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You're absolutely right. A friend of mine received a beautiful Johannesteismania, and since he likes to experiment, he decided to leave it outside during the winter. When I told him the palm had no hope, he kept telling me throughout the winter that the plant was doing very well. But during the first two or three really warm days, the plant dried up very quickly. In reality, its cells were killed long before, but with the low temperatures, it was hibernating.

Probablemente llegamos a 0 grados este invierno ,cuando lo plante en la tierra espero que aguante mejor y no se sequen las ramas o nunca florecerá . Hablo en español por qué mi inglés no es muy bueno y mi navegador automáticamente me traduce al español , espero que el vuestro también

You are right, it is anthracose

wait a little longer my friend and I will send you all the seeds as promised

Enceph. Blue Arenarius flushing 7 leaves. This plant is as consistent as my green version. It always looks good too. I love the aqua color of Blue Arenarius. Super underrated. That being said, I tried True Blue and it didn’t go well. 👎🏻 (Stupid Lutescens won’t stop multiplying. It’s moving in on the Arenarius real estate 🤬) -dale

Nice! They held up well to Milton. These should be more widely planted. Easy palm and definitely a rare grow. Don't see them at all down here. My 2 are doing well. Sprouted 3, not that I have room to plant them.

Hi, thank you for your interest. We (Salvamontes is a registered non-profit in Colombia) bought the land from the previous owner and am working with him and his family in establishing joint conservation and restoration activities, as he still owns a big adjacent piece of land. Now we are in the process of raising funds for building some basic infrastructure for visitors and a permanent forest ranger, and the idea is to establish a long term conservation and recovery plan for the Sabinaria magnifica, while also expand the area of the reserve in the future through the purchase of additional land. By the way, anyone willing tu support this project can send donations through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor in the USA: https://conservationallies.org/partners/corporacion-salvamontes/?give=PGD9N3E4 It will be possible to visit the reserve once we build the new infrastructure and have a permanent forest ranger. Kind regards, Sebastian

Thank you so much, it is really encouraging to read that.

By the way... what was your % of germinating seeds? I am trying to gather data that could be useful for us starting propagation activities in the reserve.

Whoa Steve, that's way bigger than mine.. nice job. Mine's split as well & still has a lot of red fur on it. I'm going to repeat what I mentioned in an earlier thread here. The seeds came from the garden of Bill Austin when we visited in 2017. He was giving us a great tour & we stopped by what I recalled was a nice clumping palm, possibly Dypsis psammophila or something like it. Bill reaches down on the ground & scoops up a handful of seeds and says "Here, take these with you". As they grew, they looked nothing like the palm I remembered, so I thought I must have a mistaken memory. A couple months back I noticed that Seabreeze nursery was offering a new hybrid that they were calling the a "Sandy bear"; psammophila x leptichielos (or visa versa). A dead ringer, with one possible caveat: I don't remember any leptichielos in Bill's garden, although I could be wrong. But he did have several beautiful lastalliana growing nearby, that really caught my attention. Anyway, there's the story.. In the meantime, Dypsis sp. "Quaman" has a nice ring to it. 😁

My (4) Kentiopsis are fruiting for 3-6 years now and some spots under them are wet and shady enough for volunteers. Overall height I estimate at 22-32' tall. They still are a few leaves short(~3-4) of a full crown(10-12 leaves) after Milton stripped them 18 months ago. Some have currently green fruits that will turn red in a couple months if restrictions are lifted and we can get them watered. They are water lovers, maybe its better they have less leaves in a drought. Trouble free palms that add the dark green crownshafts and leaves for a complementary look to the other crownshafts. These do like their Mg, K to stay that darker green color. I dust them along with my cuban copernicias with langbeinite every year and fertilize with florikan palm osmotic release fertilizer. They are so tall, I have to crank my neck to look at the crowns these days. They do provide some good filtered shade for the C. macrocarpas I have under them.

I agree on all points. Deep roots help survive drought as long as they get enough drainage to keep the soil oxygenated, wide roots are the ones that resist tilting or being knocked down. Basic statics and mechanics is when they are aligned to an opposing force they work the best. Thus if you were to pull straight up to the sky the roots going down deep woudl give the most resistance. This si why palms that are planted in sand and not continuall mulched and watered witha wide basin get knocked down. The queens that get knocked down here look like they are severely malnourished and under watered. I gres wom robust queens in arizona clay with drip systems with 4-6 droppers per tree. The sideways capillary action was bigger than gravity effects and yeah slow drainage. The amount of water and fertilizer required to prevent deficiencies was a bit of a shock. I had one get frizzletop, a nasty deficiency and a long time to recover. The habitat description I read about BA they they are sited in high drainage soil on slopes in valleys containing streams that are seasonally wet then dry. In the dry season they have to reach deeper for the water, hence the deep roots they grow. They are very drought resistant in my experience. In my yard only Bismarckia is more drought resistant. However, in the hot, wet season they look stunningly lush compared to in a drought. Very little brown tipping in drought but the leaves seem to look more drab green and less upright. This years drought is different, we can only water once a week and its been unseasonably hot and dry (5F above historical average) and we are way behind in rainfall the last 8 months, a number I hear is 18-20" off average over the last 8 months.

I can imagine its weight. I managed to germinate 10 Phoenix rupicola seeds that I bought from the RPS store in Germany. Pure seeds. Only 2 seedlings survived. These palms are beautiful because of their color. I hope to see their pinnate leaves very soon. I recommend buying this beautiful palm from India; it's one of the most beautiful varieties of Phoenix.

seems like cocos petioles are more rigid less bending in 110mph winds, more likely to snap than the alfredii. This is actually a good thing as snapping reduced the subsequent wind loads on the roots. The alfredii lays down and due to its larger leaves and crown is more of a wind sail at any point in time. The leaves that lay down are permanently bent down but 18 months later a good number are still green in spite of the appearance longitudinal cracks in the petioles. We had some bad coco burn this past winter, worst since 2010 where many were killed outright. All the cocos around me now look ratty with brown freeze burn or they have been trimmed and have just 3-4 leaves left. I have yet to see a coco trunk bent down or angled. The roots seem tenacious but also the giving up of th eleaves surely helps. Wild sabal palmettos and homeowner queens have tilted, cocos do not seem to tilt. If I go 8-10 miles closer to the wate5r the cocos all look pretty good there(west bradenton), not "hawaii good" but they are quite attractive and hold good crowns, bigger, longer leaves and more of them than those around here. I saw less wind damage in that area from milton though. Telltale wind damage was on houses and trees, palms were much less impacted, very few knocked down(washies, queens mostly) The high winds were quite local, 5 miles north on the I75 the wind effects die off. Snapping petioles to reduce loads is also notable on my sabal causiarum and also all leaves of that palm were either bent down below horizontal or snapped. My hypothesis is that snapping seems to be a good defense of root damage. That said none of my (3) alfrediis 22-30' overall took on any tilt. I would point out that the highest velocity winds occur above rooftops where wind drag is limited. Taller palms all took a harder hit, harder than more fragile species that were a lot shorter. My neighbor has a coco triple, 20' max out in the open unobstructed that lost 1/3 of its collective crown to snapping petioles in spite of being a close in triple. Its not well cared for so that could be part of the damage issue. Sorry for the long reply but context is needed to be accurate. My neighborhood had some of the worst damage, street signs flattened roofs ripped, trees knocked down or large 4-8" branches of oaks/elms snapped. due south 3 miles way less damage, no roof damaged or street signs flattened.

When I looked at the photo first I immediately though Sabal yapa, but then I looked at it more and then keep on going back and forth! I see your point. In your side by side comparison though, I do see that costapalmate ridge in the OP post so now I can see the Sabal yapa! I should have just gone with my gut! Thanks for "walking me through" it! lol

I’m not sure what you’re referring to as the sawtooth ridges. But here’s the OPs photo compared to Chelyocarpus. I’m not seeing any resemblance other than it’s a split fan palm.

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Hello! Can you tell me please what is the title, author of this book? And can you recommend some other books?

Wow, I didn't realize your palm tree was so old! It really does look great there and seems very healthy. It's a relief to read that you have it at that distance, as it puts my mind at ease with my limited space. I'll definitely plant it in the ground, and perhaps I'll add the Purpurea palm nearby, which is still small, and some Cunningham saplings to give the arrangement different heights. I'll see how the space develops over the years. Thanks again, Harry. Greetings from Spain.

I planted that over 25 years ago. As I said , it was very small. I bought it as a King palm which it clearly was not . I think I paid $12 for it. It is about 2-3’ from the bamboo fence . Once they get the size of yours , they speed up. Good luck with it , I really think it is ready for the ground. Harry

Hi Harry, Thank you so much for your input. You really do have a lovely spot in that photo you shared. The Alexandra looks great. How long has it been planted in the ground? I see you have it near the bamboo fence, which is exactly what I want to do too. How far is it from the fence? I would plant it about 6 feet away, and I'll talk to the neighbor about pruning the leaves if they grow too long. Although I think it would be a few years before that problem arises. A friend of mine is coming over to advise me and help me plant it in the ground. I hope to do it in June, once I have the fence and bamboo up.

Iam pretty confident that Tim has helped solve the mystery palm, I do remember now being gifted the palm and when I discovered the tag had faded I came the conclusion from the only words I could see and make out to be was ptychosperma and a guess as to the actual variety from the letter B that was left not faded. It’s not a ptychosperma iam confident of that!

Do you think the name is correct or maybe Ptychosperma bleeseri? If so I would say it is not likely a Ptychosperma because the leafs of many are not pointy.

First three donated plants (all Sabal), already plugged in.