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I’ve got one of these here planted by the previous owner doing well. They are really a plant for sandy country, so up in Perth on deep sand they are absolutely easy. The weird thing about my one here is they planted it in thick gluggy clay and in winter it sometimes is very wet with standing water and it does fine. I would never have thought it would tolerate those sort of conditions but there you go. So if it tolerates that it should take wet subtropical nsw quite well. I’ve kind of done the reverse to you Richard. I like Banksias and on the sand country only half a km away from me they grow fine but in my swamp with peat etc most stand no chance of success except for a couple of exceptions. However the eastern states have a wonderful Banksia that loves my wetter soil. I’ve planted Banksia robur the swamp Banksia which grows from Botany Bay to Cooktown on the east coast and they’re doing great.

I would let it do its thing for the time being. You might do more harm than good if you mess around with such a tiny seedling, Chances are it will straighten itself out and reach toward light

Beautiful flowers. Congratulations, friend.

Esas flores me recuerdan a una ceiba , tal vez chorisia insignis ?

yeah rain is the biggest factor here for growth rate. Dry soil means the palm cannot feed normally. Nutrient uptake requires moisture, osmotic effects come to a standstill in dry soil. SO when your soil dries out after watering, feeding drops off. I measure growth by spear height changes, I dont mark spears. RIght now its been dry here so the spears are not moving much. My teddy's have been the easiest to see the difference over the past 2 years, they have added about 6' of height before the water restrictions hit. Everything in my yard has come to a crawl with very little rain and once a week watering. If you have clay soil, you're lucky to have it these days. I will put down another ton of turface MVP after this drought is over. It seems to make plants and palms more drought resistant.

Some believe hybridization of some species is possible. Hybrid ID might need a DNA analysis with the palm of interest palm and potential to be certain. I have no information on what hybridizers have done. Not sure why one would hybridize a sabal, they are similar and aside mauritiiformis and yapa they look similar. Mules were motivated by the search for a cold hardy coconut like palm. I have read some talk of how blackburniana and riverside may be hybrids. I grew (3) blackburniana in AZ and saw the mother tree, a robust trunk with longer and ~2x thicker petioles than palmetto, bermudana, mexicana etc but not close to say causiarum. RIverside is a very interesting sabal of unknown origin as I understand it. I had a small riverside in AZ, fast growing for a sabal and had a nice glaucous bluish tint. Riverside is said to be a large palm, larger than blackburniana from what Ive seen. I do note here that my causiarum flowers at a different time seasonally than the local sabal palmettos. I read somewhere that this flowering time difference is one way that prevents hybridization. As far as polymorphisms, no idea as there are also epigenetic adaptations to climate and soil. Just soil and feeding can change a sabal palmetto to the point where you might suggest polymorphisms. I have seen some really healthy sabal palmetto crowns and some real small thin ones. Petiole thickness is not notable but width of crown is substantial. My neighbor had a skinny triple which he changed the fertilizer/watering regimen at my suggestion and it grew a lot more leaves(half again) with longer petioles. Genetic analysis is the way to go to answer the questions.

I tried the Masafati dates. They have a very rich flavor, more like a caramel or a toffee. They are a variety from Iran.

I think I've seen him, but thought I'd be better off waiting until garden conditions are more suitable.

Oh was that you in the camera? We thought it was a wild boar!

Turkeys have already saved a species 😁 https://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/turkey-and-tambalacoque-tree

Beautiful cool temperate flowers, unfortunately i cannot grow a lot of the bulbs and corms, it’s just too warm for daffodils and tulips. So I have the opposite problem with it being to warm for me to grow certain plants, just like your cold weather stops you growing a lot of things!

May update! I've been away from the forums for a while due to work & relocating. I no longer live in coastal North Carolina…I recently purchased a home in Northwest Florida. Looking forward to finally getting my palms in the ground. I will have more updates on the garden soon!

Yes it’s not as silly as it sounds, if you want to give it a go!

Turkeys would work better if you can find someone with 1 or 2. But the larger breeds of chickens should work too

That’s the one sandy soil is the trick for winter with palms, if you have sandy soil your winter advantage is up it warms up faster!

Bit of a Cold War hey! 🤣

Apparently there are two varieties as others have said, but I like the look of the Vietnam variety, but I will be happy with my Thai variety! They seem easy and very compact palm for a specific spot in the landscape. I like them. Richard

Iam sure I have a bit colour in the garden somewhere!

There is one bloke on eBay that has all the crazy ones, I tried one from him and it died.

@Jonathan did your decipens germinate yet? I still have the odd one popping.

As @DoomsDavehas the right idea for you I say just plant it! They are super tough ernies I plant tube stock all over my garden and they grow not a problem!

Has the the community finally reached a consensus about readiness to and frequency of hybridization between the spp? In the past several biologists and horticulturists (e.g. D Jones) shared the opinion that there are around too many hybrids within the genus. Others however support rather the notion of polymorphism within the various spp. Which option does modern trend incline to? Can you share here any personal experience?

And an absolute perfect variegated rhapis!

Chamaedorea metallica and a dypsis lantzeana enjoying the rain!

Chamaedorea adscendens 27 years old in the garden and he is a beauty!