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After a miserable drought for most of 2025, rain finally returned to East Hawaii in mid October. All my wilted tropical plants are gradually recovering. No matter how much it rains, I'm always thankful for more. Months of cloudless blue skies is a disaster when you live on a small island, or even a Big Island. Always thankful for my monster Metroxylon amicarum planted 12 years ago from a waist high 5 gallon. Fingers crossed the coconut rhinoceros beetle never attacks.4 points
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@sonoranfans for sure I do not want any fast growing, large, non-self-cleaning palms. I can deal with somewhat smaller fast ones (Kings, Foxtails) and small trunk diameter clustering types (Lutescens, Mitis). I am sure the 14 Alfredii are going to eventually be a big hassle. I will probably trash one before it gets too big, as I planted it only ~10ft from the house. Around 15-20ft is ok, but ~10ft is not. The three Bismarckia are already irritating due to fan size and fast growth speed. They are just growing out of the remnants of Wilson damage now, even with only ~90mph gusts. @flplantguy I planted a perimeter of Viburnum on the entire SW, S, and SE sides, but they were not that great at absorbing sound. And then they started dying of root rot (probably Armillaria). I am 100% sure the new perimeter of bamboo will become a maintenance hassle (nightmare?), but once the ~15ft tall culms leaf out it should be reasonably quiet back there. If you have space, things like Gracilis, RG Dwarf, and Ladyfinger (20-25ft, 15ft, 10ft) are great dense noise barriers. And they are leaf hardy below 20F so great even in winter!2 points
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If I buy a plant from a market stall or nursery that has weeds I hold the plant and tip it upside down and tickle the a little topsoil away hopefully with all the weed seeds as well. Then I quarantine any new plants that come into my nursery monitoring for weeds to germinate. And about 90 percent of the time I get weeds from these places that have weeds in there containers. I cannot stand weeds in my nursery and nursery grower thay has them…….. Richard1 point
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You soon learn to spell Johannesteijsmannia, I had too with so many joeys, sometimes you run out of room🤣 But some great seeds in this batch! Richard1 point
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That’s a bit better now, hot sun they dislike , I have a few around my garden and the best ones are in shade. A couple of others are in some sun but shaded at different times of the day. And they love water!1 point
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On tonight’s show we have some lovely exotics that are straight from a jungle nursery near you! First we see the fabulous packaging from such a fantastic grower of the finest gifts Mother Nature has to offer! Then from the great land of Madagascar we have a lovely little Dypsis just simply known as CLBS. Just looking a picture perfect for this evenings show. Next we have a beautiful little Areca tunku that looks to be a baby! From there we go all the way to the jungles of Panama with a gorgeous zamia nesophila, a lovely understory Zamia. Staying in the understory we have a armorphallus lacourii, followed by a nice anthurium talmancae that’s also perfect for the understory. And to finish of tonight’s show we a lovely Etlingera cornerii aka Siam Rose these would definitely make a wonderful gift for that certain someone in your life! So thank you all for watching tonight’s show and stay tuned for nexts weeks show!1 point
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Love it, thanks for the intel! Definetely Madagascar is one of the top of mind places, or any place into the less explored high altitude ranges1 point
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The small Hookeri in my above post was procured from @DoomsDave and an offspring. It’s grown great and does look different than the larger one procured from BlueBell Nursery. Super dark maroon leaf. Maybe just infancy traits. -dale1 point
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Anyone in the range 18-40 or in very good shape in Spain if possible, interested in assembling risky palm expeditions, feel free to reach out; have some interesting trips in mind that shouldn´t be done alone 😅1 point
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I made my first palm trees from seed in 1986, nothing rare, the seeds I found in my city, then in the 90s I started to wander around the botanical gardens, finally at the beginning of 2000, thanks to the internet I discovered rarepalmseeds, I remember that when I made my first order, after paying I said how stupid I was, they took the money and didn't send me anything, after 25 years I'm still buying seeds from RPS1 point
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This is how my current system is looking like to protect my palms mainly against the red weevil with biological treatments. I have been speaking to some people out there that are trying new biological stuff, just wanted to check in to learn more about the new best practices Product Control Type of Control Application Zone Frequency # of Applications Period Optimal Application Temperature Steinernema carpocapsae Nematodes Biological Crown 45 days 3 September–May 19–31°C (66–88°F) Beauveria bassiana Fungus Biological Crown + Trunk 90 days 4 March–October Apply in warm and dry weather Metarhizium brunneum Fungus Biological Crown + Trunk Experimental 2 May and September N/A Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Nematodes Biological Trunk + Soil Experimental 3 September–May 19–31°C (66–88°F) Regards, G.1 point
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Glad to see I'm not the oldest here, at 77-1/2... I was beginning to wonder.... I've always been interested in nature and gardening, but got the palm bug in the '90s when doing some major landscaping of my yards... I wanted some palms, and lurked this site, long before joining... It has been a wonderful resource, and I hope it continues for many more years.. Butch1 point
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I think we need a qualitative study on WHO responded vs who didn't lol. If you attend any of the society meetings, you'll see the average age is much higher - and wealthier. And they do participate here, but perhaps not as often as the younger folks. Same typically goes for other societies too. In my area at least, the orchid societies, cacti & succulent society, etc. I mean, it does take time and money to accumulate a big collection. I was collecting palms as young as 15 or 16, but as you might imagine, I had no property of my own, and very little money of my own. fast forward 20 years and I've got better means and better conditions for collecting palms. My only regret is not buying a specimen Pseudophoenix sargentii when I was 15! It would be so big and grown by now lol1 point
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I'm 28 now and started posting when I was 13 (lurked for a bit before). Surprised (but glad) this forum is still around! I think palmtalk has really started to skew younger overall (as in 30s and 40s) compared to when I first joined (55+). Not sure what all the negativity about sharing age is about, feel free to steal my age info 😆1 point
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Gen Z palm collector here. I've liked palms since I was like 3. First discovered PT in 2016. Started collecting around 2017, but I only started collecting rarer species in 2021.1 point
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Hello, IPS friends and palm enthusiasts all, Here's April 2025's newsletter, attached. April 17, 2025 is International Palm Day! We covered palm evolution on Lord Howe Island, home of the two species of Howea, shared an update and photos from Northern California Chapter member Troy Stephens about the 43-year-old palmetum in Oakland, California, and posted an update from New Caledonia on progress in the Save the Species Campaign for Basselinia vestita. Apr-2025-newsletter.pdf1 point
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All signed up......and the rumor is true about this meeting, it will sell out!1 point
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Hello from Cali, Colombia. It is the evening of the Farewell Dinner, but I will take a few minutes to post some pics from the adventure. Bo (bgl) and I spent a few days in Bogotá in advance of the Biennial. We visited the Jardín Botanico de Bogotá and also went up the teleférico to the top of Montserrate to take in views of the city. The elevation of the city is 8,675 ft. (2,644 m.) and the top of the hill is 10,341 ft. (3,152 m.), a good way to acclimate for hiking at lower levels to see Ceroxylon.1 point
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More hot lips and a delicate flounce of fungi Back in our canoe and enjoying a lunch of grilled fish wrapped in banana leaves, we had a view of this spectacular and completely natural vertical garden: We made a detour to take in 2 beautiful waterfalls, one with a pool where a few chose to take a quick dip:1 point
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In the density of the jungle it was often a challenge to catch a photo of the palms, especially the really tall Socratea and Iriartea, whose crowns were high above the canopy. Hopefully others will contribute some photos. After hiking in the heat of the day, everyone needed a beer or two when we made landing on Juanchaco dock and made for our sweet little hotel in Ladrilleros. Early morning at the hotel The next morning on the way to the boats again, these hats made from the Manicaria spathe were quite popular souvenirs!1 point
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More from my group’s first hike Bromeliads were thick on the ground and in the trees. We got a bit ahead of the guide and realized maybe that wasn’t such a great idea. Tiffany took advantage of the pause to scare up interesting orange-clawed tiny crabs in the leaf litter, among other critters. Some were enraptured by a Mauritiella macroclada, so I snapped a shot ...then realized they were looking UP at this monster Lots of big Manicaria on the trail1 point
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I was in the Jungle Adventure group so we spent the night in Bahia Malaga. The hotel was basic but the views were incredible. The next day we were given some additional hikes on the islands. Our guides had cut a small trail through the jungle to show us Chelyocarpus dianeurus. I went a little off trail on the way back because this caught my eye. I think this is Asterogyne martiana Canoe ride back to the village Bactris gasipaes near the village New leaf on an Attalea I believe this was A. cuatrecasana1 point
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A few from my group’s first hike in Bahia Malaga... After debarking from the canoe onto the deeply muddy shore we set out with our guide across a tidal area covered with a half inch of water. First significant palm we quickly encountered was a Manicaria sp. with seed Mangroves Some sort of sea snail?1 point
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Cindy Adair waving from the Niña Victoria, one of the four boats we filled. This part of the ride took over an hour, but I lost track of time while admiring the scenery. These little broken islands densely covered with vegetation were a common sight. Once in Bahia Malaga, at La Plata Island we switched to narrow open motorized canoes to better reach the trails where we would hike. L to R below: Debbie and Greg Hamann, Jason Dewees, author of the recent book, Designing with Palms; Larry Klotz in white hat, Larry Noblick in camo hat Our canoe was the Correo la Sierpe, La Sierpe also being a village on one of the islets we would visit.1 point
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One of the most enchanting aspects of Colombia is the clouds. I was constantly attracted to the heavy white layers of moisture lying snugly between the mountains or hanging mystically just above the ridges. This first shot is on the way to the Quindio Botanic Garden, which is nothing like most botanic gardens; it is more like a jungle with trails carved along the steep slopes where plants grow prolifically. Euterpe catinga, with the orange crownshaft: I liked a lot of the non-palms here, especially the heliconias... This flower produces a blue seed:1 point
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Larry, I looked at the pic you mentioned, and it looks like Lyle "Chip" Arnold between John and Paul. Bill1 point
