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Hey I’m by the falls area

These aren't suited to full sun in Texas. Definitely sunburn. They need shade, part shade or part sun with afternoon shade. It may never fully acclimate to full sun. You will see it will put on nice green leaves in fall, winter and spring and they will look good, but once we get around June they'll start to burn. I've seen this over and over with with my Trachys. I've tried to acclimate them but they can't handle it and I've tried multiple species, so they are under 40% shade cloth until I get some shady spots to put them in. I have one larger one that gets a lot of sun and so far its not burning but its very yellow compared to the rest even with fertilization. If you want a full sun palm for your area I would try Sabal palmetto or Sabal mexicana,

Jubaea x Syagrus?

I just noticed this post was from 10 years ago! I need to pay closer attention lol🙄

Coccothrinax borhidiana is my favorite Attalea cohune, arenga pinnata and corypha umbraculifera. (These are all huge ) Midbto small licuala ramsayi. Coccothrinax miraguama azul pinanga coronata areca vestiaria I'm also in miami, in Westchester area. What part of miami are you in?

Yup.. I hit 107..isnt that one of the official weather stations? That would be representative of somewhere??? Not near the outflow of a canyon?? Roughly 15+ days of 100..

I'm up in Jacksonville and am growing many species of Butia (Odorata, paraguayensis, catarinensis, archeri), many Syagrus (Romanzoffiana, cearensis, campylospatha, hoehnei, schizzophylla, lorenzoniorum, weddellianum), many Chameadorea (Radicalis, microspadix, geonominformis) Sabal domingensis, Trachycarpus fortunei, Chamaerops humilis, Caryota maxima, many Livistona (Saribus, Mariae hyrbid, chinesis, decora), Rhapis var., Chuniophoenix (nana and hainanensis), Butigrus, Jubautia, and probably am growing the only pure Jubaea chilensis in the state. That's just the palms....am growing over a dozen types of cycads as well. If you're interested in a visit shoot me a DM.

Hi everyone, I am curious about the climatic conditions of southern Pieria (Katerini-Nei Pori), such as such as winter minimum temperatures, summer maximum temperatures, annual sunshine hours, frost frequency, humidity, wind exposure, rainfall amounts and seasonal distribution, and how does the Olympos affect the climate of the region. The only usefull source I found so far is: https://meteosearch.meteo.gr/data/index.cfm but I don't know how reliable and accurate is it. Thank you in advance.

I have a nice size one for 40 i am in riverside. i will send pic. thanks

Attalea phalerata seedlings- 5 for $30, plus Shipping & Box, & Spaghum.Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

my houailou is not as red as megs but it show some nice color. First leaf it had a nice yellow border around the pinkish red. This the last one was more pink reddish. Th reason I pinkish red is my hookeri are very red, like near fire engine red. Here is the houialou I waited a few days for the leaves to uncurl and it shows a little less of the pink red And here is the hookeri, which has also a more persistent red as much as a month or more vs no mor ethan a week for houialou. and with some direct sun transmitting the leaf, it becomes a "flame leaf" I also have noticed the houailou is definitely more erect, I never noticed leaves at or below the horizontal.

Thank you! I already have the sabinaria as well and the chamaedorea it’s on my list! And you are absolutely right! What a beautiful world.

It has been a warm winter so far, but it’s not over yet! But I will say Iam quite surprised I haven’t lost to much considering all the new varieties I have. A few here and there, I was expecting a few loses, but the amount of new varieties that are taking the cold is a positive sign for now!

The big difference is I get day temps up 24 degrees celcius, a huge 22 degrees fluctuation in temperature, thermal mass and tree cover and a little ocean influence. I even get reasonably good growth in winter with the palms in the ground! Ps how’s that dasyantha going!

You’ve got a nice little spot Troy. No wonder those Mt Gower beauties feel right at home. I average 9 times under 2C per winter and 2 times under 0C. This year we’ve had 5 under 2C with a low of 0.1C so it’s been relatively kind so far. No losses of anything due to cold, just some brown tipping and minor spotting of sensitively species like some of my more tropical Chrysalidocarpus sp.

They are not a small understory palm that’s for sure!

That was my low last winter here in my garden and this year too

Set them free, go forth and multiply! Richard

That is sunburn and the leaves are semi closed/pleated indicating lack of moisture. 20 minutes every 5 days is most likely not enough for an "established" trachy in your area. As others suggest, the new leaves will be more resistant to sunburn, if properly watered. Also your trachy probably will not grow much until the weather cools a bit. Shade cloth would probably help slow further damage. 2-3 years for your palm to establish.

You gotta give it a go, if you don’t try you will never know and at least if you try and it fails well you gave it a go!

Here’s an update on my first rostrata flower with 3 more on the way after it!

Veitchia

For all 6 species in a hybrid mix I’d say pretty far fetched even in Aus. True A myolensis is rarely encountered, and not at all in the nursery trade. A tuckeri and A maxima too to a lesser extent. Even albangs aren’t hugely common I don’t think. I’ve heard that even in spots where A cunninghamiana and A alexandrae co exist, unintentional hybrid offspring is unusual. You’re right, A alexandrae is variable and even more significantly appears very different in different growing conditions especially shade vs sun. A cunninghamiana too. Honestly I’d guess even an Archontophoenix hybrid with 3 species in the mix might be unlikely or at least extremely rare. Who knows if anything beyond that is even possible from a compatibility point of view.

Thanks very much for the offer Richard, will do! Hi Phil, there's some available still on trademe where I got my seeds. But seeing as I haven't had any luck sprouting them Richard might be a better option! It's worth a try for you Richard. Christchurch gets high 30s most years, and I've seen it hit 40 before, with the same hot dry norwest winds and humidity at maybe 20pc. I reckon your hot days wouldn't be much worse than there! I do wonder if it needs cooler nights than you'd get in summer given its habitat, but one way to find out!

There is something there for sure, the exact science iam sure there is an answer for us. Water and cell damage i guess, I guess i should have listened more in science at School! And that little hothouse , give me an acre of one that size and centralis heating with a heated floor, when I win the lottery one for you, and one for me my shout! Richard