DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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   Little dypsis minuta

   March 28 by happypalms

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   A real winner the minuta for cuteness quite cold tolerant no frost but temperatures as low 2 degree Celsius in the greenhouse a slow little growing palm but well worth it for any collection

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28

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   Broke the tip of kentia spike / spear. What will happen?

   March 27 by PatPalm

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   Hi all, I was cleaning my kentia and I managed to snap the very tip of it off 🫠. I’m so upset. I know this won’t keep it from growing, but will this impact the new fronds profile?

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28

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   Purchased 100 chameadorea elegans seedlings

   March 27 by happypalms

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   An easy chameadorea to grow 100 seedlings was $25 Australian dollars the wife wanted them apparently she is going into the palm growing business and is going to put me out of business according to her theory she will be making a million dollars with the fast growing elegans and i certainly hope she does alright most likely will sell more elegans than Joey palms given how slow Joey palms are 🤣

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28

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   Potting up some satakentia liukiuensis

   March 26 by happypalms

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   I purchased 100 satakentia quite strong seedlings to work with coming from a quality supplier of healthy plants the soil mixture I used was a quality perlite pine bark river sand mixture and a sprinkle of animal manure pellets with trace elements on top of the container under the top one inch of the soil line with high grade black compost well rotted down to almost a high quality black soil for any vegetable garden to a ratio of about 5 percent perlite to 60 percent potting mix to 35 percent compost mixture giving a good drainage sufficient for container growing palms so pretty well much a full organic soil mix the container size was 140mm from 100mm tubes the seedlings w…

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28

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   Potting up some lytocarum weddlianum sprouts

   March 28 by happypalms

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   Had a few few spare weddellianum seeds from my trees in the garden I just have to propagate them there just to good of a palm to not germinate them being a slow growing palm a spare 300 in tubes will grow through to nice specimens in containers in the future an easy palm to germinate coco coir perlite mix in styrofoam box in the hothouse over summer I have used bottom heating before but found no need to us use bottom heating if germinating them over summer a deep container for germinating is one little trick to consider for better root development and if you break a root they pretty well much die

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28
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   Inguanura wallichiana var major

   March 28 by happypalms

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   Cleaning up in the greenhouse and my inguanura was standing out saying hello tucked in among all the other plants it also sits in a tray of water permanently throughout the year except for winter it’s just easier to not have to worry about it drying out

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28

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   Geonoma atrovirens

   March 28 by happypalms

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   My little geonoma is looking good it has survived two winters in the hothouse but somehow I don’t think it will survive in the garden in a cold wet winter so it shall live in a container for a few more years it sits permanently in a shallow tray of water getting to drink as much as it wants in summer for winter it shall be removed from the tray of water so it doesn’t get cold roots iam confident the bigger it gets the more it will withstand the cold weather fingers crossed it is such a lovely palm I fear losing to cold weather

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 28

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   Sabal id

   March 25 by NBVIBI

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   Hello do you know this Sabal ? Location South of France. Thanks

   

   Last reply by NBVIBI, March 28

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    Suggestion for a Palm

    March 27 by Borosbobo

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    Hey! We planted a Phoenix Sylvestris next to our 6 Trachy palms. We think that the middle 3 Trachy does not look good. Next to a thicker trunked Sylvestris. Plus the leaves of the Sylvestris will grow on top of the tracycarpuses. So this is why I would like to ask for a suggestion from you guys. We are looking for a palm that can live in Zone 7 meaning that it can survive -5C° (20F°) and it grows big (above 2-3 meters). -We were thinking about a Livistonia but that wouldn’t be good because it’s a pretty windy place and it’s leaves would get ripped easily. -We don’t want a Butia there -In my opinion a cleaned trunked Washingtonia Filifera would lo…

    

    Last reply by Harry’s Palms, March 28

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    yellowing wedding palms help

    March 27 by sydneypalms

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    many of my wedding palms of various ages are yellowing. i dont water them often as they dont like it here, if in pots. ive fed them, leaf sprayed them with iron and trace and fertilizer. nothing seems to work. i have weddings growing in harsh shaded road exposed winter winds, looking fine, but the ones in pots which i bought healthy from 1 person a yr ago are yellowing. he had them in a light shade cloth greenhouse which had alot of sun light, mine are in well lit shade, or mostly shade with some sun, much milder than their last owner, yet are yellowing. and i cant seem to stop it. ive grown heaps of these before and sold a few, but ive never had this issue where its g…

    

    Last reply by Merlyn, March 28
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    Dypsis rosea

    March 22 by realarch

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    Finally got around to giving this trio of Dypsis rosea some TLC. After trimming off some old leaf sheaths and fronds, they are looking rather epic. On island, we always referred to this palm as ‘Hawaiian Punch’, for obvious reasons. The smaller of the three needed more trimming and doesn’t have much color. These are not small palms. The white 5 gal. bucket for some scale in the one photo is between the two trunks. Tim

    

    Last reply by Kaname-kun, March 27

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    Picking a couple of chameadorea plumosa seeds

    March 27 by happypalms

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    Had a couple of plumosa chameadorea seeds ready to pick they will be sent to a ips member who is wanting to germinate a few of them for there collection

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 27

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    Borassus flabellifer in Australia?

    May 15, 2013 by maybeamacy

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    Hi everyone! I'm new to the palm world but I've been trying to find out if the Borassus flabellifer grew in Australia and to my surprise, there seems to be a few specimens up north. Would anyone know where I could source some seeds of this plant in Brisbane or do you think the botanical gardens in Darwin or somewhere could possibly ship some down for me if I paid them? Thanks in advance

    

    Last reply by Daryl, March 27

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    Could you help me ID this?

    September 29, 2023 by Alexberm

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    It is in Northern of Thailand. Thank you.

    

    Last reply by Alexberm, March 27

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    Potting up some dypsis lanceolata seedlings

    March 27 by happypalms

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    I was gifted these seeds by a ips member and had a good germination rate using bottom heating 30 degrees Celsius an ess6 palm to germinate and grow one of the better looking dypsis varieties

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 27

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    Buying some more plants (again)

    March 26 by happypalms

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    As usual a fix of some palms this time 100 satakentia liukiuensis 100 chamaedorea elegans and 100 polyathia longifofilia trees just another day in the life of growing palms

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 27

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    Green Nodes on Mediterranean Fan

    March 27 by Chipper

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    I am very new to growing palms so please bear with me. I noticed today that a Mediterranean Fan that I planted a year ago has these clusters of green nodes on its trunk. Is this something bad or good?

    

    Last reply by aztropic, March 27

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    Strategus Aloeus: Tis the season for the ox beetle. 1 2

    May 31, 2012 by Ed Askew

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    Well I am prepared for my annual battle with the dreaded killer of small palms, Strategus Aloeus, the ox beetle. If you have seen little perfectly round burrows about the size of a quarter within 12 inches of a palm less than 36 inches high, and then the palm died, this was done by Strategus. Last year I tried Spectracide (Triazicide) as prophylaxis against attacks. The results were multiple burrows on 5 palms out of about 60 palms. 3 of the attacked palms were protected by a rock barrier I installed when planting them (see some of my earlier post regarding this). None of those burrows were successful for the beetle. I was able to catch one in the act and kill him. …

    

    Last reply by Ed Askew, March 27

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    Archontophoenix Purpurea? Let's see yours! 1 2

    July 30, 2020 by BayAndroid

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    I don't see many pictures of Archontophoenix Purpurea (purple king palm). Do you have one? Would love to see some pictures!

    

    Last reply by PalmCode, March 26

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    My Garden - Melbourne Australia 1 2

    January 18 by tim_brissy_13

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    Well it’s now been 4 years since I’ve planted out my new garden. Many palms are now photo-worthy, so I thought it is time to create a topic to document the growth. Firstly, a bit of an introduction to Melbourne’s climate: We have an odd temperate climate full of contradictions; we have the least sunshine hours of any Australian capital city, yet our summer sun can be brutal on a hot day. We have the highest recorded temperature 46.4C/115.5F (even hotter at my location nearly 20km south east of the city centre) of any Australian capital yet also the lowest (-2.8C/27F). Just a few of kms down the road from me (a couple of miles) is where the lowest temperature eve…

    

    Last reply by tim_brissy_13, March 26

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    Dypsis pinnatifrons

    October 10, 2023 by happypalms

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    I recently was lucky enough to come across an advanced pinnatifrons that was grown with love and care i thought I know the exact spot for it to go in my garden where it will been seen often and remembered as to the day I acquired this lovely little palm note the still frame on bottom left providing some protection for my pittipi palm from falling palm leafs

    

    Last reply by peachy, March 26

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    Another chambeyronia photo

    March 24 by happypalms

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    A couple of new leaves on my chambeyronia hookeri in the same group planting to get the best affect out chambeyronia growing groups of three are the best options of planting giving a better show more often

    

    Last reply by peachy, March 26

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    Moapa Palms

    March 25 by ddd

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    Are the palm trees in Moapa naturally occurring? Or are they introduced

    

    Last reply by kinzyjr, March 25

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    Palm Fertilizer

    March 23 by Wakima

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    I'm planting 3 new Christmas palms in Florida. According to University of Fl the fertilizer should be 8-0-12-4. I can't seem to find where to purchase it. Can anyone help me with this?

    

    Last reply by Johnny Palmseed, March 25

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    Update on the stuff in the backyard 1 2

    June 8, 2021 by JLM

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    Update 1: As some of yall know my bottle palm hates me, i didnt expose it to sun properly. It looks terrible right now, with the exception of this! The spear that has been growing since the end of winter is now opening!

    

    Last reply by JLM, March 25

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