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Yes, it was a perfect picture, I didn’t even need to crop it. Not too much rain here in San Diego, but very warm to hot weather all winter long. I believe I had only two morning lows of 44 degrees this whole winter with many days above 80 and even 90 degrees. Pretty unbelievable, even for San Diego’s inland urban areas.

I always thought white crownshafts were an adaptation for dealing with direct sun. Don't quote me on that...

Hi there. Just checked in after quite a while and pulled up your thread first. Jesus, you garden took a real blow but since I "know" your 'palmtalk cv' because of this remarkable documentation I have no doubt that you will keep going with your great work. All the best from Okinawa - Lars

Beccariophoenix alfredii for sure.

I'm guessing it's useful medicine for for certain gastrointestinal disorders! Nice looking plant.

I have however tried the fruit of this bromeliad. We've eaten two pineapples so far from this guy, delicious...two more on the go at the moment.

One of ...several possible.. locally common species within the Genus Megachile swarming at one of their branch homes up in the Ficus out back. Very important pollinators of several plants ranging from various native wildflowers and trees like Mesquite and Ironwood ( Olneya ), to important crops like Alfalfa and Citrus.. No doubt, now that they are out, bigger Leafcutters will emerge shortly, if they aren't out already. Pontia protodice, Checkered White. For whatever reason, these have been quite abundant this year. NOID unusual surprise Raptor appearance.. After going through the list of all our locally common raptor species, ..inc. the rarer " tropical " sps that sometimes wander north of Mexico, and i can't pin this one down.. * Not an Osprey or a younger Bald Eagle ..The two " most likely " candidates that have a white neck / head ..and/or tail. Definitely not a White Pelican either.. * Too big / wings not set at the right angle to be a Kite ( White - Tailed would be the " commonest " sp. seen here. No forked tail so ..Not a vagrant Swallow Tailed Kite wandering thru AZ ) * Wings and size aren't right for Caracara either.. Counting the days until i see my first AZ specimen though.. Flew just above the houses from a nearby Eucalyptus where visiting Hawks and Owls like to hang out when in the neighborhood but was circling much higher up by the time i grabbed the phone to get what ..so so shots i could grab before drifting off.. 40 years of seeing ..pretty much.. every Raptor sp. native to CA. AZ, and FL, ..and KS / Ohio... Never seen any with this color pattern. ..Whatever this is, it is very unique..

That's a nice sized S. stenopetala for Texas, how root hardy are they?

Easter Egg weekend colors... Salvia farinacea ..standard flower color.. ..Surprise, white - flowering specimen that popped up this year.. Interesting because all the S.f. planted here originally were blue flowered.. April = the start of Chocolate Flower ( Berlanderia lyrata ) Season.. Scent of fresh backed Chocolate Chip Cookies wafting through the air on a mild morning = Pretty sweet.. Blackfoot Daisy and Berlanderia.. More after dark Oenothera pallida goodness.. White might be bright, but, ..sometimes they're pink.. ..and / or kind of speckly too.. Superb Shorty.. Interesting that the bigger, reliable potted specimen decided to produce most of this cycles' flowers in bunches at the branch ends instead of along them as has been usual. Great, regardless.. Bigger sized and denser flower clusters = more intense scent. ...Time For a trim... Steel 'rhaads = still in training. Correcting a slight, wind caused lean to the overall canopy atm. Bursera fageroides.. ** Note that there are both male / female bitz n' pieces in there.. Bursera silviae finally getting the hint that it is spring.. Echinocereus englemanii ..Possibly ssp. fasciculatus " Black Spined form " Really hard to capture the actual color correctly.. Local ssp. of Complex Diadasia australis < Cactus Chimney Bee > enjoying a pollen bath inside..

How does someone tell the difference between Butia capitata and Butia odorata ? I mean identifying morphological features not just saying all Butias that were Butia capitatas are correctly identified as B. odorata

My youngest and smallest Encephalartos arenarius is the first one to flush this year.

I trunk cut some Bottle and Spindle palms, but they have a LOT of existing mass (stored energy) and had been completely defoliated. The results are still TBD, but questionable. I'm not sure I would cut anything off that's green. On my spear pull Elaeis I just filled it up with H2O2 and hope it survives. On small ones like Alfredii [same size as yours) they are both defoliated AND spear pull. I am probably just going to trash them, as the chances of survival are very low...or at least I think so.

@oswaldo welcome fo PalmTalk! A photo would help. It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between underwatering, overwatering, and fertilizer burn. Best guess from me: Overwatering can end up with pale, droopy fronds. Underwatering (or super hot temps with low water) usually is brown tips on leaflets. If it's all over it might just be heat. Pure lack of water usually has brown tips on the oldest fronds first. Fertilizer burn *might* have streaks or splotches or random dead spots on leaves.

Dry it, chunk it, and use it for smoking ..One of the primary " smoking " woods used in Hawaii.. Waste it for making smores = 👎 when used with Pork, Fish, and /or Poultry.. Quick internet search will turn up a lot of results. Like this: https://www.bbq-brethren.com/threads/guava-wood.99043/ For those w/ them in their gardens, Strawberry Guava is good too..

I needed to do an extraction due to my Guava tree being planted adjacent to the house. It was trying to put roots under the house. I have some large branch pieces that didn't fit in my now full green recycling waste bins. I don't have a fireplace but am still curious since I have friends who do have fireplaces and firepits.

Hola. Alguien de Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador?

My experience is that they really take off once in the ground and you can keep them consistently watered and fed much easier (as mentioned above). Mine also really need to get large before they flower and a pot of that size might be limiting.

Mine are blooming too, but almost no leaves after a quick January freeze and no rain since December. Not sure but maybe the same species as yours. Plenty of seeds coming!

I like where your heart is. But moving large palms is very difficult. The survival rate is not good. But to answer your question. Major machinery to dig around them and to get as much of the roots as possible. I wish you success!

@CentralFloridaGal the typical "rule of thumb" for fertilizer is 1.5lb of 8-2-12 ratio per 100sqft of palm canopy area. For a normal Sabal that's about 10ft crown diameter = 5*5*3.1415 = 78sqft. So roughly 1.5lb * 78 / 100 = 1.2lb of 8-2-12 fertilizer 4x per year. For the 4.5lb container you'd use approximately 1/4 of it each time you fertilize. I personally wouldn't bother adding any additional soil. Adding soil too high on the trunk can be counterproductive, and actually cause lower trunk rot. Too low can "girdle" a palm and cause it to not grow roots, or make the base weak in storms. A PT Director in CA wrote the below article on proper planting depth. I'd recommend reading it and taking a look at how deep your palm is planted. In the photos it's hard to guess if it's too high, too low, or just right. Anywhere "reasonably close" is fine. But if the soil level is a little bit too high or low it might be worth grading it an inch or so either way: http://www.marriedtoplants.com/palms/palm-tree-growing-tips-mounding/

@ParrotheadVol I'd love to see a full picture of your windmill(s) if I may request.

When I open the link on my mobile, the angle is totally misaligned. In that case just turn around until you can see a nice beccariophoenix 😅 don’t know why this happens. It works perfectly fine on the desktop browser.

https://www.sfwmd.gov/weather-radar/sfwmd-forecast Side note but if you live in southern Florida and you're not using the SFWMD page as your primary rain forecast, you should be. It's remarkably accurate, I check it every day when they update it around 9:30 am. TWC can't tell you with more than 50% accuracy if it's going to be raining an hour from now in Florida. I'm not sure if the other Water Management Districts in Florida put out a similar forecast or not. I couldn't find anything the one time I searched for them.