So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[UK_Palms]

I was in Eastbourne, East Sussex briefly yesterday and had an hour or so spare to go and visit a few of the exotics growing there. My first time ever visiting Eastbourne,l. Anyway, excuse the image dump…

 

This Washingtonia in Eastbourne is probably a hybrid, but it looks very Filifera dominant (entirely green petiole bases with small irregular thorns, wide spaced crown/not compact, pretty wide trunk relevant to size etc.

If it is a Filifera, it hasn’t done too badly considering we have just had the wettest 6 month period on record since October with a lot of winter storms battering it. So quite a bit of wet-cold for a Filifera to deal with. Probably 25+ inches of rainfall since October.

[Scott W]

One of my two Syagrus campylospatha starting to flower 😁

[Billy]

This elephant foot Howea forsteriana caught my eye as I removed a couple old leaf bases this morning before work. Double Cyphophoenix nucele photobombing. Does anyone else have a Howea with this fat of a trunk? 

[Billy]

Pretty color on Cyphophoenix elegans.

[Billy]

Dypsis baronii “black petiole” enjoying the sun exposure.

[Daryl]

Saw this nice Ravenea albicans a few days ago

 

[JLM]

I noticed that the first frond has opened on my bizzy since defoliation. This frond is not exactly small either. Expecting big things from this palm this summer!
 

PS: Pic is kind blurry but good enough to see the frond lol

[Harry’s Palms]

I was in my garden and spotted a beautiful black snake with golden stripes (harmless) . It was laying in a sunny spot next to my Arenga Engleri but slithered away before I could get a picture. It was large for this type of snake . We have a lot of lizards in our garden but only a few snakes have ever been spotted by us. Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

On 4/15/2024 at 5:23 PM, Billy said:

This elephant foot Howea forsteriana caught my eye as I removed a couple old leaf bases this morning before work. Double Cyphophoenix nucele photobombing. Does anyone else have a Howea with this fat of a trunk? 

A couple of my Howea F. have this condition , one has a very large “foot” . I used to sell seeds to a Palm grower that did Kentia’s and had hundreds of volunteers on his massive property and he told me to take what I wanted, this one seedling was just different than all the others so I dug it up , wrapped it in a napkin and planted it in my courtyard . I noticed it grew very fast for a Kentia and the trunk had this “condition”. The photo really doesn’t show how swollen it is but you get the idea.Harry

[realarch]

Marojejya darianii. Just a killer palm.

Tim

[tim_brissy_13]

On 4/16/2024 at 11:26 PM, Daryl said:

Saw this nice Ravenea albicans a few days ago

 

Amazing! How old is this Daryl? 

[D. Morrowii]

3 hours ago, realarch said:

Marojejya darianii. Just a killer palm.

Tim

Wow! The close up looks like whale baleen or something. The white rachis against the deep green leaves…

[palmfriend]

Hi there,

my little C. metallica groove tries again to get some "babies" on its way...

An absolutely amazing looking palm in my eyes.

 

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If there is anything I can do to support this process, please let me know.

 

Lars

 

[realarch]

So Lars, I hope you have both male and female plants as these are dioecious. These are attractive little palms and nice additions to any garden,

Tim

[Harry’s Palms]

For weeks I’ve seen this Bizmarkia out of the corner of my eye from the main road into town. It was about a block away and I kept saying I was going to drive around and find where it was. Well , I found it and it was being well cared for . It is a driveway to a church and they had a few other palms . They looked healthy to me . The Sabals had copious amounts of seed! I believe they are Palmetto. Always a pleasure to make a new discovery! Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

All this Metallica talk lately so I thought I’d share a pic of mine. There were 3 pots of these at a nursery I visited about 20 years ago , maybe longer. They looked burnt and very unhappy . I paid about $30 for all 3 pots with 4 plants in each pot . I gave one to my sister in law who has since passed on . I have no idea what happened to that one . These two pots of plants are very healthy and a little one popped up a couple of years ago. It is the pot on the left and I just restored the soil in that one. The one on the right needs to be done as it’s been a while. Harry

[Billy]

Thanks for sharing the photo of your Howea, @Harry’s Palms. I have a friend who has two that look a lot like yours. I love it when they do that. 

[Scott W]

Some rooftop "palms" in Nashville TN

[D. Morrowii]

9 hours ago, Scott W said:

Some rooftop "palms" in Nashville TN

Phoenix plastinensis? The crowns grow real flat there due to the loud music all the time. 😄

[Harry’s Palms]

4 hours ago, D. Morrowii said:

Phoenix plastinensis? The crowns grow real flat there due to the loud music all the time. 😄

I disagree , I think maybe Phoniecarpus Plasticarious , they seem to like country music! Harry

[flplantguy]

This frond popped open this morning after being watered.  A favorite of mine and i saw it from across the yard so i had to take a photo.  Some others are about to pop but this one was itching to be seen.

[Harry’s Palms]

3 hours ago, flplantguy said:

This frond popped open this morning after being watered.  A favorite of mine and i saw it from across the yard so i had to take a photo.  Some others are about to pop but this one was itching to be seen.

Yay! New frond day , always nice . Harry

[Silas_Sancona]

W. filifera  and Bismarckia ..



Chunky filifera... An unusual something lurking behind the pair in the first shot.






P. roebelini  peeking at passer-bys over a wall..




Really feathery Sabal ..or Livistonia??




Interesting Phoenix... Looks too skinny to be a Canary, though i can see old boots towards the top so, 🤷‍♂️.   Good looking for a Phoenix, whatever it is.  

...I see you, ugly queen, lurking in the background on the right...

[Daryl]

Calyptrocalyx elegans hybrid was showing off over the last couple of days...

[Silas_Sancona]

Big kids in the neighborhood...  And a few Pygmys..

Washingtonia filifera / filifera dominant hybrids   ..for the kids in the back of the room who may raise their hands in an impatient manner..








Bismarckia



W. filifera,  X Filibustra ( possibly ) ..and Bismarckia..  2 angles.





Pair of perfect Canaries..



New Dates going in in front of some new Apartments / Condos ..AKA: Human Kennels..






" Yard full of dactylifera ..or Dacty - cross "..




More Desert Pygmys.











Warning Bells,   ...in " Desert Paradise " ??


.. Maybe it's nothing, but noted these " ded'er than dead "  Mex fans in a yard not too far away..  Not cold enough to kill 'em here. Don't look lightning struck ...So what is it that killed them..



The Ugly Bismarckias in front of the neighborhood  In n' Out..  Watched these kids for 8 years and its been a slow, downhill slide since about '19.  There were two planted where the remaining specimen in shots 2 and 3 are located. Down to just the one pictured.  oof.







 

[John hovancsek]

[Pal Meir]

So nice fruits, but no germination yet … ☹️

[flplantguy]

This new spear living up to its name caught my eye watering.  Chambeyronia growing well and somewhat faster than i expected.

[Tomas]

On 5/9/2024 at 9:51 PM, Silas_Sancona said:

Big kids in the neighborhood...  And a few Pygmys..

Washingtonia filifera / filifera dominant hybrids   ..for the kids in the back of the room who may raise their hands in an impatient manner..








Bismarckia



W. filifera,  X Filibustra ( possibly ) ..and Bismarckia..  2 angles.





Pair of perfect Canaries..



New Dates going in in front of some new Apartments / Condos ..AKA: Human Kennels..






" Yard full of dactylifera ..or Dacty - cross "..




More Desert Pygmys.











Warning Bells,   ...in " Desert Paradise " ??


.. Maybe it's nothing, but noted these " ded'er than dead "  Mex fans in a yard not too far away..  Not cold enough to kill 'em here. Don't look lightning struck ...So what is it that killed them..



The Ugly Bismarckias in front of the neighborhood  In n' Out..  Watched these kids for 8 years and its been a slow, downhill slide since about '19.  There were two planted where the remaining specimen in shots 2 and 3 are located. Down to just the one pictured.  oof.







 

The Bismarckia in the last pictures, it surely looks like boron deficiency!

[Silas_Sancona]

30 minutes ago, Tomas said:

The Bismarckia in the last pictures, it surely looks like boron deficiency!

That is possible.. Unfortunately, w public planted palms, you never know who is caring for them / what else might be occurring.  May approach the business anyway to see if i can get more clues ..

Perhaps Mules would be a better palm option for a planting application like that..  Need to see more of them (.. And Brahea / Sabal uresana )  planted around town in areas where they can be easily viewed by a wide audience anyway..

[Tomas]

1 hour ago, Silas_Sancona said:

That is possible.. Unfortunately, w public planted palms, you never know who is caring for them / what else might be occurring.  May approach the business anyway to see if i can get more clues ..

Perhaps Mules would be a better palm option for a planting application like that..  Need to see more of them (.. And Brahea / Sabal uresana )  planted around town in areas where they can be easily viewed by a wide audience anyway..

I thought these were private plants, what a pity, such big palms. Boron problem is easily solved

[Silas_Sancona]

Just now, Tomas said:

I thought these were private plants, what a pity, such big palms. Boron problem is easily solved

Not the big ones.. Note the " In N Out " sign next to the specimen in pictures 2 and 3  Public / Commercial Landscape specimens rather than in a residential / private yard.

A bummer for sure but,  🤷‍♂️  that's how it goes sometimes.   Don't own it, can't care for it.

[palmfriend]

What cauhgt my eye today...

...how gorgeous a C.macrocarpa may look even without the newest (flamethrower) leaf opened yet. 

 

Lars

 

[tim_brissy_13]

C macrocarpa var hookeri backlit new frond. This palm is 6 years from germination. 

[LP305]

SFPS field trip last Saturday

[LP305]

The palms of lake Maggiore

[Harry’s Palms]

A preview of something coming! Red frond day soon, Harry

[palmfriend]

Hi,

couple days ago I posted one or two images of my seed grown D. album var. aureum when it tried to fruit for

the second time (the first attempt had failed...). It looked promising this time, both new spathes were thick and

looked strong. When the first of the new two ones turned brown without opening, I took a sharp blade to cut

it open. When the knife touched the spathe it almost exploded - a slightly rotten smell came out - the

moment for a successful flowering had probably passed. 

At this moment I glanced over to the other one which hasn't opened either - it was still very compact and looked almost 

unripe - but I thought 'why not'. I gently cut it open and it unfolded immediately. It looked a bit too early for my 

taste but - long story short - this is what caught my eye today...

After some heavy rain has stopped I made a short stroll through the garden and when getting near that palm I got aware of a

buzzing sound. 

Taking a closer look, the sound got almost intense...

'Heavy air traffic' by our local bees which got attracted by this non-indigenous palm for the (very likely) first time. 

Since I am pretty sure that no one else is growing this palm species on this island, I am very delighted to see this 

progress happen.

Let's see how this turns out -

 

Lars

 

[Matt in OC]

Clinostigma sp. in Newport Beach 🤯 

[Matt in OC]

First Cyphophoenix elegans flower!