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Ok that’s a bit Arenga looking. It appears a bit more linear looking, also the tomentum look, time will tell. Arenga take fair amount of time to germinate. Richard

Ha I’m sorry, II misunderstood, that is the Murray Island.

I hope you get yours in the ground sooner than later, as it will appreciate it. Here are updated photos of my big boy and the medium size specimen. I hope that maybe next year someone will have a female flower nearby when my male is ready to donate some pollen. The base of the male with a size Large Rainbow sandle for comparison in the last photo.

Some new additions hit the ground this weekend. Rhapis excelsa 'Super Dwarf' and Rhapis excelsa 'Koban'. The tropicals are Bouvardia ternifolia (left) and Hamelia patens var. patens 'Lowrey Fuzzy Leaf' (right) which both survived our winter freeze just fine with mulch. Chuniophoenix nana. The roots were pretty stunted on these and it looked like they had been in the seedling tubes for a long time. This was the best looking one. Group of seven C. nana. Rhapis laosensis, planted a few weeks ago. I was surprised how fragile and brittle the roots were on this plant and was worried the offset that was just starting to develop would abort, but it has pushed up through the soil fine. I believe this clone is female and would love to track down a confirmed male if anyone has one. Licuala spinosa. Definitely a zone push in Houston and I was trying to balance how much sun they get versus how much canopy. Group of L. spinosa planted among an unknown Hamelia patens cultivar (maybe Lowrey). Mystery Rhapis seedlings at the back and Lobelia laxiflora at the end. Arenga spp. in next raised bed. Mystery Rhapis. Supposedly R. multifida. Not a new plant, but one of my Arenga spp. produced its first offset. Note, the two larger ones were seedlings I didn't bother to separate. This was the first year I didn't cover these (only mulch) and they lost pretty much all of their leaves and one didn't make it.

I’ll be attempting to zone push this majesty… South facing / semi-protected. Winter low in this spot was 27f so I think it has a good chance with a little protection.

This may be a better view of the sprout in question . Either way , I will know soon enough!😄Harry It has grown a bit since this cropped photo , but still no leaf, hmmm. Sure looks different . If it’s a weed , jokes on me.

Yes , the seedling is a Chamaedorea ….but next to it , if you look closely is a sprout coming up with no open leaf yet . It is much darker in color. Harry

A Cycas multifrondis is flushing well overhead.i had to walk up the steps of the deck to get photos of the leaflets at eye level. The unfurling flush blends in with the fine leafed Chrysalidocarpus rufescens adjacent to it.

Yes, that specimen is a female.

The good old seeds , guaranteed genetic diversity, many phenotypes and you may luck up with a variegated winner if you’re lucky. Seeds certainly have a place in the home garden, I just throw handfuls of Radicalis seeds around and they pop up in places you couldnt even dig a hole to plant in, in between rocks. My sandy soil is always moving and with leaf litter the seeds get covered easily. Your little seedling doesn’t look like an Arenga, chamaedorea looking. Richard

Thank you so much I really appreciate the advise. I'll re-pot it in the next few days - with the pebbles in the bottom 🙂. Acclimatise it then go for it and plant it. It really is my hope to plant it as I know no palm wants to be in a pot. I watched a few videos of some large Butias that were planted getting their fronds tied up, covered in chicken wire, lights for warmth and then a bag over that. I'm not able to climb ladders and it's just me. That's why I changed to keeping it in a pot. But if there's any chance I could plant it and it'd survive I'd love to do it. Is early spring a good time to plant it? We can go all winter with no snow then get a huge dump of snow in April 😬

Is the plant in following pictures female? Not sure, whether those are unpollinated fruits or flower buds.

She’s a cracker Jason. Tim

Last year I planted Japanese Aucuba in April. They say full sun. In May I cut down trees overhead. They burned. This year they look better b/c the new foliate grew under full sun.

This was one of the photos you post earlier, I was just hoping you knew which species! :D It does look a lot like one of my Bambusa Textilis "Ladyfinger" clumps, just a bit wider spreading at the top.

2023 - 2026, extremely fast. Never affected by freezes but appears to have a phytoplasma disease from which it seems to be healing. There's 2 new spears coming up fast.

Sunday Morning check in: U.S. detections / cases = 12 as of today..

I checked @Bigfish's photo on PalmPedia for reference (reposted below for convenience) : https://palmpedia.net/wiki/Sabal_miamiensis

@MrTropical Looks like you're enjoying your new digs already.

I’ve lived in Northern Virginia for almost 40 years. This last winter was the worst, long duration a.m. p.m. cold I’ve experienced. I truly thought my 12-year in-ground Trachy was going to die. Don’t have the stats but it was at least 2-weeks of continuous sub freezing F. temps. Along with about 8” of snow and ice that lasted that whole time as well. Maybe the only saving grace was sunny days after the precip. fell? I removed about 6 of the most damaged lower fronds mid spring. Haven’t fertilized yet but it is pumping out nice new firm fronds, maybe 6 or 7 as of today. I’ll clean it up again this fall, after it’s had a chance to fully recover and replace the canopy. Even though it’s messy, it still looks great! It’s about 13’ of trunk so winter protection consisted of 200 Christmas lights in two loose balls laid up at the crown covered loosely in a layer of burlap…very unprofessional but it’s too tall now. I also wrapped a 3’ tall band of black landscaping cloth around the base of the trunk. This catches a fair amount of the sun’s radiated heat several hours each winter day. Of course, it flowered like crazy in early spring. I’ll cut those remnants off as well this fall. Anyway, I’ll send out status reports soon. I was shocked at how poorly my sunny Needle did.

I guess there is not much else I can do. Thank you.

I have two Zamia sp Jamaican Giant gifted from CB Lisa. I was lucky to get a male and a female.

Greetings, I am new to this list. I have a question about helping a Sabal minor recover from winter damage. I am located in southeastern Wisconsin where just makes it into a zone 6a. I have a Sabal minor that has been growing on the south side of my house for about 20 years. I protect it each winter with an insulated box filled with dry leaves. It still sustains damage by spring but ends up growing 2-3 large fronds by the end of the summer. For a number of years now, it has been producing a flower stalk each spring and has been producing berries. Last year was a productive year where it produced a few hundred berries, although the growing season here isn't quite long enough to allow the berries to ripen before the really cold weather sets in. This past winter was particularly bad for my hardy exotics between the cold spells, strong winds and overall lack of insulating snow. The Sabal minor was hit harder than usual. To make things worse, a rodent managed to find its way into the insulated box and decided to chew on the emerging spear. The palm survived and is pushing up a new frond after doing what it could with the chewed spear. I also see a flower stalk emerging again this year. My question is: should I remove the flower stalk to allow the palm to focus on producing new fronds or just let the flower stalk continue to grow? A few years ago, it produced several smaller flower stalks--so if I remove one, it may just try to grow another. I'm not sure whether the presence or absence of the flower stalk will make much difference in the palm's recovery. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

This particular queen in Galveston is sooooo green 🤩.

That's awesome! I'm growing a few palms myself, although I've never tried turning one into a bonsai. I'd love to see how your salak palm develops.