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😂 Easily within the top 7 or 10 " biggest life mistake / serious regrets" anyone could make? = Having a Golf club in ..any... hand / Finding one's self lugging that crap around at any time, anywhere. End result of such a choice? = A plethora of reasons to be filled with rage. Do direct " putt putt angst " away from any palms however, ..except Queens.. please

1: Tough call but looks more like a windmill than Brahea.. Can see the fuzz on the trunk if you look close enough too. 3: Phoenix.. Could be a reg. ol Canary.

98F ..and climbing.. at 1:25PM as we head into a hot Mom's Day weekend ahead.. Since the 109F forecast for that time is still on the board, We'll see whether or not we crack 110F by Monday. As expected, heat products are already hoisted.. Stay hydrated, and OFF THE TRAILS during peak heat hours.. Since it gives us a glimpse into the start of June, today's 3 -4 week maps n' precip -relatd thoughts on how things might look around and right after Memorial Day.. Will change ofcourse, and taken with the usual, healthy dose of " we'll see " but ..like what i'm seeing, even this far out.. Isn't the only forecast thoughts hinting at increased moisture potential for the Southwest around that time / as we head into June either. We'll also see if anything tropical that could develop after mid month plays a part in boosting any moisture surge that reaches AZ / western N.M at that time.. For now, Stay cool out there.. Save Energy, and play in the dark ..or at least after the sun sets..

I have an opportunity to get these and wanted to see if any interest exist before placing order. It could be a one time offering. They could be shipped will be fully rooted. This grower has beautiful oversized palms and never disappoints. Thank You

So with time, Dioons do get some chunky trunks, at least some species. My cousin has some large older Dioon's in her garden that I thought are mejia with a few feet of trunk but they are skinnier. So that was what I was comparing Bubba's photo to. I was looking at the base of my Dioon mejiae which is getting chunky after I responded to this the first time. No trunk on it yet, but it appears it will be fat when it does get there. Bubba, when you get back to where that Dioon is growing the id will be easier for others when you post the leaf close ups and the whole enchilada (should have posted that on Cinco de Mayo).

Perhaps in the right protected low desert spot that doesn't get cold on winter nights. That said, I don't know how they would like exceptionally dry conditions at times of the year. I am almost certain that mine came from Florida, as I got it from George Sparkman. So we know they handle humidity and wet conditions just fine. I took pictures of the one in botanical garden behind Waimea surf break on the north shore of Oahu many years ago when I was there. I also recall seeing this same species on the other side of the island growing in the gardens on the way up to Koko Crater. So it is the inverse of this that I don't know about, predominantly dry and dependent on irrigation as opposed to rainfall.

I would trim out the brown, check for spear pull on all trunks and fertilize with a slow release palm fertilizer https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwRuMSlgPH22p-BiHvdicQ5On0lYe6MZ/view

Wowo very nice growth on copernicia baileyana as well as other palms . I see a nice chambeyronia hookeri in there as well

Do you believe they may do better in the desert?

I have no photos but recall numerous large specimens that survived the 1989 freeze. For reasons unknown, they are not as prominent. This may have something to do with developers, who seem determined to utilize plain specimens.

Three interesting specimens from Santa Clara, Utah, close to St. George. #1. Brahea brandegeei is a guess I have for this beautiful looking fan palm. I think im seeing to leaf scars in spiral arrangement seen in pics of this palm. #2. Some kind of trachy, I think. This area has fortunei around but this one appeared to have bigger leaves. #3 can this be Jubaea or another boring CIDP and how can we tell?

Thank you

I've seen my fair share of tantrums on the links.........

omg I missed the title of the thread and only read "Florida" 😁

😂 Wishful thinking in N. FL. Too cold there for those.

Ok, yea not common in Glendora. In LA its common to see giant birds of paradise, queens, washingtonias, roebellinis when a complex is trying to have a tropical look. But this place is definitely landscaped by someone who isn't doing the generic combinations. The giant Mexican tree fern is a pro move, not sure but it looks like tall areca palms and a dioon cycad rather than the sago palm that is often used. This would be somewhat common in San Diego, but very rare in LA county.

Between freezes, that is. It is really one of the most sensitive Florida-native dicots (or just of commonly cultivated dicots) to freezes. The reason they're common is because they're easily propagated and replaced, particularly in commercial landscapes, where the landscaping crews just tear out the dead/damaged stuff and quickly put in new nursery stock. But southwest Florida is far more susceptible to freezes than is southeast Florida, and Sarasota is pushing it since it is significantly north of, say, Naples. A zone 10a designation does not mean you will be 10a every winter...not by a longshot. And a big issue is the leaf-skeletonizers, which don't harm the plant, but which many people are not aware of, and then when they see the plant looking like crap for a certain period of the year, decide they suddenly hate the thing that used to be the "pretty little tree with those beautiful orange flowers."

@epicure3 Here are a couple maps via iNat w/ all observed specimens < on their site > for the Sarasota / Bradenton area.. 100% sure there are more. Circled are specimens located in Twin Lakes Park, just east of the 75, off Clark Rd. / 72, and specimens located at Ringling College, Bayfront Park < ..near Selby Botanical, > ...and others planted on St Armands / Lido key.. Can't remember if there were any planted on Bird Key at the park there. Couldn't find the exact specimens i mentioned i'd observed at the Aquatic Center nextdoor to Kopsick, but appears there are some others nearby. One might be inside Kopsick itself, based on zooning in on that observation, using Satellite data. On a side note, Noting the obvious differences in flowers on flowering specimens, compared to C. dodecandra, ...A common sp. in W. Mex., appears C. sebestena in much more common on this side of the U.S. than i'd have thought..

Although native to the Florida Keys, this specimen has proliferated throughout South Florida.

Rambutan?

At Mounts:

Schizolobium parahyba/Brazilian Fern Tree/Tower Tree:

From @pietropuccio 's website: "Very ornamental plant with cultivation limited to the tropical and subtropical zones, as it stands only for a very short time, and with loss of the foliage, temperatures around or just below 0 °C (32F)".

I think they grow perfectly fine in Sarasota. The closer towards the coast the better.

That's one of the furthest inland pre-2010 coconuts in Manatee county. It's been there at least since 2007 https://www.google.com/maps/@27.4392994,-82.4530506,3a,48.9y,26.72h,87.46t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s9lTgaiMreRLuOxA_fpQ0vw!2e0!5s20071101T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.5371347235223425%26panoid%3D9lTgaiMreRLuOxA_fpQ0vw%26yaw%3D26.719328648313933!7i3328!8i1664?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDUwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D