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Yes, this coconut looks great. Well grown when you see it in person. It must have a good microclinate in that area. It's closer to the sea. My coconut is a bit more inland. It looks also like a green tall variery. Mine is more yellow. Maybe more sensitive. I wish people would try more coconuts here.

Spring is only another 5weeks away, now is the danger time for any of the new plantings, so far so good with only one palm taking a bit of burn.

I haven’t been watering the garden, trying not too wet the foliage. In the morning would be the best time for waterings, but with plenty of rainfall the garden doesn’t need it.

VThe garden is holding up to the usual winter weather not a problem 2 degrees celcius this morning, and iam sure the low lying areas in the valley most certainly would have seen a very white ice blanket on the ground possibly even a minus degree reading somewhere.

Lol I have too much self-respect to plea, while I spend money. Besides babypalns do not send always, what you have ordered. I have personal experience of two cases, I do not claim they do it on purpose but it can and does happen from time to time. It is part of the game. One instance had been a Coccothrinax purported to be argentea and another a Chamaedorea purported to be plumosa. Latter bears too much wax on stem and petioles to be the real McCoy. Like I said not cheap neither impeccable, so that I would need sticking to them. THRINAX had sent me one a Gaussia maya, while I had ordered a Pseudophoenix sargentii! It is all part of the game, but at least they deliver to Greece.

Iam quite surprised at this glorious beauty of a palm taking quite cool temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius. The 4 young palms are doing great and the recently pacsoa purchased flowering one is not fased at all by the cool conditions. What they don’t like is hot dry conditions, the more humidity the better. I do know they are water loving palms and the more the better, I sit them in shallow trays of water pretty well much all year long. One gorgeous palm, will I ever plant one in garden not too sure they are that rare, and my climate does suffer drought conditions, i could irrigate but the day I forget to water would not be a good outcome!

Caryota mitis, catching the afternoon far red spectrum.

And a trifecta of chamaedoreas!

A nice trio of kerriodoxas!

A hot 105F at 9:21PM, after a Fry -day afternoon high in the upper 100-teens.. Plenty of neighborhood level 120F readings today as well.. If it holds thru midnight, ( ..which is likely ) today's low in downtown PHX will tie the all-time, hottest overnight low of 97F, orig. set in 2023. Tonight? ..we may break that record, if it doesn't drop below 98F. 110F at Sky Harbor right now. ..Tis what happens in the desert when 595 -598mb/dam high pressure decides to hang out nearby.. Unfortunately, " highs in the 112 - 117F range " is the story for tomorrow, though w/ the added chance of strong storms making it into the valley later as the upper level flow turns more out of the east and a disturbance injects more moisture into the mountains of eastern AZ. That may bring down temps to the ...106 -110F range under lingering clouds on Sunday ..if that occurs. If not / more sun and lingering, rain cooled air? 109- 114 is what we'll see. Temps may pull back for a few days to start next week as a surge of moisture works back into the area but, 4C high may attempt another overhead rebound as the final days of July / first 3 or 4 days of August arrive. Depending on the model, temps could rebound to the 100 teens again ..or... If a certain model's ..far more bullish... thoughts play out, we could make a solid run at seeing 120F. Adding to all of this, ..as if 110 -118F heat isn't disgusting enough, Dew Points have ..and will continue to stay... in the mid / upper 50s to lower 60s. Here's a look at what that extra moisture got ya today / when the air temp is already blast furnace - level.. Lame " it's a " DRY " heat " jaw flappin excuses you'll some local folks spout off about the heat here each summer? ...my A$* General area, Individual stations in the hood.. May only make the neighborhood level list, but, this could easily be the hottest, " real feel " reading i've ever noted here.. One of several 123 readings noted around the valley today.. Hottest Air temp i could find in AZ today: 2nd hottest reading across the area ..Just happens to be closer to home, too.. Stay off the trails, inside / in a pool, and hydrated..

Tried my male C woodsoniana on my female C oblongata for a couple of years with zero success. Then gave the C woodsoniana pollen a go on C costaricana and yielded 5 seeds. 3 wimpy seedlings resulted, of which only 1 has survived. Think it must be pushing the limit of compatibility. I also gave the pollen a go on C tepejilote and also had no luck.

I can only guess it’s parentage, I’m unsure. All I know is it is from Miami. That is soooo annoying that coconuts might have issues with self pollination. 😂 I’ll do anything to ensure it sets fruit tho like you said haha The yellow coconut is starting to show trunk which is exciting. I wonder if that trash can is big enough for it for life or if it needs more space. Eventually I’ll need a bigger place when I have kids and maybe I’ll bring it with me haha

Roystonia Oleracae are not as robust as Regia . They are a smaller palm with a more slender trunk. They can get big , mine is , but the fronds won’t cause near as much damage when they fall. A bit more cold sensitive than Regia. Harry

@Happypalm interesting doesn’t look like any of my regia!!

Yes , that was the assumption, the opening leaf confirmed! Harry

It just doesn’t look like any of my other royals most are enormous this one has short fronds that are spaced far apart!!

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It may only be one seed on this dypsis species, but a great sign for better things to come, it will set seeds!

There like a chamaedorea on steroids, nice palms! Richard

I think we went with Arenga to start off with?

The soil originally came from an area near dog kennels (a puppy farmer) I was suspect at the start of receiving the soil by the smell of it. So gosh knows what kinda sour soil I got and what pathogens were in it. Having already had trouble in that part of the garden led me to think sour soil. Time will tell, I don’t think it’s Phytophera but whatever it is it’s not good!

Oleracea!

This monkey’s going to heaven 🤣

Yes , it looks like Roystonia , they do well out there if they get enough water. Harry