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This one is Zamia nesophilia. The photos don’t do justice to the size of the leaflets so I put my hand in one of the photos for size comparison. New flush hardening off. The color of the leafs are very nice Here you can see how big the leaflets are.

This Tahina has been exposed to 27°F unprotected (advective freeze) each of the past 3 winters in Harlingen, Texas with little to no damage. Somewhat protected spot with minimal overhead canopy. Same palm survived 24°F in a pot during 2021 and a larger in-ground Tahina also survived. They have more cold hardiness than most would imagine!

Ponapea and friends in the morn light did grab me.

Two is not enough, I have six in the ground !

One of my Latania caught my eye

Normanbya are a very underused and underrated palm even here in their native state. They are a bit slower growing than foxies and need more shade when young. On the other hand, cold doesn't worry them and almost any type of soil is okay. Plus they have the lovely dark trunk. Peachy

Tomato season has begun in Arizona! Put your seedlings in the ground mid August here, and you should have a crop supplying until mid May. Usually a trouble free plant around here except for the rare occasional year when white flies attack and spread the tomato curly leaf virus. Easy to grow, and the benefits are delicious! Store bought tomatoes can never compete with the flavor of a home grown, vine ripened tomato. 🤪 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

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R. hillebrandii grows well, but slowly, even for me !

From what I have seen, it's definitely not a Super Silver. They don't have any droop to them.

Utterly fabulous. So many pretty plants, some I have not seen before. All that and flagstone paving too. It's amazing what can be achieved on a tight budget. Gob smacked Peachy

If it's blue with short inflorescences perhaps it's a blue form of Brahea dulcis. If there's no petiole thorns perhaps Brahea super silver.

Laden or unladen either way they would stop it, but the European one they might not stop that one, but the African swallow definitely not going to get through, runaway tis but a scratch. Poor old sir Lancelot hey apparently he could handle them all! Richard

I don't understand why this beauty isn't mass-planted all over the coastal fog-belt and near-fog-belt (UC/Sunset z17/24 and fringes) from the Bay Area to San Diego...despite production issues perhaps tied to slow growth (and that hasn't stopped the production of Howea). Meanwhile people spend their time planting coconuts at the coast just to make a mountain to climb for themselves, destined to crumble under their feet... There was a time when Hedyscepe was as exotic as any new discovery in the forests of Madagascar or Southeast Asia, and their seeds were like gold to many. At least what goes around, comes around, and what is old becomes new again, so there is hope. Noting Tracy's comment above, is this species known for stalling or otherwise failing erratically even at the coast? Perhaps a soil reaction issue? Root sensitivity? Or is it just that they do need copious water?

I didn't make any temperature comparisons, but it would be fair to conclude that there's some advantage. I used 1 inch DuroSpan for the 4 walls and a double wall 6 mil poly hinged top. I could then open the enclosure on fair days. On cold nights, I added a fitted foam board onto the top section for added insulation. This concept works fine in my zone 8 climate and may not be advisable in colder zones, at least without added measures like palm wrapping etc.

I visited Dunk Island in 1984, and the closed canopy of Licuala ramsayi fronds made a very pleasing sound as they rustled in the wind.

Looks like the local bobcat population approve of your palm jungle! So cute!

Hi Steve in 2010 pogo sent me seeds from his biggest Hedyscepe Today I proudly show the results of those seeds as Hedyscepe grow like escapees in the ground in my coastal Tasmania garden. I also have a smaller one from San clemente garden

Caught by this

Bentinkia seedlings thriving under a plastic baggy.

I'm going to leave them wrapped through February, i think. I did not plan to wrap this early, but started seeing projected lows below 25. And my work is very busy from now till the EOY, so didn't want a cold night to sneak up on me. Last night hit 23 on my home weather station - my filiferas showed no damage, neither did my L. nitida. Sort of wish the robustas were unprotected to get a comparison.

As Ben points out, and we've been consistently noticing this for probably 10 years or more. When eastern Tas is warm eastern NI NZ is cold and vice versa...a pretty interesting pattern. Therefore I've got my fingers crossed that you Kiwis will be freezing your arses off soon!

My $6 hibiscus seems to be recovering from being a home for spider mites and then a home for fire ants.

A nice kerriodoxa new leaf gleaming away.

@Hillizard + @Meangreen94z + @nachocarl + @Pdmesa + @PalmBossTampa + @Swolte + @Borassus2892 + @fr8train I figure this is a great thread for us to discuss our recent experiences growing this palm. It's long been a desire of mine to have a grove of them here in Florida, but I'm not sure how they'll handle my soil long-term. There seems to be some better luck in Texas and California, so let's share here. My garage needs to be emptied out, so I've started selling or potting the remaining seedlings and figure the discussion can outlast the sale here. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This discussion is a split topic from the original for sale posting: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/85671-medemia-argun-nubian-desert-palm/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- For everyone that has asked about how we manage to grow them here, know that they are a little bit flakey when they are young. If you let them get to the point where they root into the ground, it's almost certain death if you break the roots. At that point, you'd do better to go get retaining wall blocks and build a raised bed around it. You'll have less issues in a more sterile environment in a pot. @PalmBossTampa had a good idea about stacking pots. Below is what mine look like when I pot them for individual growth and sale locally. This is a seedling on leaf #2 that was just moved 11/24/2025, and it will probably start reaching the holes by February or March. Water deeply, let it dry, keep a reservoir at the bottom when you water it a month or so later to make sure the soil at the bottom gets damp like an underground stream bed. Note how the soil in the pot is raised where the stem comes above the soil line to prevent stem rot. These are the best tips we currently have here in my region. There are a lot of growers in the desert southwest of the USA that are growing these. Any tips to share for folks struggling with this one in the much more suitable arid climates? In the ground, mine are in a raised bed. They usually don't make it in the various areas of the yard. The soil is heavy and tends to retain moisture. This is probably my best and last shot.

Here we go! These have been under regular overhead irrigation and get full sun from 9:30-10ish until sunset . Trying to maximize for heat lovers Largest has 6 leaves and most are 3-4. Largest has a little frond damage, maybe from 35deg couple weeks ago?

A couple more palms go in the understory, a nice juvenile calciphilla that will look good in a few years time. And now I have worked out how to grow iguanura palms, they are tricky little critters that’s for sure but I worked them out. I had some teething troubles at first with them but got there. So now it’s time to get them in the ground and hopefully no more trouble with them!

Ok, guys which is it , stable to parent or not ? Last Monday I purchased one from Jungle Music, labeled as 'suckering', but the palm has no suckers. The very reliable plant supplier to JM said the seed parent was suckering. Is is possible that the palm is slow to develop suckers ? I grow three plants of the suckering form, and it is one of my favorite palms. Two have a faint red flush to the new frond. I once had one as red as a Chambeyronia, but it died after I looked at it without proper reverence. Here is the bitter evidence !

Dypsis plumosa flowering away!

Even though it isn't currently flushing or pushing a cone, here is my older plant acquired as Ceratozamia pacifica growing in Carlsbad. As described previously, it is a more vigorous grower.

A bit of hey look at me on this day with temperatures and humidity that would give cairns a run for it’s money, this double header of a licuala ramsayi feeling right at home in the humidity!

Butia x Jubea in Dallas zone 8b back in the day. This seedling grown palm lived eventually for 21 years unprotected

A nice bit of red today around the garden with a Areca vestria red form, and a nice little dypsis lantzeana.

I decided that, after some more reading, they probably won't make it in my 8a climate (effectively). I donated a specimen to JFGardens and gave Craig at Mercer BG a few as well (its about 5-10F warmer). Not sure if they will survive but I'll keep you posted if any of them do. One thing I learned is that they do not like being transplanted into different pots and their roots grow down like crazy. I had made the mistake of growing them as a group in a large pot and they were hard to detangle and separate without damage.

(Butia X Jubea) X Jubea in Dallas 5 years in ground.

Thank you for sharing. Satakentias are beautiful, not slow growing, very strong against high winds, never get sick or attacked by the rhinoceros beetle (at least over here) - in one word: They are perfect palms. You will be soon rewarded with a lot of joy. Just make sure that they get enough water and give them time to adjust to full sun when they were greenhouse grown. I have currently four of them as 'backup palms' just to have something left in case that a super strong typhoon wipes out my other mostly non-indigenous palms. Good luck - Lars

I got this Cycad labeled as Ceratozamia pacifica as a small 1" caudex probably a dozen years ago or more. It greatly resembles my Ceratozamia mexicana, but hasn't coned yet. I have another larger male plant labeled as Ceratozamia pacifica, that I bought closer to 17 or 18 years ago, which had already coned before I bought it. The older plant pushes more vigorous flushes with 5 to 9 leaf flushes. Both appear to be the same species. This one was in a pot for a long time, but never pushes much more than 3 leaf flushes since I planted it several years ago. I like the glossy look of the new leaves as it flushes.

I've been away for a couple of weeks to a place with lots of palms and a lot of desert but uneven internet connections.

So glad we are all still around . I guess this forum is , for me , my only social outlet online. Here , I can go on about palms without eyes rolling ! I can brag about success’s and complain about losses ….” Gopher ate my palm”. Harry

I have not long come out of jail, hence my lack of posting. I occasionally managed to post via a 'burner' phone from the inside. Anyway, it is important that I do not criticise the UK government anymore. 👍

Not everyone is on Facebook (me). That site is evil and we need to stick to our own dedicated spaces.

Yeah things be crazy right now! Where I live in Clairemont there want be anyplace to plant palms anymore because they are slapping together ADUs/apartments in backyards all over the area! Im trying to buy another house/garden but up against investors driving the price to over a million dollars! Im glad one of the OG gardens of Jim Wright is Still intact looking like the Amazon popping out of suburbia. I drive by it often as its close to where im living and it brings back some good memories! He used to give me tours of his garden and sell me seeds like you did Bob when I first was getting started🤙

There is a couple of super tall ones in Ventura at one of the Sullivans apartments . Harry I've posted this before but worth a second look!

I miss these from my former San Clemente days

That is a great addition to the garden. I failed so many times, and the one remaining one I have is across from one of my Rhopalostylis in Carlsbad. The Rhopalostylis continue to get taller but the Hedyscepe looks stalled in time after nearly 15 years. I've never been able to figure out how to grow this species.

Reckon it might be Chrysalidocarpus. C prestonianus? But I agree with the sentiment, will look great there with some canopy pogobob! Hedyscepe remains my favourite species and this is a perfect specimen at that size.

Nice palm and so out in the open lucky tropical climate growers the pictures of your palms seem to a lot more coloured than the ones I have seen in Australia hers a picture of a lacospadix seedling i germinated

Wow. It almost looks like a Calyptrocalyx.