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Beautiful the red on that Areca vestaria

Good one for keeping that one alive.

Three nice palms for any subtropical garden. Carpoxylon macrospermum bentnickia condapanna dypsis procera

No hurry it’s still winter up here!

I have been trying for years to id this one and only recently realized you can put photos into a google search, infinitely helpful. Arenga put me on the right track and after reading threads on here and Palmpedia I'm almost certain it's an Agrenga micrantha. Interesting that a palm can grow in the Himalayan Highlands and absolutely thrive here on Hawaii at 600'. This palm is probably around 25-30'? Has 3 main trunks and 6 smaller ones. I've read that fruiting is a sign that that particular trunk will die off, which makes sense now because on that one there are no more fronds and it hasn't put out any new growth. Which makes me sad because this is one of my favorite palms here but it also sound like it will fruit a few more times before it is done and there are more trunks coming up, so it's not gone for good.

On Wednesday, I bagged them and put them in the freezer. I'll give them one week there.

Which reminds me...forgot to send that Arenga micrantha to you this week. Will get onto it next week!

There's no ramenta on the midrib of the pinnae on my palms, at least not yet...I'd have thought they'd have adult leaves by now? Does this mean they're not cunninghamiana??

He's grows weed in California.

The flowers are really the only way you truly identify a palm. But a quick search and a bit picture googling is usually helpful enough.

Thanks Happypalms, I've been trying to narrow it down and was just looking at Arenga micrantha, maybe that's it? It's the closest I've found but I'm not totally sure yet?

If i could send you one I would! I did see a one on palm talk in the for sale, but unfortunately no postage to California! Richard

A beautiful little Pinanga sarawakensis.

An Arenga, not sure what variety but you won’t have to wait long to find out, someone will id it for you . Or you could do a bit of research.

They do prefer a bit of heat, and even a little dry at times that doesn’t seem to hurt them, good drainage is another thing they like. And iam sure a frost is not going to be friendly towards them.

Looking pretty good, hopefully they turn out to be as good as the parent plant. It usually takes at east 3 years for a tube stock seedling to grow before it’s planted, you could get away planting them out niw, if you have some well amended soil why not! Richard

No wonder it’s called the dypsis complex, with so many different dypsis variants of the one species. Baronii is one example with so many variations, unfortunately a lot of habitat has been lost in Madagascar, so blacki could very well be a true to form dypsis of some extinct species in habitat and it was lucky enough to have seeds collected before it was lost in habitat. Whatever it is one way or another it’s one beautiful palm! Richard

Get yourself an Anthurium pendulifolium. Aroid gods definitely seem to smile upon those in my experience. And they look fantastic.

Dave I would place in the shade and only use organic fertiliser like fishmeal or seaweed until they re established

I hear your growing Hedyscepes down there. So a palm such as Oraniopsis should grow well south of Mexico, but be careful as the penguins like to eat them!😂 Next order see how much space is left , iam sure a bromeliad could be left behind to make space.

Thanks. I may take you up on that. My parents have two rentals down in SD so I'm out there every so often

We moved on to this property 5 years ago and lucky for us one of the previous owners was a palm collector, there are a lot of really interesting palms. One of my favorites is this clumper, there are 9 coming of the base. I noticed today that it is fruiting. Any ideas what it is?

I'm right on the Mississippi Border in a 8a location they tend to grow pretty quickly here depending on Ecotype. Though sabal palmetto is going to end up being the dominant species on the property. I have to show the absurd amount of sabal palmetto seedlings coming up in the woods.

That is devastating to see. I hope our winters are too cold for them but I am fearful. I just took this photo last weekend in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, town square. This palm is at least 40 feet tall.