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Dwarf Coconut palms seem like a very good idea for those who can grow them reliably . I learned a bit about the regular Coconut when I visited Kauai in 1998 , a few years after Hurricane Iniki wiped out Poipu and surrounding areas . Some of the resorts had not rebuilt yet and had chain link fences around them so the fruit of the unmaintained palms would not kill someone ( I asked about vandalism and was told the fence was just to keep folks out of the coconut groves). I didn’t realize how dangerous they could be . Most of the residential areas had mounds of Coconuts with a “free” sign on the corner of some streets . They need to be maintained in populated areas. That could be a problem on the very tall ones , unless you were skilled at climbing them . Harry Edit: I will say fresh coconut is very good! I learned how to open them easily in Morea , with a stick.

Looking for Coontie Palm seedlings. I'm located in Northwest Florida. Thank you!

Sabal are rare palms here so there's nothing much to compare with. It's seed grown by myself and I germinated lot of various Sabals in past years, from all around the world. It's relatively fast palm here being in ground for last 4 years, probably 6-7 years from seed. Almost 3m length petiole + leave on older leaves. Any ideas what species it belongs to?

They look like the alien mr Burns in the Simpsons!

I tried the Malay dwarf in a subtropical climate and no luck. Both burnt to a crisp in the cold weather.

I think from memory this one was called popcorn!

A couple of philodendrons in the garden and a nice anthurium!

No dumb questions John, advice is free mistakes are costly. To reduce the hot soil temperature and the roots touching the container sides burn, try white containers or put the container inside another container that’s slightly bigger. This can help to reduce the burning roots.

Chuck those rare cold tolerant palms at you and the world is my oyster! 🤣😂🤣😂

Make me an offer I can’t refuse 🤣

Different light gives different results, a nice chamaedorea klotzshciana certainly looks good in a bit of different lighting.

Two lovely ramsayi with a stack of seeds, I think they are about 35 years old.

I get viable seeds from my one, even volunteers. And this from just one single palm, both male and female flowers are on the same plant. So they will set viable seeds on their own.

Thanks for sharing! Coco bonsai is one of the best bonsai plants here in Indonesia, I've seen a lots variety of it. I'm also planning to grow this later for my collections😁

Our favorite non - native Parrot clan member rummaging among what is left of the native Sunflowers One of ..dozens.... of Ichneumonid family wasp sp. Possibly within the Genus Anomalon Funereal Duskywing, Erynnis funeralis.

Had -0.9C on Thursday morning, just two hours below 0. Bananas just have slightest bronzing along leaf midrib on some leaves. A.Alexandrae left completely unprotected for first time looks slightly mottled on some leaves. It really does not like sub-zeros at all, despite getting knocked every winter it now is about 20cm at base of trunk (planted as a tiny grade in 2020)

Do you happen to know the name of this cultivar, Tracy? The cutting I got in April from Hawaii has finally begun to leaf out. (Sorry for the out-of-focus photo; new phone whose focus feature eludes me.) The seller posted this photo: No cultivar name was mentioned. I’ve heard the white and yellow plumerias have the strongest fragrance. Hoping for a whiff of that intoxicating smell from mine anyway.

My two Sabal miamiensis have been flowering and producing seeds for a few years now. They had no adverse reaction to this year's cold.

This is one I’ve posted before, but it’s the first year the existing foliage survived the winter, and the most robust flush (8) to date. It’s a C. revoluta hybrid with bifurcated leaflets that I got from North Texas Cold Hardy a few years ago. (Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten the identity of the other parent.) It’s finally starting to look like something!

That's a good question. It certainly has persisted longer than I would have expected. That said, at least I've seen some form of precipitation each of the last 3 days. There's room for more, though.

Ross, I’ve never been able to get seeds to sprout from this palm and have never seen any volunteers. Seems the seeds are sterile. Virtually every other palm in my garden that fruits also produces seedlings here and there.

They are very pretty trees. Recently saw some at a local nursery in Arizona. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

A nice bit of colour on the archontophoenix new leaf

@Jim in Los Altos Do these set viable seed for you? This is one of the species I most want to try in Houston, but haven't had any luck with RPS seed.

Side by side, one of my Encephalartos ituriensis which is not hardening it's flush while the Encephalartos whitelockii x sclavoi is still pushing it's soft flush. The wall is 6' high from the base.