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Just so everyone can play along Richard: This is now Arenga oblongifolia. Previously Wallichia oblongifolia. Before that Wallichia densiflora. I think you e mashed up the previous name a bit with the name before that 🙂 Great palm by the way. I love anything weirdly unique.

They are true water lovers!

Low light may have caused the loose looking stretched look. Or not very high temperatures, if it was growing in Australia it would a lot more compact looking due to high heat and the intense light factor.

Someone like @DoomsDave or @Harry’s Palms can probably point you to a California group. This website changed a week or two back and the links are not the same as they were.

Pure Jubaea has stiffer, stubbier leaflets and is much more compact. I have seen quite a few but of course I could be wrong as growing conditions and variation can deceive.

thank you for your response. May I ask why you say that ?

Naah, lol.. these are special, bougie flies, needing someone to take them places.. ..Cuz' flying somewhere, on your own, is too hard ya know /s.. As far as the rest of ..recent statements regarding the whole situation ..I saw this coming as soon as cases started rising across Central America. Unfortunate, and isn't going to help things at all but ..Popcorn is in hand, shaking my head while watching the " blame game show " get going.

For f see one information on bonsai palms have a look at the Japanese variegated rhapis palms, they have been growing them as bonsai for centuries!

I have seen one growing in a dam with about one foot of water around the trunk, a true aquatic in this case!

how do i find a local group

Can't flies... you know... fly?

That 'soil' mix looks PERFECT for growing Pseudophoenix! 😎👍 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

yes is hybrid

If your soil is more sandy loam than clay , you would be hard pressed to overwater . If your soil stays muddy and wet for many days at a time , then you have to be careful . I would start by , maybe , increasing you watering to twice a week or every three days . If you see the soil wet all the time , then back off until the top 1-2” drys out a bit . It looks like those are planted in raised beds . Hopefully whoever planted the palms knew enough to use a sandy loam soil for them . If you can dig the soil easily , then that’s a good sign . If your shovel or blade feels like you are trying to dig through concrete , then you have heavy clay that should be amended. For now , I would just slowly increase the watering . In about a year they should look beautiful . Harry

Thanks rich. I just looked again and it has some hooked leaves on it which are a trait of Jubaea. May I ask why you think this is a hybrid ? thats what I am hoping i bought.

I am trying to get a few plants of Chamaerops humilis to accept a life as a bonsai. I have put them in a small shallow pot by cutting the big circeland growing roots. I am experimenting with the normal humilis, with vulcano and with cerifera. So far, so good. Photo 1 shows a vulcano, photo 2 a cerifera and photo 3 shows three palms in the gutter, also in shallow bonsai pots, with in the middle a variety named duplicifolia.

Certainly looks like a hybrid to me, nice score.

In the photo's is a Cycad I bought years ago as Macrozamia serpentina, but I have my doubts. Doesn't it show a too "loose" appearance? And please look at how upright the new leave is growing. And, if it isn't serpentina, what could it be?

Thank you for the advice! So it sounds like it's just not been properly watered then? How much is too much water?

I agree with the thoughts above. For me, these do better on their own. I can get them to germinate but they usually struggle after that. I think I over water them and/or plant them in too rich of a soil. These volunteers are in a calcareous high pH sand and shell mix with little to no soil like quality. The area is quite dry and in full sun. No matter what, PS are very slow for the first probably 10 years. After that, they are still slow but can pick up somewhat. I don’t recall when these popped up but it was probably 2-3 years ago. They are about 6” tall now.

That looks like my C. microspadix. Leaflets are too wide to be C. seifrizii.

I have another spiral I like even better, but I’ve noticed both of them are a lot more sensitive than some of the other gingers I’ve got.

HEAT and TIME! I've grown and sold several batches of Pseudophoenix sargentii over the years. They are not particular about soil, as long as it is fast draining. I use a mineral based medium with plenty of sand, light weight lava rocks, and some of my native alkaline soil. These in 5 gallon pots (below) are already going on seven years old from seed, grown entirely under my Arizona desert conditions. I am currently starting my last ever batch of these from seed right now...😄 If you'd like a real challenge, try growing Pseudophoenix ekmanii... I collected the seeds for these myself from habitat in 2020. Sold several over the years, but my last 3 are STILL just seedlings in 1 gallon pots. Talk about slow... To be fair, I know that P ekmanii does not like my climatic conditions, but is still super slow for anybody that dares to give them a try.🌴 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

I recall this one is Macrozamia communis. I got it a while back as a seedling with 1 or 2 leaves. It was still small when I put it in the ground and I wasn't thinking about how leaves would eventually hang over the retaining wall. I like the appearance of the hanging leaves despite it being unintentional.