6). Normally comes through unscathed but occasionally shows some brown tips.

Another good thing to eat under the palms is air fried salmon skin!

You won’t really know until she flowers for sure, but she does look pregnant, never tell a lady she looks fat or ask are pregnant if she’s really not. So for now Jim just tell she looks good!

This was a nice event - well planned, many vendors. It was nice to meet @Fishinsteeg234 and would have bought some plants but my yard is in such terrible shape. I really need to get it cleaned up before committing to any new stuff.

Let the soil dry out, sprinkle cinnamon on top of your soil, hydrogen peroxide yes. But your palm is to wet in the soil solarisation is what you need combined with air flow. Place your palm outside in the shade if that’s possible. It sounds like your palm has been over potted, and there is sour soil at the bottom of the container. You could repot your palm into a container that is just the next size up of the root ball. Some fungi are good like mycelium, let the palm dry out.

I chalk up their relative rarity to their slowness of growth. Finding larger specimens are almost impossible. But boy are they exquisite as they attain some size. The trunks are even more prone to bending than forsteriana, giving them a beautiful, graceful appearance. The umbrella shaped crown is just icing on the cake. I have one grown from seed about 18 years ago that is finally producing its own seed. Beautiful pictures!

at Coffs Harbour. Spoiler alert: these specimens are in a glasshouse but nice nevertheless.

Well I got up this morning to thick fog and mist and about 16C with 100% RH. The fog didn’t lift until around 9.30am but it just reminded me of a cloud forest environment especially when I looked at my Parajubaeas which come from the Andes. So I took some pics. The trees were also dropping a lot of condensed water like rain in the rainforest area whenever the slightest breeze went through. I’m really happy that the trees were acting like rainforest trees. Really beautiful morning. Now in the afternoon it’s about 26C and very humid.

The Encephalartos laurentianus flush is progressing better for this time of year than normal. The mild weather has allowed the flush to emerge without wind and rain damage. Sometimes the portion of the leaves above the adjacent 6' block wall succumb to wind shear, but not yet at least on this flush.

Scott W, There is a huge amount of seed that is never harvested, or collected for germination here around Santa Barbara and Ventura. OK it takes awhile to find the mature trees that consistently deliver but Jubaea seed by the buckets goes to the squirrels . I collected Nikau palm seed in Ventura today and at least the squirrels leave it alone but again buckets of seed never get touched. Parajubaea Cocoides seed is also available although mature trees are fairly rare. I was wondering if Nikau seed are hard to get in Florida? Obviously Jubaea seed is imported and Parajubaea aren’t locally available . Is it the opinion of Florida growers to favor the hybrids or are growers there still trying to germinate cool climate palms at least in Northern Florida. We can get down to the low twenties and I grow these palms because they can handle a mild freeze. I also enjoy germinating difficult palm projects . Hope they outlive me.

Awesome news, the Butia pulled through! I thought it was most likely dead, but whenever I pushed on it, it felt solid and strong. Thankfully, I didn’t dig it up, because I really want the palm to be established in its current spot. I'm not a fan of having to wait out the shock period, so hopefully, it can make a major comeback this year. I'll try to support it the best I can with water and fertilizer so it can beef up. It’s also really crazy to me that it made it through freezing being so small, I just hope it continues to do well and doesn't fizzle out at the last minute. 🤠

The tree still survives in the wild. There must some animal that eats the seed, it could be any sort of animal. But there have been many rainforest tree experts in Australia who would have tried many things. Most plants in cultivation are from cuttings!

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but how about parajubaea in the mist in habitat?

Still anticipating the disclosure of the beverage👀

A rather fast growing majestic Syagrus with stiff dark green leaves. Ripe fruit is yellow and the size of golf balls. These have got to be in the 30 foot range. (10m) Always loaded with seed. Tim

That is exactly the way my Jubaea look. First to open are the male flowers at the ends and then a week or more later the female flowers. I read or was told by someone that Jubaea Female flowers open after all the male have finished on same spathe. Purpose for that is to help prevent pollination on same plant by itself preferring to get pollination from a different Jubaea tree in the vicinity. Also I was told that it is best to have at least two Jubaea palms in order to get fruit. If this is true or not I don't know, but 45 years ago I planted two Jubaea just in case.

Thanks Richard 😎 Jonathan……I’ll remember that snarky remark. Bret, what a chunk! I remember those huge entire leaves when I first planted them and then they exploded. I have never fertilized or sprayed them which is a bonus. Tim

I could have included these photos in that ‘moss on palm trunks’ topic. Quite the eco-system from bottom to top. Tim

First you should ask which pronoun they prefer and which gender they identify as. Get with the times kiddo Peachy (Cisgender female)

Looking great, nice specimens. Every Licuala I’ve had was able to live in a pot for a very long time and always looked stellar. If you live in a climate in which Licuala can survive outdoors, they go to the next level when planted in ground. Hmmm, maybe time for a Licuala thread, this genus has a lot to offer. Tim