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Me too please if you have a good crop Richard? I had some seedlings many, many years ago but over potted, over watered, and just generally abused them in my ignorance. Would love to try again, such a cool little palm.

@el-blanco that last shot of the ghostly bridge looming above the building is a cracker!

I went to “waytogopalms” mark and he had sold them all.

Here’s a few unpollinated chamaedorea plumosa, there was 4 seeds that did get pollinated but alas the rats got them!

That Chrysophylla would certainly look grand in the area I’m currently working on if you want to ship it to Hawaii. But then again I am working on a Floribunda order so maybe I should look for it locally but what a great palm.

A leaf cage maybe over the growing point if you can keep it dry??

This female Chamaedorea oblongata which is only sort of an understory palm these days. I was a bit worried as to how it would handle increased sunlight as it grew and the palms around it grew. It has managed well.

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Female Encephalartos horridus is skipping a flush and going for another cone after finishing last season with a cone. My Lepidozamia peroffskyana male did the same thing earlier this spring/summer. In that it's cones came earlier in the season, I am still hopeful for a flush on the Lepidozamia.

You can paint the pot half white, half black. And according ro season you turn the one or the other side towards sun.

Just a bold idea, they could be also ... Chamaerops! It is easy to tell whether a seed is coming from Syagrus or Buria. It bears always at least three pores.

Had to laugh at your using a machine suggestion, I’m on solid lava and every plant on my property is planted in soil that I’ve put there so nothing‘s more than 4 inches deep anywhere with a few exceptions. I can’t even use a shovel. All of my transplants get attacked with a mattock because all the roots spread horizontally and shallow.

Back in SF for a visit. Picture/video of The Presidio Parajubeas 7/22/26 IMG_0011.mov IMG_0012.mov

thanks hu, I think its a great deal for a good size plant. I wish I could keep it but I have a lot of trees still waiting to go in the ground. Hoping another palm enthusiast will enjoy it as much as me.

I am not sure what varieties they are as there are so many hybrids in Florida , but I think your best bet would be to buy a more mature palm with some trunk that has distinctly dwarfed characteristics (not unhealthy). I have observed some beautiful dwarfs that seem to be a mix of types with trunks only 13 to 16 cm in diameter and leaves that are about 2.5 to 3 meters in length at most.

OK we will approach the University and hopefully get the extension cord approved with thermo cube and c9 lighting [there are no outlets outside the building built in the 1960's] Im not sure that would fly, but we will try; we can also try something exothermic like a covered compost pile next to the palm and then encose the system to give off exothermic heat from bacteria and fungal fermentation; that might be enough

I would love that, I do wonder when it might consider flowering. I know some coconuts take longer than others. I think this one will be 3 years old in October.

It was a while back, but mine was bought from “waytogopalms” here in SoCal. He scooped up a bunch of the Sparkman ones for resale. It was a while ago, but worth checking.

@Chester B I live near Meyerland. Winter temps are similar to Sugar Land, sometimes a little warmer, usually not as warm as Hobby. Yours definitely looks like a B x PJS to me, very nice. The two beside the (BxJ) x P have prominent spines on the petiole which I believe is atypical for B x P crosses.

So nice to see you both! Always nice to spread palmy love and positivity in general. “You all come back now! Hear?”

Hi there, When going to the local DIY home center I ALWAYS start my journey through the palm and other plants section. I am usually doing it when in need to buy a tool or something else necessary for our house, so, I am not a weekly regular but go there from time to time. But today - I am sorry, I didn't take a pic - I came across some roughly two year old coconut palms sold for 9.800 Japanese Yen (60US$) , that is almost the double compared to three, four years ago and completely ridiculous if you know the places were to look for washed ashore seeds... Since my own company already throws germinated coconut seeds away due to lack of need - they have already asked me because they are aware of my hobby - I might consider starting a business over here....😂 One more thing. A couple of months ago some imported C. lutescens (Golden Canes) - in the meaning of shipped in from other parts of Okinawa - were sold for 8.000 Japanese Yen (50US$), a jaw dropping price if you know better - just to be replaced weeks later by local grown ones... ...almost men-high for 2.000 Japanese Yen (12US$). (I couldn't resist despite its commonness... A beautiful palm is a beautiful palm, period...) So, to keep it short, the pattern is so obvious that you just stay patient and wait for the right time or mind your own - alright, just my two cents - Lars

Could be. Investigating further.

Pretty sure not plumosa; those are much more spherical; onilahensis maybe, at least for now.

@necturus that palm looks wild, its great. What part of the city are you in? I've got a couple of B x PJS from Patric. They're at the size where they need to go in the ground. They have changed appearance as they've gotten larger. This one was very PJS looking but now is more Butia like.

Hi there, same over here. It is pitch dark outside at the moment but I got a similar monster in my backyard - and I LOVE it. Since I am situated closely to farms with livestock, my palms are often attacked by the local rhinoceros beetle (Taiwanese version) breeding on the farmer's grounds. While Cocos nucifera, Veitchias and Alexander palms take sometimes serious damage up to mortal level, the Bismarckias - I have got two in the ground - are probably way beyond their 'biting' capacity... I often see them attacked but they must have been really p.... off about the thickness of the leaves. 😅 @aztropic : You got something to compare, like a shovel or a ladder? You fella looks already huge - btw. I always like to follow your comments - so, I guess there is nothing that is going to stop it anyways...👍 All the best - Lars