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Our 2025 Save the Species Palm: Ravenea louvelii
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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🌿 Our 2025 Save the Species Palm: Ravenea louvelii 🌿 We’re thrilled to announce that our Save the Species palm for 2025 is the magnificent Ravenea louvelii! 💚 Recognized by the Global Palm Specialist Group as critically endangered, this rare beauty is found only in Madagascar — where just 10 mature palms and a few seedlings have been discovered in the wild. 🌍 With the support of our Save the Species Campaign, local botanists can expand their search, collect precious seeds, and begin nurturing new life in a dedicated conservation nursery. 🌱Together, we can help protect this incredible species from disappearing forever. 💪✨ Follow …
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Ravenea lovellii
by Cindy Adair- 2 followers
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I have been asked by Director Glenn Franklin to introduce the 2025 IPS Save the Species campaign. This program began with the successful Tahina fundraiser which ran on PalmTalk. It is now a very important part of our non profit mission statement (Education, Research, Conservation). “ Our December Save The Species fundraiser is coming up for this small palm. Photo by "Olivier Reilhes Ravenea louvellii is endemic to Madagascar. Our fundraiser will help finance efforts to document additional palms, involve the local community and start a propagation program. The team of botanists from Madagascar led by Dr. Mijoro Rakontoariniv…
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Putting PalmTalk "App Icon" on your Home Screen
by PALM MOD- 3 replies
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A true collectors palm the Areca vestiaria highly ornamental a small power wash was used to clean the flesh off the seeds coco peat perlite mixture with 30 degrees Celsius bottom heating will be the preferred method of propagation time will tell how many germinate
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It’s so BIG!
by DoomsDave- 2 followers
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Sitting in my home office yesterday in the middle of one of those Eternal Zoom Conferences when I hear this sudden crash thud and see a shadow across my nearby window. it turned out to be an abscised leaf from my watermelon hookeri. Okay, not big like a royal but still big. Maybe you have palms and/or parts of same with unexpectedly large size?
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My Triangle palms are dying
by Baja Sur- 5 replies
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The new leaves of my triangle palms are turning brown, and have gauge marks on them like if something is eating them; what can I do to save then, and keep the others from being contaminated?
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Borassodendron borneense sprouts potted up
by happypalms- 3 replies
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A couple more borneense have come up, and they have to be the biggest seedlings I have worked with. There’s another two that need potting a bit later so 5 out of 10 not too bad for imported seeds. Should be an interesting rather large palm tree to grow, definitely looking forward to seeing them in the garden.
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Sabal mauritiformis looking good
by happypalms- 7 replies
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A nice bit of rain and some high temperatures has the Sabal moving along looking rather good. A nice easy palm to grow tolerant of a lot cool weather and heat like most palms just add water and good drainage!
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Coconut Palm in Titusville Home Depot 1 2
by NickJames- 1 follower
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They had multiple coconut palms of this size or even larger at Home Depot in Titusville at I-95 tonight (so not oceanfront or waterfront). Do these appear to be full coconut palms and can I assume they would not survive at my Daytona Beach home? I’m aware of the big box stores selling specimens that won’t survive. thanks!
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Is this a green malayan?
by US_Marine- 0 replies
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Just wanting to confirm the variety. This palm is different than other dwarf coconut palms I have grown as it seems to have different growth habits and characteristics. Their trunks were shorter with closer/tighter petioles. They all received essentially the same amount of direct sunlight as this palm gets. This palm is 2-3 years old and is approximately 5ft tall. It seems to have decent growth rates. The spear seen in the picture is just barely starting to open and there is already a new smaller spear visible.
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Today wandering the garden as I often do while taking a break from work I noticed that my Beccariophoenix madagascariensis seems to be starting to put on a little size. I can’t remember exactly when I planted it. It’s been about 6 years I would guess. It was a small 5 gallon. Over those years it has consistently put out new leafs, but it never really seemed to get too much bigger. While still considered small, it seems to finally be putting on some size. 5 gallon bucket in 2nd pic for scale. So what palm in your garden caught your eye today? It doesn’t have to be your favorite, just something that stuck out to you today.
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A wander in the garden 1 2
by happypalms- 55 replies
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A nice walk to cool down after a moderately hot day we have been getting afternoon thunderstorms which is a good thing for the garden tropical plants just love the humidity and heat from what I can see all parts of the garden are very happy with the storms you can irrigate to water but you can’t beat the rain especially thunderstorms with the nitrogen rich atmosphere for plant growth
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Really cool palms I need id
by ne0ndrxft- 1 reply
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My guesses Ptychosperma...? spp Livistona chinensis? Latania spp
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Oraniopsis appendiculata 1 2
by realarch- 43 replies
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Thought I’d post a couple of recent photos of this Australian palm that’s been in the ground for 14 years. It’s been a steady grow here in East Hawaii and is robust in stature. Might be a few years yet before it starts trunking. Check out the shove for scale. Richard posted photos of his sprouts a few weeks ago, the transition is slow, but well worth it. Tim
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Copernicia cowellii update
by aztropic- 0 replies
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In 2014, I gathered seeds of this species from habitat in Cuba. 12 years of growth in the Arizona desert and here are the results. The ones I planted in full, all day sun, are finally putting out larger fan shaped leaves. The ones planted in shade, although a much prettier shade of green, are still only pushing strap leaves after all this time. Full sun definitely makes a difference in speed of growth. Species is basically a miniature version of Copernicia macroglossa, but is better adapted to smaller yards and gardens where space is at a premium. Unfortunately, due to its extremely slow growth rate and rarity of seeds, it will never be common or commercially produce…
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Palms for identification
by ne0ndrxft- 1 follower
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My guesses 1. Rhapis multifida 2. No idea 3. No idea either 4. Ptychosperma spp
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Jubaea disease
by Harry- 2 replies
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Lower fronds dying at a faster rate than normal. Can anything be done to save it? I think it is dying. Some sort of disease.
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Here in SF we had a good drenching storm in mid-November, about three inches of rain, but since then nothing, and nothing is on the horizon for probably another two weeks. It's been clear and cold, about 52°F / 11°C during the day and 43°F / 6°C at night. I am guessing that the soil remains damp under our thick mulch. But I also have read many times that people water their palms year-round if rain is insufficient, especially for thirsty species like Archontophoenix, Hedyscepe, Rhopalostylis and Geonoma undata, all of which we have. Is there any potential harm in irrigating with these temperatures? Admins, please feel free to move this to the Climate section if that is mor…
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What kind of palm is this?
by Mazat- 1 reply
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I wanted to dig it up, but I can't because the agave americana variegata keeps stinging me or Sabine... I haven't discovered this before ... Another Phönix dactylifera??
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Some have claimed the Newport Beach Coconut might be the farthest north in the ground with sustained growth, at around 33 degrees, 37 minutes latitude. Please submit any other farthest from equator claims - be sure to include exact latitude position, north or south.
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Royal palm Oviedo update
by Bkue- 6 replies
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Almost 1yr. Not the best pics but decent growth.
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A couple more of the exotics go in the garden, with some good rainfall about the humidity will help them along. A few years there will be a bit more of a tropical look in the garden.
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Embarrassing palm ID request
by Than- 2 followers
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I should be able to ID this quickly by now but.. Looks like sylvestris but I'm not sure. It's in my town, in southern Greece, about 2 km from the sea.
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We know the feeling: you're at the garden center or discount store and you spot an exotic plant. Sometimes the plant is in relatively good condition, sometimes not. Sometimes the price is too high, and sometimes it's a bargain. Some of the plants are described, others are not... Sabine discovered this plant today, undescribed but for 2 USD.
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