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This flame thrower is only putting out HA HA HA HA HA HA crotons are very unstable. They also sports into different shapes, sizes and colors for no apparent reasons, but that's why we love crotons.

I’ll never say no to Lytocaryum seeds. I want to get a grove of them going. Awesome little palm.

I remember back in my landscaping days a client had planted about 6 and wanted them moved to the area I was constructing for them. I said they would likely die but if you want to risk it I will do my best. They were trunking plants probably a metre tall over all. I dug them up carefully and expected them to die. To my surprise none died or set back. They took off in their new area. I was very careful and took as much of a root ball as I could fit into a wheel barrow.

Yeah in late 2024 I went to the zoo hoping to see it and it was gone. The whole place has changed. Many of the big old things that made the zoo interesting are gone now. They used to have WAs tallest Syagrus probably planted in the 50s. All gone. The rainforest walk which used to have misters and some interesting palms a little bit different to the norm is not much of a rainforest anymore. The shot hole borer took out a few huge Moreton Bay figs so it’s an open dry area and the interesting palms are gone probably with multiple years of water wise non irrigation of the area. It used to be the best botanic park in WA, but now it’s kind of ruined in my eyes. It was awesome 30 years ago when it had different management and staff. It’s what got me into tropical plants. I was really quite sad to see they removed that Jubaea which was probably germinated around 1900. 🙁

Darold Petty sent 4 beautiful seedlings - good communication, showed he cared, shipped quickly ,and efficiently. Trustworthy. Drew

Tom, my thought and hope when I saw Bob's photo was exactly what you said. We can only hope that a Santa Ana doesn't blow one across the channel someday.

That's a great idea Alan I've done it many times with my palm trees home I have an award-winning Trachycarpus https://oak.conncoll.edu/notabletrees/ViewTreeData.jsp?selected=226222 that's in the Connecticut notable tree Association so that's a great idea. I could use some straw or leaves [I do that with at my home with the trachy]and it works out great. the only thing is it sometimes it locks the cold in there as well ,but as long as it stays relatively warm compared to the ambient temperature I think it would be fine. I think the swings of the temperature is really bad for the palm tree [the highs and lows ] and usually in a leaf cage, the temperature is fairly stable; so I don't know what you think about that but I think that's a great idea thanks for helping I watch your Channel all the time best, DrZnaturally

Well this is about as cold as it ever gets here, at least for maximum temps, the minimums are nothing much to worry about this week. Snow forecast down to around 500m, although it feels too mild for that to eventuate this morning. So far we've been pretty lucky this winter, lowest overnight minimum for both June and July is 1.7C. Average temps, both max and min have been around 1.5 above long term. We've had good rainfall, so the water storages are full, which is a relief with El Nino still lurking!

Richard, when a Chanaedorea infructescence carries overwhelmingly unpollinated duds, then it is not uncommon that the few normally sized fruits are actually bubbles with no seed inside. As for the reasons for their normal size I am largely still in the dark.

In my mind they're both more temperate rainforest ferns...here's a few growing together in NE Tasmania:

They did what now?!!? It's hard to fathom how anyone could make a decision like that...humanity really is the worst sometimes.

Me too please if you have a good crop Richard? I had some seedlings many, many years ago but over potted, over watered, and just generally abused them in my ignorance. Would love to try again, such a cool little palm.

@el-blanco that last shot of the ghostly bridge looming above the building is a cracker!

I went to “waytogopalms” mark and he had sold them all.

Here’s a few unpollinated chamaedorea plumosa, there was 4 seeds that did get pollinated but alas the rats got them!

That Chrysophylla would certainly look grand in the area I’m currently working on if you want to ship it to Hawaii. But then again I am working on a Floribunda order so maybe I should look for it locally but what a great palm.

A leaf cage maybe over the growing point if you can keep it dry??

This female Chamaedorea oblongata which is only sort of an understory palm these days. I was a bit worried as to how it would handle increased sunlight as it grew and the palms around it grew. It has managed well.

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Female Encephalartos horridus is skipping a flush and going for another cone after finishing last season with a cone. My Lepidozamia peroffskyana male did the same thing earlier this spring/summer. In that it's cones came earlier in the season, I am still hopeful for a flush on the Lepidozamia.

You can paint the pot half white, half black. And according ro season you turn the one or the other side towards sun.

Just a bold idea, they could be also ... Chamaerops! It is easy to tell whether a seed is coming from Syagrus or Buria. It bears always at least three pores.

Had to laugh at your using a machine suggestion, I’m on solid lava and every plant on my property is planted in soil that I’ve put there so nothing‘s more than 4 inches deep anywhere with a few exceptions. I can’t even use a shovel. All of my transplants get attacked with a mattock because all the roots spread horizontally and shallow.

Back in SF for a visit. Picture/video of The Presidio Parajubeas 7/22/26 IMG_0011.mov IMG_0012.mov

thanks hu, I think its a great deal for a good size plant. I wish I could keep it but I have a lot of trees still waiting to go in the ground. Hoping another palm enthusiast will enjoy it as much as me.