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  2. piping plovers

    Hydriastele beguinii as a houseplant?

    I know it’s not funny but that made me laugh. I know there are much worse spines in the plant kingdom but Those spines just seem unnecessarily obnoxious ☹️ My first splendida I grew from seed and it did so well that I got comfortable and thought they were easy. Larger and larger leaves. I made the mistake of leaving it In the cooler and dimmer part of sunroom while I was traveling and it rotted. Lesson learned is no cooler than 60 F. My others from Hawaii came in volcanic rock. It was difficult to adjust to the weight test for watering them. I’m not familiar with growing in volcanic rock and my learning curve was too slow. Next time I will repot to my own palm mix after the seedlings acclimate in a month. I have better interior lighting now (sufficient to overwinter basil and tomatoes ) and I can maintain temps from 60-72 F at the coolest months. I think these improved conditions are worth another try. I had no pest issues. When things went wrong, the foliage bronzed and then dried one by one and then spear pulled. Do you think they need higher indoor winter temperatures? Here in RI, I won’t be able to provide them South Pacific winter temperatures of 80-90 F. I figured that I have sufficient conditions since my Licualas and joey palms do well; I could be wrong.
  3. happypalms

    A couple of garden photos

    Thanks Harry yes the end of summer it was a long hot humid summer with some good growth autumn now is the best time for me to plant new palms before old man winter gets here i usually lose a few new varieties that I have purchased but you have to try and push the limits you just never know what will live with so many new palms available now in comparison to what was available 20 odd years ago it’s one addictive hobby
  4. Not my content, but I know this will be appreciated here: https://youtu.be/m-Ml61xIlmc?si=vK-0-yn3sJkHusE0
  5. I could only imagine how spectacular they would look I have been lucky so far the other one I have is starting to get a bit bigger there one rare palm in my area
  6. Jim in Los Altos

    King Palm or Pygmy Date Palm

    Yes, you could put a Pygmy Date there. They need lots of water too to look their best.
  7. edbrown_III

    Polyandrococos caudescens gets planted

    wow --- spectacular!----I have seen adult trees in Rio ---just magical --Good luck
  8. the best luck I have had with marginal palms is to grow them as big as ye can in a pot (protect it of course) and when it fillz the pot plant out . in Puerto RIco they are in rainforest ---El Yunque El Toros etc along the mountains---- constantly wet but steep slopes so every thing drain away .
  9. I received my copy about a week ago and in addition to an already valuable reference, it’s also quite a hefty volume for the bookcase. You won’t be disappointed. The introductory chapters are well written and worthwhile read, so do yourself a favor in understanding the complex nature of New Guinea. Tim
  10. ZPalms

    3 different Chamaerops

    This Chamaerops in town at a IHOP, I wonder what it looks like now.
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  12. BeyondTheGarden

    3 different Chamaerops

    I bet you guys have some large Chamaerops specimens on the west coast. I believe Chamaerops to be smaller than most other common hardy palmate palms, in almost every way. Their fronds are smaller, their crowns smaller, their trunks thinner, than say a Sabal or a Trachycarpus (although an unhealthy Trachy will be greatly stunted to the point of being as small as a Chamaerops. Sadly, many on the east coast suffer this condition). Even a medium sized Needle will have fronds and a crown larger than an "average" Chamaerops (unless the Cham is a giant multi-trunked palm-shrubbery). The next closest thing in terms of size, that I can think of would, be like an Accoelorhaphe. But I'm not very educated on palms that are zone 9 and up. My opinion is the same for comparing Roebelinni to the next closest thing, a reclinata, which is still smaller than most other somewhat hardy pinnate palms (sure they can be taller than say a Butia but the fronds and crown are generally not as large). I forgot that I had read that Roeb's are virtually always solitary, the clustering is from cluster-planting single specimens.
  13. Today with a little sunshine when I came home from San Elijo campgrounds. Later on the clouds rolled in and gave us a little shower.
  14. jwitt

    Kerrville, TX palms...

    Last December maybe better illustrates cold dormancy that maybe did not happen in say,....San Antonio. Just my personal hunch. Nice palms in a nice area! Kerrville San Antonio
  15. Bletilla striata "Shi-Ran"
  16. LeonardHolmes

    Regenerated Sabal Palms

    I've had good luck with mine. I featured it here: I did have a nursery install it and I installed a soaker hose and I watered it almost daily at first and now more like once a week in the summer. Here's a pic from last October:
  17. LeonardHolmes

    What does my Needle Palm need

    The yellowing leaves are mostly just getting older. That's a natural progression. If you wanted to do anything you could use pruners or even a hedge trimmer and cut up from the very bottom to remove only the leaves closest to the ground. This gives the impression of a short trunk and makes the palm look taller. I've done this on big needle palms and in a few years they are full and bushy again.
  18. Welcome to the Forum , Just for future reference , it is a good idea to give a better idea of where in Central Florida , you are located . There is a large range of Microclimates that are grouped into Central Florida . Also ,Soil type etc , drainage , PH , make a huge difference . Dry well drained , or other wise ??
  19. fr8train

    Kerrville, TX palms...

    Wow, it gets a LOT colder there than in San Antonio. I'm surprised the Washingtonias look pretty decent, especially the one by the mall. I saw one CIDP too, but I wasn't able to get a shot. Looks like it made it through Palmageddon too! https://maps.app.goo.gl/RmyTVA88UF4TmnoLA
  20. LeonardHolmes

    Sabal Palmetto Help

    I would treat it like you would treat spear pull. Much of the cold damage to palms comes from the rot that occurs after they warm up. At a minimum pour some hydrogen peroxide down the central spear area and then tug it from time-to-time. It may pull yet.
  21. LeonardHolmes

    A Little Help from Artificial Intelligence?

    These are probably helpful for a noobie palm grower. Most lists I've seen have one or two numbers that I think are wrong. In this case the AI seems very optimistic on mule palms. One good feature - It looks like they didn't scrape Ty Ty nursery which is always too optimistic.
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  23. jwitt

    Kerrville, TX palms...

    Cold induced dormancy? Last January temps Kerrville San Antonio
  24. Paradise Found

    TEST PHOTO POSTING HERE

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  25. The answer isn't simple. First, it takes time for any palm or tree to get to that size. Some that grow fast, just turn into an ongoing maintenance issue, in that the initial speed of growth will require either trimming and/or an abundance of leaf litter (palm or conventional tree). There are some beautiful large palm species you can use, but while not the first choice of the South American Palm Weevil, they may still be susceptible and will take some patience to gain any substantial size. I'm thinking of Bismarckia nobilis and Jubea chilensis, which you can look up on these pages to see some spectacular examples. A group planting of some other palms, or one of the clumping palm species might also provide a nice statement. For the group planting, 3 Chambeyronia oliviformis would be my selection, since this is a full sun spot in Vista. Clumping palms from the Chrysalidocarpus genus (onilahensis, rufescens or pembanus). If you wanted something novel and large without a lot of need for maintenance, consider one of the tree Aloes, now reclassified as Aloidendron, such as Aloidendron bareberae, Aloidendron dichotomum or the hybrid of the two known as Aloidendron Hercules. These have the added advantage of being more drought tolerant and appreciate full sun. If you are adventurous, consider one of the large Cycad species from the genus Encephalartos (laurentianus, whitelockii or ituriensis). Don't expect immediate gratification without time and some money for this family of plant's which are often confused with palms (think "Sago Palm" which is actually a Cycad named Cycas revoluta). Remember that the palms you lost were not young and took time to get to their stature, so replacing them will take the requisite time and/or money tradeoff to find large specimens. Good luck and don't rush your search for replacements.
  26. This particular palm likes water and protection from full sun. The best examples I have seen in Florida are under high bright canopy. The leaves also seem somewhat fragile and prone to damage by strong winds. I don’t know if this is a common problem with these, but my last one was prone to crown rot. A good practice is to water the ground around the base of the palm and avoid spraying water from above into the crown.
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