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Hey Meg. Would love to have seeds or seedlings if ever available.

I think you're probably correct. Hillebrandii, based on leaf shape, green back of leaves & being the most common cultivated species. Could possibly be one of the less common ones like forbesiana, but hard to know for sure until it's bigger & flowers.

I agree with Sabal yapa

Unwrapped her/him April 1.

Thank you for the response! will be getting this in the ground this weekend. Thank you for the advise. BTW nice looking palm how old is yours?

Mex. Fans, CA. Fans, CIDP and the far and few between Brahea = about as common in San Jose as they are down south and among the 1st palms i also noticed growing up.. That said, it was the ..much rarer ..up there, at the time at least, King Palms that really caught my eye. Somewhere, i have sketches i'd done while in middle school of imagined neighborhoods full of King and other skinnier, feather -type palms.. ..With maybe a few Fan-ys scattered in the backgrounds. On trips to / thru S. Cal / San Diego, Kentia drew my eyes to them like a moth to a flame, every time ..rather than the well known " CA. " palms. After many years of seeing lots of other options that are out there since that time, it is still Kings and specific palms seen with that kind of profile that get a bigger 's up compared to others. Rest? they get a general " that's interesting " nod, ..but aren't anything i'd plant in my own yard. Only thing time has done is confirmed my experiences with Canaries when younger.. Decent option for parks / large estates ..Not a chance in ..anywhere.. i'd ever plant one ..or 99% of the other Phoenix sps.. in my own yard, ever. lol. ...That said, fruits made excellent artillery as a kid.. Queens? Never all that impressed with them. ..even the nicest looking in my own neighborhood back in San Jose got a 🤷🏽‍♂️ when seen. Foxtails? ..I'll take a Royal instead. Better yet? ..A Foxy Lady ...or 5, ha ha.

Your palm is not a Pritchardia. I’ll leave it to others to determine if it’s a Sabal or not. Tim

Leaves once damaged never improve. Just wait for the summer heat.

Growing in full sunlight, Santa Barbara CA. I'm guessing Pritchardia based on the leaf shape. Fronds are about 3' wide, the whole tree is under 5' tall. It's on a hillside, so it's difficult to photograph. Could it possibly be P. hillebrandii?

Juvenile at Ann Norton:

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Ack! May your winter be kinder to you than to us here in FL. The damage is well on its way and will continue for months. I lost my favorite palm: Areca catechu Dwarf planted in my yard for years. Im heartbroken but palm life goes on. A 7-10 stretch of nights in the mid- upper-30s did it in and almost killed my Tahina (unless it did but neither Tahina nor I know it yet). A lot of people in FL will see damage and death over the coming weeks & months but don't know it yet. We have been working for weeks to rehab shabby gardens barely maintained over the past 2-3 years before the heat/swelter of summer backs us off. Your seedlings look great.

hello, I have attached 2 pics - one of my yucca when it was first planted, nice round head, good proportions. then one of it now...big trunk, small head and leaves. It is next to 2 small olive trees, it is not in the shade. I was told not to water it so I don't, unless its very hot in summer. How do I get the leaves nice and long again?

Congratulations! I got my spring order from Floribunda about 10 days ago. My container garden was decimated by Ian and last winter's nights in the upper 30s. For future orders I am sticking to Floribunda and sellers I know on PT. TIP: If a palm seller peddles stuff with outdated scientific names or cutesy meaningless monikers consider red flags raised high. 'Nuff said.

To be picky 😊, L.H. Bailey initially described the palm as Erythea clara, Gentes Herb. 6:197, 1943; basionym Erythea roezlii sensu L.H. Bailey (not Beccari), Gentes Herb. 4:114, 1937. Subsequently, after Erythea had been relegated to a synonym of Brahea, in 1993 Espejo & López-Ferrari proposed the new combination Brahea clara (L.H. Bailey) Espejo & López-Ferrari. To date, I am not aware of any changes in the synonym status of Brahea armata.

Random corner in Friendswood...pretty old

Are these photos the f2 nat × woodii or the f2 trans × woodii?

Took some pics of the LARGER F2s. What’s crazy is i planted some out immediately and some remained in pots until last year. I think i have 1 left in a pot which essentially is just being stunted/bonsai’d. The growth on these things are completely insane! Some of the newer leafs are 5-6’ long

FL not alone.

@Husain @kylecawazafla I'm not convinced, the pics I'm seeing of Sabal yapa online have some in full sunlight. I have two of these palms, one in fairly deep shade, maybe 1/2 hour dappled sunlight a day, and one that gets 2-4 hours of sun a day. The one in the shade is flourishing, but the one that gets some sun is dying, it's had one leaf only for over a year now. It's not a matter of water or nutrients. Edit: I just read this in a description: "To ensure a happy, healthy Sabal yapa, ensure it receives full sun, along with regular water. " This cannot be the same tree, not with those sun requirements. I was told by a friend that its native to Hawaii, but she could not remember the name. She says it's not a palmetto, it never develops a trunk. Here's an attempt at some whole tree photos, it's in a pretty overgrown area:

I Agree with @SeanK Water them every single day! 5 gallons or More a day.

We’ve had some brutal winters here recently in Northeast Louisiana as well, and all my mature Butias planted from 5 gallon sizes just seem to breeze through them. After this past winter (brutal ice storm with three days continuous below freezing) I walk around my yard and am amazed they took it with only superficial damage. No protection. The only large transplant 6’ clear trunk Butia I installed kicked the bucket a couple winters ago after 17 years of subpar growth. The ones I planted as 5 gallons had nearly all exceeded it in height. And furthermore that large transplant has four large 4-8 foot offspring that are thriving and taking its place now, having survived these brutal winters as volunteer seedlings. I believe planting palms at small sizes produces much hardier palms. And with the heat we have in Louisiana and Texas, it takes surprisingly little time to grow them to large sizes if you keep weeds and grass from under them

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