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I haven’t found them to be hugely different in growth rate to Howea forsteriana which is of course among the most common palms on the planet. I haven’t grown enough to know, but is their typical germination rate lower than H forsteriana? I feel like there must be something more to it. Aesthetic appeal of H forsteriana with drooping leaflets more attractive to your average non palm person? Looking back over photos, mine has been in the ground for 4.5 years now. It has grown from quite a small juvenile to a good sized plant in that time. These photos are a bit over 4 years apart.

A somewhat bit of a rare Howea species, there about the place if you look hard enough. But not that common, the fosteriana got all attention and the bell was left second place. A nice palm with that punk look about it!

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!

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?

Some of my coconut palms from the top

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

Had some Korean octopus dumplings in the air fryer last night! So good. Conan likes them too!

Areca songenthensis, dypsis baronii black petiole, both looking good!

Licuala bracteata showing some promise of its potential!

Planted this sabal Brazoria from Palm Legend Gary Hollar! I'm excited to see how it will grow. It's in a great microclimate

Yes I remember you saying you hadn’t had any germinate for you. Pretty sure both lots where from the same seed batch we got.

Bentnickia condapanna, one tough palm, it’s so dry at the moment and the condapanna is still looking good! It could look better with a lot more water, but iam impressed at how tough they are!

This weeks special garden treats are a few good unheard of rare ones! ixora speciesponapea (ptychosperma) hentyii Gnetum gnemonlicuala Romber cocothrinax spplumeria stenophylla Zamia nespophila Alpinia pumilla

Argh man you got hit , I feel for you on that one. But I know how you feel iam getting the opposite complete dryness with the drought we are going into with no rain for two months, not any that’s worth getting anyway it’s cruel here now. Just too busy to water doing all the other watering in the garden and greenhouses. Plus having a job. Not enough time to water.

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.

I love cooked alien linguine with marinara!

Somewhere around here, you'll find the loonngg thread regarding this discussion with lots of info to digest.. Regarding This, Only organism that acknowledges state / international " Borders " are a certain group of humans.. Rest of the living world, inc. most humans, does not. Oceans, and limits to climate related adaptations are the only barriers that limit what lives / grows where.. Another angle to this story is that, ..in another recent thread, this one here.. Washingtonia species were recently lumped together, so.. What you ..and everyone else.. in CA and other warm -enough parts of the west.. are seeing when you see robusta, or hybrids, or pure filifera sprouting ..everywhere.. is that particular form of the species expanding it's range, helped in large part by humans bringing it into cultivation.. Other parts of the U.S. are close enough that robusta would spread afar on it's own over time.. The true invasive?, the tree saplings in your first shot.. Unless they are CA Walnuts, most likely, they are Chinese Pistache, ..or possibly Tree of Heaven < though the leaflets don't look right for that menace, imo > ..Note the first part of the common name/ epithet portion of the scientific name < chinensis >.. Is a reflection of where they originated, though some newer cultivars are hybrids w/ other sps from other parts of the old world. Plants brought here from there / other parts of Asia, ..or Europe, Africa, and / or AUS. generally don't have the " checks and balances " organisms around that keep them under control in their respective areas when released into cultivation in the US.. Thus, they can spread and negatively alter New World ecosystems. The reverse often occurs when plants introduced from the Americas escapes cultivation in x or y place in the old world. Excluding island regions like Cuba, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, plenty of checks and balances around that evolved alongside Washingtonia - whatever to keep them in line, no matter where they're grown in the Americas.

The first ring on my California grown Chrysalidocarpus robustus. I don't recall seeing any other big specimens here in California. Thanks to visiting the Big Island I have seen some tall specimens which put my juvenile plant in perspective.

I have found archies to be very good for making multiples and I use a more dense planting than my other crownshafts. They love water so planting in multiples can make it easier to keep them moist. We have a dry spring here and they will get pale if I dont add consistent irrigation for them to look good. Other than that they are easy to keep happy in my yard. My archi8es are currently kind of tall(25-30') cant get em in a pic unobstructed so pictures are. I looked back to 2011 a year after I planted my alexandre triple and then a pic from 2019 where they grew in a bit. Here is the pic a little over a year after planting from 3 gallons, they were quite fast. Note the whitish undersi8des of the leaves in morning sun, hard to see the whitish undersides today as little sun hits them at 30' tall with everything grown in.. second pic 2019 shows how they grew in in 8 years(in 2019) since planting. today they are much larger of course, trunks are over 20' clear and bases are swollen to 17-18" thick.

I have to make one correction. I listed a palm above as a Phoenix rupicola, when in reality it's a P. theophrasti..

Created this little island oasis in the middle of the bush on a tree stump. I just chuckled em in there nothing special just time was all that was needed, left untouched!

Your palm actually looks VERY GOOD for a palm that you understand was dug out of the ground recently, and then transplanted on to your property. I think the browning is minor, and it is consistent with mild transplant shock. I think you should keep your palm well watered, and you probably should not fertilize if for a while. But, it would be good to hear opinions of more expert palm growers, and preferably some with familiarity with your soil conditions. Edit: Listen to Merlyn more than me.

Hey all, Got invited up to Beaumont to see fellow palm geeks Randall (inland palms) & Eric (Beaumont tropics), along with Bill (Cardiff palms). Beaumont is about 2,800 feet in elevation (I believe) and we had great weather. Both have wonderful gardens. We started at Randall’s. Yes, there is a house back there. He must have 150 palms and cycads packed in there. First up, the nerds congregate. Followed by a nice, fast growing Nanorropes richiana, and an awesome Phoenix rupicola.

To a degree, yes.. More technically, robusta falls just outside the CA Floristic Province.. That said, they've been native to this part of North America ..which includes CA... for much longer than any of it had names.. Can't remember if the genus was present on mainland Mexico before Baja broke off and began drifting north and west.. Homework: ** Flora recorded within the Green River Fossil Deposits ..in Wyoming. Note the " tropical " plant Genus recorded there. Let alone how far north that is from S. Cal. ** When Palms, Ficus, and an Avocado relative now restricted to Mexico, grew around the shallow, warm sea that is now the Central Valley.. Crocodiles, Boa Constrictor, and Iguana roamed CA ..southern part, of the state at least, around the same time, perhaps a little longer. Kern Vulture, a now extinct relative of the exotic looking King Vulture got it's name after it's fossilized remains were un earthed ..in Kern County. Current assumed range of the King Vulture itself extends no further than Sinaloa, though all current inat sightings / observations have been from much further south in Mexico.

These are elegant palm trees. They are dressed in majesty.

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.

Thanks for the advice greatly appreciated. As you suggested I might go with just a few suckers if any have a few roots. The sterile medium sounds the go. I just did a Areca vestria to see how that goes it’s sitting in a shallow tray of water with seaweed solution. Thanks for the tips!

in Royal National Park, just south of Sydney.

A new plant in the collection. And the easiest way to grow something that’s new is plant it in the ground.

Soft soil that is soaked, high winds. The palm may have had a root disease with dying roots therefore not enough anchorage to hold it up. But most likely high winds in a big storm in wet soil.

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.

It's a beautiful specimen, my friend. In Miami, they sell them as luxury palm trees, alongside Medjool and Zahidi date palms.

..Other, smaller " Spies that fly... " Halictus ligatus Agapostemon sp. Anthophora californica and friends.. Strymon melinus Vanessa sp.. Speaking of Flutter Butts, doubling down on efforts to get more of them into the yard.. esp since this could be one of those summers that lures some of the rarer, more " tropical " sps out of Mexico, inc Daggerwings, more of the less common, big Sulphur sps, and some others that are well known for large- aggregation puddling.. What is " Puddling ? " ..Simply put, while some assume nectar is the only energy source Butterflies need, that is only half the story.. Most Butterflies, males esp, also need to sip on water that is rich in certain minerals like Sodium and Calcium / elements like Nitrogen to maintain health and reproductive fitness. Minerals / elements that nectar typically doesn't contain. Roam around ..pretty much anywhere, esp. after a warm downpour, it is not uncommon to come across a muddy bald spot in a grassy area in a park, or damp, shaded streamside depression with clouds of butterflies gathering on the mud itself. This is them not just stopping in at such a spot for a sip of water.. Puddling behavior isn't restricted to muddy puddles either.. Any source of the desired minerals, esp. sodium, will do, inc. carrion, poop, rotting fruit, sweat and tears, and even blood ..in the case of a few butterfly sps native to the tropics.. In a garden, while planting both nectar and host - source plants is a big plus, adding a " puddling station " or two helps get lure of them into the yard.. Such a addition can be a simple plastic or terra cotta saucer filled with mud, sand, and/or gravel, and some larger rocks, then adding some salt, ..and / or a dash or two of something like Fish Emulsion and keeping it moist.. This particular station has both mud and wash grit, just to see which substrate local species gravitate to. In others i plan to add, i'll use 1/4" gravel, both bagged and collected sand, and straight Turface. Stations will also be moved around at times to see what " sun vs. shade position is most attractive. Goal is to be able to get shots, similar to these, from the yard this year.. Various Sulphur sps, from the internet.. American Snout, Hackberry Emperor, Empress Lelia puddling along Alamo wash near Picketpost Mtn. Summer 2021. Zelus renardii, hunting for sap suckers..

Without fail... Plant Sunflowers = Gold Finch " spies " will arrive shortly once they start flowering.. Spinus psaltria in this case.. Anna's Hummingbird, female..

Thanks for posting Bret, great pics. I didn't realize you shot so many photos, although I was busy making Tiki Cocktails. Had a wonderful time hosting all of you . Great food, drink and friends! Cheers

I finally got my seeds, ordered on the 26-1-26, so I finally get them into my grubby little cultivation fingers today 15-4-26, not to bad considering customs and a lovely delay that they provided me with. But wait theres more to this story of 50 seeds, total cost of this project was wait for it $950 Australian dollars. The delay and the lovely bill from customs was $620 dollars. Three varieties of seeds where ordered and one lot of ten seeds was seized. It’s fun importing seeds and even more fun knowing how many will germinate from the 40 seeds I have left, if they do germinate they will be very exspensive little seedlings. That’s growing palms could have been worse I germinate all of the seeds and the rats get them. Luck of the Irish on this one!

Too look at both varieties as seedlings you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. Both easy growing palms just add water. The hainensis are from rps and the nana are from my garden. Both beautiful palms when mature. Chuniophoenix hainensis Chuniophoenix nana

A somewhat bit of a rare Howea species, there about the place if you look hard enough. But not that common, the fosteriana got all attention and the bell was left second place. A nice palm with that punk look about it!

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

Hi John hers a couple of verschaffeltia, purchased seeds named as black seed, totally different looking seeds but a verschaffeltia splendida.

So @Than or @Phoenikakias or @gyuseppe or @dalmatiansoap any of you make lamb stew? Maybe share a recipe if you do. Or seafood! Anyone! Share recipes if you like!

Those meats in the OP are ground meat, for sure. But I've also had Land Animal Kababs as well: Marinate 1 - 2 pounds of pork, beef, veal, goat, lamb, camel or even chicken, cut into 1 - 2 inch pieces in olive oil, lemon juice garlic, rosemary, chopped onions - leave sit overnight in the fridge if possible, then skewer over a fire, cook till done and eat. Be careful about pork and chicken to make sure they're done all the way through, so you don't catch anything. The rest can be a bit rare and still good. Serve with rice pilaf, and a hearty beverage, including, as @Phoenikakias suggests, some burgundy wine, so fine . . .

Lastly, and a bit off-topic, Randall told me several months ago that he was relocating some palms in his backyard so that he could make a tiki hut. I’m thinking of something like maybe an outdoor barbecue/ bar area, open air, with a thatched roof. Ah no.. His attention to detail was absolutely unbelievable. Beyond words, enjoy..

Next, the best Trachycarpus princeps I’ve ever seen. Interestingly, they won’t grow very well here near the coast. But a slam dunk in the dryer air where he lives. Followed by a canopy view with a Livistona decora poking its head out. As his canopy has expanded, what used to be impossible for him to grow, is no longer out of the question. Case in point, Becarriophoenix alfredii.

The nectarine tree has been in bloom for 8 days now. Let's hope it bears fruit this time...

Solicito de su apoyo, para saber que fertilizante puedo utilizar en la palmera ekmanni

Curiosity got the best of me. Let's see if either sets seeds. I'll try to go up on my roof a few times each week to continue crossing pollinating while nicolai is in bloom

I'd still like to have a mature Washintonia filifera var. filifera here. Working on it...

all look great, i grow filifera and robusta myself from seed here in oklahoma 7b. I have a pretty good size robusta in the ground (along with a sabal and windmill) that was about a 5gal when planted 4 years ago.