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Update on this tall skinny Jack without copious blooms:

It is strange that this specimen never lost its leaves:

Correction I promised! I hope I got it right. I am just a day trader:

I am hopeful that this is a Geiger/Cordia sebestena:

Areca vestiaria , Calyptrocaylx pachystachys, Camadorea geonomiformis $1 each, mix and match, $9 US ONLY shipping, $20 dollar of seed minimum includes mandatory USDA inspection out of Honolulu

Steve, That's why I come to this forum; for out-of-the-box thinking like that. I'll be renting some climbing spikes on the way home, so stay tuned.. 😑 Bret

I had heard from a source and later verified through iNaturalist that Sabal uresana and rosei appear to hybridize in Sinaloa. South of where they overlap rosei is solely a green species, but blue ‘hybrids’ can be found in habitat overlap . Not definitive but definitely strong evidence.

Yes thank you

It looks like a Merojejya. I hope to get some seeds from this palm. My friend Richard🌴💪

Are the B. edulis still available?

That is crazy. one of mine flowered for the first time only after having about 6-7 feet for clear trunk. My other one I got at the exact same time and exact same size was planted in full shade and grew a lot slower. and is now in full sun but about half the size and hasn't tried to flower year at all.

sometimes it helps to climb up there and sniff the flowers. If they smell like Cheetos and Pepsi then that might be the problem. Please let us know what you discover.

Growing faster as it develops. This was the first to throw a leaf.

Any idea what this Dioon is? Any enthusiasts opinion would be greatly appreciated.

Latania loddigesii at Four Arts:

Encephalartos Trispinosis 2-Leaf flush. Super cool how it starts yellowish / pink, then turns purple and finally blue when it gets its farina or sunscreen. -dale

Update 3 butia Eriospatha and 1 cham hum cerifa left also ran shipping rate for hooperiana could ship this one for 50

Ceiba

Australian plants, by and large, do very well in Southern California. The problem we have is getting new plant material here, especially some of those wonderful hybrids. In my garden, I find Australian natives tend to be tougher, perform better, and need less water than most aloes and cycads, so I've been slowly transforming. There are a couple of excellent nurseries that specialize and have a good selection of natives, but nowhere near the choices I see from nurseries in Australia-wish they would be easier to get over here

I have that Vietnam dwarf. I'm getting the Thai dwarf in less than 2 weeks now. Now I'll have both varieties.

I’ve got one of these here planted by the previous owner doing well. They are really a plant for sandy country, so up in Perth on deep sand they are absolutely easy. The weird thing about my one here is they planted it in thick gluggy clay and in winter it sometimes is very wet with standing water and it does fine. I would never have thought it would tolerate those sort of conditions but there you go. So if it tolerates that it should take wet subtropical nsw quite well. I’ve kind of done the reverse to you Richard. I like Banksias and on the sand country only half a km away from me they grow fine but in my swamp with peat etc most stand no chance of success except for a couple of exceptions. However the eastern states have a wonderful Banksia that loves my wetter soil. I’ve planted Banksia robur the swamp Banksia which grows from Botany Bay to Cooktown on the east coast and they’re doing great.

I would let it do its thing for the time being. You might do more harm than good if you mess around with such a tiny seedling, Chances are it will straighten itself out and reach toward light

Beautiful flowers. Congratulations, friend.

Esas flores me recuerdan a una ceiba , tal vez chorisia insignis ?

yeah rain is the biggest factor here for growth rate. Dry soil means the palm cannot feed normally. Nutrient uptake requires moisture, osmotic effects come to a standstill in dry soil. SO when your soil dries out after watering, feeding drops off. I measure growth by spear height changes, I dont mark spears. RIght now its been dry here so the spears are not moving much. My teddy's have been the easiest to see the difference over the past 2 years, they have added about 6' of height before the water restrictions hit. Everything in my yard has come to a crawl with very little rain and once a week watering. If you have clay soil, you're lucky to have it these days. I will put down another ton of turface MVP after this drought is over. It seems to make plants and palms more drought resistant.