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I have visited Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami FL many times but always enjoy seeing new additions and checking on “old friends”. This Sabinaria caught my attention especially since it looks untouched planted outside despite the recent cold spell here. I eagerly await mine growing big enough to show off the gorgeous leaf shape and color! Below are two different Kerriodoxa elegans. Rhino beetles in Puerto Rico love these so not sure if I will get any to trunking size. I am really looking forward to seeing them in habitat in Phuket Island.Thailand on the soon to start IPS post tour. Calyptrocalyx albertisianus is a fairly new addition to my own farm after I saw a beauty at Dean Ouer’s place in HI a few years ago. Here is one at FTG reminding me that they are likely to be much taller than my other more shrub size Calyptrocalyx. I am including a striking cycad that I wish I grew. Microcycas calocoma.

I gave this palm a fresh haircut and trim - i have to say that it looks amazing that way

I was able to force this color with 23 degrees but i don't think I’ll be able to maintain this look.

White triangle

I took a pass through the butterfly collection and this papilio lowii posed for me. Pigafetta elata (I only saw one) seemed fine outside. I am down to 2 of these from 5 I grew from seed and planted out in PR. Another rhino beetle delicacy. I now have some seedling Pigafetta filaris (the white one) gifted to me by PR00360 from RPS seeds. Hoping I can get some to trunking size when my beetles seem to ignore them. Mine are at the very dangerous to touch stage but eventually the smooth trunk becomes huggable. This Calyptrocalyx hollrungii is much bigger than mine. Such a nice palm. Sommieria is another species I “met” at FTG many years ago and am so happy to now have in PR. Next some classic FTG views. Entrance to the conservatory:

Nice double roebelenii! I almost bought one too - $70 at the orange store, right? I settled instead for a $35 foxtail and a $10 Dypsis lutescens. I managed to get both in my Nissan (somehow).

Amazing to get such great germination with a rare and exciting palm like this.

Chrysalidocarpus Basilongus

@FlaPalmLover if it's easy to keep water out then it's a good idea. Conventional wisdom also says to avoid overhead sprinklers. Yet every single palm nursery on the planet uses big overhead sprinklers, at least until 10g or bigger sizes. They switch to drip lines with emitters or bubblers on 10 to 100g pots. If overhead sprinkling was a serious risk then they wouldn't do it...they'd be risking their livelihood on it. For sure I wouldn't intentionally spray water in the crown, but I doubt a bit of rain is a serious risk. Other people here suggested Daconil in the crown, partially because it stays tacky when it dries. So the mixture *might* stick around in the crown even with some rain. Honestly, as long as torrential rain doesn't wash into the crown, many (or most?) would stay in place. And a systemic (like Banrot or Aliette or others) is great when absorbed. Systemics may be slower though, I read a study somewhere that it could take 1 to 2 weeks to get from the soil to the crown. So I like the idea of the 2 step treatment. I did a soil drench of Banrot + Aliette on a few key palms like my mutant Elaeis, a couple big Arenga Pinnata, and several Attalea Brejinhoensis. Those were all seriously burnt and the frond stems were at least partially burnt towards the crown. So I figure both is a good choice. @junglejim welcome to PalmTalk! I had a couple of 1-2 year old Pandanus Utilis (I think), but both died after 27-30F frosts. They defoliated and started to regrow, but then caught a crown rot and died. So a good crown treatment (Daconil, hydrogen peroxide, Mancozeb, any copper-based, etc) and a systemic (Banrot, Aliette, others) is a good choice.

@PalmBossTampa Looks like you got a little too excited with the flamethrower!

Well that’s one way to get a new variety of Bismarck!

My current temperature is 23 Probably about 200 feet from the house, 28.3 By our pool, 31,7 by the house, But this entire week it will be in the high 50s and some 60s

My experience I don’t have a green thumb like Scott royals grow great here you don’t need to worry about cold so much what you need to remember is we live in hell the heat and intense sun are much more of a problem than cold I have 2 Chambyronia they are on deep shade they don’t like heat I rarely get a red frond and they are Sloooooow so if they get any damage they are probably toast I haven’t had any luck with Beccariophoenix in full sun I have 4 in the ground in shade I have lost 3 that I had in sun a palm that I have been amazed at is the teddy bear it is in more sun than any of my tropical palms and grows quite fast!! I know you didn’t ask about it but mangoes grow great here just make sure you don’t get one that is grafted because if they do freeze grafted ones are usually toast ones that aren’t grafted come back from the roots!!

Hey y’all! Took a trip to the coast this weekend. Here’s a few palms I was tracking. A bottle palm in Port A and a few foxtails in Rockport/Fulton. Port A got down to 26F and Rockport got down to 24F along the waterfront which is where the Foxtail was. Nice Bismarkia in Port A as well. No damage whatsoever.

Here are some Sabal Mexicanas(?) in Austin. I wanted to show how crazy long the petioles are. Much longer then the 35"-47" that wikipedia states, more like 144++" They seem to be most impressive at this size and perspective. I put the camera on a timer and added some fuzzy Doofus in the photos for scale. These are all from the Laguna Gloria Sculpture Park where they are growing near oaks and cypress. I have many of these growing from seed along with S. Uresana and S. Causiarum too. - thanks Joseph! I can only imagine what those will look like size-wise in the future. The sunny shot of the flowers is a week earlier than the shady one.

I like it. You're staying on topic rather than graphs, charts, statistical analysis and week long forecasts. Spring isn't far off. "What is your current yard temperature?"

What recent event would cause above average predicted temperatures there?

I prefer it when the article arrives with the posting. If you think of it, perhaps you could do that? Thanks.

Maybe they could have sold them and had them removed intact. This seems like a stupid loss of a species that is slow growing... not 'invasive' material at all.

Wow, thanks for the ‘bump’ Richard. Well, an update. The sessifolia got tired of being frail and checked out. The simulans, which was acquired later, died of thirst. The rest of the Veitchia have done well. The metiti, IMO, is a rather unremarkable palm and better planted in a group. I find it interesting that a grouping planted close together can have such a large variation in stature. Anyway, here’s a photo of V. metiti. Tim

Sounds perfectly fine to me. This stuff happens in nature all of the time and nature has it's own way of sorting this stuff out.

So here in Florida we had that cold front that did a number on all my Clusia plants and my two Christmas palms which are babies and were just put in the ground. The Sylvester palm is thriving great. what can I do to speed up the growth process? the Christmas palms have all turned brown and the new frond sprouting looks brown as well. They do seem to be alive, just need a lot of love. I have been watering them. Anything I can give them to help them.

They are more solid and robust looking and a different colour new leaf in comparison to macrocarpa, a good healthy macrocarpa you can’t go past though for the glory they are known for! Here’s a nice pic of a macrocarpa. Richard

Dypsis louvelli showing up the rest of the garden.

They are water hogs and love almost swampy conditions. The ones in metropolitan garden in Athens are huge, because they are benefited by the replaced water of the nearby duck pond.

@pj_orlando_z9b + @Kiplin + @PalmBossTampa + @gyuseppe These are my Phoenix reclinata hybrids with a juvenile coconut that got 100% defoliated for comparison. My best guess is that they are crossed with Phoenix canariensis since that was the closest other species, but they don't have enough trunk to say for sure. Guest appearances from Livistona chinensis, Syagrus romanzoffiana, and Washingtonia robusta as well.

I love them too Harry, I've got a dozen or so in the ground in a big group, which should look pretty cool in a few years. I collected the seeds from a little patch of bush in Southern NSW, which is pretty close to their southern native limit, and I've got another batch from Eungella in Nth Qld, 1600km further north near their northern limit. Both lots grow equally happily here, so they’re clearly very adaptable palms! They love water!!

IMO, one of the most beautiful little palms out there. Mine came as D. poivreana and is also lightly suckering. It seeds regularly, but the seedlings are finicky little mutha’s. Tim

I have a lot of hookeri in my garden so iam expecting a bit of pop this season! You’re looking pretty good though in sunny warm Melbourne!

Cibolo TX Post Winter storm report: Temps in my neck of the woods hit 19F or 20F, with some freezing rain. As usual, I think the freezing precipitation was the bigger problem. C. radicalis with East Northeast exposure and partial overhead protection from the eave of the house. P. dactylifera was almost immediately dead. It was about 3 ft in overall height and very healthy going into this event. I covered it, but not until it was already wet. So it's spear pulled almost immediately after the freeze. It's leaves were brown within a few days. I cut the trunk down and there was no living tissue left, despite treating it with hydrogen peroxide within a couple of days of the ice. Butia took a little longer to show damage. It was covered with a large patio umbrella, but it blew off during the storm. It was a couple of weeks before the newest leaves started losing color. Spear pulled, and I have been treating it with H2O2 as well. No signs of a new spear yet. Even my S. mexicanas (No protection) have a leaf or two that have lost their color. This surprised me: My Washingtonia that grows like a weed looks pretty much perfect with no protection: Not all Washingtonians are created equal though. This is what another one just a couple of houses down from mine looks like: Small trachycarpus F x Ws took no damage with a bucket to cover them:

Dypsis basilonga seedlings looking good, somewhat a few years behind @Hilo Jason but they will get there.

After a few months : dictyocarium lamarkianum first leaf !

Calyptrocalyx hollrungii!

I know this is not warm for a lot of people , but this is a very warm winter night for us in february its currently. 48f at 12:02 here in needmore Pennsylvania

The Aliens 👾 did it when they landed!

Took Sancho for a hike through the woods today and we saw some interesting tree growth --- I have no idea what would cause them to grow like this. Maybe they were wrapped around something years and years ago? Anyway, cool stuff.

Sharing the lowest temps my home station recorded. Just SE of Raleigh. 12.9F maximum low A few nights right at 15F (probably 3 in 2026)? And the December 15th low of 14.8 - I would argue to say this did more damage than anything. that low started burning Washingtonias, and they just have gone downhill since. My windmills, butias, chamaerops, and most all sabals are fine. I had a few small ones get burned up (I think) S. palmetto pictured on Feb 4th - 48 hours after 13F. The matches the lowest temp seen last year as well.

A lot of gardeners want colour in the their plants. And a lot of colourful plants are of tropical origin, and for this reason a lot won’t live in the cold climates, cool weather yes but cold you’re very limited to the super tropical stuff. But if you search around there out there.

When it comes to some beautiful flowers Australia has some absolute gems. So if your garden is a little on the drier side why not go for a few Aussie natives if you can find them, there super tough dry tolerant and somewhat cool tolerant.

Here's a hybrid Phoenix reclinata x roebelenii that I just germinated. Going into a 12" liner for the winter - after that we'll see...

Patiently waiting for the seed to mature

Will I have better luck with germination this time?

I am not in Cali but have a similar climate. My teddy bear has taken 2 heat waves and a few below 0c nights and nothing seems to bother it. Mine came in a 13cm wide pot and was only 30cm high when I planted it 2 years ago. The one in my old garden took 6 years to reach a metre in height. I think my furry baby is looking pretty good, apart from the lowest leaf which is about to fall off anyhow. Peachy

I am in Orange County.

Not a great pic unfortunately, only one I got =/

2018 to 3/3/2020

This will be my new setting. White pine, red spruce, and Frasier fir are pretty common there.

Here's mine. 3 years from a skinny 5g and sitting in full Arizona sun all day.

Couple of mine.. still kinda small but have been solid growers. Only have 3 total but they are nice

Those leaflets are soooo long