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Anybody grow blue jubaea chilensis? 1 2
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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I have a couple of 15 gallon blue jubaea chilensis palms, and I was wondering if the blue ones have different cultivation requirements. They are similar to the green ones in appearance but the leaf texture is different and there seems to be more glaucous covering on them. Do they require drier conditions?
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Pogobob took me to see this amazing palm, it is its the real colour!! The colour is very strong in this palm. You can see some of it on the inside of the sheaf of an old leaf. Pictures do not do it justice , the actual colour is more vibrant. Has any one seen any other unusual colours on this species crownshaft? hope you enjoy this shared experience regards colin
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Pics of my garden Leilani Estates
by Mike in LB- 8 replies
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Hi everyone, I've been a lurker for years, but have started posting because of the great info provided by the site with regard to the recent lava events here in Leilani Estates. Palmtalk has been my #1 source of up-to-date info as little of value is posted by Civil Defense. I'm grateful for the info. I moved to Leilani Estates in 2012 from Long Beach CA. The palms in my garden are anywhere from 5-1/2 years old to just a few months old. If everything goes right, there should be 2 pictures. pic 1 - a lemurophoenix between 2 clinostigma ponapense pic 2 - center palms: a beccariophoenix and a condapanna (oops, this one didn't work...) Mike Arends…
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White funk growing on my palms!
by palmcurry- 13 replies
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One of my Pinanga elmeris has some white stuff growing under the lower leaf sheath/crownshaft. What is it? Dont want to loose this palm. Any body know what to do? Hit it with peroxide?
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Be Careful Around Canary Island Date Palms
by Joey Powell- 16 replies
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So I was out in the yard working yesterday morning, pruning some older fronds off some of my Phoenix palms. As I was working on one of my CIDPs, I got jabbed by a nasty spine in the top of my hand, near my wrist. Now, since then I have been unable to close my hand, and I've been in some pretty serious pain. I would have never thought something small like that would affect my entire hand (muscles/tendons very sore) and forearm. There is actually a name for this condition: Palm Thorn Synovitis. If you are working around these, be careful. And wear eye protection!
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Phoenix sylvestris thorns poisonous?
by phatmiata- 15 replies
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So im wondering if i need to worry about the thorns of Phoenix sylvestris ??? I have been poked before, but just lightly. Well somehow i managed to poke the heck outta myself on Friday moving one that was in a bucket off my truck. This one left a really sweet bruise on my forearm and was sore for the rest of the day. ts no longer sore but i have a 2" bruise where the tree left its mark. Just wondering if any of the nursery guys on here know if i need to just chalk it up as a battle wound, or do i need worry about some infection, or poison it may carry, etc etc. I think i will run duct tape around the base (thorns) next time i move these, doh!!
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Driving nails into queen palm trunks
by insipidtoast- 10 replies
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Hi, Can you hammer nails into the trunk of queen palms in order to get vines to grow up their trunk, or will that kill the palms?
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On the occasion of the first pinnate leaf of my N°1401 I open a new thread for this only little known species Lytocaryum insigne TOLEDO 1944 (now again Syagrus insignis BECC. 1916, former Cocos insignis MART. 1854 and Glaziova insignis DRUDE 1881) Please post your pics of L insigne here, too! It doesn’t matter if they are in pots, in gardens, or (best of all) in habitat. I begin with my oldest baby N°1401, born 2014-02-14 during the cold winter in Germany, grown up together with nine other siblings, out of which six emigrated into other European countries, so that at my place now are remaining still four plants: N°1401, 1402, 1404, and 1408. Here comes the bigg…
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What specific parts of Florida would be the most northerly one could reliably find Zone 9b plants, 10a plants and 10b plants. Please include any islands that are accessible by car and might have land for sale. I have often wondered how far down the Gulf Coast I would have to travel to get to areas where palms that I can't grow here might survive. Would Cedar Key be Zone 9b? How about St. George Island up in the Big Bend area? Any photo's of some of these more obscure locations?
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Coconut Palms In Zone 9b? 1 2 3 4
by PalmTreeDude- 2 followers
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I see coconuts in 10a + but can they grow in some parts of 9b? I have seen some in Sarasota (9b) and they seemed to look good, not sure if anything ever happens them from cold. What do you think?
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Went over to pogobobs house the other day for some PRA. He's got alot of admirable plants and landscaping and was nice enoiugh to let post some shots. Enjoy.
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How can we help otherwise heathy palm fronds open? Mine seem to get long but take forever to open - perhaps 3-4 months after maximum length obtained. Temperature 80-90+ degrees F, good sunlight with western exposure.
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The wonders of Hydrogen Peroxide 1 2
by MattyB- 2 followers
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I've had excellent results treating crown rot in my palms using Hydrogen Peroxide. If I see some sort of problem, or even suspect that something is going on down there inside of the growing point, I'll pour Hydrogen Peroxide down there a couple times per week, for several weeks and 9 times out of 10 the palm pushes past the problem. Here's an example of some recent success. This Attalea had the newest leaf suddenly brown off and die and the next small spear had stopped growing. This is not a good sign. So I've been treating it with Hydrogen Peroxide for a month or so and today I took a close look and saw that it's pushed past the rot. In this picture my finger …
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Lighting palms at night 1 2
by PalmWarbler- 2 followers
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What are you guys using for "uplighting" to light up the palms at night? I'm looking for some solar powered lights and would love some input, pros and cons of what you're using now and what to look for. Also, what color are you using?
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which are the most expensive palms ?
by trioderob- 1 follower
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which one's cost the most to purchase ? I know that jubs are expensive when large and copernica too... what else ?
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In August of 2017 my wife and I bought our home in Hilo, Hawaii. This thread will attempt to document the creation of our Hilo garden and also serve as a main thread for me to update over the years with progress pictures. Before moving to Hilo, we enjoyed living in Fallbrook, California. I spent 8 years there building our garden from scratch. We had the privilege of having many visitors come to that garden over the years including a meeting of the Southern California Palm Society. We are currently renting that home out and while many palms remain there, several of the prized palms were moved to some amazing Southern California gardens to better ensure their sur…
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About half of my Butia x Parajubaea cocoides show some signs of aparently Potassium [K] deficiency with premature yellowing amd dying of the older fronds. This year I´ll feed them with a combined good amount of decomposed manure, wood ashes and also some ''cloreto de potássio'' and see what happens. My native Butia species [B. eriospatha and B. microspadix] never show this K deficiency signs, neither B. catarinensis, but interestingly the Butia capitata [from central Brazil] also show similar signs. Do some of you also noted something similar to this on your own B x P ? Thanks !
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I figured I shoot a few of my best palms to share here. This first one is a wide shot of the entrance.
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So I finally got my 20 ft. Foxy Lady and Kentia transplanted. The Foxy Lady had almost 2 months of root pruning before it was moved. I was told that the fronds need to stay all tied up for a couple of months to prevent photosynthesis so the palms would not go into shock and die. Do I really need to wait this long before I am able to let the fronds open up? Your input would be greatly appreciated. J
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I have noticed many times living here in southern cal that palms are incorrectly placed in the landscape. the #1 issue I see is that very poor judgement is used with regard to where and how many palms should be planted. (now I understand that for many here the palms and number collected are of more importance with design considerations being a distant second - you may want to consider skipping this thread) for those interested - i present this key drawing: you will notice that the trees "frame" the house. they solidify the house to the surrounding landscape the key here is that the trees (palms in our case ) project in diagonals from the…
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New genus, SARIBUS, is resurrected.
by Mandrew968- 1 follower
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Through recent DNA findings, A new genus, SARIBUS, has made it's way back into nomenclature. Species such as Livistona merrillii, rotundifolia, and woodfordii as well as the monotypic genus, Pritchardiopsis(the only palmate palm endemic to New Caledonia) now reside in the old genus Saribus. Saribus was chosen because it is the first to have been used, historically, to describe the species in question. If you would like to know more about this exciting news, just log onto Palms.org to read the full article, in the new issue! Now if anyone has anything to add, please feel free! I myself have a question: the previously popular palm, Livistona rotundifolia is now Saribus …
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Girls just want........a pressure sprayer
by PalmatierMeg- 8 replies
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Ok, all palmlovers in FL want/need a pressure sprayer. I am devoting this week to preparing our back lanai, which houses my potted palms, for the upcoming winter. Starting Sunday afternoon I moved all small plants outdoors, along with their groady shelves. After a hot, humid summer of bountiful rain, the lanai's concrete floor was coated with algae, mildew and assorted yuck. I didn't take a before photo because I didn't want to ruin anyone's appetite. Fortunately, we have had no cold nights yet. But soon..... Potted palms outside as seen through lanai screen Only my two largest palms, a lipstick and a dwarf catechu, remained on the lanai. My husband bui…
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Pics of Huge Sabals... 1 2 3 4
by osideterry- 4 followers
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Last time I was at South Coast Palms I was floored by how wide the spread was on a couple of Gary Wood's Sabals. I thought it might be interesting to see a bunch of them as a thread here. Photos with people for scale are even better. Any species works - bermudana, riverside, yapa - all the monsters. I'm at work, and will check through my photos and post them when I get home.
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Last stop Bills
by comic097- 39 replies
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Ok last stop of my visit to the Big Island is Bill Austins place, and Bills garden certainly didn't disappoint, once again thanks for having us around Bill, was a real pleasure meeting you mate, if your ever down our way look us up mate, would love to show you around our part of the world. Ok here we go ... So Bill is only 5 minutes around the corner from Jeff's, Lucky boy
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Beccariophoenix 1 2 3 4
by Gileno Machado- 1 follower
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Liana's backyard in the farm. These are fast growers...they've doubled in size in the last 18 months, since I've seen them for the first time. Still keeping the "windows" but I guess it won't last long at this point, for the next fronds (?)... Beautiful palms aren't they?