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mine produces lots of fertile seeds

We have some pritchardia napaliensis seeds, 100 in total, postage international is $35 aus dollars, $1 per seed Aus dollars. No floaters in this batch.

The final touches has been completed for the new palm garden, now the big decision what gets planted, I have a nice big itaya amoricorum that will go in there. But after that small dypsis varieties perhaps, I really don’t know I have that many varieties all wanting that special place, whatever goes in they will the top of the collection range. But it’s amazing what you can do with the right machine!

Thank you so much!

Nice one, just make a the video on your phone, and post it just like a picture!

A red spear just formed on my palm. Is there a way to show a short video of it?

Livistona decora

Dug put some more horrible grass and made another garden bed, planted two multi Archontophoenix “albang” hybrids and a foxtail. As a few have suggested, these will make the canopy one day, also block out my ugly workshop. Unfortunately they were only from 300mm pots so not yet trunking.

Trithrinax brasilensis growing in my Jax FL garden

Dioon mejaie flushing in Jax FL

Perfectly normal...

I did a prune a few years ago of a branch that's about six inches in diameter. The wound healed and the green streaks appeared over the wound.

Blc. Terri Henderson 'Barbara' blooming right alongside strap leaf Anthurium wendlingeri, putting out some spiral inflorescences.

Needs a name. I told him (and the handful of others that live inside) they can live if they eat some bugs. No eat bugs you get La Chancla.

Really nice Sabal mexicana and a survivor Bismarckia at Enchanted Forest Garden Center today.

I recently visited South Padre Island and the RGV, and as a former Floridian I thought I’d share a few impressions. Driving south on US-59 through the brush country, I was greeted in Harlingen by a mature queen palm. Living in Houston, where there are virtually none, and having not seen any on the drive down, it immediately caught my attention. About a mile later I spotted a royal poinciana, and another mile after that a mature royal palm. I was surprised by how abruptly the landscape transitioned into something that felt tropical. Along the east coast, that change is much more gradual. Before long I was seeing Australian pines, ficus, and many of the plants I regularly saw in Central Florida that are absent around Houston. Overall, South Padre Island and the RGV really impressed me. South Padre, in particular, felt genuinely tropical, with a warm, humid sea breeze very reminiscent of South Florida. In terms of vegetation, I’d say it felt slightly more tropical than coastal Volusia County but a bit less so than Brevard County. On Florida’s Gulf Coast, the closest comparison that came to mind was Dunedin, Tarpon Springs, or perhaps South Tampa—if you mentally removed the coconuts, Veitchia, and other tropicals that were largely wiped out in Texas by the 2021 freeze. The palm scene was better than I expected. I would’ve loved to see a few coconut palms, but I didn’t come across any. Hopefully they’ll make a comeback as the climate allows. More generally, we really enjoyed the area and will definitely be back. It was a pleasant surprise to find a corner of Texas that, in many ways, felt so much like Florida.

Does anybody know what this is? It comes from hawaii, as I recall the seeds are poisonous. Gross to a very tall tree. As you can see the leaves emerge a reddish color very furry and then it all becomes a greenish color with not quite as much fuzz. The trees seem to grow very straight with no branches until the tree gets quite tall. Any help would be appreciated

I find am sun to be best, plants look better in shade to half day sun. The plants with double split leaves are really nice.

The work you’ve done looks amazing . It must be hard to see the damage but encouraging to see new growth . Harry

Afternoon Sat Check: ....Getting ..closer??? *** ..Will be shocked if we don't see quite a duster approaching from the south and east in the next couple hours. Tucson, via the UA cams: -Getting -hammered... Catalinas View: ..Wait for the Rain Bomb.. http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/products/wximagery/movies/last_90_minutes.mp4 Rincons: http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/products/wximagery/movies/rincon_last_90_minutes.mp4 106F w/ a 56 deg. Dew Point, and increasing clouds out the window at 6:35PM. *** Speak of the Devil ..It Begins.....

This Gaussia Gomez Pompae caught my eye. So much so , I had to adopt it from @DoomsDave jungle . I really like the shape of this guy! Looking forward to watching it grow. Harry

The attack kitties were taking a nap so no cats were encountered. Harry

Kurt and I made a clean getaway with a great heist! A few new ones for the collection . A couple of Gaussia Gomez Pompae , a nice Ptychosperma Sanderianum , Dypsis Cabadae , a few more Ernie’s , and a cute little Arenga Engleri . Kurt was able to grab a few others as well! A great day , as always , at @DoomsDave jungle . Wonderful company , a beautiful day , and luvin all the palms. Harry A few of our “ pix of the crop” This Gaussia has an interesting base. Kinda reminds me of a certain Hyophorbe.

Thermometer is currently at 110F in the east valley after posting the first low of 90F this morning. You can feel the higher humidity, even if it's not the same as the eastern US but it doesn't take much to make things that much worse when it's this hot.