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Welcome to the International Palm Society’s 34th biennial and our first in Vietnam. Later this month we will experience an itinerary created by Dr. Andrew Henderson, author of The palms of Vietnam. Although we are three weeks away from embarking, I am creating this page now in hopes that many of our travelers will post pictures here. Licuala bachmaensis in Bach Ma village. Photo by Dr. Andrew Henderson.
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Palm Quest in Florida
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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https://fngla.regfox.com/2026-palm-quest-conference? Above is a link to information about Palm Quest. I have never been able to attend but am posting it for general interest. I believe it happens only once every 2-3 years so go if you can and report back to this topic please.
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The Post tour begins in less than 20 days. PLEASE POST PHOTOS HERE. Itinerary consultant: Poonsak Vatcharakorn Lead botanist: Dr. Anders Barfod (author, The Genus Licuala in Thailand) Licuala flowers in Thailand, photos by Dr. Anders Barfod.
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Putting PalmTalk "App Icon" on your Home Screen
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Casa de las Palmas for sale
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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Upon request by the owners and IPS president Andy Hurwitz I am posting information about a one of a kind legacy property available for sale in Hawaii. PT is not normally the correct venue for real estate ads, but I believe when you read more you will see why an exception is made here. Although memories of my visit there in 2022 will forever be etched in my mind, please address inquiries to the owners, not to me personally. Please see information and photos from the owners: A New Chapter for Casa de Las Palmas We purchased Casa de Las Palmas in 2017 from the estate of legendary nurseryman Jerry Hunter. Jerry was…
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Palms 2026
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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I have been asked to spread the word about the World Palm Symposium supported in part by the IPS as part of our research, education and conservation mission statement. Below I copy a letter from the Organizing Committee: Dear fellow palm researchers and enthusiasts! Abstract submissions and early-bird registration are now open for PALMS 2026 Singapore! We are now accepting submissions for talks and posters related to the following themes about palms: 1. Ecology and ecophysiology 2. Systematics, phylogenetics, and evolution 3. Biogeography, macroecology and macroevolution 4. Plant-animal interactions 5. Uses and conservation 6. Palms…
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Bismarckia transplant tips? Mine got vandalized
by kylecawazafla- 4 replies
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I cannot express the frustration of being a palm lover and not having a garden. I thought I hit the jackpot when my work said I could plant "whatever I wanted" on the grounds of the hospital I work at, since it already has irrigation set up and so many planting sites. After 4 years and thousands of my own dollars later, I am constantly hit with the maintenance shutting off water for "construction projects" without telling me - even after asking multiple times. Cannot count the number of times clearly marked palms with barriers around them have been mowed over, weed whacked to shreds, or just outright removed.... the latest assault has been on my flawless Bismarckia palm t…
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What to do with your old propagation mix
by happypalms- 1 reply
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When iam finished, or at least I think I have with my old propagation medium, I usually tip it out on the potting bench and just use it as any other additive for my soil mix. And usually there are old or what I think are dead seeds in that mix. They say never give up on old seeds but sometimes you just have to move on to new seed. So it’s a wonderful surprise when they start popping up in the potted palms. Especially licualas, not sure what these varieties are it iam sure something good, and another physokentia is most welcome in the collection. The seed is one way of getting an identification. I just tip the pot upside down and simply remove the seedling!
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If indeed this is C mitis, obtained as Caryota sp., looks like C mitis to me, as a monocarpic palm will the flowering trunk soon croak?
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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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Another dypsis id request
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Another dypsis it’s labeled as Faneva, but iam quite certain it’s not, it does have a small dypsis look about it, and the only place I can sort of remember where it came from was Merc spillakis (rip). So another mystery dypsis, it looks nothing like the ones on palmpedia. The dypsis mystery strikes again!
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Beccariophoenix Alfredii, recently transplanted
by Golden10- 1 follower
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So I got a good deal on this approx 10ft Beccariophoenix Alfredii. Purchased a couple months ago and paid for installation. Well fast forward a couple frosts and the FL hard freeze and the nursary never called, and I was cool with that, heck I was cool with them holding it until March especially with the recent cold snap, didn’t want to disturb the root system well they called two days ago with no prior warning “we’ve got it loaded and would like to deliver today” so I really had no choice. Still alive obviously but I’m concerned about the burned fronds a the transplant, in fact I feel they under exaggerated how burnt it got. Am I crazy for thinking it a little unp…
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Bumps on foxtail stems
by JohnAndSancho- 2 replies
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Please tell me this is normal like the specks on D. Lutescens. It's on all the petioles, I don't see it on anything else, and I remember scraping and rubbing my first Lutescens almost raw trying to get them off before I learned they were part of the plant. This is one of @NOT A TA's sprouts, so it needs the good palm god vibes.
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Oahu, HI Palms
by xoRudy- 13 replies
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Hey everyone. I’m taking a trip out to Oahu in April and would love to visit places on the island that have tropics! I already have Hoomaluhia BG scheduled, is there any other Botanical Gardens that are a must see? Any growers out there that have land that would provide a mini tour of what they’re growing? Any must see nurseries? I’m flying from Arizona so would love to see things that won’t grow in the desert. thanks!
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RARE beige Bismarckia
by PalmBossTampa- 10 replies
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I was able to force this color with 23 degrees but i don't think I’ll be able to maintain this look.
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B. Alfredii palms badly burned
by sacts- 7 replies
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My B. Alfredii palms after the recent florida freeze. I'm in Orlando. Had these in the ground for about 9 years. Not very cold hardy if you ask me. I went to lucas nursery and they have several that seemed burned as well. They trimmed all of theirs fairly aggressively after the storm. Most of them have 4 or so fronds on them now. Anyways, I sprayed copper fungicide on the center spear more so into the center of the crown. Hoping that helps. Most worried about appearance since these have been sloooooow growing so will take forever to replace these crowns.
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Sowing seeds and harvesting a few dypsis baronii seeds
by happypalms- 4 replies
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Getting into a few seeds this week, you gotta keep sowing them if you want to grow them! And a nice haul of some dypsis baronii from the garden that shall be distributed around to a few IPS members, sharing the palm seed love around!
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Is this Queen Palm doomed forever?
by Ashley S- 1 follower
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Please look at these pictures and let me know what you think. I think it's pretty clear that this one is a goner. I planted it in the early summer with fertilized soil. I haven't fertilized since. It's been too cold at night. We also had a lot of rain last month. There's only one frond, and it's an ugly yellow green brown. I can't tell if the new frond is bad as well. It's so hard to get good pictures to show the color. Another taller palm next to it doesn't look good either. The fronds are really tall so it's hard to tell. I am in Southern California zone 9b and 10a. I appreciate any help I can get! Thank you!
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my big coconut palm in Jacksonville was my first palm and I made lots of mistakes caring for it. after this rare freeze should I just replace it?
by Maddox Gardening-youtube- 1 follower
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after the freeze its not totally dead but would look bad for a long time and i pulled of many pedioles and made countless mistake since it was my first palm. and it didnt grow for the first 4 months. should i replace it? spear is a little burned but not fulled dead yet
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Excited to be flying toward South Padre Island/Brownsville for the first International Palm Society Weekend Biennial. The event is sold-out and I hope many of the participants post here.
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Hey everyone! I live in Queen Creek Arizona and currently have mule palms and pigamy date palms in my yard. I just spent a week in Hawaii and fell in love with the tropical palms and plants here. I have a big area on the east side of my house that is currently empty and gets afternoon shade. I would like to plant a Royal Palm as well as a papaya tree, banana tree and birds of paradise. Am I crazy or is it doable? Any advice on how these plants do in the Arizona desert or how to take care of these plants to make sure they survive? Or any ideas where I can purchase these plants in the valley? thanks in advance!
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I would like this to be a thread where Palmtalkers post cold sensitive zone 10 palms you come across in the Orlando area. The ever-increasing effects of the urban heat island are more evident each year. The first is an updated photo of the Cocos nucifera growing at Smashburger near downtown.
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I shall start a On the potting bench thread
by happypalms- 4 replies
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Ok I shall settle the score and start a on the potting bench thread to appease the palm gods. So it is as follows, on the potting bench you shall see what’s been growing and what reds to be potted up, freshly germinated to anything else that needs to be potted, it shall be gor reference as seedling identification. If anyone wants to identify a seedling, and also as documentation of what and how the plants are growing for the palm talk audience and for my own documentation!
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Hi I haven't posted in a while but I still love palms. I mistook a pair of beautiful Latania loddigesii on Green Turtle Cay where we have a home. One was loaded with ripe fruit and I brought a number home (VT) to germinate & now have 3 lovely seedlings. I am very courius why they look somuch like a Red Latan I already had. Is this normal?
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happypalms Buying plants again 1 2 3 4 10
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Some new varieties arrived today iam pretty happy about that it never ends buying plants
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