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This Gaussia Gomez Pompae caught my eye. So much so , I had to adopt it from @DoomsDave jungle . I really like the shape of this guy! Looking forward to watching it grow. Harry

The attack kitties were taking a nap so no cats were encountered. Harry

Kurt and I made a clean getaway with a great heist! A few new ones for the collection . A couple of Gaussia Gomez Pompae , a nice Ptychosperma Sanderianum , Dypsis Cabadae , a few more Ernie’s , and a cute little Arenga Engleri . Kurt was able to grab a few others as well! A great day , as always , at @DoomsDave jungle . Wonderful company , a beautiful day , and luvin all the palms. Harry A few of our “ pix of the crop” This Gaussia has an interesting base. Kinda reminds me of a certain Hyophorbe.

Thermometer is currently at 110F in the east valley after posting the first low of 90F this morning. You can feel the higher humidity, even if it's not the same as the eastern US but it doesn't take much to make things that much worse when it's this hot.

Nothing a little cat nip wont fix, drug em up to the eyeballs on that stuff and all they will do is sleep and dream of saucer’s of milk, mice and more cat nip, makes all that cat training look like a pre school lunch nap instead of a masters degree in cat psychology training to be ninja attack cats! 🤣 Richard

Only liquid seaweed at the same rate as every other palm in the greenhouse has been used, plus I have hundreds of nana seedlings that receive the same amount. It beats me what killed them, in this situation it helps if the grower was keeping records of what they do for back reference to diagnose with, instead of relying on memory, so definitely grower mistake for not keeping records. No records I can’t cross reference to find out my mistakes so I can’t learn from my mistake in this case!

Pretty sure theres 4 in the greenhouse somewhere, I shall put there Tasmanian visa application in with the correct authorities for you!

Leaves coming from the top and bottom I thnk it will end up having multiple arms and looking like this

And the last big bamboo project was rearranging the SW pathway that goes to the side yard. After taking down the Foxtail triple and big single, I could directly see from my backyard straight into my neighbor's backyard. And on top of that, it was the only semi-open spot with LOTS of highway noise coming through. Initially I expected to only be able to split my three Bambusa Textilis "Ladyfinger" aka "Richard Waldron" into a few clumps, but I managed to split them into a whopping 33 plantings! I did a complete row on each side of the pathway, with 11 on the SW (left) side and 12 on the NW (right) side: And with spacing of only about 1 foot between clumps, hopefully by the end of the summer it'll start filling in pretty solid: From the other end of the pathway:

On my property they are sparsely located, yet in other locations in the area quite gathered groups. Not sure what does seed dispersal either perhaps possums, could even be lace monitor lizards they eat anything they can find and have a stomach that’s like a garbage tip!

Like most palms as seedlings once you overwater them it’s difficult to bring them back, taking that extra few years off there growing cycle in recovery time. And the seedling stage is so critical for such a long lived plant. Now you have your little setup for seedlings it will surprise you how efficient it will be in development of your seedlings. Richard

Hopefully you can collect some seeds...I hear they travel well!

I replaced the Gigantochloa with an Encephalartos Whitelockii from the NW bed, and subsequently replaced THAT with some Zebrina bananas from the SE corner: My next big project was even MORE bamboo rearrangement. In the South center bamboo hedgeline I'd planted a Bambusa Boniopsis. This lost the tops of all culms in the 22.5F freeze, had tiny leaves, and the clump was getting a lot bigger for this area with limited access. It was already about 3' diameter with 20-25' culms 1.5" diameter. So I chopped the tops and dug this one out too.: I had an open spot in my SW bamboo hedge. So I moved a Bambusa Glaucophylla/Heterostachya non-variegated from the middle of the fenceline to the empty spot. It's the clump to the upper right in the above Boniopsis photo. I just chopped all the culms at ~4' tall and dug out the whole clump at once: In the same row I'd originally planted a bunch of Bambusa Textilis "Albostriata" in 4 spots. Albo is bigger than Gracilis and has a broader footprint and spread, so I decided to trash these before they became unmanageable. Here it is partway through the 3rd clump. These only took about a half hour each because they hadn't completely filled in yet: I still have one big clump of Albo, but it's in a spot with easier access.

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And I posted some more bamboo destruction over in the Bamboo Thread. I took out my big clump of Bambusa "Nana" aka xThrysocalamus Liang aka Quail large leaf clone near the garage. It was another "too big too fast" type that was also not too cold hardy. 100% of the culms died at 22.5F and left me with HEAVY solid culms to clean up. I planted it in April 2023 and it had grown to a 5' diameter clump over 2' deep with huge underground culms starting. The existing dead ones were 2-3" diameter and 28-35' tall, so it was likely going to get even bigger this summer. At that height it was too close to the house. I had a clump of Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii flop over in a hurricane in the same spot, so I was not about to repeat it! In the same spot I planted a Schizostachyum "Murray Island." This was a suggestion from @Brad52 and is supposed to be around 15' tall and 0.75" diameter. Hardiness reports vary, but it might be ok to either 28F or 35F...we'll see! On the other side of the van I had a Gigantochloa "Malaysian Black" that I took out in mid-June. I originally planted it in July 2022 next to my East pathway, and then discovered it had a very spreading top. I moved it in 2024 to a spot that I hoped would work, but all the new culms just started growing out at a 45 degree angle. It was a continuous hassle to cut back, and then all the culms died in the February freeze. The leaves are huge and have a neat ripply look: But the culms start shooting out at about a 30 degree angle, and then bend further. The clump ended up being (almost) wider than it was tall. In some yards that might work great, but not for me! They also never really turned black like Lako, and just stayed kind of a dark brown.

Oops upside down well since I don’t know how to edit a post I can’t flip them so anyway here’s some upside down labels.

First new palms for me in two or three years.

They hate palms, is all I can think of!

Chambeyronia Sold Out

@Keys6505 I'd guess some kind of Multiplex, given the tiny leaves. Initially I thought Glaucophylla, but the leaves on that are variegated. There are several small Multiplex like "Fernleaf." If the culms are a sort of tan/pinkish then it could be Multiplex "Rosa." It's also somewhat similar to my Dendrocalamopsis Variostriata.

That's a really nice one! It's called 'Florida Beauty.' Readily available via Mail Order, direct from Caladium dealers/growers (e.g., Florida Boys Caladiums shows it in bulk on their website and vendors on platforms like Etsy also sell individual bulbs/plants).

@kinzyjr my biggest foe right now is the heat. It's pretty common to see a heat index of 110-120F in the afternoon, so I can really only work for 30 minutes at a time. I'll drink over a gallon of water during the day and still get dehydrated. I'll work for 30, sit inside in the A/C in front of the fan for 30, rinse and repeat. So this week I consolidated my agave beds due to all the deaths from February. I lost a whopping 77 agaves, aloes and cacti and only 51 survivors in the rear two beds. With a 60% mortality rate I'm just not going to bother replacing the non-hardy ones. Here's a partial list of deaths: Aloe Betsileensis, Ovatispina "Blue Rapture", Montana "Blue Ocean", Mangave "Pineapple Punch", Aloe Swordfish, Montana, Dragon Toes, Ovatifolia "Vanzie", Attenuata "Raea's Gold", Mangave "Blue Dart", Attenuata Boutin Blue, Attenuata Ray of Light, Mangave "Frosted Elegance", Potatorum unknown, Celsii Multicolor, Aloe "Hercules", Montana "Blue Sky", Mangave "Tooth Fairy", Bracteosa "Daddy Longlegs", Parryi Huachucensis Excelsior, Lophantha "La Bufa Baby", Cereus Cristata, Xylonacantha "Frostbite", Lophantha green, Lophantha Quadricolor, Sun Glow, Americana Variegata, "Stairway to Heaven", Aloe "Marsha Layhew", "Mad Cow", Mangave "Blazing Saddles", Mangave "Praying Hands", Bracteosa "Mateo", Americana Lemon Lime, Agave Obscura "Red Skyline", Seemanniana x Potatorum, Dragon Toes, Weberi, Salmiana "Crassispina", Guiengola "Moto Sierra", Mangave "Lavender Lady", Horrida, Seemanniana x Isthmensis, Potatorum "Snowfall", Aloe "Wildfire", Vilmoriniana "Stained Glass", Potatorum "Cameron Blue", Impressa, "Devil's Tongue" Ferocactus Latispinus, "x Leo", Wercklei, Valenciana, Mangave "Macho Mocha", Aloe Vaombe, "Blue Ember", "Pokey Ghost", Opuntia Violacea "Santa Rita", Titanota "White Ice", "Mad Cow", "Royal Spine", Salmiana "Beast", Salmiani, Marmorata, Weberi blue, Manfreda Maculosa. In the SE side I kept the area around the "Bluebell Giants" and moved about 8 agaves into that area. Surviving moves are Crazy Horse, a couple of Ripple Effect, Mr. Ripple, three Salmiana, a questionable Blue Glow: And in the center rear bed I moved another 5 survivors into this center rear bed, Montana "Baccarat," Ovaticata, Snow Leopard, Dragon Toes/Magnifica, and Filifera x Isthmensis: And in the front yard over the septic drainfield 5 more survivors: a Bluebell Giants, Mr. Ripple, and Ripple Effect offsets, a Franzosinii and Salmiana "Logan Calhoun":

104F + 60deg Dew Point = feels like 109 out there at 11:29am. Interesting day ..and evening.. ahead? ..both locally and west of AZ? possibly.. Morning Sat. check: 4C / Subtropical high quickly shifting toward Cen. UT and CO, ....where areas in Montana, Wyoming and points east may see temps reach / exceed ....110F.. Increasing east / southeasterly flow under it ( ...overhead.. ) pretty easy to see. Buildups starting to fire over the White Mtns / areas over S.E. AZ and S.M.Oc. in Sonora. Remnant, well defined Meso - cyclone looking blob just about ready to cross N. Baja as it quickly skirts across the top of the Gulf.. All of that equals.. ..While the AM forecasts have been a bit ..timid.. regarding the potential for Thunderstorm activity reaching the valley, HRRR runs this morning have ..so far at least.. been quite bullish on getting ..some deg. ... of activity into at least the east valley by this evening ..Possibly lasting deep into the overnight hours.. Because it only < currently > includes this corner of the valley, Blanket " Blowing Dust Advisory " hoisted for the area today may be well under done ..In terms of dust storm potential for the valley later.. Again, As aggressive as storm activity is looking to our south / east on the HRRR runs right now, we could see a Haboob - type event vs. just some diffuse dust reaching the area.. Don't be surprised it the advisory area is expanded valley -wide later on this afternoon.. Storm -wise? " Marginal " risk < for severe storms > has been extended to PHX. ..Was confined to areas south of Casa Grande earlier. With the " Slight Risk " area expanded, that points to increased chances that storm activity down there could be strong enough to generate an outflow that may be able to generate ..at least.. widely scattered showers / storms closer to the valley ..if not in valley itself... later today / tonight. IMO, Current, " 10% chance for a storm or two here in Chandler tonight " from the NWS = may be 20 =25% under the actual chance for activity tonight. We shall see.. For now, tomorrow's storm risk potential from the SPC has increased as well.. Further west? Spinny thing quickly headed toward the coast near Tijuana / San Diego may spark showers across S. Cal ..if it hugs the coast a little more than some forecasts suggest atm. ....or send this first wave of high - based showers ..and/or storms.. toward the Central Coast / Bay Area/ Sac. Valley.. ..If the bulk of moisture associated with it rotates further offshore before turning north toward the coast.. This isn't the only chance for Monsoon Season showers / storms out there, either.. Tonight's / tomorrow's activity here will send the next pulse of moisture westward. Locally, if it can blow around, get it locked down.. Know what to do if on the road and caught in a dust storm. Fingers crossed for some rain.. Let's see what the evening has in store..

It’s possible but I’ve found Kevin’s tags are right on. If there is any question to ID, they won’t be tagged. Definitely bought a few of those from him too. I have a few “Debaoensis” from different growers and they look similar. Way different than the aforementioned. Either way, the conversations about Debo and Multi are plentiful and will likely never slow down. I’m going to continue to push the Debo ID’s. 👍🏻 -dale

Thank you for your reply! @ankiwo and also sorry for my very late answers🥲. It should be depending on which size your container is, but I believe salak cannot bear fruits while in a container. They should be placed on to the ground to bear fruits. This is because when palms are only growing in a container it will lacked the nutrients and will stunt the whole plant. The suckers grow the same as the parent. Different sexes could only grow through seeds. I am pretty sure animals won't go near them due to its spiny spikes. That's why Salak has evolved over time to protect its fruits and parts from dangers. Salak doesn't have deep roots, they only thrive about 10 to 50 cm down according to google. Extra! You mentioned you're in Central FL. I believe the climate there isn't really enough for this kind of palm. Salak must really grow in deep moisture and intense sun, but NOT dry! It is also not the cold hardy ones, so better to keep this palm in a container so you could put it indoor when it is winter. I am sure it will be fine in a container as long as you care it carefully! Btw, how is your Salak now? Has it grow already?