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Couple of Chambeyronias in flower, and a nice little Wallichia marianneae.

I finally have this species again, one of my favorites, so far 8 have been born

A very easy one for division cuttings the rhizomatosa. Just select the cane you want cut and repot it. Sit it in a quiet corner of the greenhouse and wait. I trimmed a couple of lower leaves, that was all the preparation needed for this one. Definitely not rocket science this one!

Photos look like Rapidophyllum hystrix.

My Cycas thouarsii has several caudices flushing. Actually that isn't quite accurate, it is more like a couple of dozen. I started with five plants and each has a plethora of pups. The aall is visible again but not for long. These flushes need head room to grow without being tangled.

With two acres of garden theres a plant in there that is growing for attention. Any amount of rain is a welcome change other than the hot days. The Australian bush needs the dewy mornings when its dry, it’s that little bit of moisture to help the stomata breath, and a few drops of water for the animals to get that drink for the especially when it’s really dry. I imagine your climate very similar to ours at the moment, I get a slight ocean influence on my property. Richard

A new V splendida leaf did…

What caught my eye today, well it wasn’t so much as what caught my eye, but being told by the wife to look at her new found palm nursery that is going to put me out of business. She seemed pretty happy with her germinating success. And good on her I say hopefully she can take over happypalms with her chamaedorea elegans palms.

We don’t muck around here @happypalms🤣 Richard

We don’t muck around here @happypslms🤣 Richard

Rhapis multifida. I once got told that there are so many rhapis species lost in habitat that they only survive in cultivation. You could well have a lost species, but it looks like multifida.

Congratulations Mr gyuseppe. Seek and ye shall find!

Time to call in the palm gurus, it’s got me this one whatever it is. Nutrient deficiency to wet to dry to cold to hot or not enough of something. Fungus or some other ailment. Iam leaning towards nutrition but if I knew that I wouldn’t be asking this question. Is it bore water and they don’t like high iron? But I just can’t shake what is going wrong. But the napaliensis dont like something and that something is wrong, whatever iam doing iam not doing it right. It’s most likely something simple, like they say the kiss method keep it simple stupid!

I’m sure they will be right at home! That R. Baueri will take off. It is about the size of mine and it is growing pretty fast here. Harry

After tearing out an ugly hedge and termite infested fence, I wanted my side yard fence to block street noise, and require minimum maintenance. The solution was a block wall, which was rather stark. Having success in my previous home with Cycas thouarsii, I thought it would look great along the wall. The south facing wall also is a great heat sync, which this species appreciates in my coastal climate. So after 4 1/2 years, here's what the Cycas thouarsii look like along with some Aloe marlothii and the Dypsis pembana on the end. Quite effective at deterring the tagging too!

Hi all, I have a few extra cycads. All species for sale are growing well in my garden in Central Texas since 2017. Cycas debaoensis: grew this individual from seed starting in 2012. One-10 gallon at $145. Dioon edule: grew this individual from seed starting in 1999. One-15 gallon $175. Cycas panzhihuaensis x debaoensis. Grown from seed started in 2017. One-15 gallon with 6 inch caudex $375. 4 photos attached. One of an individual planted in ground, one of caudex, one of flush of new leaves just emerging and one of leaves after a few days since emerging. Cash or Venmo would work as payment. Pick up at mutually agreed open location in or around Austin Best, Jason Best, Jason

It has been absolutely bloody baking hot here today. Low 90’s F. Tarmac on the roads was melting around here today. Worse to come. Mid-90’s F tomorrow and Tuesday…

A return to this topic. I planted mine out as a double 3 gallon about 14 years ago. Had much more shade back then. Hurricane Ian took out a king palm in 2022 so now it gets full sun for most of the day. The one took over and the second smaller one died, so is a single now. This is a very slow grower, even here in SWFL. With the more sun, it definitely has grown faster. Now it's about 7 foot tall OA, 9 inch tall trunk to the bottom of the bases and 7 inch diameter at the widest trunk point. Petioles are 42 plus inches long too. This is now the 3rd year it is flowering. I've read they usually hold 4 to 6 inflorescence. Well mine has 11 right now. Some flowering and others not quite yet. Nice palm but I would suggest if you're looking for one, buy it sooner rather than later. It is slow but worth it. Pics attached.

I have many desert rose plants all around my home and many rabbits. They have been no help. The rabbits have dug into the pots and created nests in them these are some pictures of them in one of my pots.

Essentially nothing downloads; if I am ever able to open a topic it is frustratingly slow. I assume this will all be corrected in due time. For the moment, I miss Palmtalk.😔

flowers

Encephalartos Lehmannii throwing a nice lavender flush.

One more

I was checking out my True Blue Arenarius today most of which are flushing now and out of 14 plants about half are throwing green flushes and half blue. I believe Tracy brought this up in another post that he had observed this as well that they all end up turning blue. This has been my experience as well. Interestingly these plants not only came from the same flat but the same cone!

Thought this one was photo worthy for the aquamarine and powder blue tones. Even more striking in person. NE Houston

Areca catechu yellow at leaf fall and green just a few hours later.

Heads up. I killed my first Ox Beetle this afternoon. Large burrow at the base of my largest Sabal Lisa. Time to check the palms every morning for the next 6 weeks. Miss one day and a small palm can be killed.

Im still running my sale Fri. 5/22 after work 3:30 and Sat 5/23 then I’m shutting it down for awhile. I still have lots to choose from including many hybrid and pure strain liners from $20 to $30! Tree pots from $40 to $75! I also still have some really good deals on 15 gal. Plants. As many of you know Cycads are a little on the slow side compared to many other plants so when you buy a large Cycad your buying time. Come buy time on the cheap! I still have E. Cleopatra 15 gal for $100. E. Longifolious 15 gal $100. A very large and old Cycas Thouarsii 15 Gal $200 and just added a 6” caudex very old 15 gal pure strain E. Arenarius $300! Hope some of ya’ll can make it over. Same deal local pickup cash only. 619-453-1240 text or pm work best as I’m currently at work. Thanks for looking🤙 Steve

Chambeyronias, chamaedoreas and a dypsis plumosa

My everglades grows like a weed. I've seen several large clumps growing around town (the tall trunks died in the 2021 freeze). Not sure why the wait on planting, should've been planted yesterday !

Chamaerops humilis Vulcano Brahea moorei @Jonathan Haycock Chrysalidocarpus pilulifer x madagascariensis F1 Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus hybrid (possibly x pembanus or x cabadae F1). Love the colours on this beast especially when it gets wet. One palm that just doesn’t look like it belongs down here on the freezer, just looks so tropical.

The male Encephalartos whitelockii × sclavoi which pushed cones and a flush is rising above the wall height now.

Well that worked, covered the fence alright. There a big cycad and reasonably paced growing.

An update. What wall? Right?

Mid summer follow up. All my seedlings, 3 sets, (Reynaldo) died this past winter. We had 2 nights of 4f. Rocks and leaves were not enough. Except...... 1 bunch survived. They did happen to have the largest rocks. Mixed in were some T or C seeds. I believe these are the actual 3 survivors. So 3 (t or c) survivors continue on. I have upped the "rockage". First pic is showing protection in winter. Reynaldo grove. RIP! Other seeding in place have taken place this year. Some Texas, some AZ ecotype and CA natural grove. 2 month old babies in situ and liners. Shout out to @Ltapia for some seed and 2 AZ ecotype filifera 2 year olds! They are taking off! Note the spear damage grow out in pic #2. More to come....

Merry Christmas Eve!

Yeah unfortunately those do not look like Leucothrinax. If you want some free seeds, I could send you some in a few months. Also unfortunately, you will need to wait for a very long time to enjoy an actual palm because of the very slow growth. These volunteers are probably 1-2 years old now! I don’t know when they popped because they were covered by the lower fronds that were dragging on the ground. When I cut them off, there were the seedlings looking like blades of grass.

🤔 plants you are calling morrisii don't look right... Maybe just the growing conditions,but all Thrinax species have a split leaf base. Morrisii fronds are usually bluish,same with the petioles, with a definite silver underside. You may actually have all Coccothrinax species planted there. Time will tell as the plants mature more. If you didn't collect the seeds yourself and grow the plants,you really have to have a lot of faith in your grower that he is actually selling what he says he is selling. There are some brokers/middlemen that will just sell you whatever you are requesting,and it may be years before you figure out what you really have. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Here’s the bigger L. Morrisii

Here’s the bigger C. Argentata

Bismarkia are very popular here. They grow very fast, and very big and don’t even need supplemental irrigation during the dry season here. But they get too big and my place. My yard is flanked by two 60-70 footers in the neighbors yards. I worry about these during our next big hurricane. There are a few Loddigesii tucked away in various places around town. They appear to be totally neglected, in bad soils, many unirrigated….. and they look great and are thriving also. A much better size and speed for my place. They are said to have better hurricane tolerance than Bismarks also. They are starting to be used as street/beach plantings by the city/county. Their native areas appear harsh, open sun, with a rough dry season. and maybe 40” of rain a year. No cold spells. A good match for here. (Stolen internet pics)….. The type of palm the survives drought and poor soils, and really looks great with some care and TLC. Prettier in cultivation. Almost like many of the Cuban palms do….. Also the kind I might kill with kindness, while a neglectful non-palm person would grow it well.

Hi I recently bought a Parajubaea but the seller didn't know the species. He sent me a picture of the seeds. So can somebody tell what it is or are the seeds more or less the same. I lean to P. cocoides but I'm far from an expert. Thanks Tom

I was cleaning out some old leaves a while back and noticed these very funky leaves. I finally got around to taking a photo of them. They are on a female plant and appear a little like it couldn't make up it's mind if they would be leaves or megasporophylls, and ultimately decide to be leaves with these deformed leaflets that never really opened properly.

While this is a different angle, the latest update shows how nicely these Cycas have filled in and what a great alternative to a hedge they can be as a privacy screen. They are now tall enough that they actually block more than what the wall did. My Dypsis pembana's are now up to the height of the phone/cable lines. Fortunately there are no power lines along the side of my house only these communication lines.

Not quite the same perspective as when I planted them or in 2017, but the Cycas thouarsii are doing their job of obscuring the wall. I'm even getting the added benefit now that the leaves are up and over the wall so they can be seen from the inside. They provide a little more privacy block as some of my interior planted palms are getting too high to act as screens. Late Autumn and early winter flushes are responsible for the yellower flushes compared to the greener specimens that pushed their last flush in warmer conditions.

You might be able to get away with your Ituriensis and Whitelockii hybrids in that spot, but only if you keep them trimmed to the most recent flush. I have a couple of them planted in spots that will only tolerate a pretty "vertical" plant. There's no way I'd be able to get past them if I let them grow and hold a full crown. Others are in spots where a full crown would be great. Here's the Scavloi (blue parents) x Ituriensis from Icebluecycads, just to the lower right is the leaf of an Arenga Engleri for a good color reference. It's a bit bluish, which should be pretty neat if it keeps that color as it grows. And here's another I just received, a Gratus x Whitelockii that was grown in semi-desert CA. It's a little light in color, but it was in near full sun so that's understandable. Hopefully it'll darken up a bit here in FL.

That should be an attractive hybrid, share a photo of it. It will likely be pretty big, because even E sclavoi will get pretty large then you add in the ituriensis which is a jumbo plant. I put a pair of Encephalartos whitlockii x sclavoi on the outside of the wall too. Someday I expect that both that hybrid and the ituriensis will have to be removed because they will eventually be too large for the narrow strip they are in, but until that day comes I plan on enjoying them. Hopefully it won't be a problem for me but for my sons to deal with eventually. Here is one of the E whitelockii x sclavoi along that wall.

I also added an Encephalartos ituriensis to the wall "lineup" a while back. It has adapted well and earlier this summer pushed out it's second flush since planting.

So the Cycas thouarsii have done a great job along this south facing wall to soften it's look. They seem to like the reflected heat particularly during the winter months. One of the females developed these larger seeds from last year. I pollinated it with one of my males that was coning at the right time. The male cones are very fragrant at this stage. Three male cones are at very similar stages of development so you can really smell them in the evening when on this side of the house.

Yes... so to mix it up I thought I would do something different along that wall further to the west. E whitlockii x sclavoi hybrids. Only one has flushed since planting, but I'm sure they will both accelerate after adapting to their new spot. Both were planted earlier this summer after I removed some razor sharp Aechmea bromeliads that I got tired of weeding around.