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If i could send you one I would! I did see a one on palm talk in the for sale, but unfortunately no postage to California! Richard

A beautiful little Pinanga sarawakensis.

An Arenga, not sure what variety but you won’t have to wait long to find out, someone will id it for you . Or you could do a bit of research.

They do prefer a bit of heat, and even a little dry at times that doesn’t seem to hurt them, good drainage is another thing they like. And iam sure a frost is not going to be friendly towards them.

Looking pretty good, hopefully they turn out to be as good as the parent plant. It usually takes at east 3 years for a tube stock seedling to grow before it’s planted, you could get away planting them out niw, if you have some well amended soil why not! Richard

No wonder it’s called the dypsis complex, with so many different dypsis variants of the one species. Baronii is one example with so many variations, unfortunately a lot of habitat has been lost in Madagascar, so blacki could very well be a true to form dypsis of some extinct species in habitat and it was lucky enough to have seeds collected before it was lost in habitat. Whatever it is one way or another it’s one beautiful palm! Richard

Get yourself an Anthurium pendulifolium. Aroid gods definitely seem to smile upon those in my experience. And they look fantastic.

Dave I would place in the shade and only use organic fertiliser like fishmeal or seaweed until they re established

I hear your growing Hedyscepes down there. So a palm such as Oraniopsis should grow well south of Mexico, but be careful as the penguins like to eat them!😂 Next order see how much space is left , iam sure a bromeliad could be left behind to make space.

Thanks. I may take you up on that. My parents have two rentals down in SD so I'm out there every so often

We moved on to this property 5 years ago and lucky for us one of the previous owners was a palm collector, there are a lot of really interesting palms. One of my favorites is this clumper, there are 9 coming of the base. I noticed today that it is fruiting. Any ideas what it is?

I'm right on the Mississippi Border in a 8a location they tend to grow pretty quickly here depending on Ecotype. Though sabal palmetto is going to end up being the dominant species on the property. I have to show the absurd amount of sabal palmetto seedlings coming up in the woods.

That is devastating to see. I hope our winters are too cold for them but I am fearful. I just took this photo last weekend in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, town square. This palm is at least 40 feet tall.

Santalucei definitely not cool tolerant here in SF, declined and died immediately upon transport from San Diego. Beautiful palm that needs more heat.

I’m pretty happy with the outcome! I bought a large Kentia, but I did ask the nursery to give me one that wasn’t too pot-bound. I removed about half of the original soil and replaced it with the palm soil mix I bought from Home Depot. It says it can be used both indoors and outdoors. I also washed the leaves with dish soap, then planted the Kentia in a large plastic pot so it wouldn’t be too heavy. It’s now sitting next to a north-facing window. The Kentia looks great in my living room and doesn’t show any signs of stress. I just noticed a new frond emerging—yeah! 🌴

I am not from California, so take my opinion with as many grains of salt as you like. I think Sabal minor would be a great choice for you. It will likely be a slow grower for you, but once they fill in, that will just mean low maintenance in the long run. They are exceedingly heat tolerant, as well as surprisingly drought tolerant when established. Here in Texas they grow just fine in alkaline soil, heavy clay, or soil that is basically limestone gravel. They are planted somewhat regularly in commercial landscapes in the Austin and San Antonio areas, where they endure tons of heat, surrounded by concrete, with long intervals between rains. If you irrigate them well when small, they should mature faster for you. Then you could scale back the water to once a week or so. Don't forget that there are no thorns to worry about either. That is a big plus.

I'm sure it will be more years than you would like before everything looks really impressive, but you are off to a great start. Before moving to Texas in 2024, I lived on 5 acres of wooded land near Lake Tenkiller in Northeast Oklahoma. I did something similar but only with Sabal minor. I planted seedlings all over in our woods, and they did really well. They survived -14F during the terrible winter of 2021, while also cruising through hot summers with no water from anywhere but the sky. They were growing quite slowly though. I wish you luck with your project there.

This Kaapsehoop Cycad caught my attention in the setting light this evening. It is still a juvenile.

I have both A. Cunninghamiana and C. Alexandrae that are mature . They are on opposite sides of my house so no fear with hybridization as far as I can tell. The Alexandrae is large and has flowered but no fruit yet . The Cunninghamiana (x2) has produced copious amounts of fruit . The seeds I sowed have sprouted and , so far , are true to the parent palm. I’m the only one on my street that has Archontophoenix palms . The Purpurae and Maxima are juveniles and planted close to one another . They could hybridize but that will be a while so not worried , they are still small. They were transplants from a friend’s yard who has a lot of Archontophoenix . Harry

I'd hoped to wait until next week for the final update of the month but, unfortunately, .... Contained within the bi -weekly case map updates, we have our first NWS detection on the board for Sonora, with a continued rise in cases for Sinaloa, and another case popping up just south of El Paso. Like a majority of cases thus far in this surge, detection in Sonora was made in Cattle. Ciudad Juarez case, detected in a dog, is a bit more concerning since, if you look at recent cases from areas in Mexico where NWS cases are high / continuing to rise, dogs seem to be rising in the rankings, placing 3rd or 4th behind livestock animals like Cattle, Sheep, and Goats. This development leaves the Baja peninsula as the only NWS free region of the country. As mentioned in the past, while the weather here, ...and to our south in much of Sonora thru the summer.... has been a pretty formidable barrier against rapid dispersal / widespread establishment, due to NWS's aversion not handling 110+ deg heat and dryness too well / Larvae being killed by much hotter ground temps as they complete development, now that we are headed into autumn, while it may stay warm, general direction temps will head is lower, which opens up a favorable dispersal / establishment window before winter arrives. Add to this the high ikelyhood of wetter than average precip conditions suggested for both September and October across the region ..and the likely hood of an an El Nino enhanced active Eastern Pacific this fall and.... Warm ..but not too hot to kill, + wetter conditions = ..... ....Hate to say it, but, if cases in Sonora end up surging over the coming weeks, as they have in most areas in Mexico after NWS settles in, i won't be shocked to see detections creep closer to the borderlands ..if not pop up somewhere down there, on the AZ side, by mid October. Same suggested pattern will extend east into west TX / southern New Mexico over the next two months, so those areas may be where cases stemming from Juarez / Chihuahua could turn up out there. Magenta = Mexico states where total cases are closing in on 1K Related article: https://www.drovers.com/news/screwworm-sonora-will-first-case-halt-scheduled-aug-24-border-reopening Will be interesting if this development puts the breaks on the reopening of cattle movement between Sonora, Chihuahua and AZ / New Mexico scheduled for ....next Monday. Beyond anything Beef / livestock - related, now that NWS appears to have reached ...very remote, and hard to access areas along the northwestern face of the Sierra Madre Occidental, if NWS does gets itself established in some of these deep and warm canyons down there, it will be much more of a challenge to completely eradicate.

I germinated a batch of these Jan 2026, coming on strong now in their second summer. I've got a couple extra, free to any local palm gardeners willing to pick up or meetup in the Ft Myers area. I have other misc seedlings around too, feel free to message if you're local I'd like to find good homes for them.

Could you copy Dowe’s description mate? I’ve seen references to it online but not in full detail. I’m mainly interested in whether it mentions the presence of ramenta on the abaxial surface of the leaflets (I couldn’t tell from your pics but it should be pretty clear at the size of your plants if you can get photos of the underside of leaflets) and the fruit and seed size. I’d probably defer to those with more experience, but just my 2 cents: Archontophoenix have been cultivated for generations now, particularly A cunninghamiana and A alexandrae. Although there’s clear evidence that they can hybridise (Albang and reverse and some purpurea hybrids on this forum), my experience is that seed from a specimen in a garden with other Archontophoenix sp will generally stay true to the mother. There are also areas of overlap with the native habitat range of A cunninghamiana and A alexandrae yet natural hybrids are extremely uncommon from what I know. I’d guess Archontophoenix sp are nothing like Chrysalidocarpus sp which almost seem to act functionally dioecious when multiple species exist in the same garden. I’m not sure the risk is huge in Richard’s case for example, but it is something that’s good to be aware of.

Stanhopea orchid flowering ( not sure of the species ) I have inherited a few specimen's from my father and I'm not really an orchid person per se, so I'll see how I go with them...

thanks for your quick reply. I appreciate. I had more. From seed. Now down to 2. Both have the same problem. So I do think there is a systematic issue. But who knows. In general, I am very space limited. So, too many specimen of one species is not an option. In fact I noticed that with only very few specimen, I tend to put more attention to them. All the best, Matti

Hello @Cherry been reading on responses from some of the experts here, great question! I was wondering how the process was for you and any tips/pointers for a newbie also following the same but in a different state? @Harry’s Palms and @happypalms thanks for the repotting tips! I perhaps could use some help with the seaweed extract topic and products in states, could not come up with much while researching for it. The idea of using an old wooden barrel or square homemade wooden containers is fantastic! Having seen them outdoors in California and Florida, they are always beautiful but I didn't think of indoors use; obviously would need to be smaller for a 5G or the next size up pot. If you or others who have palms indoors could share ideas where to locate or create such barrels and pictures of what Palm Pots people use indoors that would be fantastic for choices to research! I have had a fancy expensive looking plastic pot picked up way before I could the Palm but I am not 100% convinced that it is the best choice there could be for my centerpiece Kentia.