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@kinzyjr sure, I was just making a suggestion. It doesn't help grow PalmTalk when a new member joins and post a desperate request for help...and then that post is immediately buried several pages deep by a single PT member. I've seen it happen several times recently. Of course, there's a fine line between "stifling discussion" and "preventing spam." But when people start posting threads about "where's the regulars?" then maybe it's time to address the root cause with a simple fix?

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.

In my own case, still pushing down on the grass instead of up. Between work, my own garden, the gym, CFPACS, and once in a while, sleep, time is at a premium nowadays. Some of the folks on here that were frequent fliers went to other platforms like Facebook, Twitter/X, WhatsApp, etc., with several citing the reasons similar to @Merlyn's.

My first Chambeyronia Watermelon! Several germinated, but this is the first to open its first leaf, and I believe it's the first Chambeyronia in Chile. Even this little specimen fills me with immense joy. The slightly dark red hue in the center of the leaves is striking. Thank you for appreciating this beauty, which you undoubtedly also possess.

I'm not as familiar with forum software as I am with enterprise systems, but regardless, @PALM MOD would likely have to make that change. As far as a decision, I think that is a decision for folks at the @IPS President and director levels. If memory serves correct, @Cindy Adair handles PalmTalk. As for me, I'm mostly Bot/SPAM/Inflammatory Post Police.

@kinzyjr it seems like a forum could have a convenient "max new topics per 24 hours" setting...

Yeah, I regret wasting so much time endlessly scrolling the Book of Face. I have a friend who I swear spends 3/4 of his waking hours on some antisocial media site. I told him I'd rather spend my spare time tweezing nose hairs with a pair of rusty sporks.

It has been 30 days and finally I counted 5 flowers have opened. No bees active right now but I hope if we get warmer temperatures more flowers will open and pollinators will do their work.

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. 👍

get well soon, Cindy.

I'm just tired 🥱

I'd wager your social media obsessed friend probably calls all the random people they might interact with ..but not know ..at all.. " friends" ...Don't get me started on that pile of bull - Lol

Sooooo I started Bokashi composting. I'll let y'all know how that goes in a few weeks. If I could get the rest of the house on board I think we'd do well. I kinda cheaped out and got the 8 dollar lids instead of the 20 dollar lids and they're kind of a pain to open and shit but I guess that's a good thing if you want it airtight, right? Blatant attempt at subject change on a convo I started 😬 Anyway I'm glad to hear folks checking in. Please take some Sabal seeds from me.

Chrysalidocarpus Lutescens Solitary Form and a dwarf Areca catechu happy with all these recent rain.

I have some that I just sowed . It will be a while before I see any sprouts . Really looking forward to this. I got the seeds from a fellow PT person . Harry

Very cool . How long did that take to germinate? Did you use bottom heat? Harry

@cagary that's a beast! The only one I know that's that big is Angiopteris Evecta. There might be other monster ferns too, so that's just a guess from me.

05.11.2025 Ålesund, Norway 🇳🇴 Palms and northern lights.

this picture was taken here in Maine, May 2024, the recent northern lights here we covered by clouds.

Make mine a double shot Americano while I gaze at your garden! Harry☕️

Just picked up some fresh catts from our local fall orchid sale. Instant gratification. Whole living room smells incredible! After these flowers fade,I have several Rhynchostylis gigantea and vandas already starting to bud up in the greenhouse. 🪻 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

It sounds like you too occasionally encounter trouble with grasshoppers and or caterpillars on your cycads. There are certain ones that these vermin seem to like, which leans to the blus species. On a different note, the 4 large Encephalartos laurentianus cones look receptive but I am not going to try pollinating them again.

My plants seemed to really like the recent rains and my Latifrons flush is developing much faster than I thought it would this time of year! It looked kinda cool this morning with little rain drops on it. I really lucked out that it flushed late in the year because catterpillar and grasshopper season are over and its so far flawless🤙

$175

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

This is gonna sound mean and I don't intend it to, but if you don't see it in your area there's a reason. Like literally all I see around here is Sabals and occasionally a Trachy and even more occasionally a Butia. Lately we get single digit winter temps and we always have triple digit summer temps and summer is humid but it doesn't rain lol. Not much is gonna survive that kinda swing.

I wonder what the current age demographics of active PalmTalk users are at the end of 2025. To be clear, you do not need to post here, but are regularly checking and reading the threads. Please share your answers in the polls and if you wish, discuss below in the thread.

An Amaretto with lemon for me please, thank you! Wouldn't white fleece let more light through?

Seasons greetings, I'll enjoy a nice hot coffee - black.

Iam first to admit it I love kerriodoxas, and here’s 600 of them to keep the gardener happy planting a couple or two, all germinated from imported seeds!

I’m looking forward to a nice day with palm people. Safe travels everyone !

Keep your eyes peeled for a cool down around Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving cool-off in the forecast: A follow-up to our last cold blast: https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2025-11-10-record-cold-florida-southeast-freeze In other news - Polar Vortex: https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/2025-11-17-polar-vortex-weakening-stratospheric-warming-november

Last Jan it went down to 18 degrees with several more nights if 21-23 degrees, hence the burning. I always had the trunk wrapped with canvas painters tarps over Christmas lights when that kind of cold was in the forcast. We're only 3 miles from the ocean but when the weather is coming out of the northwest we may as well be 100 miles from its thermal mass.

Big 7 gallon , local pick in Broward 5 available $200

Well, maybe between my thread and YouTube I can at least give y'all something to look at while you poop or whatever. My 2nd worst nightmare came true and I have spider mites in the grow room so now that I'm done playing Bob Vila for the most part, I'll get a story about that going. (My worst nightmare is still all of my seeds germinating at once and having no soil, pots, or money.) Also yes Facebook is the devil and I'm doubly mad because it seems like marketplace is the best option to sell stuff locally. Our craigslist is tumbleweeds and I don't want to ship 3 foot tall plants ever again. Anyway glad to hear y'all are ok and glad that I'm not the annoying one. I'll keep updating my mad scientist indoor tropical hell on here and YouTube.

Hey there! Doing well and hope the same for everyone else. I noticed it slowing down also, seems to go in fits and starts but the latest lull seems to be longer than usual. I always worry that everyone is more and more using groups on social media… I was on Facebook for years but deleted my account a few years back as I was stupidly spending a huge chunk of a finite life mindlessly scrolling. Evil damn thing that there is literally no end to scrolling! So much negative crap as well. I used to be a member of a few snake forums (as I am into reptiles as well as plants) and all have sadly gone by the wayside in favor of FB. Drives me nuts that I can’t find a website for so many businesses as they’ve all gone to FB. Can we just go back to 2010 and leave it at that? Maybe even 1999? Would like my youth back as well! 😝 This forum is notable in that it still persists while so many others have not. The members here are prolific and dedicated and continue to create fantastic posts with all that palmy eye candy we love to see. It’s also so reassuring that I don’t have to scroll too far before I get to the bottom of a page, puts my mind at ease and gives me chunks of my life back for other things.

Hah, no...not you! If it had occurred to me that you might think I meant you...then I would have typed "(not you)" in the middle. How's that for a convoluted sentence?

Last time I checked it was all good down under!

Is the Borassus still available?

👍 Keep in mind that if it is a cross, esp one that has several parents, anatomical features of the flowers may be greatly diluted compared to if it were a primary cross .. between just 2 sps. Rather than several over time. When I look at it, I can se hints of purpurata or something like mossiae or one of the other big lipped, unifoliate Catts That said, there may be some bifoliate blood in there too since the flowering stem has two leaves. Interesting cross regardless. Hopefully it won't take as long to flower again, lol.

Queens and mules are your friend. A king palm could maybe work if you protect it. There is also the butias and the hardy bamboo palms which I believe are crown shafted but not in the same sense as a royal palm

Thanks again for the "hospita"lity Charlene! Enjoyed seeing your garden.

As above stated by @PalmatierMeg and you'll save yourself a whole lot of anxiety and extra work.

Actually my first ever mule palm f1 seeds I got two months ago sprouted today I’m so excited and wow I didint know Las Vegas had those mule palms there my climate is similar to Vegas just a bit less hotter

I have butia and queen already and actually my first ever mule palm seeds just sprouted today to be honest I don’t really find palmate palms that attractive looking then pinnate over here in Lancaster there’s always palmate palms everywhere and some queen palms and butia I hve a washingtonia robusta and a windmill

Mine did the same. For now this one emerges from under two healthy retained leaves, so it should be ok without further assistance for a bit. The first inflorescence dropped immediately after the leaf it emerged from dropped.

Forgot the pic..

That's not a baileyana.

Very Nice. It'll need a lot of room.