DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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   All quiet on the Rio front

   April 22, 2010 by RainForestt Robert

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   Hey, isn't the Rio biennial going on this week? I know that I am not on Palmtalk as much as previously but I thought that I would have heard something from an attendee by now. In Costa Rica PalmTalkers were lining up each evening and morning for the PCs to get their daily fixes and some could not resist saying hello. I hope that this is not like Vegas! Holler at your pals. Let us know how much fun we are missing. Talk lots of photos and at the first opportunity - POST! Robert

   

   Last reply by bgl, April 27, 2010
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   Overgrown's Official General Interest Thread 1 2

   December 4, 2009 by OverGrown

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   One of the things I love about gardening is all the unique tastes and styles. I spent the last week in LA for the holidays and snapped a few pics while walking my dog to remind me of home and how good we have it in LA. The area gets 100+ dry heat during summers, santa ana winds during fall, adobe clay soil w/ gophers as the main pest. Standouts in the neighborhood: This house has the only triangle palms in the neighborhood. Caryota and foxtail in between some queens Nice mix of common cycads

   

   Last reply by JASON M, April 26, 2010
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   back yard pix from "lowlando" CA

   August 13, 2008 by paulgila

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   you asked for it c.geonomiformis. a.hookeriana. c.fragrans--recent purchase from louie hooper.

   

   Last reply by paulgila, April 26, 2010
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   Robert Riffle - tell me about him.......

   April 19, 2010 by trioderob

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   I have Robert Riffles Palm book. anyone who knew him care to tell me about him ?

   

   Last reply by Walt, April 26, 2010
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   Whats this palm?

   April 26, 2010 by Gbarce

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   I met Philpalm in a plant show in Los Banos ( a town outside of Metro Manila ) over the weekend and we were trying to figure out what this palm was.

   

   Last reply by paulgila, April 26, 2010
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   Trachycarpus

   April 26, 2010 by Tyrone

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   I have a T fortunei that I planted back in 2002 that has come into flower and produced fully formed seeds. The thing is Trachy's are meant to be dioecious needing a male and a female to procreate. There is not another Trachy for miles in my neighbourhood. What do you think has happened? Who's your Daddy Momma???????? Best regards Tyrone

   

   Last reply by Nigel, April 26, 2010

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   Winter of 2010 Pleasant Surprises

   April 26, 2010 by _Keith

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   Winter of 2010 was tough. Three nights in a row right at 20 degrees, and more than I cared to count in the upper 20s. There were many losses, but still, even in this bad spring drought, there are a few surprises out there. Non of these has any protection at all. Total exposure. Palms My largest P. robellini is pushing a new spear. I had written it off. P. reclinata is pushing a new spear. My smallest Mule Palm, which had a spear pull, is pushing a new spear. Arenga engleri is pushing several new spears Non-palms Erythrina christa-galli is returning from the roots. Silk floss tree is sprouting at the 2 foot level. Varigated Lemon is returni…

   

   Last reply by iamjv, April 26, 2010
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   Need ID On This Pinnate Palm

   April 25, 2010 by Jim in Los Altos

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   Hope someone can ID this palm. Actually, I'm sure one or more of you can because I think it's probably fairly common. I bought it three years ago a a big box store and it was labelled Areca cetachu and had two trunks at the time. One trunk died in the 2007 freeze but the other faired well and has grown steadily. I can't grow any Areca in any microclimate in my yard since they rot during our damp cool winters but this one never stops growing, albeit slowly. What is it?

   

   Last reply by BS Man about Palms, April 26, 2010
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    Visiting the Huntington

    April 24, 2010 by buffy

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    This Texas boy is visiting the Huntington for the very first time tomorrow. Wish me luck.

    

    Last reply by Gtlevine, April 26, 2010
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    Container Madness....

    April 20, 2010 by ErikSJI

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    Containers everywhere......

    

    Last reply by sick1166, April 26, 2010

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    Root Bound

    April 24, 2010 by Just1MorePalm

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    I told my Nurseryman....I would like the biggest root bound 10 gal you have...this it what I got..Wow..palm trees are amazing... This palm is healthy...the roots were packed...there was nearly no soil to speak of...when I cut the pot off I think I heard a sigh....Ahhhhh. any guess on the palm type....

    

    Last reply by sick1166, April 26, 2010
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    Ravanea moorei a.k.a. "mayotte"

    April 25, 2010 by Surf Guy

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    Does anyone know anything about this palm? Thanks in advance. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/Surf_Guy/DSC_0366.jpg

    

    Last reply by Surf Guy, April 26, 2010
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    What did you do for earth day?

    April 23, 2010 by JASON M

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    Hi guys, I just wanted to know what you all did for Earth day. Don't say it is a stupid liberal holiday because I am a Conservative. We watched Wall-E in class, and had a tornado drill. If you did plant palms, what type??

    

    Last reply by amazondk, April 25, 2010

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    Dypsis sp. big curly

    April 23, 2010 by edric

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    Photo from a couple days ago, first new spear just opened, Ed

    

    Last reply by BS Man about Palms, April 25, 2010
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    California Palms to see in only 2-3 day visit???

    April 24, 2010 by Cindy Adair

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    We'll be making a quick trip from Virginia to deliver our daughter to Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA in early August. I understand Claremont is about 35 miles from LA. We'll have to fly in and out of Ontario,California airport and can probably squeeze in only a couple of days (after leaving our freshman daughter) before we must return to work (to earn money for her college and palms..). We love botanical gardens and buying small, rare tropical palms(or any unusual small size tropical trees, orchids, bromeliads,etc. etc.)that can fit on planes as luggage. We will probably get to visit a few more times over her 4 years and would greatly appreciate suggestions of side…

    

    Last reply by Cindy Adair, April 25, 2010

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    Pruning Roots of Roystonea regia ?

    April 25, 2010 by Kumar

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    Hello everyone - I have two ten year old R. regia specimens growing in my lawn in Calcutta, India - and the favourable soil and humidity there have resulted in these palms becoming huge! Their roots however are all over the lawn - and though I have had them pruned twice in the past, at two year intervals, they keep regrowing with remarkable tenacity and I suspect they hamper the growth of vegetation for ten-fifteen feet around their base. One of the local forest department officials has suggested (vaguely, I may add) that the pruning needs to be done from the base of the stem to have any effect. I'm wary of weakening the trunk though - it's more than thirty feet hugh now …

    

    Last reply by peachy, April 25, 2010
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    Resort curved palms??

    April 23, 2010 by JEFF IN MODESTO

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    Of course In and Out burger has them at all their Califonia restaurants. "Resort curved palms " Whats the story? How do they get that way... at least in numbers enough to support all the resorts in CA and Las Vegas along with tropical themed restaurants? and hotels. Is there a palm grower that only deals in resort curved palms, How does he do it? Wonr what the price would be retail? Whats the story?

    

    Last reply by Wanderanwills, April 25, 2010

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    Fan-Palm ID

    April 19, 2010 by mcwolf

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    Hi, first I'd like to re-introduce myself since I haven't posted in this forum for a couple of years. I'm a German immigrant to South Africa and I live for almost a decade in Cape Town. I learned a lot when reading in the forum and maybe that's why I started to question the ID of this palm. What do you guys think of it? Thanks for your help and don't worry asking me if there is anything I can contribute. Cheers, Wolfe

    

    Last reply by tikitiki, April 25, 2010
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    Astrocaryum murumuru

    April 24, 2010 by Cindy Adair

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    Really not a fun palm to remove vines from, but interesting nevertheless. There's a foxtail palm barely visible. Fortunately the spiny one is off the main path a bit.

    

    Last reply by Moose, April 25, 2010
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    Dypsis saintelueci & D. onilensis

    April 23, 2010 by PalmatierMeg

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    I planted both these little Dypsis in my shade garden last year and they have been limping along ever since. They survived winter which didn't help their status. I ameliorated the planting medium with compost when I put them in. I've tried palm fertilizer with minors (Lesco), additional magnesium, fish emulsion, whatever I could think of to boost their nutrition. I'm beginning to suspect they are allegic to FL. What do you think? Suggestions for helping them? I'm out of ideas. Dypsis saintelucei Dypsis onilahensis

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, April 24, 2010

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    My Ravenea glauca's arrived !

    April 21, 2010 by Tassie_Troy1971

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    These are one of my favorite palms from Madagascar with their graceful pinnate fronds . The palms will spend 2 yrs in my greenhouse to gain a little more size and to fully acclimatize from Queensland .

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, April 24, 2010

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    Chamaedorea "soledad"

    April 23, 2010 by Palm crazy

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    The place I like to plant three small Chamaedorea 'soledad' will get about 6 hours of sun all year, ( in the early afternoon around 2pm will be in shade.) Can this palm take that much sun? Thanks....roger.

    

    Last reply by Palm crazy, April 24, 2010

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    Metroxylon salomonense

    April 21, 2010 by Cindy Adair

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    Any ideas as to the age of this palm? What I really mean is will it flower and die in my lifetime or will that be for my kids to see? Yes, that's me in the hat and 2 of my 3 children in the next photo. I'd like to plant at least one Metroxylon amicorum if it's true that they don't succumb after flowering? Any idea where to find seeds or a tree? The "spines" at this age anyway aren't fierce, more like bristles than the wicked Astrocaryum murumuru we have! This tree somehow makes me think a dinosaur could walk by at any moment.

    

    Last reply by aussiearoids, April 24, 2010
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    Welcome to the Jungle!!! 1 2

    April 20, 2010 by OverGrown

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    While in LA my second garden tour was from Dave. This is my second time visiting and it was a lot easier to process the names and ID's of each palm. The first time I visited I was so overwhelmed I lost my bearings. The great thing about his garden is it is located just about as far away from the ocean you can get without being in the dry inland where I have my garden on the the other side of the hill. Same hill different conditions. I can appreciate the pioneering of possible species in the area. Thanks Dave for the inspiration. Dave standing next to a Parajubea for scale... I think this is my new favorite palm. Overall shot of the east front yard. Ove…

    

    Last reply by John in Andalucia, April 24, 2010

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    Years of Gardening

    April 23, 2010 by The Palm Nut

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    I’am going to try to take you through my garden and show you how much it has changed over the years. Looking through the window------

    

    Last reply by The Palm Nut, April 24, 2010