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With a bit of luck a few Ravenea glauca seeds have set after many years of flowering.

Clinostigma samoense in a light drizzle. One of the world’s most beautiful palms. Tim

Probably hard to get a concrete answer, but if it's in South Florida from a big box store, it's most likely a golden Malayan dwarf coconut.

A lady visitor to my garden said that about the royal.

Well no 2 IDs the same yet from the Palmtalk community so definitely far from an embarrassing question. I’d be very confident there’s P canariensis influence in this one, but I think it’s a hybrid too. John’s P canariensis x reclinata guess seems reasonable to me.

Try 18 months after purchasing this ferox seed. I gave up and walked away giving up all hope, it was only the fact I left it the container and forgot about, to my surprise a baby ferox!

Hello all, purchased these two 3 gallon coconuts on clearance as a little project from a big box retailer. They are about the same height but I noticed the fruit shape appears to be different and one seems to be pinnate at an earlier stage. Anyone have any guesses? I assume at least one is a green Malayan if not both. also for fun added a pic of my approx 35 gallon Maypan for fun which made it through an early 33 degree frost this year (basically) unphased. Only protection was several tightly wrapped moving quilts around crown and base. Prior owner also said it has seen it has seen similar temps multiple times. 9b FL yes I am aware these are not ideal for my area. It is just a fun project for me

Surely a hybrid, sylvestris is a smaller relatively thin trunked palm that doesn't grow so tall and has a smaller crown with less rigid petioles. I cant add anything new to the hybrid ID. The dactylifera have biplanar leaf arrangements, that one almost appears a flat arrangement as a CIDP would be. This could be a hybrid crossed several times. I see many more sylvestris hybrids than pure sylvestris here in florida.

I really enjoyed this video Bay Android. Lots of familiar beautifully grown plants. I always get ideas watching such videos!

I have some of them sitting in trays of water all year and they don’t mind it, provided they have good drainage. I have a lot of Altifrons in the ground and will drink any amount of water I give them, but my soil is black sandy loam derived from sandstone, so actually to much drainage that has a drawback in the summer droughts. The big amount I have in the nursery I do monitor the amount of water they get to avoid the fungal disease. Being careful not to overwater them.

Love them or dislike them, there here to stay in a garden near you. We all know how tough they are and the yellow colour is what sets them as winner. The only fault they have is drop leaves like a hot potato in butter fingers. But they are proven in the palm kingdom as the magical beauty of a palm up there with the coconut as picture of tropical holiday by the sea or poolside. I still grow a few and will still a few around as pioneer palms to help establish new plantings. Theres even a dwarf form worth tracking downl to grow!

The best palm is a gifted palm tree. I love the colour of the trunk and the spacings on the one you have there, almost bamboo like the look. They where so popular back in the day, imagine if they had been discovered yesterday the palm world would flip over them and they would be worth a fortune with everyone wanting them from tropical to temperate zones. Your allowed to miss that weed, but you better get out there and get it today for the next photo shoot🤣 Richard

Great inspiration! What a place, wow.

Well done, Peachy, I am gratified that you have the correct priorities !!

Look carefully at the two foreground palms. The image appears to show long filaments that exceed the crown profile. These are likely old spadices, a diagnostic character for B. armata, Thanks for posting !

In the summer of 2022, I spent about $20 to purchase this beautiful palm and planted it in an 8b area located in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province.

Than, don't be embarrassed. The only embarrassing trait is lack of curiosity.

white nerine bowdenii, which bloom here in winter, and a South African bulbous plant

fantastic corrugation!

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Here is my latest photo of my Hyphaene Compressa. I found out it is a female. So now I have a male and a female. What are the chances of this happening! I'm excited! Only problem is that they are getting so tall, it will be hard to harvest the seeds! Rod Phoenix, Az

Nobody has made a "that's what she said" joke yet. What's happened to us?

Three new leaves on our little onilahensis

In the summer of 2025, it pulled out its first flower stem! It is no longer a young palm. Now it is noticeably taller and thicker.

Four years after the last post, I thought I’d give an update of this ‘getting large’ palm’. The trunk reminds me of an Arenga with the dark fibers and it has yet to reveal any leaf scars. There is the shovel for scale. Tim

mine lookin well by the pond...pic from 2020

Few palms make a first impression as does Cyrtostachys renda. Many remember when they first laid eyes on a picture or the real thing. It's love at first sight until they become informed they can't grow it unless they care to move. IMO, almost as impressive and a much easier grow is Areca vestiaria. I could get these to last until Feb. outside in SoCal before they gave up the ghost. I believe they failed due more to cumulative cold as opposed to one cold unbearable night. I would think that would give them half a chance in Central Florida. Have you guys tried it there? Or has anyone in SoCal managed to get one through a winter? Although lacking the intense color of the 'Sealing Wax' they never the less have plenty of color. They are quite variable, ranging from solitary orange to profusely suckering red/maroon. They have a more interesting shape to the frond, and variable colors in the emergent one. And in addition they have cool stilt roots. Although almost as common in Hawaii now as 'Sealing Wax,' I hope they are being aggressively tried elsewhere. A few pics to follow. First one is more to the less suckering orange range of the scale.

Next is a profusely suckering oranged toned one in full sun.