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I wasn't sure since I've def veered away. The seedlings are still there, they're just surrounded by non palms.

It does, but I've grown to prefer community pots with a baggie over them after seeing @teddytn videos. Less roots to untangle. Nothing grows sideways. These are stragglers from seeds i got last year, just some Minors.

What a great looking palm!

This looks great Jim! Unfortunately I think wodyetia performed better for me in Fresno. This hybrid really dislikes the extended 60/40 temps we get from Nov through February. Tons of spotting and leaf die back - even absent any frost. I rehomed mine to someone in LA at a 15g size. Sometimes I wish I would have planted it anyway instead of rehoming it.

Looks great @Brandon39.5 we did swaps on plants a year or so back and the double you gave me doesn't look as good as yours. Mine is smaller and not quite so lush green in colour. Its outside on the terrace for half the year and indoors the rest. I dont use any additional heat when its inside

Raining on and off today everything is soaked good The bucket says about an inch last 24 hrs and its still raining good enough to get good and wet in under a minute, should have put the gore tex shell on. I emptied it again to see what accumulates today and tomorrow.

It’s the beginning of soil making on lava in the background of this Metroxylon is a pile of trash tree. It will take 2 to 3 years with the pigs help to get turned into soil so I’m just gonna keep throwing debris behind this bloke. We are building the soil up for a nearby rainbow eucalyptus, but the palm will benefit as well..

It’s looking like Cycas cairnsiana to me

A bit farther along now

Pinanga sp.’Thai mottled dwarf’, or at least sold as such.

This is why I dig my own, most landscapers know nothing about palms and even some dont know much about gardening. I didn't want to be hostile as I have not met your landscaper. Knowing what I know now I would be upset as this was easily prevented. I hate to see folks come on palmtalk when palms are already very sick. Troubleshooting without digging and observing is difficult and sometimes a recovery window is gone. And most of us know or have already been advised how to test and prep a hole in construction dirt or any dirt. I have parts of my yard, under the back fence where the builders brought in some dense whitish clay to support the fence. The hardest pic axe dig per inch I have ever done. Fortunately it was only 18"-2' thickness up by the fence. Anything planted near it is stunted, its water repellent dirt, its like a container, probably purposefully so to keep the fence footing in place with our rain. Construction dirt can be completely inhospitable to plants. I am an old palmnut, I would dig and dig till I found some drainage as drainage is essential to some degree for all plants. It might take me a few weeks but I would reclaim that land. The deep rooted palms, like alfredii, that are drought tolerant especially need it. I am sorry for your loss.

Although I've sent out several hundred of these, I have more to offer if anyone is interested. A very prolific tree.

This is one that I have been able to keep under control. Harry It has enjoyed giving us a garden view over our main bathtub in our master bedroom without the need for a curtain. I planted this over 20 years ago . I bought it from Jungle Music as a Caryota “ something” ( I forget , but rare ) single trunk . I called Phil when it started suckering and he said it got mixed up and is indeed C. Mitis .🙁Last year I cut 3-4 huge , flowering trunks out and thinned the base. There are plenty of younger stems that will be tall enough when the next , older trunks flower. It seems perpetually regenerating . This is one of my smallest clumps , others are used for privacy and are much bigger!

It’s that time again as the Chamaedorea Radicalis are full of fruit and starting to ripen. Harry A load of fruit leaning on the Lanceolata This batch is hiding behind the fence! I see you!

Most problematic trim Ive ever done with half dead leaves hanging on and no not the lower ones necessarily. I also cut off many succors or it would have had 20 trunks. Looked great green, but the cold made it a big ugly headache and I knew that 7' from the house was too close. more like 20'. I only had so many spots in my yard and this thing sucked up the space of 3 palms. I replaced it with a archontophoenix purpurea which grows very slowly and a satakentia which now has 8 1/2 feet of trunk. Too many palms I like and not enough room for them all in the outdoor garden. Shady or even half day shade spots are especially scarce in my yard.

Here is a link with discussion of my bailey and others https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/80956-copernicia-baileyana-through-the-years2011-to-2023/ And here it is this morning still filling out the crown after hurricane milton in oct 2024. This year has been a 30(?) drought so recovery to a full crown has been a little slow. The weather appears to be changing now as we are getting some rain, so I can expect perhaps 4-5 more leaves by fall. Its not fast as a grower but baileys are very nice looking palms that throw some decent shade, IMO.

Some nurseries in California carry them. Probably not seedlings and may only be wholesale. Palm Island Nurseries. Listed some 5 gal. size. May be worth a look/inquiry??? 😉

People flying into England will be caught off guard by just how dry it is here right now. Latest images… London only had 63 wildfires yesterday. Videos should play if you click the blue ‘play’ button in middle of post… 45 days since it last rained here now…

Still deep in it.

Latania opening a new frond

Apical. Once the root tip is damaged or snapped off, you're done.🤷‍♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Shouldn't the people who planted it for you have known the site wouldn't drain properly? With the lack of drainage you have seen, I dare say most palms would not have succeeded... With the proper soil amendments and drainage, I still think Becarriophoenix alfredi is your best choice. I'm really sorry you went through this bad experience. You certainly deserved better... I still think the people you had install this palm should have known better than to just stick it in the ground and leave you like that.

Just one question: does the radicle grow deeper from apical point or from the cotyledonary petiole?

A nice young chamaedorea graminifolia juvenile, and one heck of a palm collection!

The good old Ferox cone is getting more mature deeper into winter!