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Hopefully, someone in Central Florida like @Merlyn will answer. To me, it looks bad. It should have 8 to 10 fronds given the climate there. Perhaps drying out initially is the problem or lack of watering.

I have finally been able to bring the three main species of Beccariophoenix together in my Oakland CA garden. B. Alfredii has been growing well from 1 gallon and has really picked up speed this past year (prob close to 4 ft or so of frond length. B. fenestralis has been slow but solid from a 1 gallon as well for the past 3 years (hard to see this palm as its protected and covered by other plants). B. madagascariensis has proven to be very hard for me to track down until this past week in San Clemente! I was able to get a masterfully grown 15 gallon and drove it back to Oakland in my car with palm fronds slapping my son in the face in the passenger seat! B. fenestralis with nice windows! 3 years in the ground. B. madagascariensis with Acanthophoenix rubra in the ground for 2 days lol. Looking good with the recent rains! B. alfredii with beautiful purple petioles and fast growth.

Thanks, from what I can gather they love water and the slightest sign of no water they die. Good luck finding them they are rare!!!!

Hello, Unfortunately this atrovirens has died away (it never looked as solid as I would have wanted but I only had access to two palms from the internet). I plan to get more Geonoma's into the garden as soon as I can get my dirty little hands on them! Good luck with yours and talk to you soon! Jadd

Mine came from the same FB batch as Kim's. It went into the ground in March 2019 from a 1 gallon pot. After seven years, it is now about 15 ft (4 m) tall overall with about 4 ft of bare trunk. The color of the trunk is a dull red-orange. Totally carefree. I had never noticed any spines on the crownshaft, but when I looked closely today, I do see very widely separated short spines about a half inch (1 cm) long. Much more conspicuous are the white hairs on the leaflets. I have not noticed these on any other palm species growing in the garden. Could this be a reliable diagnostic character in addition to the coloration? Mine has developed a swollen base.

...At the old house.. Sidewalk Shorty.. Remember, Desert is a dry, boring place with nothing interesting to see or grow.. ...So don't move here 🤣

Me too, Alfredii

We have extremes but the averages aren't too bad, and my well water is very good for all of them so far (and the orchids don't brown tip on roots), so I'm hopeful. Biggest issue so far was overcare (water and frequency) on other species causing fungus, so I need to leave them alone somewhat lol

I don't think so...the leaf plane is all wrong...agree with B. Alfredii.

It's quite amazing really, but makes it very difficult to ID species or varieties if they're unknown! I can't think of another group of plants, off hand, that respond so dramatically to growing conditions?

Orchid House at ANSG:

I want irrigation for my palms so bad, hand watering sucks because it takes so long to make sure each palm is getting what it needs. I would to encourage more growth especially before winter to make sure they have a lot of leaves ready to go

lol we haven't had a long stretch like that in a while! Usually we'll get a few days of fog before it burns up and things dry up. Long stretches of it cause havoc with a lot of stuff - the tropical stuff stops growing/begin to die off, cacti (which have no issue with the temps) start to have fungal issues and rot. I had a couple of astrophytums just melt - despite being in bone-dry soil. They developed rot and it spread almost immediately throughout the plant. Same thing happened to a big Lophocereus. Luckily I caught it in time and was able to salvage a small piece which I'm now going to root. The whole inside became a stinky, gelatinous mess.

2 years later.... It has yet to recover a full frond spread. The initial fronds that were cut down to the cigar shape did grow out but died shortly after. It still grows green fronds, but slowly. Hoping this summer will be it's year to come back with a full spread.

Nice find! I agree with Beccariophoenix, I would specifically say it looks like B. alfredii to me.

Saw this strange trunked tree and would greatly appreciate some thoughts on what it might be:

Not sure what this is. Located at ANSG without a tag!

I had seen another post about them hating tap water in the crown. Makes sense! I’ll put it in a mostly sun and sandy spot with a dripper at the base. Palm has been in full sun more or less in the backyard and hasn’t seen burn. Thanks brother

Truly beautiful palms man! I am envious of your climate

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Matt, your observations of similar growth rates even in different climates and obvious success to support it should encourage an explosion of Acanthophoenix palm-growing elsewhere. I had previously avoided most (not all) spiny palms, but was lured into this species after seeing a really beautiful -and tall- example in Bo's old garden. @flplantguy -- Go for it. Seems like your temps are similar to Hawaii. I wonder about wet/dry periods? My garden depends solely on rain, which is usually plentiful.

Hi everybody I was just browsing googlemaps to have a look at places, that I know are interesting for palm enthusiasts in Greece. In this case, there is a very nice private property with lots of palms. Just next to it, I discovered that particular specimen (see link below), that looks a bit like a Cocos, but I think it is a Beccariophoenix. I would rule out Cocos Nucifera, because I don´t think the climate in Katakolo would support a Cocos in long term. Can anyone confirm this? Other suggestions? Λεωφ.Ομήρου - Google Maps

Good, I guessed right. 👍

Yes, Kyle is very good with palm IDs.