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Yep , great SoCal palm . This size is perfect for planting out . Mine grew from a strap leaf to a large palm in just over 20 years . This size will save a lot of years! Harry

@JohnAndSancho i sent a message. Harry

I sometimes push seeds I find in other potted plants , just because I don’t want to throw them away or deal with them immediately. The problem is that I rarely know what I may have popping up . Yesterday I noticed something I couldn’t recognize . I was trimming some plants and pulling little weeds out of the garden when I saw something in a potted Radicalis over by the spa. Unlike anything seen before in my garden. I will know soon enough whe the first leaf emerges. It is very robust and dark in color . I do remember tossing around some Arenga seeds from our Engleri , maybe one got pushed into this pot while my mind was on something else? Harry I occasionally push seeds I’ve picked up in my garden in other potted palms . The only thing is , this one looks very different in size and color . I am hoping it is an Arenga mixed in with a few C. Radicalis . Whatever it is , it has a found a home! You can see the “heal” of a larger Chamaedorea Radicalis along with other babies. (That large root thingy).

Here is a result from a question to ChatGTP via Duck Duck go :

Great to see this post revived . I knew nothing about these until I saw one in Ventura at Terry and Sevin Sullivan’s place . It towers over the garden with a dominance like royalty . I didn’t know it was heat sensitive but it seems to like the coastal Ventura climate. Harry

A very beautiful palm and one of only a couple of Licuala that will grow here in our climate , in the right micro climate . I will be planting one as soon as I get my hands on it. I have a nice spot picked out for it. I will not be able to get one super large in my lifetime , so it won’t need much room. Harry

Dwarf Coconut palms seem like a very good idea for those who can grow them reliably . I learned a bit about the regular Coconut when I visited Kauai in 1998 , a few years after Hurricane Iniki wiped out Poipu and surrounding areas . Some of the resorts had not rebuilt yet and had chain link fences around them so the fruit of the unmaintained palms would not kill someone ( I asked about vandalism and was told the fence was just to keep folks out of the coconut groves). I didn’t realize how dangerous they could be . Most of the residential areas had mounds of Coconuts with a “free” sign on the corner of some streets . They need to be maintained in populated areas. That could be a problem on the very tall ones , unless you were skilled at climbing them . Harry Edit: I will say fresh coconut is very good! I learned how to open them easily in Morea , with a stick.

Looking for Coontie Palm seedlings. I'm located in Northwest Florida. Thank you!

Sabal are rare palms here so there's nothing much to compare with. It's seed grown by myself and I germinated lot of various Sabals in past years, from all around the world. It's relatively fast palm here being in ground for last 4 years, probably 6-7 years from seed. Almost 3m length petiole + leave on older leaves. Any ideas what species it belongs to?

They look like the alien mr Burns in the Simpsons!

I tried the Malay dwarf in a subtropical climate and no luck. Both burnt to a crisp in the cold weather.

I think from memory this one was called popcorn!

A couple of philodendrons in the garden and a nice anthurium!

No dumb questions John, advice is free mistakes are costly. To reduce the hot soil temperature and the roots touching the container sides burn, try white containers or put the container inside another container that’s slightly bigger. This can help to reduce the burning roots.

Chuck those rare cold tolerant palms at you and the world is my oyster! 🤣😂🤣😂

Make me an offer I can’t refuse 🤣

Different light gives different results, a nice chamaedorea klotzshciana certainly looks good in a bit of different lighting.

Two lovely ramsayi with a stack of seeds, I think they are about 35 years old.

I get viable seeds from my one, even volunteers. And this from just one single palm, both male and female flowers are on the same plant. So they will set viable seeds on their own.

Thanks for sharing! Coco bonsai is one of the best bonsai plants here in Indonesia, I've seen a lots variety of it. I'm also planning to grow this later for my collections😁

Our favorite non - native Parrot clan member rummaging among what is left of the native Sunflowers One of ..dozens.... of Ichneumonid family wasp sp. Possibly within the Genus Anomalon Funereal Duskywing, Erynnis funeralis.

Had -0.9C on Thursday morning, just two hours below 0. Bananas just have slightest bronzing along leaf midrib on some leaves. A.Alexandrae left completely unprotected for first time looks slightly mottled on some leaves. It really does not like sub-zeros at all, despite getting knocked every winter it now is about 20cm at base of trunk (planted as a tiny grade in 2020)

Do you happen to know the name of this cultivar, Tracy? The cutting I got in April from Hawaii has finally begun to leaf out. (Sorry for the out-of-focus photo; new phone whose focus feature eludes me.) The seller posted this photo: No cultivar name was mentioned. I’ve heard the white and yellow plumerias have the strongest fragrance. Hoping for a whiff of that intoxicating smell from mine anyway.

My two Sabal miamiensis have been flowering and producing seeds for a few years now. They had no adverse reaction to this year's cold.

This is one I’ve posted before, but it’s the first year the existing foliage survived the winter, and the most robust flush (8) to date. It’s a C. revoluta hybrid with bifurcated leaflets that I got from North Texas Cold Hardy a few years ago. (Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten the identity of the other parent.) It’s finally starting to look like something!