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I have seen two from the same seed before,kerriodoxa elegans, but nothing like that at either end of the seed. Keep that on marked as special!

This is AI at its finest, to list a palm for sale now they make you use ai on this website. $7.09 cents for a itaya amoricorum. Artificial intelligence at its finest, who is feeding this machine this crap. It cost me that and more for just one seed. Go to living blazes ai.

Maybe it's a generational thing Tim, but I like to do things the hard way 😅 As for Hedyscepe...they do like Tasmania!

About 4 to 5 months with bottom heating!

I do believe they are somewhat rare and should live in your climate. EBay strikes again!

Cant see why not, let them have there fun!

Plant a Bismarckia there, if you insist on archontophoenix, a nice triple planting of Alexander’s would look good! A nice baroni black petiole would seal the deal for me. And give the street a wow factor.

I'd choose A. alexandrae over cunninghamiana if Californian heat and UV is anything like where I am. Alexandrae handles it much better especially when young.

I mean there’s a few in Bakersfield near the valley plaza mall

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a truly unusual biological anomaly I just ran into with my Jubaea chilensis seedlings. While going through my latest batch, I discovered a single seed that produced twin sprouts (polyembryony). Given that Jubaea is strictly a single-embryo palm species, finding a double-header like this is exceptionally rare. Both sprouts successfully pushed out their own separate, distinct root and shoot systems from the exact same nut. Instead of risking the taproots trying to separate them, I left them completely intact and potted them up together into one of my 12-inch deep tree bands to grow as a multi-trunk specimen. (The rest of the successful batch all got potted into their own individual 12-inch tree bands as well). Has anyone else ever encountered true polyembryony in Jubaea chilensis before? Would love to know just how uncommon this really is in cultivation!

Phillips, which of these species do you think would survive around Mobile Bay Al. Im your neighbor to the east in the coastal FL. Panhandle and our weather is very similar. Cold Zone 9a Thanks

It's awesome someone is bringing more Butia sp.into cultivation. Butia odorata is so successful across the south it will be great to have more variety up here in the colder palm zones. Thanks Phillipe!

I purchased a 32 inch box alfredii, it looked amazing for 3 months and now it looks perfect for Halloween. Its scary. I have decided to do what many Floridian members did and just put it out of its misery. Im considering replacing it with some tender cunninghamianas. I figure of they die it wont cost me $1000 and it wont be a pain to remove. What do you guys think? I’ve heard alexander is better in full sun. This area gets blasted all day in full sun.

Hello everyone, does anyone have Angiopteris for sale?

I wish you all the best over on the islands. Harry

It does seem to grow in spurts. It is in the.middle of one right now. It's pot right next to my barbecue means that I am continually looking at it. Growth habit for mine is straight up.

This is terrific. Thank you Mary.

Thank you! I’ll harvest these seed and see if I get any tall ones out of the bunch.

It’s mostly Ka’u that was badly affected with major structural damage similar to hurricane Iniki on Kauai but obviously not as bad. I went to Kona to visit some gardens and there’s more carnage there. See photos below. It’s Brian Lievens place.

Exactly! I have twenty of them planted together, only two are 3.5 meters tall, the others are 2 meters tall, however, it is chamadorea radicalis

Thank you! That just blows me away that it survives. It was REALLY cold in January AND February.

Nice job!! Oh if only we could live long enough!

Rating Phoenix as anything other than 0.0 suitability for Hedyscepe did make me laugh. I’d have thought San Fran is much more suitable than Sydney too, although of course nature specimens exist in both cities, Hedyscepe can grow basically out in the open unprotected in San Fran from what I’ve seen on thus forum. Without making this an AI debate, it think it can be a useful tool. There is value in summarising a large amount of data from multiple sources and compiling into concise chunks, even at the expense of some accuracy and nuance. It’s primary strength is certainly not teaching a bunch of palm nuts about the suitability of palms in their climate, but it does take simple intellectual labour tasks and make them drastically more efficient than what a human can achieve, even if you account for any added time that may be required for fact checking. Funnily enough, I think I have to agree with its rating of Melbourne suitability here. I would describe Hedyscepe as being a must grow in Melbourne for palm lovers. In my opinion it’s the most beautiful palm we can grow, but it isn’t without its challenges here. Either full sun and/or lack of supplemental irrigation would spell a quick end for them here in summer.

That “mystery sabal “ is a Sabal mauritiiformis A Z10A sabal for longterm growth . It has survived since 2021 with its growth bud close to the ground level for now . It’s a shame 2021 and the 2023 drought nuked the oblate property. 🥲

I've been back for a few weeks now, but I looked through my photos again while writing up newsletter articles for Hawaii Island Palm Society and IPS about the World Palm Symposium in Singapore and I want to send a shout out to all you Palm Talkers out there. My husband and I attended the Palm Propagation Workshop: From Seed to Seedling at the Pasir Panjang Nursery, part of the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology. Anton van der Schans, Principal Horticulturalist at Gardens by the Bay, talked about planting strategies for remote germination (when the leaf forms at the end of a long tube and the seedling establishes itself away from the seed) vs adjacent germination (when the leaf emerges from the seed). Anton was using Palm Talk posts to illustrate planting strategies for remote germinating species - there was a thread that had many photos showing seeds propped on pvc or bamboo posts, the umbilical cord leading to a pot with an emerging leaf. Anton also used a thread discussing the division of clumping palms - shown on the screen in the photo. We were just talking to Fred Stauffer from the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva about his problems growing Hyphaene in a conservation nursery in Africa the previous day. He asked the group about the best way to get help from growers for these kind of field studies and conservation projects as some of these species are very difficult to grow. Several people immediately suggested the PalmTalk forum. I'd love to see more of that kind of interaction and talking about Palm Talk at this symposium and having it being used in a workshop is a big step toward promoting this kind of interaction. I was so glad I went to the symposium and got to see the impact of the IPS grant programs, Palm Talk, funding for Save the Species projects. The IPS helped fund the travel expenses for 14 attendees from developing nations which represent much of the palmy regions in the world. Thank you for making Palm Talk such an important resource for anyone trying to grow palms, create gardens, or establish conservation nurseries.