Palms against the sky - show us yours!

[DoomsDave]

One of those days so gorgeous you pinch yourself to be sure you’re not hallucinating.

So how about the rest of you?
 

[Harry’s Palms]

Great idea , Dave!  I came up with a few, my Washingtonia providing a tower to the sky , outside my porch looking up through a Howea Foresteriana , and the tall Caryota on the West side. Harry

‘Hello Washy

A peak a boo sky through the Kentia

a tall Caryota Urens 

[Keybmp]

(Not mine) I took this at the angle where would would see the sky, but it’s a Corypha 

[realarch]

A few more, From left, Chambeyronia var. hookeri, Cyathea intermedia, Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exorrhiza, and Wettinia hirsuita behind. Glorious is the adjective that best describes this view for me.  

Thanks for the inspiration Dave, I’ve been meaning to post this photo. 

Tim

[DoomsDave]

Keep them coming!

[Darold Petty]

Ceroxylon quindiuense,  this is an old image, the crown is more relaxed and hemispherical now.

[Jim in Los Altos]

[realarch]

Geeze Jim, now I need a chiropractor!

A shot of a trio of Euterpe precatoria.

Tim

[peachy]

Well after all those dazzling displays please remember my garden is not quite 4 years old yet. Here is my Archontophoenix maxima purchased as a 40cm overall height specimen at the palm show in march 2024 and now is just above the 2 metre mark. An A for effort ?

Peachy

[peachy]

1 minute ago, realarch said:

Geeze Jim, now I need a chiropractor!

A shot of a trio of Euterpe precatoria.

Tim

I know what you mean..ooh my neck.

(his dog has a fat bum)

Peachy

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

You pulled out the big guns on this one Jim! Way to go 🌴

[happypalms]

We got plenty of that down under blue skies that is!

[Harry’s Palms]

@peachy you get A+ + on that jungle of yours . I love it! A friend gave me a Maxima volunteer from his yard . Yours looks terrific. 
@Jim in Los Altos WOW, just wow! An inspiring set of pics . That’s it …I’ll be gardening this weekend!

@happypalms Richard , you always come through with some amazing shots , luv 

@realarch Those Euterpe must be quite old , WAIT! That’s right you are in the land of the 3x growth rate . Nice ones , I didn’t realize they would get that tall. Harry

[realarch]

Still looking up.

Tim

[happypalms]

3 minutes ago, realarch said:

Still looking up.

Tim

Good old Bert and his pidgeons hey! Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street with Cookie Monster and the grouch. 

[Harry’s Palms]

As long as the guys can get along with the gnomes! Harry

[DoomsDave]

@peachy okay Darl here’s my big Archontophoenix Slapsie Maxie planted in December 2006. About 40 feet or 12-13 M tall.

[DoomsDave]

Here’s Marty Feldman and Cookie Monster 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il40OVOqn4M

[DoomsDave]

And here’s a Pritchardtia species.

[bubba]

Satakentia liukiuensis:

[bubba]

Cocos nucifera:

[Jim in Los Altos]

18 hours ago, peachy said:

I know what you mean..ooh my neck.

(his dog has a fat bum)

Peachy

Midas definitely struts his butt but he’s pretty slim otherwise.  

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Here’s Marty Feldman and Cookie Monster 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il40OVOqn4M

Yer good but what about Igor or is it  eyegor in young Frankenstein and Abby normal now that’s classic stuff. 

[Harry’s Palms]

What hump!?

[peachy]

1 hour ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Midas definitely struts his butt but he’s pretty slim otherwise.  

He definitely is a handsome young chap.

[happypalms]

We have more blue sky than you can poke a stick at in Australia.

[The Gerg]

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

What hump!?

Frau Blucher when the horses 🐎 NAH every time they say her name. 🤣🤣 would the doctor care for a brandy! ! 

[tim_brissy_13]

Some Madagascan species against the blue Melbourne sky. 
Left to right: Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus hybrid (maybe x cabadae), C ambositrae, C baronii, Bismarckia, C lutescens tucked in the back, C decaryi x leptocheilos, C decaryi and C pilulifer (probable hybrid). 

[Darold Petty]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

Frau Blucher when the horses 🐎 NAH every time they say her name. 🤣🤣 would the doctor care for a brandy! ! 

What knockers !

[DoomsDave]

@peachy here’s some more pictures of Slapsie Maxie, including Conan (the real owner of the garden) for scale at the base of the trunk.

 

[Jonathan Haycock]

A couple shots I'm quite fond of; Hydriastele ramsayi in habitat (Northern Territory), and Chamaerops humilis "Vulcano" at Colin Wilson's place (Kiama, NSW). 

[NC_Palms]

these are some of the stuff I see daily (I am currently residing in Barcelona for a bit)

[Darold Petty]

On 4/9/2025 at 8:33 PM, Darold Petty said:

Ceroxylon quindiuense,  this is an old image, the crown is more relaxed and hemispherical now.

This image is from five years ago, here is the same vantage point today.  The foliage on the left is Howea, and on the right Rhopalostylis.  Look closely at the lower left corner through the Howea and one can glimpse a tiny bit of the ocean horizon. 

[peachy]

19 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

@peachy here’s some more pictures of Slapsie Maxie, including Conan (the real owner of the garden) for scale at the base of the trunk.

 

OOOOH Dave it's SOOO big.  I thought it would be a bit taller than normal but one that size will dominate the neighbourhood.  I spent the last couple of days cogitating it's fate now that I know it's potential chthonic proportions. It can stay. Maxie is about 18 years old so I will dead or too senile to care when my tiddler gets that old. As for the Xanadu philodendron I wish I had given those more forethought before planting.  Neck high and spread about a metre every few weeks....they are out to get me.  A long daily climb might put Kranky in a better mood though.

Peachy

[tim_brissy_13]

5 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

This image is from five years ago, here is the same vantage point today.  The foliage on the left is Howea, and on the right Rhopalostylis.  Look closely at the lower left corner through the Howea and one can glimpse a tiny bit of the ocean horizon. 

Wow! Should be close to mature I’d suspect Darold. The crown becoming hemispherical is a sign that it’s about to flower, or so I was told at Landsendt. 

[Darold Petty]

I had a moment to search my older files, here is an image from 12 years ago.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

My contribution to the skyline