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Save the Date
by Cindy Adair- 2 followers
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Small Change to Terms of Service
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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It has been many years since our current terms of service were updated. Yes, I am referring to that fine print most of us decline to read. The good news is there is exactly one additional sentence and it is just intended to streamline the registration procedures and membership management for our free level IPS membership. Here it is: Registration on PalmTalk.org without an existing membership in our society will constitute joining our society at a free membership level with associated benefits. In appreciation for your attention I will share a palm photo from my farm. Pigafetta , AKA the Black Wanga Palm
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New Caledonia IPS Post Tour Registration Open!
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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All IPS members should have received an email with lovely graphics and lots of exciting information. The link below provides details for those who want to join the IPS and then sign up for this once in a lifetime trip small group adventure. https://palms.org/2024-post-tour-to-new-caledonia/
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White Triangle
by Peter- 25 replies
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Here's my White Triangle today, I'd guess about 5-6 years in the ground.
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Anyone been to MB Palms open house sale in Orlando?
by Palmpalm900- 2 followers
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I live a few hours away and was wondering if it’s worth the drive. Also curious if the prices are closer to wholesale or if they’re adjusted for the crowds. Would love to pick up a few palms at a good price.
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Hey Everyone. Why are these three specimens so hard to find around Orange and Lake County Florida. I am hunting for a few larger 8-12' double or triple Archontophoenix Alexandrae, Archonphoenix Cunninghamiana and so far in all my hunting the only thing I have found so far was one single Archontophoenix Alexandrae and that was at Traveling Trees Garden Center in Clermont and it was only about 4' tall. I would also love to find a 4-6' Archontophoenix purpurea. I reached out to MB Palms today via email, but reading here that he really doesn't like to work with the public, and I just missed his open house this weekend as I was out of town until late…
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Hi all I have opportunity to purchase this palm for great price. We love palms but we are not experts. I posted few pics here. Our concern is if this palm is healthy. It is big (and old) On the bottom is very dark (black). Is that cause of concern? Thank you
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Hello all, I have recently learned of a population of Washingtonia filifera growing along the Kern River in Kern County, California. I actually first saw the palms when I was scrolling through the photos for Sequoia National Forest and came across a photo of what looked like a native grove of filifera growing along a river lined with steep cliffs. The abundance of grasses and trees on the cliffs made me wonder about the location of the photo, clearly different from the Sonoran Desert ecosystem where the palm is normally found. I forgot about these palms until I saw these photos of them in the IPS magazine this year. It lists them as being a native population "at the …
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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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Name this Palm Please
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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My daughter has asked me to identify a palm in her neighbor’s Long Beach, California yard. Rather than guess wrong, I am asking you all to help out. Thanks in advance!
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Tropical Garden Recommendations
by Carp589- 1 follower
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Hello, over the next few years I would like to take this open backyard grass lawn and turn it into a dense what would be essentially a rainforest. have attached some photos below for inspiration. I live in Florida, zone A I believe on the east coast. I have also attached what my backyard consists of now. The patio will be screened in and the middle area in the first photo will have a walkway that leads to a pergola. The only shade tree I currently have is a live oak, and the lemon and lime tree planted in the yard will be put in large pots. The yard is closed in essentially on one side by clusia and as well on the other. Trying to decide if I do more large shade trees o…
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Parajubaea x BJ
by necturus- 1 follower
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Anyone got one of these from Patric? If so, share a picture! Seems like potentially a nice cross for us in the southeast. Maybe enough Butia to let it tolerate our heat and humidity, but mostly Parajubaea and Jubaea for good looks.
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Desert palms
by 2palm- 3 replies
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i live in west Texas so i'm sure you can guess how hot it gets here. (113°) my majesty palm is not doing well in health and i don't think it will make it through the summer. if it dies i will get a new one. need suggestions for palms that won't burn to a crisp. i know date palms in all but im not sure of any others and im trying to fine other options. love to hear you suggestions!
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Dragon tree interaction with palm tree
by Rex1961- 1 follower
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We have a dragon tree growing around the lower portion of a palm tree. Will this damage the palm tree? Image attached
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Black spots on top and bottom of palm leaves
by MiamiNorm- 1 follower
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Hello An in ground palm whose name I don't know has black spots on its leaves. Underneath each leaf are little worm-looking things that easily scrape off with my nail. In the past, I've seen the paver bricks underneath the fronds "stained" in the same black as the one on top of the leaves. Is this a fungus and pest issue? And what can I do? Thank you.
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A gift of some rhapis palms
by happypalms- 10 replies
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My friend Phil is giving me some of his rhapis palms there just simply to big for him to handle in his garden anymore they are some rhapis excelsea gave to him some 20 years ago now they have come back home to live there days out in the shade under the gum trees so thanks Phil for growing them to such large specimens in containers you’re one palm gardening in my eyes and for all the grow tips on plants
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Lytocaryum weddellianum (miniature coconut palm) flowers
by David_Sweden- 1 follower
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My indoors Lytocaryum weddellianum has produced flower stalks regularly for over 3 years. But I always thought it looked like it gave up before there were any actual flowers. The last few months the stalks have been a bit bigger but still nothing that looks like flowers on it. And a couple of weeks ago I thought I felt the scent of flowers (there are no other "potential flowers" in this room, but my sense of smell has been suffering from Covid or repeated colds). Today I saw some "small balls" on the flower stalk. I'm wondering if this could actually be fruit? Meaning the extremely inconspicuous even smaller things beside the "balls" are very tiny flowers? What do flower…
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Stilt Palm List Revisted 1 2
by Cindy Adair- 3 followers
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I figured I’d better begin with a photo before launching into a long prelude of text. Areca novohibernica, one of a group of 5 planted 2-3 years ago. Fast growers! After reading the replies from many of us beginning more than a decade ago I decided to start a new topic, but also provide a link to the earlier one that I did not initiate. Some lovely photos so don’t miss it. In that old topic I knew even less than I do now (it was 2012 and I still lived in Virginia) and I came up with a group of palms that under appropriate conditions might form stilt roots. I realize that botanists and/or PT readers can direct us as to whi…
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Wettinia kalbreyeri
by richnorm- 3 followers
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I've been wanting one of these for years and finally managed to bag one. Anyone got any cultivational advice to share? Plant is maybe four feet tall and already producing stilt roots. Photo later. cheers Richard
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Talipot Palms Seeds Collection ?
by Kris- 1 follower
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Dear Friends i have a serious question to all and to those who have collected seeds of the talipot palms - (Corypha umbraculifera)... Since most of you who have visited my Corypha's threads would have seen some of these buties in full bloom.but recently i went to the same place but i saw lots of these seeds fallen in the ground which are green in colour and it seems that this perticular tree is putting down seeds in plenty without the seeds getting riped in the tree...is this behaviour normal to the all the coryopha's.If so,will i have to wait for few more months to collect the rippened black seeds ? since i collected around 30 seeds,while i was there a…
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Possible Pink Rot
by rizla023- 1 follower
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Hello, Removing a dead frond on my Cuban unveiled a possible pink rot issue. I am in Santa Ana, CA. is anyone able to confirm if pink rot and what I should do?
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Almost 20 years ago I escaped the frozen tundra of Michigan and moved into the sauna of NW Orlando. It's hard to describe the abrupt transition, but I was pretty sure that I moved into an oven. Despite the oppressive heat and humidity in the summer, it was far better than spending September-April indoors and never seeing the sun! I lucked out when I moved, as I bought very cheap just before a huge price jump in the Orlando housing market. I found a nice house on about 3/4 acre of land with a great looking canopy of about 40 big oaks and a few pines. What I did *not* luck out on is my ignorance of southern oak trees. I didn't know that they were *not* the typical…
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Beccariophoenix alfredii 8 years growth. 1 2
by Stevetoad- 3 followers
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I planted my beccariophoenix alfredii October 16th 2011. It was a tall one gallon. I wouldn’t call it fast at all but it’s gone from about 1 foot to about 15 feet. Post em if you got em
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Palms with Clivia Gone Wild
by Jim in Los Altos- 5 replies
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It’s the season for these Clivia blooms and the palms are “waking up” from winter’s slumber.
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Florida Lethal Bronzing Status in 2022.
by BlueMarlin226- 1 follower
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Anyone with knowledge about the subject able to provide a current status update and outlook for this terrible disease? Most of the articles I find are from 2019/2020, and don’t provide much useful info. I used to live in Lakeland and didn’t notice it until 2020, and in the past two years it seems to have gotten so much worse in the I-4 corridor. Apparently it’s been in the state since 2006, so why has it seemingly spread so much in the past few years? Is it likely to get much worse, or is there any reason to be optimistic? Thankfully it doesn’t seem to be too bad on the East Coast at this time, having lived in and near Jacksonville for the past year and traveling around a…
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