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I’m actually completely with you and have had the same discussions at work and with members of my family. The main thing being lost is practicing how to get information ourselves. It’s through the act of research that knowledge sticks in your brain. AI promotes us to quickly get information and then just as quickly forget it. I was initially resistant to using Apple/Google Maps for the same reason; I learnt my way around by using the old book style maps (Melways for us Melbournians). Admittedly I’ve now caved mainly due to no alternative being available, but I’d say my sense of direction and knowledge of our streets is a bit better than your average 20 year old who has grown up using digital maps and just following where they’ve been told to go. All that being said, I use AI both at work and for personal use, even palm related stuff. The key is just realising its strengths and weaknesses and not just taking the output as gospel. Photo of Hedyscepe at the Melb Botanic Gardens in our 7.8 rated climate to keep us on track 🤣

It’s sulking from the planting out. A lot of newly planted palms sulk after being planted in the ground. It’s a wonderful life in a container all the water nutrients a nice cosy pot to grow in most likely in a nice microclimate as well, we come along and wack it in the ground and then the palm goes what’s going here I liked my nice comfy container. It will soon realise the freedom ahead and a better life in the ground. Dont replace that is for sure. Just look after as if was any other palm and in a year or so you won’t even notice the situation it was in after planting out. Time is a palms friend!

Hi everyone, I have one young Dypsis decipiens left, grown from seeds collected at a private park in Antsirabe near Mount Ibity. Unfortunately, I don't have enough space to overwinter it here in Germany, and I don't have a garden to test its hardiness myself. Here is my private offer: https://www.ebay.de/itm/117311347921?var=&mkevt=1&mkcid=16&mkrid=707-127634-2357-0&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=7ISWiHqNR5S&ssspo=7ISWiHqNR5S&stype=1&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE Best wishes Chris

I have seen two from the same seed before,kerriodoxa elegans, but nothing like that at either end of the seed. Keep that on marked as special!

This is AI at its finest, to list a palm for sale now they make you use ai on this website. $7.09 cents for a itaya amoricorum. Artificial intelligence at its finest, who is feeding this machine this crap. It cost me that and more for just one seed. Go to living blazes ai.

Maybe it's a generational thing Tim, but I like to do things the hard way 😅 As for Hedyscepe...they do like Tasmania!

About 4 to 5 months with bottom heating!

I do believe they are somewhat rare and should live in your climate. EBay strikes again!

Cant see why not, let them have there fun!

Plant a Bismarckia there, if you insist on archontophoenix, a nice triple planting of Alexander’s would look good! A nice baroni black petiole would seal the deal for me. And give the street a wow factor.

I'd choose A. alexandrae over cunninghamiana if Californian heat and UV is anything like where I am. Alexandrae handles it much better especially when young.

I mean there’s a few in Bakersfield near the valley plaza mall

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a truly unusual biological anomaly I just ran into with my Jubaea chilensis seedlings. While going through my latest batch, I discovered a single seed that produced twin sprouts (polyembryony). Given that Jubaea is strictly a single-embryo palm species, finding a double-header like this is exceptionally rare. Both sprouts successfully pushed out their own separate, distinct root and shoot systems from the exact same nut. Instead of risking the taproots trying to separate them, I left them completely intact and potted them up together into one of my 12-inch deep tree bands to grow as a multi-trunk specimen. (The rest of the successful batch all got potted into their own individual 12-inch tree bands as well). Has anyone else ever encountered true polyembryony in Jubaea chilensis before? Would love to know just how uncommon this really is in cultivation!

Phillips, which of these species do you think would survive around Mobile Bay Al. Im your neighbor to the east in the coastal FL. Panhandle and our weather is very similar. Cold Zone 9a Thanks

It's awesome someone is bringing more Butia sp.into cultivation. Butia odorata is so successful across the south it will be great to have more variety up here in the colder palm zones. Thanks Phillipe!

I purchased a 32 inch box alfredii, it looked amazing for 3 months and now it looks perfect for Halloween. Its scary. I have decided to do what many Floridian members did and just put it out of its misery. Im considering replacing it with some tender cunninghamianas. I figure of they die it wont cost me $1000 and it wont be a pain to remove. What do you guys think? I’ve heard alexander is better in full sun. This area gets blasted all day in full sun.

Hello everyone, does anyone have Angiopteris for sale?

I wish you all the best over on the islands. Harry

It does seem to grow in spurts. It is in the.middle of one right now. It's pot right next to my barbecue means that I am continually looking at it. Growth habit for mine is straight up.

This is terrific. Thank you Mary.

Thank you! I’ll harvest these seed and see if I get any tall ones out of the bunch.

It’s mostly Ka’u that was badly affected with major structural damage similar to hurricane Iniki on Kauai but obviously not as bad. I went to Kona to visit some gardens and there’s more carnage there. See photos below. It’s Brian Lievens place.

Exactly! I have twenty of them planted together, only two are 3.5 meters tall, the others are 2 meters tall, however, it is chamadorea radicalis

Thank you! That just blows me away that it survives. It was REALLY cold in January AND February.

Nice job!! Oh if only we could live long enough!