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A colorful couple in the morning sun. Pinanga insignis, and orange Areca vestiaria. Tim

B fenestralis I cleaned up the area around this palm and gave it a good watering. The windows are showing really well and only the oldest frond has any kind of burn of damage after winter. I really enjoy this palm!

In Germany, there are no options to put them in the ground and grow them outdoor. But: I do my very best.

One of my coconut palm spear caught my eye with its huge size

Pinanga caesia may suffer from overexposure on PT, but mine only recently started blooming so the novelty hasn't worn off yet. I still get startled when I walk by when a new inflorescence is about to open. The entire tree is Technicolor, but the blooms dial it up to 11.The deep red covering (bract?) only stays on for a few hours. After it falls away, the soft pink flower buds are exposed for less than a day. First thing the next morning the flowers open to a cloud of bees. After only a few hours all the flowers have fallen to the ground leaving just the bare violet rachilia that might go on to make fruit, if I'm lucky. I wonder what role the intense colors play. I assume the bees are attracted to some fragrance, not the color, but I really don't know. I could believe brightly colored fruit attracts birds for seed dispersal, but that is months down the road. No matter, it is an impressive, albeit brief, show. Palmpedia says this species is difficult in California. I hope people on the mainland are able to find a protected spot in their garden that can provide the right microclimate for this beautiful palm. If you are going to try zone pushing, might as well swing for the fences. I hear that this is one of the taller Pinangas,. I'll need to keep adding another baby every few years so I always have eye level blooms.

As noted, the crownshaft on these is just beautiful; here’s one of mine. Forgive the blow up pandas, my wife won’t let me get rid of them. One of those battles not worth fighting..:)

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated:

Planted this palm years ago, tag is long gone. Can someone please ID?

Last Friday, this Iriartea deltoidea dropped a flower sheath with a loud "thwop!" and shook itself out like a wet mop. A day or two later I finally returned with the camera to capture the glowing flowers. Now on the fourth day, the bees are still buzzing around it. These stately palms are a favorite.* I first saw them in Costa Rica, looking down on the fluffy crowns from hanging bridges, mesmerizing. These individuals were planted in July of 2011. IMG_5346.MOV *(All my palms are favorites.)

Red latania & cranberry acetosella hibiscus

🌴🤗, Great photos and really unique, Keith

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A little late, but better late than never—happy Easter Monday to everyone 🤗🌴☀️

A little late, but I hope you’ll accept it—Happy Easter Monday, Bodie 🤗🌴☀️

Definitely not Rhopalostylis. I get volunteer ones by the dozens and they look very different. They start out with bifid leaves like in the photo below.

Thank you! Will try to get more on "What in the world".

I had some lead burn on my Washingtonia, but otherwise everything is growing out nicely

Howea is a tough grow here but the Breaker's manages to grow them decently in nooks and crannies with heavy canopy. I do not know what this palm is or the first. Wish we could grow those beautiful Howea's!

Sad news. Condolences to the family

Some form of Cocothrinax in front of a cluster of MacArthur palms. Please help me with ID's and corrections.

What in the world is this:

Juvenile Latania lontaroides. They do not stay red in humid Florida long:

Bottle Palm that DoomsDave may recall:

Shot of the same palm from another direction:

Beautiful, Rick! I agree, the soft spines on the underside of the leaves are inconsequential. When my palm was younger, the spines on the leaf bases looked like this: Handle with care, but easy enough to avoid getting stabbed.

Mine came from the same FB batch as Kim's. It went into the ground in March 2019 from a 1 gallon pot. After seven years, it is now about 15 ft (4 m) tall overall with about 4 ft of bare trunk. The color of the trunk is a dull red-orange. Totally carefree. I had never noticed any spines on the crownshaft, but when I looked closely today, I do see very widely separated short spines about a half inch (1 cm) long. Much more conspicuous are the white hairs on the leaflets. I have not noticed these on any other palm species growing in the garden. Could this be a reliable diagnostic character in addition to the coloration? Mine has developed a swollen base.

Kim, here is my contribution from here on Hawaii Island, not far from Leilani Estates as you know. No rain today (yet) and my camera battery is now charged up. Acanthophoenix rubra acquired from Floribunda in Jan 2017, planted out in Oct 2018. Had to clear years of dead leaves. Little older ones had numerous and lengthy spines on the crownshaft. Newer leaves and present crownshafts are completely without thorns. Trimmer and 8x8x16 blocks provide scale. Just for interest, I also photographed my Acanthophoenix roussellii. Also acquired from Floribunda, date not recorded. Planted Jan 2016. Has been flowering profusely for a couple years, but, so far, no fruits at all.

Recently purchased this 7g “weepy form” of C. Onihalensis from Chip Jones Nursery. I’ve read a few posts from people having a hard time growing these in Florida, albeit, in areas a bit warmer than north Orlando. The specimen at Leu Gardens looks great. I also have a smaller “upright form” I’d like to plant out as well. Anyone have any successes with these in ground in Florida? And if so what soil/sun exposure has been the trick?

God Bless!

Maybe Chrysalidocarpus loucoubensis. Does it throw a reddish new frond?

The palms you have are fairly common, i.e., what many of us would call "usual suspects". The effort , risks and cost to extract them will far exceed any value you hope to recover by selling them. Enjoy them while you can then let them go so you can start your collection anew with emphasis on rarer species you can grow where you live.

Your "What in the world is this" palm -- could it be an unhappy Howea forsteriana?

Happy Easter... Butch

Oh no.... His love for the Lytos is a huge part of what kept me interested in palms. An absolute legend. I learned so much despite having so little interaction with him. I'm really sorry to hear this. His passion and his knowledge will be missed dearly.

Looking so nice recently. Tim

My friend claims this is an Areca catechu dwarf. I believe it is a simple Areca catechu:

Satakentia liukiuensis:

Shoe for perspective:

The first 2 hippeastrums in bloom this year, I have about 100 in the garden

Wow! Awesome idea to have all 3 to compare differences. The A rousellii crownshaft is eye catching! Has it produced viable seed? Nice Tahina photobomb too!

I have all three Acanthophoenix growing in my San Diego garden and all grow perfectly. My A rubra are grown from seed off a tree in San Diego (Dennis Willoughby's garden). The only reason not to grow these I could think of is the spines, but in my opinion they are much less lethal than Phoenix roebellinii or canariensis which are all over the place. Photos coming...

Wonderful palms Kim.. Back in the day I'd spent a lot to get them, only to have them be confiscated at customs or die. But perseverance finally paid off and now I have a number of them; and they're remarkably trouble free in my 10a climate. The crown shape of these when they're mature is as tropical as it gets. Prior to that, all the Acanthophoenix seem to have a pretty vertical, upright look to them. Your looks perfect!

These are awesome looking. Used to be my holy grail palm. but South Florida was not k8nd to these. Not sure why more people don’t grow these… maybe those spines when young. I picked up a couple of babies from Floribunda a few years back. At first they grew like crazy, then (like so many tropicals) when the summer nighttime heat really picked up, they got miserable. They went back and forth like this for a couple of years, then I decided to it was cruel and unusual punishment. They looked terrible. I took the loss. They kind of have thin, soft leaflets, like teddies, or a R rivularis.

That is beautiful, and a palm you don’t encounter much on this forum or, come to think of it, in gardens either. Tim

Red Latania new frond

Licuala orbicularis in the Coffs Harbour botanical gardens.

Some nice colour on this Butia odorata inflorescence.

Bismarkia