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no problem, getting confused is natural , and thanks to a certain Mr. Richard M. now I also have 3 chamaedorea metallica 👍

Almost two-thirds of the way through the month and my rain total sits at ~1.5in. Follow that up with more than a week of days in the high-90s and the grass that isn't getting any shade is starting to wilt.

🤣just seeing if your awake gyuseppe! Bit of a typo that one, bit much when I don’t know my chamaedoreas!

Hey Mark, are you growing these guys in California?

Yes , saving room for the Chrysalidiocarpus Blacki that are in the green house . Another year or so and at least one will go in the ground with a C . Decipiens. Harry

These have sold out. Thanks to those that purchased this extremely rare Butia.

Thank you very much!!! It was a pleasure doing business with you. You're also A+ buyer very communicative, and fast payment !

Looks horrific for anyone trying to grow anything. Might see more farming irrigation in the future, or a change to drought resistant crops. If this carries on growers will have to adapt or face going broke. Hope you guys get more friendly weather soon.

That’s definitely a good sign

So far a bit of cool tolerance, a good sign.

A great palm the basilonga, with a lot of Chrysalidocarpus you can see the similarities. Baronii you can see so many that all very similar but a slight difference between them. Arenarium is a good example so similar looking to others in the genus. They do have a weak petiole as juvenile palms. Saintlucei is the same as a young palm they don’t like wind. Now you have to find a saintlucei for the garden I see you have a bit room left on that steep embankment in your garden one would grow well there with protection as juvenile. Richard

Archontophoenix readily hybridize IMO. Ive grown A. Purpurea from seed up to two generations here in Florida. The true, pure A. purpurea doesn't grow here in South FL...too hot. However, I've planted crosses which do grow here. Likely A. purpurea x alexandrae. True A. purpurea has a lot of white on undersides of leaflets.. JD

I have my pets getting in on the action. Our younger dog chases them when they fly low. Our cats are indoors only except when walking in the yard in their harnesses with leashes. The leashes don't stop them from jumping at them. While the cats have never caught an SAPW, one just nabbed a similar size June bug 2 nights ago. Klaus, our purebred Tijuana rescue street dog, has actually caught a weevil but he didn't like it and dropped it. I got to finish his work for him. Good dog Klaus!

Very interesting what Dowe says. How this form escaped from widespread cultivation I don’t know. Yeah, I used to think Eungella was the furthest northern Bangalow population but recently I found that Mt Elliott had them and that is the northern most limit. I wanted to check that area out but we just ran out of time in Townsville. It’s not an easy climb either. About 12hrs one way and the track now goes through private land meaning it’s more than just a “let’s have a quick look” type of place. It’s also the place where the stepped trunk version of alexandrae comes from. I think it’s been called Archontophoenix alexandrae var beatricea. I think for Archontophoenix the real jewels are up in the clouds at altitude. We went to the town of Paluma for a quick look and it’s at 1000m asl. It was 27C on the coastal plain and 18C when we got up there. Lots of Calamus australis and moti, and the first place we’ve found Laccospadix australasica and in large amounts. Beautiful place up there. We didn’t find any Livistonas up there but we were likely on the wrong track for them. Paluma roughly marks the start of the Wet Tropics. After that you’re in Licuala territory.

Thats a beauty im always down for seeds, i'll throw em around see what takes.

You have to keep in mind Sabal palmetto does work in Tennessee but only the southernmost counties of West Tenn, and maybe a few tiny pockets in East tenn. It'll actually naturalize in my area. The key is having good genetics

Agree w/ others growing them in CA ..and here in AZ. S. minor? = Pretty much fool proof in this part of the world. If you like the idea of incorporating them into your palm collection, plant one and see how you like it.. Would be far more interesting / unique of an option compared to Med Fans ( = over used out here ) A few other options you might research if not dead set on S. minor? < If you haven't already > - Silvery / Blue -toned form of Saw Palmetto ( Serenoa repens ) - Mezri Palm ( Nannorrhops ritchiena ) Both will clump in time though. - Some shorter / slower growing Brahea sps that lean more blue rather than green. - Blue form of Sabal uresana ..Taller in time of course, but would fit in perfectly with the backdrop behind your property. Perfect non - Washingtonia complement to B. armata. too.

Sabal minor Var. Tennesseensis is probably closer to var. Louisiana

Oh man. That looks exactly like SAPW damage. You might want to set up a trap and see if you can confirm. I can show you how to make a trap and I could send you a few pheromone pouches too.

why not plant a replacement coconut palm in the same spot?

Im definitely guilty of being that guy after having a palm weevil fly into my back slider. In my head I looked like Brad Pitt fighting in the movie Troy but judging by my wife and kids laughter im guessing it was more like Homer Simpson trying to hula hoop.

I have one here in San Diego.... well now a ton because they've naturalized my years and I have to pull them out all the time. not only does it live here it's bullet proof. I've cut it down about 4 times and it keeps growing back because im too lazy to dig down to the growing point. after I cut all the leaves off it usually will throw a bunch of flowers and then seed. if you want a seedling or 10 let me know.

Yes. The winter of 2026 was the worst I’ve seen in 40 years here in Northern Virginia anyway. I guess SBB may have moderated a bit but the pine trees everywhere there took a real beating with limbs broken and down from the heavy mixes of frozen precip. And it stayed freezing and sub freezing for 3-4 weeks?? It was a very long duration freeze. However, with a small amount of cleanup, my two Sabal minors from this post did just great. IMHO Minors are a great choice for SBB.

about to order my second batch they are beautiful palms cant wait to plant also shipping was very smooth and well packed

Ive been spreading absurd amounts of sabal minor and sabal palmetto seeds in the woods here however this specific spot on our property I've decided to get a little more aggressive and planted Needle palms, and sabal minors, as well as Long Leaf Pine. I have no idea what I'm trying to recreate at this point, it started off as coastal scrub idea, and now it's straight up Florida Caverns State Park... Just in Tennessee. Majority of the palms have been planted literally right before the historic massive ice storm we had here last winter. So they took quite the beating compared to palms I've had planted several years ago. Somebody warned me that planting needle palms in January was a bad idea, I planted 7, 1 rotted away, 6 spear pulled and recovered. Sabal minor, only crushed and bruised up from the sleetcrete glacier Combo. For reference the sletecrete was like 4in deep or something. With a glaze that was around 2in Thick