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The flush on my Chunky Monkey Encephalartos longifolius has stretched out and is beginning to harden. It looked stunning in the low summer setting sunlight.

I have one sargentii in a container and I just can’t get it to grow. What is it Iam doing wrong. To much water not enough light do they like to be on the dry side. Leaf condition is fine, what’s the trick please!

This Dioon caught my eye . Actually it happens every year about this time! Harry Bought this in a 10” pot many years ago.

My one with the trunk is at least 27 years in the ground and about 6 feet tall, so I guess after 30 years 7 to 8 feet perhaps.

That’s palm growing for you, I guess it is rocket science after all sometimes.

4 down 2 to go thank you

People, this is a great deal. Larger plants are hard to find. Also, not slow with rich soil and plenty of moisture. My plant pushes three spears at once!

Areca vestaria, looks like it might be the red form.

Getting back to the original palms in the yard, would everyone agree that those are Washingtonia filifera, as opposed to robusta? Definitely less common than robusta, but just look better in dry heat with plenty of water. The one true California native palm.

The wet season is well and truelly gone. May produced 3.2mm rain, which despite being the dry season was below average (18.5mm). From now until September it's going to be dry with cool mornings. Although this morning min. was 21.5, it's been colder the past few weeks, and will get colder again before we move into the transition back to the wet season. Currently UV index gets to 8, the lowest we get. May: Av. Min. 21.0 Av. Max. 33.8

They are so odd as seedlings. Robust and fast to push out the first frond, then they are just so touchy for a couple of years after that. I suspect they have some unique nutritional requirement so once they run out of seed reserves the seedlings can struggle.

For reference, I am in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8A. We've had these palms for over a year now and moved them inside to winter as it was getting too cold for them. During this time, they were mostly healthy except for the dreaded spider mites which we tried our best to handle/remove. A combination of removing completely dead/infested fronds and spraying with water seemed to do the trick, and they went back to being healthy. We moved them back outside a few days ago once the weather was consistently warm and humid, but they appear to be struggling again. I'm suspecting some sort of overwatering/drainage issue. The pots they are in have drainage holes at the bottom and I've been told there is a rock layer at the bottom about 1" in depth. The rest of the pot is filled with your average semi-fancy potting soil. Before moving the palms outside, their drainage pans were routinely being filled. Now, they are essentially empty. I know that majesty palms are notorious for being cheap and frail, but we really do enjoy having these around and would like to know if there's anything we can do to help them survive. Attached are photos of both palms and their fronds.

@Bill H2DB If you're down in the Sarasota area sometime, or don't mind making the drive I can confirm that "Your Farm and Garden" nursery on Beneva Rd in Sarasota has them. I just dropped by a few weeks ago and they had a bunch of them in stock. They are definitely the dwarf variety too, although they're pretty expensive. I believe it was $150 for a 3 gallon. Other than that, the link provided above might point you to a dealer closer to your area for them.

@happypalms and @Jim in Los Altos with your cat palms trunking, how tall are they overall now? I planted some a couple years ago and they're getting up to ~7' now. I was actually hoping they'd get taller, so I'm curious how tall they get when they're 15-20 years old.

Tuesday Update: ** First detection / active case in Durango State, 3 states ( in Mexico ) close to crossing the 1,000 total cases threshold.. States -side map. 6 cases, as of yesterday..

Brahea edulis, or the Guadalupe palm, is a slow-growing, hardy palm native to Mexico's Guadalupe Island, known for its large, fan-shaped, green leaves and edible black fruit. It's highly tolerant of drought, wind, and poor soils, making it a popular ornamental plant in warm climates, though it's considered rare in the wild due to habitat threats like feral goats. This self-cleaning palm grows to about 30-45 feet tall and is suitable for full sun and well-drained soil.

I find them popping up more than 10 feet away from the mother plant well beyond mowing lanes and of course around the plant they pop-up like crazy.

To the flower tips, these are surely 10 feet.

Hi everyone, I'm looking for Chamaedorea radicalis ‘Arborescent’ seeds or small plants. Shipping to Germany should be possible. Please send me a pm when you have anyone of these :-) Best regards, Sebastian

Nicely grown one there Tracy. Seems like near the coast, they don't suffer much brown tipping. Mine is going nowhere fast fortunately. Probably 15 years old & still has held onto all its leaf bases. Looks like a giant fern at this point, as does yours.

Es una palmera muy sensible, incluso los jardines botánicos tienen dificultad en cultivarlo. Es muy probable que tú palmera ya se haya muerto.

Buenas días, tengo está plántula de pseudophoenix ekmanni, que transplante a tierra a sol directo. En 3 semanas se puso color amarilla como seca, se le daba los riegos cada 2 días a 3 días, decidí sacarlo y volver poner en maceta para darle cuidado. Que tendrá mi palmera? Cómo le puedo ayudar a que no se muera? Será alguna clase de hongo? Anexo foto antes y después. Lo blanco que se ve es bicarbonato de sodio. Saludos.

I’ll buy it

Hello! Newbie to the forum here looking for help. We recently moved into a house with very beautiful two date palms (about 20 feet tall) that have started to have brown at the fronds earlier this spring. The browning has accelerated and I'm desperate for help in keeping these beautiful babies alive. We have neglected to water them and have recently done so (after we noticed the browning) for about 30 mins once a week on a slow flow rate. The palms were planted in 2024 by the old owners as part of a backyard remodel. We are in Orange in Southern California. Any help in assisting with this problem would be immensely helpful. Thank you in advance!

First new leaf since planting out our Lepidorrachis mooreana, obtained from @Darold Petty last autumn.