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This Spring’s annual order from Floribunda has arrived! Three one gallon Basselinia glabrata, two Pinanga coronata, two Cyphophoenix alba, and three 4” container Prestoea montana. Are are robust and big for container size as is usual.

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

Capada palm

Trachycarpus princeps

Congratulations! I got my spring order from Floribunda about 10 days ago. My container garden was decimated by Ian and last winter's nights in the upper 30s. For future orders I am sticking to Floribunda and sellers I know on PT. TIP: If a palm seller peddles stuff with outdated scientific names or cutesy meaningless monikers consider red flags raised high. 'Nuff said.

Wallichia densifolia in the garden!

A little chelyocarpus

sure looks like one that has been left in the pot too long. THis is a good palm to save as it is unhappy but has developed plenty of roots. Dry air roots are hard to keep happy. If you can cut the pot off without cutting too many roots, I'd get it int he ground and keep it moist. It does appear to be needing water pretty badly, the leaflets are closed up a bit. Get it in the ground and it will appreciate the luxury of wet soil. Here is my largest hospita

This is my old F1 woodii x natalensis I got from Cynthia Giddy who made it in SA. My cycad log says 1985 acquired for $60. Cynthia was visiting Hermione Stover in California and brought with her hundreds of these bare rooted in bundles of 3, like cigars. All had been treated with her signature petroleum dip, so they largely failed. Mine I washed off and soaked and rinsed many, many times, but it still smelled of petroleum. Well, here's the plant today with 3+ feet of trunk growing 20 leaves. You'll notice the characteristic folded- hands leaflets among the lowest leaf bases -- a trait directly brought from pure woodii.

One of my Royals is almost ready to get her first ring

With winter approaching it’s time to start slowing the watering down. This will hopefully stop the dreaded winter strike rate on seedlings. Just the greenhouse for them in the microclimate I have created there. And try to water on the warm days so the foliage drys out before nightfall. Also no fertilising either, the metabolic rate will be down on a lot of tropical palms that’s for sure. So there on there own for winter we shall see how many casualties we get!

One of the densifolia I have is in the understory and it seems to like the dense understory tolerant of low light. While the other one is very bright light conditions. A very tough palm, that tolerates dry conditions. And cool conditions, along with I will drink whatever water is available palm!

A few in the collection getting a bit of attention! Dypsis lantzeana dypsis ambositrae dypsis rivularis carpoxylon macrospermumrhopalosytlis baueriJohannesteijsmannia Altifrons Areca vestria red formCrysophilla warscewizianus

Beccariophoenix Madagascariensis

Eugene

Smaller F2 natwood sending out a few new ones. I’ll take a couple update photos of the larger ones tomorrow along with some f2 trans woods.

Looks like Sabal Yapa

$60.00 was a significant amount for a bareroot small plant back in 1985 even though it sounds like a bargain for an E natalensis x woodii. It is a beauty and I'm curious if it pups much? My F1 horridus x woodii female is probably around 25 years old based on its size when I got it, It has one large pup, and two or three newer small pups, one of which is just beginning a flush. It thrives in the full coastal sun, even though it has become more filtered at times during the day as my palms have grown. I have 2 more seedlings of backcrosses of male and female F1 horridus x woodii, and the one in the ground in full sun is just pushing out flushes off to the side of the main flush, so it appears that one will have 3 caudices from a very young age. The main caudex on the older plant is clearly showing that it will flush as opposed to cone again; she's taking a little rest after pushing out 3 cones last year. I'm ok if she just gives me a nice big flush this spring. Here is the flushing pup, and main caudex but you can't see the flush about to emerge from the main caudex.

Yes. Bels thrive in Hobart, Tasmania .Here are a couple of ours.

They look great, as usual! Best self made holiday is the day the box arrives.

Nice haul, @Jim in Los Altos!

Very surprised and delighted to see it flower before clear trunk.

Just a couple of palms and exotics gor the garden. aphelandria sinclairianaCalyptrocalyx flabellatusalpunia rugosadypsis NM

I must admit the mex fan palm was the first palm that got me into palms. Being in LA they were everywhere, I remember watching sunsets and seeing them create the iconic skyline that people think of when they hear California. Over time though, much like the syagrus, I definitely don’t prefer them. The one palm that won my heart, and has still my admiration is the Canary date. The orange seed pods are still gorgeous.

Bactris gassiapaes, Chambeyronia watermelon and a rather well dressed moth.

Coconuts on the beach on windy day:

Hey guys was hoping someone could help ID this palm i think its a Copernicia hospita . let me know what you think. Thanks

Random corner in Friendswood...pretty old

Took some pics of the LARGER F2s. What’s crazy is i planted some out immediately and some remained in pots until last year. I think i have 1 left in a pot which essentially is just being stunted/bonsai’d. The growth on these things are completely insane! Some of the newer leafs are 5-6’ long

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….and Santa didn’t need to deploy his sleigh! Great haul , Jim . Reminds me of my visits to @DoomsDave . Just curious , do you leave them in a protected environment for a while , or plant them out right away ? Harry

Accepted 😍

Hybrid Latania

Hey who’s a croppin now Jim, I know the feeling very well, keep them coming, I wanna see more!🤣

Funky flowers too. And they get big! Now Arenga oblongifolia I believe.

Why only one, a dozen of each more like it!🌱

You’re doing everything correct, some palms sulk when planted out in the ground. Give your palms just normal love and care, they will be fine and in a couple of years you won’t even notice they had a setback on planting. After all it takes a lot of years to create a palm garden, instant results with palms is slow!

It’s always evolving the garden forever changing with the seasons!

The change in the season with winter approaching, and it’s very dry at the moment for the garden.

Anyone have one growing in full sun conditions? I currently have one growing in full sun. I didn't know where else to put it. I'm hoping mine will do OK in the long run, but for now I see it doesn't love the full hot sun days.

The cause is usually Boron deficiency. It's difficult to find this element to purchase. But, if you get old fashioned "Borax Soap" in the can, it'll work. It's made with the main ingredient being boron. Water the tree well. Then apply the Borax soap, maybe a small handful. Scatter it around and rake it in. Then water for a few minutes. I've had the problem on two or three palms and they all corrected the leaning in a month or two. Sorry, but I didn't take photos. Phil Jungle Music Palm Nursery, Encinitas, CA `

I can never grow it in enough proper sun in Arizona due to the summer heat and other harsh factors. So it's never at its best for me even growing in strong light, but dappled shade.

C. mossiae s/a `San Andres' An original division from Waldor last summer; first time blooming for me.

Ceratozamia zaragozae x hildae

Lanonia dasyantha

Unlabeled large and spiny Aiphanes horrida:

Red Latania opening a new frond

Three for the price of one, archontophoenix Cunninghamiana, dypsis saintlucei and Arenga engleri.