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5 percent humidity omg, that would be like living in an oven in those temperatures. No wonder they don’t live, the only relief from that sort of heat is sitting in the river!

Hi everyone, I’m looking to hear about your experiences with foliar feeding on palms, especially regarding species-specific quirks or sensitive new growth. Here is my current situation: I’m growing 5-year-old Beccariophoenix alfredii in pots (approx. 30 cm / 12" pot diameter for a 60 cm / 24" canopy) on a south-facing balcony (part-shade). The soil is well-drained, and I use soft tap water. The newest emerging fronds have been coming out very pale / light green, while the older fronds remain a healthy, dark green. Nitrogen deficiency can be ruled out, as well as root-binding. Since the soil and watering seem fine, I suspect a trace element imbalance — specifically a relative Manganese (Mn) or Iron (Fe) uptake bottleneck during fast summer growth. I’m using a high-quality specialty palm fertilizer (RPS), but to bypass any potential root/substrate absorption barrier, I’ve decided to start a foliar feeding regimen: Sprayed at dusk / late evening to prevent leaf burn. Applied at a diluted rate (approx. 1/4 of the recommended soil dosage). Focused on the undersides of the fronds and the emerging spear. My questions: Has anyone here successfully treated pale new growth on Beccariophoenix alfredii (or similar species like Dypsis / Archontophoenix) using foliar sprays? Did you use a standard chelating micro-nutrient blend (EDTA/amino acids), or did you need a pure Manganese spray? Is foliar feeding also a good idea for my tropical understory palms? Kerriodoxa, Joey, Calyptrocalyx... Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and experiences! Best regards, Matti PS: The last post I found about this topic is 16 years old...

Bonjour, quelqu'un aurait il des graines Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi à vendre ? Cordialement.

Another one

Oh yeah, and they do pretty good in at least up to cat 3 hurricanes which is a plus here lol.

J'ai pour projet de les conserver pour plus tard pouvoir les reproduires, voir faire des hybrides, pour me faire un complément de retraite. Désolé de répondre tardivement, je n'avais pas vu votre message, je suis nouveau sur le site, je le découvre petit à petit chaque jour.

Wodyetia is so popular here because it actually grows well enough here to look good, is plumose pinnate crown shafted and is self cleaning. It has taken the queen palm’s place. Queen palm’s die from disease here. So do most Phoenix species. In my very marginal 9B/10A humid subtropical climate, Wodyetia does better than most other crown shafted alternatives. Yes, Roystonea is very close to being native here and does great too and I do have one and only ONE because one dropped frond cut up more than fills a standard sized trash bin. Roystonea is a much, much larger palm than Wodyetia. Wodyetia is actually more frond hardy in a freeze/frost than Roystonea but Roystonea wins the ultimate cold temp death match. All palms have pros and cons. I’ve come to realize that maintenance is huge as palms mature. Wodyetia seeds like a beast in my yard. Cool at first, but those seeds are like golf balls and weigh a ton… So why are they so popular? Beautiful, cheap, hardy and mostly easy to maintain. What’s not to like?

Just got this today and can’t wait to see it grow. It’s endemic to Laos like the name implies. It’s going to get a wide base to the stem like C. clivicola

J'ai pour projet de les conserver pour plus tard pouvoir les reproduires, voir faire des hybrides, pour me faire un complément de retraite. Désolé de répondre tardivement, je n'avais pas vu votre message, je suis nouveau sur le site, je le découvre petit à petit chaque jour.

Do you know if they have any that are in public or would they all be in private gardens?

The seedlings from these plants lacked any white under the leaves or the little whiskers on the midrib that cunninghamiana has. Any thoughts.

I was looking at some rainforest in north qld the other day and spotted these palms. Lots of purple on these ones.

It looks like Lala will deliver some heavy rain and wind to our friends on the Big Island and at this moment there is still disussion of it making landfall on the Big Island. Here is hoping it skirts you and no damage from wind and/or rain.

everything dried out since last sunday, no precipitation but the irrigation system got its once a week water thurs. But today at 1pm till 3pm we got once inch of rain. Clouds from noon till now have kept it a little cooler, currently 80F and weather radar looks like we might get some more and and to the north of us.

Today things that look like hurricane projectiles caught my eye but I couldn’t reach all of these and they’re quite heavy…

That is Handroanthus ( Yours pictured appears to be the large form of H. impetiginosus that is sold in 99.9% of the nurseries here ) ..One of several, former Tabebuia species no longer a member of that genus. ..doing that thing they do sometimes here. Have a small H. impetiginosus ..One of it's shorter, regional varieties that has been a pot for years. Gets blasted by mid / afternoon sun, esp. this time of year ..and is green as can be. ..Will hold off leafing out after briefly dropping old leaves in Feb or March, until it gets hot.

You have nailed it. We grow a Wodyetia here because we can not grow a Normanbya, latter dies fast due to the lack of needed air moisture during summer.

There’s some growing here, though they don’t have the grandeur of the ones from the tropics. ‘SouthernCATropicals” looks to be growing one pretty well and I believe that he is in central San Diego. They have been reported in Santa Ana, Del Mar, and further inland desert areas (Indio?). A lot of us are growing Beccariophoenix Alfredii (or one of the other Beccariophoenix species) as a substitute.

If it hasn't been in long remove it, dig a hole much wider, mix in expanded shale, and then mound plant. Make sure the base of the palm is at least a couple of inches above the soil. Better yet would be to create a raised bed garden. I never plant anything at ground level, always a least a couple of inches above the soil line if not more. I'm still surprised they are doing terrible, I've always found these to be an easy palm in the ground. My whole yard is gumbo clay, and I always amend to improve drainage and plant high, and I do experience minor flooding during intense rain storms. When I first moved to Texas I learned the standard practice when planting is to add compost and expanded shale, and that applies to the hill country as well. I followed the advice and its all been good.

These two plants are unlabeled but they are starting to look more and more like another Encephalartos transvenosus x latifrons that I germinated from seed. I had around 12 seeds and lost track of which ones germinated. These two both decided to flush at the same time.

He is likely the source of the seeds for your Waggie x Princeps. I have one as well and the seeds came from him orignally. He's doing a lot of work hybridizing and most people in the UK have palms from his efforts.

Here in San Diego summer isn’t the problem growing them in more sun, it’s fall when we get very hot 🥵 and extremely dry weather. During the Santa Ana wind season the humidity can go down to 5 percent or lower with 107 degree f (42 degrees c) temperatures. It can even fry and kill plumeria trees sometimes.

This is what I was assuming. But how would you go about remedying once the mistake has occured?

I think they are a great looking palm especially when mature and healthy. Their plumose leaves make them stand out in any garden. I guess I could see that people who don’t have the space or do not want to risk 25-50 lb Roystonea leaves prefer Wodyetia instead. Still a different type of plumose from the Royal but self cleaning unlike Syagrus which is also a plus for me.

Do you see Normanbya more in Australia than we do here? I always wondered why it is so rare while Wodyetia has become such a common landscape palm, considering they have such a similar look. Normanbya have a larger wild population, and are found in a more accessible area (Daintree vs Cape Melville). I suppose Wodyetia evolved to tolerate more drought and full sun while Normanbya may be more of a true rainforest palm?