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Time for a few of the best, or at least some eye candy time!

My only Pritchardia is P. Hillebrandii brought home from Maui years ago in a 3” pot! It has survived for at least 15 years here in Santa Paula . Planted next to my house for protection , although I’m not sure it needed it. Harry

This is one of those palms that keeps on giving. Tim

Caryota obtusa opening up a frond mid winter. Almost looks variegated.

At that point they might as well just have them cut down entirely. Wild how anybody could do this to a palm and think this looks good in any way. If someone ever did this to one of my palms i would probably end up in jail 😂

The more the better!

You’re not alone here! I even love YOUR palms😁. Going to visit @DoomsDave palms tomorrow with a fellow collector/friend . I will love his palms while I am there. Maybe adopt a few! Harry Who am I kidding……MAYBE?😂

In Ventura , by my shop , there were a couple of Brahea Edulis that I love to see every time I pass. Someone just trimmed the poor things just like that. The other day , when I passed by one crown was bent over and looked like it was hanging by a thread. I was upset and they weren’t even my palms! I believe the saw cut into the crown😕. They are very old palms and it was sad to see. The other one looks pathetic. Harry

Currently 3 species of Chuniophoenix are recognised. C hainanensis C nana C suoitienensis C humilis is currently considered a synonym of C nana. I’ve found both C nana and C hainanensis to be bulletproof down to at least -1.5C with no damage. I’ll hopefully be able to test out C suoitienensis one day @happypalms 😉😉

Let’s see what’s cooking in the greenhouse!

Yet another photo of Prestoea acuminata var montana in bloom. Opens pure white, then becomes pink, and finally dark red with green fruit. Never fails to draw in visitors to the garden. I'm not sure if the geckos are hunting the many bees attracted to the flowers, or something else. But you gotta love those blue eyelids. Geckos were introduced in Hawaii decades ago and now number in the billions. The Kalij pheasants love eating them, but don't put a dent in the population. Plenty of geckos make themselves at home inside my house. And my first Pinanga speciosa has gotten too tall to appreciate the colorful crownshaft, so I've planted some babies. Just starting to hint at the coming show.

No Dictyocaryums, but I do have several Ceroxylons, Hedyscepes, Lepidorrhachis, and Geonoma palms. Also, about 15 Chamaedorea species. Thanks for the compliments.

I have also a triple and quadruple :) Yes, sometimes the trunk is solitair but most of my C. decipens produced two trunks, one produced three and one even 4 trunks.

My house has changed after 5 years on this forum…. It’s a jungle out there. (After many holes dug, a truckload of fertilizer and mulch, and a zillion gallons of water) Thanks for all the assistance.

Be very gentle when planting this . They can be root sensitive but tough palms once established. I would get rid of the snails, yes! The best thing for Brahea or any large palm is to cut the container and gently lower the palm ( minus the pot) into its new home . Of course it will want some water and a bit of garden soil around it . I wouldn’t worry about feeding it just yet . I have never fed either of my Brahea here in Southrrn California. Congratulations , that’s a beauty . I would keep the little one until the palm shows that it has adapted , and then make up your mind whether you like it as a duo. Harry

Mine is doing okay in So Cal but has a bit of recent leaf burn. The one that I have in a pot is younger but somehow much bigger and happier which seems to be the opposite growth habit of all my New Cals that are in the ground.

Is Chuniophoenix humilis a third sp in the genus? If it is synonym to nana, then nana has turned out tough as nail in my cold frame. But it needs quite acidic substrate.

mine have been in the garden for over 30 years

great job Richard

I would like to see Richard’s house if he brings all of his 100,000 palms inside for the winter 🤣

First pics were taken june 2021 and the following two today. It isn't slow after forming a trunk.

Here's mine in Pepeekeo.

yikes.... Paid per leaf maybe? Ryan

You’re a right old Robinson Cruseo in the making!

Sure is. Approaching 24 months down here. Has only been through 1 full winter and I do keep it protected, but it doesn’t even flinch. I can just tell it won’t have a problem in the ground. Going to plonk it into a north east facing spot against the house with some filtered light through a bit of canopy.

A few trays full of them should be enough for the domestic market, with a couple left over for the garden!

That one looks like a kk special from up this way?

Thank you!! 👍🏻 Here’s my backup plan. Got a single leaf sprout from FB last year. Happy it’s still alive. -dale

There will be no shortage of them @happypalms in the future!

Another thread resurrected from years back. Here’s my Kentiopsis Piersoniorum doing well. Planted out as a 1G plant given to me by @shepcs a few years back. Doing really good in the garden. Let’s see some updates -dale IMG_8247.mov

Sabal Yapa

L rupicola and friends…

Once again, this Dypsis rosea x mirababilis cross. Great color on this palm. Tim

Blue latania

Pinanga sarawakensis for a splash of colour!

Four dypsis louvelli about to show off what they are known for.

Geonoma atrovirens adds a bit of colour to any greenhouse!

Red Latania

A touch of colour in paradise!

Calyptrocalyx leptostachys. Tim

Nice bit of colour from the lanonia dasyantha!

Iam sure I have a bit colour in the garden somewhere!

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

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.

The ‘ole’ Chrysalidocarpus paucifolius, aka ‘orange crush.’ Love the scale that growing in almost solid rock dictates. Tim

Dypsis louvelli Dypsis lantzeana Calyptrocalyx benga dawn

Licuala orbicularis in the Coffs Harbour botanical gardens.

Some nice colour on this Butia odorata inflorescence.

Licuala ‘mapu’ inflorescence. Tim