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Exciting New Additions We are very grateful for the continued support through 2025 and into 2026, and are thrilled to announce our updated price list to kick off the growing season. This includes some exciting new additions and old favorites, see the preview below for some highlights: Chrysalidocarpus aff. ovobontsira One of the most exciting new palms, a large Chrysalidocarpus species that came in under the name ovobontsira, but ended up being something more exciting, a palm that doesn't fit neatly into any description and is apparently new to science. It is a gorgeous, moderately fast growing palm with a striking white pruinose crownshaft, upper trunk, petioles, and spadices. Finally available for your own garden/nursery! Orania disticha Hailing from Papua New Guinea, this amazing palm is one of the select set of species that carries its leaves on a single plane, giving the crown a distinctive 'flat' appearance. A great talking point for the tropical / semi-tropical garden. Physokentia petiolata This exceedingly rare Fijian palm has been an extended labor of love to bring into cultivation. The purple crownshaft, bright red inflorescence, and stilt roots make this a unique showstopper palm that inspires and delights. Geonoma oldemanii A clustering Geonoma from Brazil / French Guiana with beautiful large bifid leaves, the newest ones showing a splash of red. A great 'eye level' palm that adds an interesting accent to well planned gardens. Zamia elegantissima A new cycad for the spring list - a stunning landscape specimen with petioles that are relatively spineless compared to others in the genus. All this and many more, available now on our price list! Visit https://floribunda.xyz/pricelist Lemurophoenix halleuxii

Out in the scrub again running around. Getting in a swim before winter gets here, and as usual bangalows in the wet areas and creek beds. Such a tough palm, but they do like moisture. Even there native habitat some of the leaves can look a bit tatty. So if your plants need is not perfect fear not even in habitat they can appear a bit tatty.

Just my self indulgent contribution to this thread - I’m pretty proud of this one. Comments above are correct. These are tolerant of cool and even occasional cold nights. Mind in Melb, Aus occasionally has frost settle on the fronds with temps down to -1.5C /29F. Last winter we had about 10 frosts with temps at or below 2C/36F and the monthly average minimum temperature during the coldest month was barely above 5C/41F. Only minor cold spotting as a result. It’s also seen a few days up around 44C / 111F with very low humidity this summer and shown no ill effects to occasional exposure to these conditions. Our night times nearly always cool down significantly which may help. For reference, this one is in an east facing garden. It gets filtered morning sun until about midday. Happy to have this one growing here. There aren’t many palms that can grow here with those huge pinnate leaflets divided at random which just appears so tropical like in many Pinanga and Areca sp.

I’m growing a few of these out here, in central San Diego. They are D. Album var. Conjugatum. I believe they came as small liners from John Light, in Florida, maybe around 2017. Planted them about two years ago, and they’ll get more sun this coming year, with some changes to the yard. Southwest/Western exposure, mostly. They’ve been slower, but steady growers. There is a patio overhang without a gutter, so there’s have gotten a decent amount of roof runoff. Still working out the placement of the rocks.

Here are some in Southern California! The small one is growing in the Sonoran Desert in El Centro, CA - survived two years so far!

Tucked the atrovirens away for winter, see how she goes, we will see how cool tolerant they are. And the old kangaroo hopping around the garden!

You learn to know you’re garden, and you’re garden knows who you are!

Allogoptera caudescens opening a new leaf is such an attractive sight.

Iam lucky enough to have small plumosa in flower at eye height, making for a few close ups normally done a ladder.

Finally seeing some early signs of spring blooms on my Handroanthus (aka Tabebuia), both the dark pink heptaphyllus and the lighter pink impetiginosus.) Even my previously shy blooming Bauhinia x blakeana now has clusters of buds on many of its branch tips. Despite what the winter was like on East Coast of the U.S., here in the West we experienced "relatively" mild temps. It's so dry I've had to start handwatering again! Palms in the top image are Parajubaea (l) and Jubaea (R).

Some 🔥 in the garden recently. Dypsis rosea Chambeyronia divaricata

Need some Cold Hardy seedlings after the Freezing weather? My large palms in yard took 27F with ease, no damage. I counted about 37 seedlings in this pot, most have 2 leaves. $30 plus Shipping, Spaghum, Box, etc. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

Here's one in La Quinta, CA! Apparently it's from a coconut brought from Maui, HI!

We embark on a palm buying junket tomorrow to San Diego county. One member has requested Cocothrinax scoparia, However, this species epithet is not listed in Henderson's "Palms of the Americas". It is listed on Palmpedia, and the same situation for C. montana. ( I purchased seeds of C. montana from Meg in Florida.) In the past I would search for "Kew Monocot checklist", however today I was not able to access that resource. So,...what name is used for the palm in the pine forest at 4000 feet elevation on the island of Hispaniola ? Please advise, thanks

Just planted - 4/3/2024 ~1 year - 3/18/2025 8 AM ~2 years - 3/20/2026 8 AM

Rolled past these beauties again over the weekend

That definitely doesn’t have fused leaflets, like Sabal ‘Lisa’ does. As for any variegation, I only see necrotic leaf tissue, and no variegation. Not sure if it’s just my phone or if I’m missing something here, but I see no yellow/white sections in the leaves at all. Can you please point exactly to what you’re looking at?

after the freezes, we saw many cold nights and 21 ° and 22 ° F lows---palm doesnt look bothered at all

Here are some of mine. They all look remarkably decent for coming out of winter, though the winter was pretty warm. If I get the order here correct, the first one is the standard form, seed collected from Hawaii, probably seven years ago. The second one is var rubrum, which is really beginning to look pretty darn nice. It’s about head high. The last one is a small conjugatum/furfuraceum which is slower than slow, but pretty darn tough too. Never cold spots. Definitely seems to be the most attractive of an already attractive genus when it gets bigger. Beautiful palms, especially in the tropics.

Though this Feb freeze was the coldest around Orlando since the 12/89 freeze it was no where near as bad. For those who weren't here or forgot, some examples of what happened to "hardy" palms in 12/89...(2 nights at 19-20F, the hi in between barely reaching 32F so duration was extreme and 1-2 nights after in the upper 20s) Acrocomia aculeata- killed Acrocomia totai- severe burn Arenga engleri (a few around)- severe foliage damage, some stems killed back X Butyagrus nabonnandii- varied from no damage to severe burn Chamaedorea microspadix- some leaf burn Livistona chinensis- had burned foliage Livistona australis- some foliage burn Livistona decora ( a few were around)- severe foliage burn Phoenix canariensis- some foliage burn on some specimens Phoenix sylvestris- some burned leaves Phoenix reclinata (non hybrid)- dead or killed to the roots Phoenix roebelenii- almost were killed (many had perished in 83 and 85) Phoenix rupicola- most had died in 83 or 85, if not 89 killed them (one survived in Epcot , planted in 1984 and some by Pirates of the Caribbean planted back in the 70s, but very protected microclimates, the Epcot specimen is still there with a constriction in the trunk marking 89) Rhapis excelsa- most killed to the roots Syagrus romanzoffiana- most were killed if they had survived 83 and 85, the robust/southern Brazil forms survived Washingtonia robusta- burned foliage tropical palms like Chrysalidocarpus lutescens and Caryota urens killed back to the roots, many died outright, a few surprisingly came up in 1990 after being knocked back in 83,85 and 89 Everything else tender, Archontophoenix, Howea, Cocos, Adonidia, Ptychosperma, Roystonea, Hyophorbe, Latania, Licuala, Coccothrinax, Thrinax, all killed A few surprises around; Attalea rostrata and Arenga pinnata at Leu Gardens survived all 3 80s freezes (defoliated in all 3), both planted in 1973 A juvenile Copernicia macroglossa defoliated but survived in Maitland and the collector had Livistona australis die, he recorded 17F on the north side of Lake Maitland A mature Roystonea regia at an appx 15 story building downtown growing in a U shaped courtyard facing south survived 83 and 85, it had major burn but grew out but died around 1987(unknown reason), also Syagrus romanzoffiana and Phoenix reclinata survived the same freezes there with only moderate burn and mature Heptapleurum actinophyllum (Schefflera) only had partial dieback

Another flower forming on the dypsis saintlucei!

Dictyosperma album first flowering: Only male flowers in the inflorescence, this can happen at the first flowering. For other information on this species: https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/dictyosperma-album/?lang=en

We got a F2 natwood to ground control… please prepare for take off! Could it be the first cone of the specie?!!!

Cocothrinax Alta looking good!

Red Latania

Interesting thread and one which I also missed. Thanks richnorm for the pdf link, outstanding! Although a bit off topic, it seemed like a good place to post a few photos of C. alpinum. Planted out as a small seedling 15 years ago, the going has been oh so slow. Zone pushing in reverse, but it’s still alive. It seems to be coming out of suspended animation and showing some obvious growth. Thanks for the ‘bump’, it provided a bit of inspiration. Tim

Here’s a nice one for you, shade grown 26 years old, not flowering as of yet, a little tolerant of dry conditions, and taking temperatures around 2 degrees Celsius. They will drink as much water you give them, good drainage is the key to success for this palm!

Yes, those are Pseudophoenix vinifera. Pseudophoenix ekmanii is more carrot shaped; very thin proportionally at the base, and thick at the top when mature - then reverting to a very thin crown shaft area. Fairchild planted out about 25 ekmanii years ago at 3 gallon size and may only have 4 or 5 survivors at this point. They just do not seem to do well anywhere outside of habitat. Here's the ones left at Fairchild with a pic of a habitat specimen next to me to compare. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

This is what royals in the area look like. All seem to be pushing green. I've actually see a couple of coconuts that looked like they are recovering too.

A nice new planting area with a nice pacsoa Pinanga sarawakensis!

Small mammal must have dropped a seed here

They are quite prolific with all that available water. Harry

Lol I already am a palm hybridizer, it's why I want the pollen. I have one of the only known live Jubaea growing in ground here in NE Florida, but as most know, historically they do not live or survive to maturity here. Hence the need for pollen, as the hybrids do. If you are willing to send some pollen we can talk more in private about the process. Thanks for the consideration.

For the collectors here that are interested in hybrid palm trees, I have an online mail-order store with a few of my rare crosses. I'm certified to ship in-container to all lower 48 states and also internationally with phyto (extra fee). https://seabreezenurseries.com

Today the big sallehana I purchased at the recent pacsoa show went in the ground, I have others in my garden so iam confident it will live they are quite tough, there only weakness is lack of water!

First up sack the gardener for cutting of a bit of garden eye candy, they said it years the younger generation are not interested in things like gardening, pidgeon racing or anything outdoors. Heaven forbid nowadays they are only interested in a google pixel addiction, what will our palms become in the future. There will come a day when they will look at botanical gardens and go what are those things growing, that’s if botanical gardens exist in 200 years. Seeds are the future generations and without people germinating them a lot will be lost. Richard

Here’s a photo of B. condapanna seedlings almost ready to be planted out. Tim

This may sound a bit awkward but you have to change what you’re doing, as you say you can grow other varieties not a problem, this is because you are using the same technique. Look at what your doing, and do it differently too what you normally do. This could mean less water or fertiliser, more air or light, perhaps more shade, even your soil mix . Whatever your doing change it, look at your climatic conditions low humidity high humidity, cool conditions. Also a change is as good as a holiday. Bit without change you’re not going to make difference, only get the same results failure. Think like a plant!

I've done 5 or 6 orders from Floribunda. Typical overnight UPS charges have been $50-75 to Florida. There's also a flat packing charge, the last order it was $30. For example, the last order I did 5 gallon sized, a bunch of seedlings and 4x 4" pots. The shipping was $54 in a moderate sized box, maybe 3' x 1.5' x 1'. Jeff's palms are all HUGE for the size of pot. If you distribute the S&H charges over the number of palms it's fairly low. Springtime is a good time for a "bulk order"!!!

A couple of nice plants for the garden, potting up in stages is the key to growing!

The back to back days of big wind storms did a number on my coconut burned fronds. Almost all snapped! Revealed lots of promise as new green showing. You can see the newest spear on the left side is mostly green. I can see some brown mixed in which hopefully will work itself out. Still hard to look at.

Here’s mine after its first winter season. The burn on the leaves is mostly from 1 or 2 nights of frost but it was initially the fastest large plant I put in the ground (compared to a. Cunninghamiana, parajubea torallyi, Bismarckia, Roystonea regia). It’s in full sun but it was planted as a 25g so that has probably helped it survive here next to the foothills.

They thrive in Sydney, but Melbourne is a stretch. There was a decent enough one for years at a nursery here in a prime position near a pond and with plenty of shelter around it. I’ve got a few advanced seedlings on trial in the greenhouse and whilst they all survived through last winter, they all spotted up a bit with temps down to 2C or so quite regularly. To put it in perspective, I’d say they seem less hardy than Kerriodoxa elegans, Licuala peltata var sumawongii and Areca triandra which were all untouched in the same conditions.

Ok, lets talk about Chamaedorea graminifolia, 1, the C.graminifolia can be single trunk. 2, most are open cluster 3, they are not C schippi which can look like grow into large clustering plants. 4, Don Hodel separated them from schippi in a later paper 5 All C graminifolia came from 1 source.

Starting to get a better feel for things now that some time and warmer weather has gone by. This rain we are getting will also help give a push. Everything already got a dose of granular fertilizer plus some liquid feeds here and there. Now it's mostly a waiting game. Of my 3 big Coconuts, I'm seeing some green on at least one of them which is encouraging. Satakentia is still an unknown. Royals seem to be putting some green out and same with my 3 big Foxtails, thank goodness. Archies are all doing well with a couple exceptions that are in limbo. Still not sure of my twin trunk Hurricane palm....and the single Adonidia next to it. My big Bottle might make it. My Pandamus is now done. Entire tip clusters just dropping right off. Riding it out....

I got seed from this batch too. I contacted RPS to ask about the origin as I’ve always been on the hunt for the true species. I also asked about the 2018 batch. Their response was that previously their source from early 2000s through to 2018 was not experienced with ID and they’ve re traced the origin and confirmed these palms are C vogelianum. I still find it a bit hard to believe considering they are visible unique species but their range does overlap and C parvifrons in particular can be a bit variable. The recent batch (and I’m assuming the new batch available now on RPS) is supposedly confirmed to be true C parvifrons. They sent me this photo of a mother plant which looks to me to be the real deal and also a form with very well developed crownshaft which is desirable. After a bit over 5 months my first seed germinated. Nearly 6 months since sowing now and I’m up to 5 out of about 50 seeds. I’m hoping for and expecting more as the seed all still looks good.

Yellow Latania

A beautiful Cham adscendens that’s about 4 years old and flowering, so it seems they take 4 years to become mature. Then two licuala triphylla both with seeds got my attention again today! Chamaedorea adscendens 4 years old. Licuala triphylla var stenophylla licuala triphylla

Just got back last night after a memorable month of travel. It will take awhile to get caught up here in PR as well as reading and posting on PT. However, I would first love help naming this palm near the lake at the Singapore Botanic Garden which shows seedlings still attached to the infructescence. Thanks so much!