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In 2014, I gathered seeds of this species from habitat in Cuba. 12 years of growth in the Arizona desert and here are the results. The ones I planted in full, all day sun, are finally putting out larger fan shaped leaves. The ones planted in shade, although a much prettier shade of green, are still only pushing strap leaves after all this time. Full sun definitely makes a difference in speed of growth. Species is basically a miniature version of Copernicia macroglossa, but is better adapted to smaller yards and gardens where space is at a premium. Unfortunately, due to its extremely slow growth rate and rarity of seeds, it will never be common or commercially produced. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Two years ago I got a hybrid Encephalartos from a botanic garden overhere. I got it just because it is a hybrid, see the written text "hybrid discard". This summer I noticed "movement" in the crown and I was curious whether it would cone or flusch. It appeared to be coning, two nice green cones with a length of 30 cm's. I now wonder whether it will become a little bit yellow/orange. The cross is natalensis x villosus.

A nice bit of rain and some high temperatures has the Sabal moving along looking rather good. A nice easy palm to grow tolerant of a lot cool weather and heat like most palms just add water and good drainage!

Caryota maxima when they fall they hit hard, they don’t call them maxima for no reason at all!

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Those are just too cool with the stripes and scalloped leaf margins! One I have not seen before.

This thread is now a merge with the following: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/92037-sowing-a-few-more-seeds-again/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91966-sowing-a-few-seeds-again/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91545-sowing-a-few-areca-vestria-red-form-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91453-sowing-a-few-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91133-sowing-a-couple-of-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/89436-sowing-more-seeds-rps-this-time/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90668-sowing-a-few-arenga-engleri-ptychosperma-elegans-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90608-sowing-a-few-chuniophoenix-nana-chamaedorea-adscendens-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90594-sowing-a-few-hyphaene-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90459-sowing-some-more-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90447-sowing-more-seeds-again/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90234-sowing-a-few-parajubea-microcarpa-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90286-sowing-a-few-gausia-maya-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90302-sowing-a-few-licuala-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90113-sowing-a-few-more-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90040-sowing-a-few-chamaedorea-genoformis-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/89410-sowing-a-nice-batch-of-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/89320-sowing-a-couple-of-dypsis-minuta-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/88220-sowing-a-few-livistona-alfredii-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/88914-sowing-a-few-seeds-lytocarum-insigne-chamaedoreas-benziei/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/88799-sowing-a-few-seeds-hetrospathe-scitula-physokentia-dennisii/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/88652-sowing-a-few-lanonia-dasyantha-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/88530-sowing-a-few-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/81305-sowing-areca-vestiaria-red-form-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/88152-sowing-a-few-licuala-cordata-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87919-sowing-a-couple-of-seeds-today/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87857-sowing-a-few-lanonia-sp-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87578-sowing-a-few-iriatia-deltoidea-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87292-sowing-a-few-seeds-lytocarum-weddlianum-vonitra-perrieri/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87400-sowing-a-few-gifted-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87154-let’s-get-sowing-some-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/85967-sowing-a-few-chamaedorea-descendant-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/85537-sowing-a-few-different-palm-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/84839-sowing-a-few-reinhardtia-gracilis-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/84825-sowing-a-few-livistonia-nitida-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/84025-sowing-some-oraniopsis-appendiculata-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/84158-sowing-some-dypsis-plumosa-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/83793-sowing-some-chamearops-humillis-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/83123-sowing-orania-palindan-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/82805-sowing-a-few-seeds/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/82676-sowing-a-few-johannesteijsmannia-magnifica-seeds/ Quite honestly, a seed-starting encyclopedia. Please continue to update this thread with any additional seed starting.

the almost striped blue and green is a really cool combination. also they look sort of friendly, do they have any spines at all?

A couple of beauties there @Hilo Jason. My Cyphophoenix is just a baby , nice to see what a larger one looks like. Also the Kentiopsis Oliformis , I just sowed some seeds and the New Caledonia palms grow slowly for me. Harry

A couple of the more common New Caledonia palms, but still very eye catching: cyphophoenix elegans: Kentiopsis Oliviformis:

I have another one that’s quite large in deeper shade and the petioles stretch to almost 3 meters, definitely better looking in the shade. Most people think Sabal it must have sun, not the mauritiformis. One nice palm they are and a bit rare in my area!

The following threads were merged with this one as they are essentially the same topic: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/92147-time-for-a-wonder-in-the-garden/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91877-i-wonder-to-wander-in-the-garden/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/90962-a-wonder-to-free-the-the-mind-and-soul-in-the-garden/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91265-wondering-in-the-garden/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/87259-a-late-wonder-in-the-garden/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/86872-a-wonder-in-the-garden-today/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/86801-and-time-for-a-little-wonder-in-the-garden-to-relax/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/85936-ok-now-a-wonder-in-the-garden-and-relax-happypalms/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/82356-a-wonder-in-the-garden-after-a-hot-38-degree-celsius-day/ Potentially more on the way, pending a more thorough search. When wandering or wondering, please post the updates here. Thank you.

@JohnAndSancho I've tried to figure out how the profit happens, but haven't seen it materialize yet. LOL

Hands down my favorite Sabal. In my opinion you did it right by planting it in the shade. To me they look the best when shade stretched.

This is probably the only group on earth with "society" in the name where I'm accepted. So I'll say it.

A couple more borneense have come up, and they have to be the biggest seedlings I have worked with. There’s another two that need potting a bit later so 5 out of 10 not too bad for imported seeds. Should be an interesting rather large palm tree to grow, definitely looking forward to seeing them in the garden.

Heresy! Burn him, he's a witch.

@Baja Sur welcome to PalmTalk! A couple of photos would help diagnose the problem. Brown new spears could be a fungal infection in the bud, which is curable if caught early enough. It could also be a nutrient problem or physical damage (i.e. whacking it when bringing it home or planting it), not enough water, too much water, spraying water in the crown, etc. Photos would help narrow it down. I haven't had bugs eat new spears on any of my palms, but you have different bugs in CA than I do in FL. Do you have any idea what kind of bug it might be?

I’m not sure of the name of these agaves but they grow wild locally and the locals use them for medicinal purposes. My sister in law makes a home remedy with the fermented leaves of these agave. It’s used to clean out your kidneys. I really like the color of the leaves on these.

Yes, absolutely. Sabine and I are trying it here too, with the means at our disposal.

I look back at the garden photos of before and after it’s incredible. Without Mother Nature our planet would not be the same, the gift of plants and animals is a wonderful joy in life, we need to take care of this planet it’s all we have!

Below are some photos from the meeting: I had a great time and got to check out a potential future meeting site after the meeting, courtesy of @PalmBossTampa!

I found a stray I'd forgotten about. Agave parryi var. neomexicana, camped out with the Opuntia.

Socratea stilt roots. Tim

28.5C, I'm not going to attempt the lawn right now. My baby R. Baueri has opened a 2.2m long new frond. The other one put in ground end of 2022 seems to be loving it's partially shaded spot also. I considered this a marginal/experimental species when I bought two 30cm specimens at end of 2019. Shows you do have to try things. Looks like no rain next 10 days, ground has ample moisture for now.

OK I’ll play along . These don’t fall on their own like Dave’s Chambey frond or Jim’s super long frond , but last time I cut an overhanging Obtusa frond ( hanging over a neighbor’s driveway) , it took almost an hour to cut it up in order to dispose of it! I had to drag the frond out into the street to cut it up . Harry

I purchased 200 longispina seeds and they all starting to pop up. A great Australian cycas species that will take the heat and tough conditions well. Cycas are easy to germinate you just need time.

@NickJames The tag is fairly accurate from . I prefer to think of hardiness more in terms of probability than a single number. This thread contains a spreadsheet I have been compiling to consolidate the cold hardiness data on the site into a single document: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/61358-0000-cold-hardiness-observation-master-data/ As an example of my philosophy, some coconuts have survived into the 20's, there are a few reports of specimens surviving 19F, but there are also observations of coconuts dying in the low or even mid-30s in spots. The 30F benchmark is probably accurate in the majority of cases. Foxtails are another mixed bag. We have specimens that handle mid-20s with few or no issues, we have others that take damage as soon as there is any amount of time below freezing.