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I just happened to be driving through Seguin today, and I spotted some nice old palmettos at a city park: Given their height, these are likely quite old. I imagine they have seen some pretty extreme cold, heat, and drought over the decades. I hope you all have a had a happy Father's Day!

2 days of 40C / 104F showing for Reading I am seeing nighttime minimums in the high 20’s C as well man…

I got mine from George Sparkman around 12 to 15 years ago. It wasn't the only one he had for sale, so yes, they are in some gardens. Shortly after I acquired mine, we visited Oahu. I rdcall seeing a large specimen in the Koko Crater Botanical garden. .

Someone is breeding them as I’ve seen seedlings for sale this year

Yesterday was the 15th consecutive day of +20c max temps in Sydney... in the winter month of June no less ! With records dating back to 1855, it's the longest such run in recorded weather history. I visited Warragamba Dam, south west of Sydney on Saturday; it was a glorious winters day, about 21c and even me, a Darwin resident in the deep north tropics, was comfortable wearing shorts.....

About 23 years ago Maurice Levin brought in some large E. Tuneri and I was tempted, but tapped out in the cycad budget at that point. I did see some images and a few were quite large; like 12-inch caudex width. Don't know where they were placed, but they're out there -- or were.

Hi, still on the lookout, although I may have found a source for seeds. Would you be able to ship?

The longest day of the year and gloriously gorgeous. Maybe share thoughts or pictures or both.

Solo envía en europa , lo acabo de mirar ,perdón

R P S tiene semillas germinadas

Oh man , that is terrible. We were in San Diego over Mothers Day and I saw a few naturalized specimens along the freeway that had been infested . Hard to look at. Harry

I’ve had this Syagrus Schizophylla sitting by my front door for a while now . It is pushing a new spear and roots out the drain holes of a very deep nursery pot . What does a “ palm dad “ want to do for Father’s Day? PLANT A PALM. Perfect weather and you know it’s gonna be a great day when you can dig a deep hole in good soil without hitting a rock. When I picked out the spot , I chose a place with full morning sun and afternoon shade . There were a couple of seedlings sprouting ( I have a habit of pushing seeds in the ground in random places about the yard.) I easily dug them up to place in pots , the soil was very easy to dig so I didn’t disturb them too much. One of the seedlings is a C. Radicalis , they are everywhere. The other looked like a Chamaedorea until I got the dirt away from the plant ….attached was a C. Decipiens seed! Yay. So I guess one of the many seeds I had planted , germinated , a very special surprise. The planting of the S. Schizophylla went well and I was done in about an hour . This after a lovely ride to Ventura on my bicycle. I hope the rest of you are having a great day. Harry My special surprise! Chrysalidiocarpus Decipiens It sprouted right next to this C. Radicalis on the right. A very deep pot means a very deep hole! The “birth certificate was buried in the container . Nice info to have I know….my Sketchers are no match for @DoomsDave red Converse!😂 The new spear is just recent , since I acquired the palm. I think it will be happy here , sharing space with a young Archontophoenix C. that is growing rapidly. Harry

Good chance of a new record not just for June but an all time record.

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The march of the weevil has entered San Clemente, and the devastation is imminent

Metroxylon amicarum gaining size while the feral hogs mine the adjacent landscape.

A young Bambusa vulgaris ‘Vittata’ starting to slowly upsize, it should exceed twice this diameter in a couple years.

The big lacey one is a scale magnet…

Agreed. I was trying to find one after the meeting you had and I got to see yours in person @Tracy . Asked at least 10 growers and all the usual suspects SoCal has to offer…..nobody had the species. Gave up on the quest but It’s a real cool plant. Unique leaflets -dale

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Me and Giuseppe had also come across this occurrence. Imho all is about lack or not adequate quantity of compatible pollen. Pollen fertilizes but also creates various hormonic reactions inside the fruit. Perhaps in rhe end you come up with a perfectly shape and sized fruit and seeds devoid of an embryo.

I have 7, 30' tall (12' of gray wood) mature coconut palms I installed 2 years ago and I just noticed sap dripping from most of them. We had someone install white christmas lights up the trunks and the guy used regular contractor nails to secure them without my knowledge! I would never ever put a nail in a tree!! Im so sick to my stomach right now. Any help is appreciated before I do any further damage. Do I: A- leave it be and let the tree heal? B- slowly pull all the nails and spray with pesticide or fungicide? C- wait for the winter where its ver dry here to pull them all and avoid risks of pests and fungus when its not moist? I wasn't home when it was done. I had to take a minute to calm down to type this request, I was shaking when I realized what happened!

Thanks, good advice!

It is already showing some nice color. Beautiful little palm . Harry