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I have been observing this palm for 30 years in my home town. Each time I look at it it’s got more seeds than the last time. I germinated some 30 years back. And they are growing well in my garden. Such a pity nobody’s interested in them.

how is it anchored in the ground? Is it just the post pounded way deep or did they pour concrete around it like a metal fence post? Can you cut it off say 4 to 6" below grade and leave the rest buried?

After the freezes, it looks as though there were more freezes (21 ° and 22 °). What was the one on the chair that looked like it WAS bothered.

It never ends when you’re a collector of plants. There’s always a new palm I discover that I forgot I had! Cyphophoenix elegans chamaedorea tenella dypsis species Crysophilla guagra chamaedorea arenbergiana hypohorbe indica

My money's on, no.

Crazy for sure... Longest spring - season heat - streak that immediately comes to mind would be the first half of April 2021 when we saw 90 /90+ for 13 or 14 days in a row.. This will probably blow that out of the water, if we stay at / above 90 thru the 31st.. ( would = 20 days ) 9 day streak of at / above 100 highs?, if we stay in that range thru next Thursday, will be unprecedented. Can't imagine what would beat that.. IMO but ..pretty similar set up to the '23 and 24 set ups.. As was pointed out a couple days ago, sun angle right now is what it is keeping this event from getting as hot ....if not hotter, esp the overnights. Yep, Weak or total Non - Soon this year?? = 😬 Some record reports..

This may sound a bit awkward but you have to change what you’re doing, as you say you can grow other varieties not a problem, this is because you are using the same technique. Look at what your doing, and do it differently too what you normally do. This could mean less water or fertiliser, more air or light, perhaps more shade, even your soil mix . Whatever your doing change it, look at your climatic conditions low humidity high humidity, cool conditions. Also a change is as good as a holiday. Bit without change you’re not going to make difference, only get the same results failure. Think like a plant!

I wouldn’t add fertilizer but I would keep it well watered. It has been very warm (hot!) in our area too. My wife has been watering every day with a good soaking while I work . Occasionally a King palm can sulk a bit when first planted and the recent high temps certainly aren’t helping . It looks like above average temps are going to continue for a while so keep it well watered and maybe a market umbrella for shade until it shows signs of rebound. I have done that in the past and it helped. Harry

They don't like hot night temps, their native range is higher elevation in the Western Ghat's and is more subtropical in temperatures than tropical. They struggle in Florida most of the time due to this. I have seedlings that are doing well with cool weather for now but summer will be hard on them, however they arrived from Hawaii in August during a heatwave and survived so they are not hugely wimpy.

I bought a 15 gallon king palm a few weeks ago. It looked great initially, but after this intense heat wave high 90s. I’ve noticed the fronds are looking desiccated. I haven’t been deep watering the king because its in a shaded area that receives water from sprinklers. My teddy bear palm looks great in a similar area with similar moisture. But this king palm isn’t looking so hot. Should I start deep watering, fertilizing? Help appreciated.

I wonder if this setup is at all similar to July 2023 when it seemed like it was 115F+ every other day. Early fall 2024 when we had all those record highs in a row broken is another long peak and duration heat wave that I previously mentioned. The fact that it's supposed to stay well into the 90s to around 100F well into next week for this time of the year really is something. Just get it out of our system now so the monsoon can take over in the summer.

Out of paranoia I covered mine during our cold snaps, but they’re a little smaller than yours

103F here in the east valley today.

They're in midseason form.

I did something very stupid today. I wish I had a full size truck and I could just rip these damn things out of the ground. They replaced this one because the crape myrtle in front of it grew too big so I spent a few hours with the drainage spade (praise jeebus it has teeth) sawing through about 25 years worth of Bermuda grass and tree roots and I still need to get a pry bar and the SledgeOMatic to break it loose. It's in the perfect spot for one of the Redemption colocasias. (See, I made it relevant to this forum after all). I'm not even done and there's 2 more and I wanna die and there's some of y'all almost twice my age running up the sides of mountains with 300 pounds of rocks and concrete. Jesus.

Yeah I’ll probably buy more and try it in different parts of my yard and I’ll see maybe I’ll put it next to my kentia

How beautiful I hope mines get like that it’s a triple do u warm up fast in the winter like when the sun is coming up

@888.ho3s, this palm Daniel just posted is in zone 9a Pearland, Texas.

I successfully germinated these in 2023, and they've kind of grown and growing, but this species is not doing so well for me as my other palms. I have a very good track record with full tropical species of palm (Licuala mattanensis, for example, grows without a hitch for me) and most palm species I've tried so far are doing great and seem unkillable. For example, I have no issues with growing Livistona benthamii, Caryota kiriwongensis, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos, Astrocaryum standleyanum -- to name a few, all young palms of 2-5 years of age. But my Bentinckia seedlings just look unsightly. Are they more difficult when young? Do they not want temps above 25ºC (80ºF) for long periods? My growth environment is at 25C/80F and up for 10 months a year. Only drops colder for a couple of months during winter, down to ca 18-20ºC/64-70ºF. Humidity is 60-90%. They're in a shaded position, never having got full sun exposure. They've had plenty of water, I water them pretty much the same as my Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos. Should I be watering them more like my Archontophoenix alexandrae (I haven't been giving them that much water)? They are in containers. They get fertilized, with additional Fe, Mg supplementation. I really like this species and would love it to get it to grow for me. I know sometimes some seedlings are runts, and there's nothing to do about that. Just thought I'd ask if it strikes people as odd with all the other species I'm successfully growing that these don't do well for me. I'm about to transplant them tonight, and I'll take a few pictures of how bad they look at 3 years of age.

Would probably hurt haha you would 100% get stuck with one of the needles but would be interesting to see

Here are some of mine. They all look remarkably decent for coming out of winter, though the winter was pretty warm. If I get the order here correct, the first one is the standard form, seed collected from Hawaii, probably seven years ago. The second one is var rubrum, which is really beginning to look pretty darn nice. It’s about head high. The last one is a small conjugatum/furfuraceum which is slower than slow, but pretty darn tough too. Never cold spots. Definitely seems to be the most attractive of an already attractive genus when it gets bigger. Beautiful palms, especially in the tropics.

I wrap this one below 25°F and provide heat if in the teens. They are very fast growing in ground.

Pearland is a huge, suburb 8-10 miles west to east and 5-10 miles north to south. Even more if you include a broader "Pearland Area". I spent some time looking at plants in Pearland/Manvel this week (yes this is a real day job lol) and it's weird because damage actually increases as you move south of Pearland On a similar note, Houston is usually warmer than just about anywhere 100-150 miles southwest of Houston that isn't on the immediate coast. You gotta get almost to Corpus Christi for it to warm up again. The way the coastline is angled doesn't allow for much moderation.

Appears coastal spots around SD and most of S. Cal escaped " extreme " heat today.. Plenty of 100 /100+ inland though.. Wider view shot of what SD County looked like around 4:15PM. Most notable heat, outside the deserts? = around the South Bay, where a few spots notched their first " neighborhood " 100F readings ...Remember ..it is MARCH. Don't remember seeing these kinds of readings in any of the late 80s / 1990s Spring season heatwaves out there ..EVER. Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay area, Communities up in the Santa Cruz Mountains ..among the Redwoods. NWS hasn't posted it yet but looks like Sky Harbor topped out at 102F.. Upward, tomorrow.. FYI? ..While temps may back down a bit in CA, Current 10 day here = 100 / 100+ thru ..at least.. next Thursday.. We'll see what happens.

The flowers appear at a distance from this Peruvian orchid's foliage.