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over 500 so far,large and healthy,why so early. make that both palms as of now are dropping.nobody believes me.how can i show proof of freshness?

Amazing pritchardia brother! Is it pacifica? My P. Hillebrandii are struggling in our hot sun.

I do. As far as I know I was the only one attempting this palm. I grew one for years in Clackamas Zone 9A and they had one planted at Raintree Tropical in Silverton Zone 8B. I'm not sure if its your camera but the color looks yellow to me. Doesn't look like the blue form, but not dark green enough for the green form so time will tell. However when you look at my videos below the blue color doesn't come through all that great either. If yours is a green form it will be less hardy. I had the Highlands or Silver form. I currently grow both forms of this palm, and green is a much faster growing palm, similar to other large Sabal species. The one at Raintree in the display gardens was maybe 3-3.5' tall and was killed one winter when Salem got some pretty cold air. Mine survived, but barely grew, it got a little bigger every year. It would hold about 4 fronds and was under 2' tall. Planted full sun, well draining soil and watered regularly in summer and fertilized with Palmgain each spring. My last year winter in Oregon, we had that winter bomb cyclone 2022/2023 and it killed it with protection. I cut off all the fronds and left the stump in place, but around late June it reappeared and regrew all the fronds it lost. Now that I am down here in Houston, and live in a very Sabal friendly climate I have a better understanding of these palms. I grew at least 8 species/hybrids/varieties of Sabal in Oregon and here double that number. There are mature uresana here in Houston, although they are rare. If I move back to Oregon would I want to grow a Sabal uresana? - the answer is no. At best they're going to limp along and remain small, but larger ones are likely to fade away over a few years. You can't replace the heat and sun intensity that we get here, and uresana and a large number of the Sabals really need it. So I think you got a great palm and starting with a larger one is likely a good move, but I don't think your chances for success are in your favor. Based on my experience I would say the best performing Sabals for Oregon are minor, Louisiana, Birmingham (so slow), Brazoriensis (will trunk), Rosei (trunking) and palmetto (hardiest of the trunking Sabals). Rosei was a real surprise, they are much hardier than reported. These are the last videos I posted of it. Apparently I had two, but I don't remember the smaller one. Picture of one of my current Highlands form. Its far more silver in real life. Uploading Attachment...

I also have this species growing well in the Arizona desert. Largest, eventually, of the Pseudophoenix complex. Appears to be a little less cold tolerant than the more commonly planted sargentii. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

That's nuts. I'm just over 3.5"

It doesn’t look great Tracy, although I wouldn’t have thought that pink rot would be problematic in the woody parts. (Seems like it’s there much of the time). I could be wrong in that assumption though. The only palm I’d ever lost to the rot was a young royal that was injured after a freeze, and then became infected in the growing point.

Well It seems the dry pattern in my yard has been broken. It's rained almost eveeyday teh last few except yesterday but just woke up to some intense storms.

Thank you! They become quite the watering chore. My orchids are generally fine once a week, but these are thirsty every 3 days or so. Makes traveling a pain, but they make a peaceful indoor setting.

Do you have any photos from previous seasons when you thought it was a male? Definitely appears female now.

Hers a couple of licuala sallehana var sallehana in the garden and they are taking the cool temperature, both cool and wet conditions. Another great licuala winner in the subtropical climate.

Pretty impressive, my wife dreams of growing such beauties indoors!

I think it’s time to call in @tim_brissy_13 to give us an answer on this one. He’s a bit of a trackycarpus fan.

Howdy, I recently acquired a fairly large S. uresana. I am pretty confident it was owned by a member of this forum at some point in time. I can’t find much info on growing uresana in 8b wet winter environments other than it grows slow. The one I have is green. It’s hard to know if it will get some blue coloration in full sun (it looks nursery or green house grown.. really long upright petioles). I’ve also read about experiences where people have seen their uresana lose the blue coloration, only for it to come back several years later when the plant was much more mature. Time will tell if this is truly a green form or not. The newest leaf is more blue but not dramatically so. it’s about 9 to 10 feet tall to the tip of the tallest fronds and I’ve planted it on a mound with steep sides in a full sun location in the middle of my yard. I’m wanting to give it the best chance to shrub off winter rains here in 8b Oregon. Either way this will be an interesting experiment. The fact that it’s so large gives me hope that it might grow at a reasonable pace once it’s fully established after a few years in the ground but we will see. I imagine the new leaves will be smaller and on much shorter petioles while it focuses on root development over the next couple years. I planted the root ball about 90% intact without much disturbance or damage to the roots. Anyone have any insights to share on this sabal or how it handles cold/wet winters? I’ll post updates along the way, wish me me luck!

Same here in Australia very common. Now you only see archontophoenix, Bismarckia, rhapis, golden canes and Howea. The chain stores have a lot to answer for in wiping out those nurseries that once had a lot more variety of plants! Richard

Could you tell me where you bought your Nannorrhops seeds?

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Hello :), I would say it was shocked, maybe the palm doesn't used to it. If you say the center spear is healthy then soon it will be alright, just cut out all the dead fronds and remained the good ones! Water it regularly but don't overwatering it, because it will get use to it over time.

Thought I’d bump this thread again. One of the advantages of garden tours here on Hawaii Island, you are sometimes gifted with seedling by the host. Such is the case with these two Pelagodoxa from a Palm Society event about ten years ago. They have grown well despite lack of soil and have obviously found fractures in the lava rock. The one is starting to seed, but the other one is taking its time. In another recent post, a thread about Anthurium, these palms are located in the same area, but are taller than surrounding plantings and do suffer a bit with wind gusts. Tim

Everything seems to check out for P hillebrandii I think.

Hi Ya Tracy. We are lucky to live in a location where the topography limits the amount of wind we are exposed to. Other than a major tropical event, we rarely see the damaging wind that areas close to us experience. The structures and plantings do dampen gusts somewhat. The leaves, especially on the A. cupulispathum, are very susceptible to tearing and having them stay intact is a real bonus. Tim

Thanks Joseph, comment is appreciated. Tim

That’s a great comeback!

Get a pure *Jubaea chilensis*; they are more majestic. They are unique gems for a botanical garden or a collector.

Nice job, and it come in at the right price, free with a bit of labour.

Looking to see if anyone can locate or has or knows someone that has a Jubaea x syagrus hybrid. I have seen some in person and find them absolutley amazing. Any for sale out there ?