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This is a tropical palm that requires a tropical climate . If I were to try it, I would keep it in my greenhouse and it would require heat in our 10a/10b winter. Also I’m not sure how root sensitive they are . Some palms are very sensitive to root disturbance . Perhaps some of Hawaii members can lend some advice for you , good luck. Harry

Hot 102 -106F with an extra topping of slightly gross Dew Points in the upper 50s at 3:50PM.. Will we ...or will we not... see storms make it into the valley this evening / over night?? ..That is the question for the remainder of the day... Looking at the afternoon Satellite view... Decent amount of storms up there in the mountains right now ..check.. Decent deg. of east to westerly flow in the mid / upper levels to help guide storms towards the valley today ..check.. Will that be enough to overcome any mid level CIN / Capping over the valley atm, or will any outflows generated by higher elevation storm activity hit a hot and storm killing brick wall as they descend off the foothills.. Will an inbound Gulf Surge help get the ball rolling? Time will tell.. Some WX modeling today has been pretty consistent / persistent in bringing activity into town, while other thoughts from other WX guidance keeps activity out of the forecast completely ..or has storms bypassing / hopping over town to the south / southwest.. What occurs the rest of today / tonight will determine if we see anything tomorrow ..and / or on Wednesday. If we see nothing over the next 24 to 36 hours, that could be it for valley rain chances until ..at least.. next Wednesday or Thursday as the 4C high tries to insert itself somewhere between Palm Springs and W. TX for the next few days. While mid / upper level flow may still be ideal ( easterly or southeasterly ) over AZ, expanse of 594 to 598dm heights under the ridge will create a hard to break through cap over the valley ...and over most of the lower deserts for the end of the week / start of next week. Mountains / S.E. corner of AZ may still see some activity, though it likely won't be quite as widespread in both areas as it has been recently. Beyond the start of next week? / Final days of July? We'll have to see what happens.. Modest Monsoon break could extend out a few more days, or end by the time August rolls in.. For the moment at least, Today's 10 and 14 day thoughts keep monsoon related activity in the " leans above normal " category, so, whatever break we'll experience over the next few days doesn't appear to be all that significant / isn't something to be too concerned about / is part of the normal ebb and flow of our rainy season regardless. As mentioned before, and will be discussed later, the lull in activity now could be followed by another ..potentially bigger.. active period after August arrives.. For now, yeahh, another stretch of disgusting heat is inbound, with a healthy dash of gross low 60's Dew Point readings tacked on ..That said, upper 50s to low 60 readings are actually better than the mid / upper 60 to 70 deg. readings we've seen..

Wow, well done. I will give it a go!

They were very fast. Started in like a week. I found the flesh somewhat difficult to remove. Trying to get it off I think I accidentally stumbled on a good preparation technique. I used pliers to remove the last of the flesh and accidentally cracked the endocarp on one of them. I exposed a very clean hard kernel so decided to do it for all seeds. From that point, I put 10 seeds in a fertile potting mix I’ve been experimenting with for germination and 10 seeds in 70/30 coco coir/perlite. I put both containers on heat mats set to 26C. Within a week both containers started sprouting. After a couple of months now I’d say I’m up to 10-15 out of 20, evenly split between both containers.

How long did germination take for the Pritchardia waialealeana? Did you prepare the seeds in any way before sowing? I've got some fruit I'd like to germinate.

These palm trees will survive the Ice Age—especially *Jubaea*. In a scientific discovery, palm tree genetic material was found in the Arctic; this means that at the dawn of creation, the entire Earth was a warm paradise. Hugo Aravena Chile

Yeah, sadly it’s a chore to get seed to Oz. I use to send Mercury seed and it was a … process

Will do!

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How long did germination take? I've just received some chamaedorea quezalteca from Colin Wilson too. Also, what mix are you using?

Recently acquired a Cyrtostachys Renda, Went to pot it up with a blend of: 50% peat moss 30% mushroom compost 20% perlite/soil conditioner Wasn’t happy with how the water was draining. Seemed like it took forever. Repotted it again with a more aggressive blend of perlite/chopped up pine bark. Drainage seems about right now, drains relatively quickly. I left it in a saucer overnight and the water was a real dark brown (from the mushroom compost) and the leaflets started drooping. I removed it from the saucer and flushed it quit a bit and haven’t put the saucer back under it. No more leaflets have started dropping but they still remain dropping. Are the dropping leaflets because of: Transplant shock Shouldn’t have used mushroom compost Or the saucer causing too much fertilizer salt shocking the roots? Should I redo my blend of soil and ditch the mushroom compost for something else? The first picture is the night it arrived (through the mail) Rest of the pictures are from the next day.

I think those numbers are fine and probably not your issue. I wish I had water numbers like that. Our water is typically around 9 now because people prefer alkaline water vs acidic so the water authority treats it to raise the pH. I think my soil is 8.5ish.

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Great to see these palms survive colder winters . Too many bad winters in a row could be detrimental to the longevity of. That one looks like it’s been there quite a while . Harry

The new price list just came out and Floribunda is sold out of Lemurophoenix now. They used to ship to Europe but no longer do. Lemurophoenix is difficult to grow outside of the tropics without a lot of special care.

I was by there this weekend. The winter was cold, and this mule definitely took a beating. But survived! Hopefully this winter gives it a chance to fully recover.

Any connections or contacts please fill me in.

yes if your gardener did not ammend with 1/3rd do it now. Dig up all around the palm 3x the width of the rootball then mix that soil with garden soil from a garden supply 33% garden soil and fill it back in. This should always be done with any new palm. 30 mins dripping is not enough still, go for 90 mins at 4 gallons per hour. The palm didn't look great as delivered, this is often the case as they sit under nursery care in a pot. Planted and watered properly it would be fine It appears to have only declined over time. So how long did it take to drain after you filled it?

Good advice here . I would wait it out now . Continue watering , as long as the palm isn’t sitting in muck and the watering is reaching the entire root ball. I have had palms linger for a year before showing good turn around. I would add wood chips to the surface to help insulate from the heat and reduce evaporation. I have wood chips everywhere around my palms . Don’t give up just yet! Years ago I would get “dead” palms and revive them . As long as I saw green at the growth point , I would try. I had many success stories! Harry

I think the spear got burned in Uri. I remember it took more damage than my Sabal causarium and uresana. The leaves might have gotten a little bit of burn.

I have assumed it's just heat that really drives the growth on this one, it comes from low elevations in tropical and southern Africa, and I believe it grows on really hot rock surfaces. So I can understand that Tracy's may be slower at his place right at the coast due to the cool climate, but you get plenty of heat in the SF Valley so I'm surprised it would just more or less sit and refuse to grow, unless perhaps it's in too much shade? Maybe some fertilizer and a heavier watering schedule could get it going. It certainly is an unusual plant, and maybe the slow growth on yours is actually a gift, since you get these fascinating leaves without typical Ficus sizes. PlantZAfrica states that this species can take a little bit of frost as well, which is a gift to anyone in an interior climate of course. And while I can't complain about the growth rate on mine, I may start to regret it if it keeps running all over the place, as I really didn't want a thicket or to have it spilling into the neighbor's yard. I guess time will tell, I'm going to leave it alone for now and just watch what it wants to do. Looks like it will have loads of character as time goes by, in any event. I hope yours gets its footing and starts to move a bit for you as the summer moves on.

I've always been a little unclear about how closely it was related (or not) to Jubea? Seems like I remember some old seeds being found, but I'm not sure if there's enough material to do DNA work?

Ok screw it. $55.

I filled the hole with water, it stays there for a while. I just did a drip watering for 30 minutes. My gardener planted it, what should I tell him to amend the soil? Do they have to dig up the soils and replace it with organic soil?

Wow-nice growth rate Michael! My abutilifolia is so slooowwwww. I'd post a photo but you'd be hard pressed to discern any difference with last year's picture