Another indoor palm shoot

[Mark_NoVA]

It's my turn to show palms brought inside for a long winter!

I brought my tender (for here) palms in a couple of weeks ago, and am just now getting around to posting photos. I'm trying to make it as attractive as possible, but it still looks like a crowded greenhouse sometimes. Have some nice fall color through the window at the same time!

Here is one of the more crowded windows, including Laccospadix australasica, Euterpe edulis, Johannesteijsmannia altifrons, Kerriodoxa elegans, Pinanga caesia, Licuala grandis, Chambeyronia macrocarpa, Areca vestiaria, Dypsis lastelliana, some Dypsis pilulifera (Dypsis sp. 'Orange Crush') seedlings that have barely grown and some Dypsis sp. 'Pink Crownshaft' (Dypsis pinnatifrons?) only slightly larger.

The large window on the right is reserved for a Meyers lemon tree when it comes in.

[Mark_NoVA]

Moving over to the kitchen window, we have 4 of those same palms, Pinanga caesia, Euterpe edulis, Johannesteijsmannia altifrons, and Dypsis llastelliana.

Have a Hyophorbe verschaffeltii spearing the ceiling, along with another Licuala grandis.

And a big pot for Dypsis lutescens planted with Heliconia, Crotons, Persian Shield, Philodendron and Fucshia.

[Mark_NoVA]

Have a couple of Dypsis leptocheilos that get their own window, as well as a Cyrostachys renda, Archontophoenix purpurea and Dypsis cabadae.

[Mark_NoVA]

What bathroom is complete without a Euterpe edulis?

[Mark_NoVA]

Another crowded window rounds out the indoor palms. Cyrtosatchys renda, Archontophoenix purpurea, Laccospadix australasica, Dypsis leptocheilos, Dypsis cabadae, Pinanga speciosa 'purple crown shaft', Licuala grandis.

[Mark_NoVA]

Here are some outside shots: Trachycarpus fortunei 'Taylor' form.

[Mark_NoVA]

Tropicals and fall color:

[Mark_NoVA]

Fall colors with bamboo, hidden Sabal minor, Tetrapanix payrifer, zebra grass, and others.

[BS Man about Palms]

Awesome!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Mark, that's an impressive collection! It reminds me of my house when I lived in PA. Only I had common stuff like Livistona chinensis and Dypsis lutescens. When I got my first Ravenea rivularis I thought I was in heaven!

[Kim]

Gotta love it, nice collection! Nice racks, too.

[basilios]

Excellent collection! I love the surroundings too!

[peachy]

I love those magnificent big windows, perfect for your collection of lovely palms. What puzzles me though is what do you do when a palm gets too big to come inside ?. D.pilulifera are very slow things for me too. Mine are still little seedlings 10cms high after nearly 12 months. D. gracilis (pinnatrons ?) sp pink crownshaft, were very slow at first, but when I put them outside they took off incredibly quickly, both those still in pots and the few I planted in the ground. Never heard of the 'taylor form' of Trachycarpus before. Is it the photo or do they actually have those interesting very dark leaves naturally ?

Peachy

[Z4Devil]

MARK! What the hell ... my godness ... what an incredible collection of different palms ... well done! I love the special arrangement and the place they are standing. Nice house with a lot of light. I am quite sure those babies will grow fantastic. They are beauties, absolutely.

Much luck in growing them ... but without a doubt you will be successfully.

Best regards, Verena

[Frank in Vero]

Nice collection Mark... Everything looks great.

[tjwalters]

Nice, Mark. Looks a bit like my house. I should post some pictures. Is that J. altifrons from me? My remaining are doing ok, but not great. The P. "Orange Crush" I got from you is no more (), but the P. pinnatifrons ("Pink Crownshaft") is doing great.

[edric]

Good show Mark! Ed

[Mark_NoVA]

Thanks for all the nice comments!

Peachy, I don't know what'll happen when those all get too big! I have some friends with a high-ceilinged room that might get some, I might plant some out for a final year, I might try cutting back multi-trunked ones. I don't know if some will slow down once they fill out the pot, either. I thought that Spindle Palm was going to be too big 2 years ago, but still barely fit it in this year. We'll see how well the back holds up as well. The 'Taylor' form Trachycarpus doesn't have dark leaves (just the photo), but the shape of the leaves seems different.

Yep, Tom, both Joeys are from you! They both look good, even though I didn't really do a lot for them; I potted them up just now before bringing them in. I don't know if those 'Orange Crush' are going to survive here either.

[palmislandRandy]

Wow, nice going! Even I have trouble with Euterps.

[Succulentum]

Nice collection Mark, I should show your picture to my wife.... she 'll be a little more tolerant

jean-bernard

[Lowey]

Mark, "wow" what commitment you have to your plants great effort to keep them looking so good, looking at your pics makes me appreciate how easy I have it living in the tropics, mother nature does most of trhe work for me