So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[palmfriend]

Hi,

they seem to like our mild winters the best...

C. metallica (one of four)

 

Lars

 

[happypalms]

My Wallachia densifolia did catch my eye. 

[UK_Palms]

On 1/5/2025 at 1:33 AM, TropicsEnjoyer said:

Is there a thread showcasing this person’s garden? The Phoenix is a real eye catcher with those incredible silver leaves and the detailed thick trunk. The rest of the garden looks really nice too though, i’d like to see more of it.

Nah the owner, Peter Jenkins, is not on any palm forums and pretty old now. He’s probably got a lot more stuff growing in the back garden, but it’s not really visible to the public. A few folk have stopped by his place and snapped some photos over the years. I know the house on Google street view but the view is poor and the latest update is a few years back and has a removals van parked directly in front of the garden, obscuring things.

Back in 2017 he had an already pretty large Washie growing out front near the Theophrastii (in fact it dwarfed the Theophrastii), but he cut it down because he thought the roots were going to damage the foundations of his house. If he didn’t cut it down, it would be one of the largest washies in London now given how quickly they grow in the capital. It would have survived the brutal 2010 freeze (along with his Theophrastii) unprotected, only to be chainsawed down around 2017-2018 as he thought it was damaging his foundations. 🙄

Summer 2017…? He is about 6’2 for scale.

[realarch]

A glimpse of some South American palms.

Wettinia hirsuita on the left and lower center, Iriartea deltoidea on the right with the horned spathes, and the ruffled leaves of Socratea center rear.

Tim

[realarch]

Pelagodoxa henryana.

Actually kind of amazed that they have done this well for having little soil. They must have found fractures in the lava rock. I do keep a lot of mulch as dressing though. A bit of canopy while young and in a somewhat protected spot. 

Tim

[John hovancsek]

This v. Splendida looked great this morning 

[8B palms]

Snapped this pic while parked at a traffic light on the way hone from work. 

[Harry’s Palms]

^^^ nice photo! Harry

[Brad52]

Today I was caught by my punk Bismarckia showing early signs of momentum, and Psychophoenix nucele has interesting leaves as does Caryota - zoom in on the leaves and see their teethy grin.
 

[John hovancsek]

I almost forgot I planted this calyptrocalyx back there I seen the red leaf and had to go investigate and the iguanura always looks good 

[Billeb]

While not as pretty as the rest on this thread, I noticed how white and powdery my Dypsis Onilahensis Upright was this morning. It’s been busy pushing pups and a new doinker the last few years instead of going vertical. 3.5yrs from a small 5G single stick. 
 

-dale 

 

[happypalms]

A couple of dypsis saintlucei caught my eye today. 

[gyuseppe]

On 1/5/2025 at 11:48 PM, palmfriend said:

Hi,

they seem to like our mild winters the best...

C. metallica (one of four)

 

Lars

 

Hello Lars

I have 4 chamaedorea metallica in the garden, they resist here, they flower but they don't produce seeds

[Harry’s Palms]

I planted some Bletilla ground orchids around the base of this C. Lutescens many years ago . I usually get blooms in early spring . I was surprised to see them emerging this early ! They really like this spot . Morning sun and the rest of the day is shade. The Lutescens also really likes it here , the healthiest one I have. Harry

The leafy plants are Butterfly bush volunteers , they will be removed as they tend to be too invasive. Harry

[gyuseppe]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I planted some Bletilla ground orchids around the base of this C. Lutescens many years ago . I usually get blooms in early spring . I was surprised to see them emerging this early ! They really like this spot . Morning sun and the rest of the day is shade. The Lutescens also really likes it here , the healthiest one I have. Harry

The leafy plants are Butterfly bush volunteers , they will be removed as they tend to be too invasive. Harry

I had 3 species of bletilla in the pots, all 3 died due to lack of water

[happypalms]

My kerriodoxa caught my today as well. 

[tim_brissy_13]

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var flavopicta caught my eye. 

[UK_Palms]

Hardly surprising in this day and age for the UK... but the area of Brixham in Devon has finally updated on Google maps for the first time in a decade or so, and well... CIDP is doing it's thing there, expectantly.. (this palm has never been posted on here before)...

 

A few more in Brixham...

[flplantguy]

This red Areca vestiaria frond popped open the last few days.  Took all winter to get there but looks good.

[GN10]

On 3/1/2025 at 2:42 PM, UK_Palms said:

Hardly surprising in this day and age for the UK... but the area of Brixham in Devon has finally updated on Google maps for the first time in a decade or so, and well... CIDP is doing it's thing there, expectantly.. (this palm has never been posted on here before)...

 

A few more in Brixham...

I actually came across these CIDPs while exploring Brixham recently, they seem to be doing well so far. There's a row of 5 as well planted near the main road into the town centre which seem to be younger.

 

[Tracy]

Flowers... they caught my eye.

[Matt in OC]

Spindle palm starting to look Spindly! 

[PetitCote]

Independence Square

 

 

[flplantguy]

Today this new spear on a Verschaffeltia caught my eye as i was checking the plants.  The color is almost dayglow orange/green on it so it popped out of the background in brighter light.

[Jonathan]

Brown tree frog in a Livistona australis leaf...he must be a keen little bugger to brave those spikes!

[happypalms]

A couple of Chambeyronia did catch my eye today.

[Tomas]

The last Jubaea I know in Rome is on its way of no return 😥

[PetitCote]

Palms being delivered in Ngaparou.

 

[FlaPalmLover]

These bismarcks on the I4 corridor that FDOT apparently thought it'd be smart to transplant in December. Now several of them have had multiple fronds die due to the ill-timed plantings. They also planted some sabals and long leaf pines that are doing fine, but those are presumably more resilient and transplant friendly.

[happypalms]

One of my variegated rhapis was seeking a bit of attention today.

[Husain]

This beautiful Washingtonia filifera 

 

 

[happypalms]

So what did get catch my eye today these chuniphoenix nana seeds did.

[John2468]

Not a palm, saw this Tabebuia aurea blooming today.

[Harry’s Palms]

14 hours ago, happypalms said:

So what did get catch my eye today these chuniphoenix nana seeds did.

Oh boy , free palms! Harry

[tim_brissy_13]

This Cyphophoenix elegans (or possibly a hybrid with nucele) frond caught my eye before sunrise this morning. 

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Oh boy , free palms! Harry

Yep you said it Harry more freebies for the garden. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, John2468 said:

Not a palm, saw this Tabebuia aurea blooming today.

A very beautiful tree but alas one of biggest weeds that is pretty hard to pull out once it gets a root into the ground. Absolutely gorgeous I thought for 15 years in the garden but then it started to really set seeds by the thousands. Now five years later iam still finding them some I cannot pull out and herbicide is the only control method left. 

[happypalms]

In the greenhouse potting up and my variegated lanonia dasyantha just said look at me as I walked past. 

[Brad52]

Today it caught my eye that I forget what this palm is….here are two great clues - when I bought it I had never heard of it so it’s less than common, - I think the species name starts with a B and the genus doesn’t, unless of course, its the opposite…

 

Accurate answers expected promptly with such solid clues…