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Richard, what you have reported sounds extremely interesting! Do you mean that the existence of non own pollen on the female flowers causes a hormonal reaction, which prohibits the perfection of male flowers? That would be awesome and display in another instance, how 'wise and complicated is mother nature. I had a similar occurrence this year in my garden. An otherwise male Phoenix dactylifera has produced for the first time hermaphrodite flowers (about 0.4% of male dactylifera individuals produce hermaphrodite flowers), which caused abortion of all male flowers and other spathes containing male flowers.

They are monoecious, having both male and female flowers. So your one lonely palm will set seeds. To help with cross pollination a single tree in a stand, will tend be either male or female, choosing this characteristic to help with cross pollination. But both male and female flowers are present on the same tree. Like a lot of plants if there are no boys hanging around they have a way of setting seeds. I guess the good old hermaphrodite works in wonderful ways.

Konstantinos I have only 1 Livistona Australis, this one produces good sized seeds, when they fall to the ground, and there are many, only 1/2 germinate

How common is, that a lonely (functionally) female Livistona mariae sets fruits with fertile seeds?

Dypsis louvelli, Geonoma atrovirens.

Dypsis poiveana and a container grown kerriodoxa elegans with a few nice black petioles.

I was just thinking the same thing...is that Wal?

Arenga westhoutii.

Nice Macca tree. Pretty well much one of the only Australian trees to crack the world market and make it big in the commercial horticultural industry. A great Australian rainforest tree! The company I work for has a hundred acres of them planted.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Beautifull palm indeed I am waiting for mine to arrive

Bismarkia

A lot of palm for a good price, bargain of the week! Just treat it like any other palm in a container, if you’re worried about winter when it starts to get around 6 degrees celcius in the mornings, start to bring it indoors in the afternoon. A few days indoors in bright light area will be fine, then outside again for the day then back inside each night. Cocothrinax are pretty tough palms. Or just leave it out on a veranda all winter in a c protected spot. But in and out all winter will be the order of the day. Try not too water or fertilise your palm in the cooler months, warm feet like is in winter, it’s all about soil temperature. Iam currently doing this with a cacao tree so far so good!

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Thank you! That's a great idea! I will look into these. It's amazing how difficult it is to find palms online! I can't even find Roystonea oleracea 😩

The Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, vol 4, by Elliot & Jones (1986 - ISBN 0 85091 213 X) states Eucalyptus erythrocorys (large red buds and yellow flowers) while "Best results are gained in semi-arid or warm temperate zones, but success is possible in cool temperate and subtropical regions." Subtropical being hot summer-rainfall climates, such as southerm and central Florida. This book says several other eucalyptus from Western Australia that are also adaptable to subtropics: Conferruminata (yellow flowers) - "Best suited to temperate and subtropical zones...Deep or shallow soils including slightly alkaline or saline."" Grossa (yellow flowers) - "Has proved extremely adaptable but does best in semi-arid and warm temparate regions. It can succeed in subtropical and cool temperate zones if it receives plenty of sunshine...Well drained sands or loams." Mooreana (white to yellow flowers) - "Plants are suited to cultivation is dry tropical and subtropical regions...Soils with unimpeded drainage."" Perfoliata (white flowers) - "Most suited to tropical and subtropical regions... Wide range of stoney and skeletal soils." Ptychocarpa (pink, red, or white flowers) - "Has proved adaptable and grows very well in Brisbane suburbs and on the Gold Coast." (note: I've grown this from seed in 10A southern FL in sandy soil, where it's done well and produces pink flowers). Talyuberlup (greenish-yellow flowers, smooth bark) - "Trials in subtropical regions are warranted...Near neutral soils."" Torquata (pink, red, or white flowers, smooth bark on small branches) - "Ideally-suited tosemi-arid and warm temperate zones, but also grows in cool temperate and subtropical regions...Grows well in alkaline and acidic soils." This highly recommended book gives detailed information about hundreds of eucalyptus species for a wide variety of climates.

Current state of affairs and at peak flower opening on this bromeliad from the Andes high elevation. Puya alpestris ssp zoellneri.

That was my discussion with my wife on the walk today. Especially considering that my Leucadia home is on the southwest side of the lagoon about a half mile from it and my Carlsbad garden is about 3/4 of a mile north of the lagoon. Just a nursery to propogate weevils to attack my gardens.

Thank you. Every time the turneri cones, I wish I knew someone with a female. This specimen is a really nice form with it's plumose leaflets. I haven't seen many in cultivation in gardens around here. Another under utilized species.

They plant out in full sun. My burned a bit at first but the new leaves were fine. My sun is quite a bit stronger here in southwest Florida than your location too. Mine also has 6 foot plus of clear trunk under the crownshaft in 10 years.

I think mine has some watermelon traits. You can see some variegation in the crownshaft. Also, the petioles on mine are green, not the chocolate color one sees on some. There seems to be some variation in hookeri palms.

Mine has flowered 2 or 3 times now but no seeds yet. The spathe and inflorescence looked somewhat dwarfed. Will see what this year brings. Has a larger one now. Started flowering with 6 feet of clear trunk below the crownshaft last year. Planted out in full sun as a 3 gallon in May of 2016, so now 10 years in the ground. Has much more shade now since the gardens have grown. This picture is from September 2025. Good luck with yours.

Nice! Looks like it self cleans more than the regular queen palm. Beautiful palm!

Red spicata is great!! Almost fluorescent orange colors. This picture is from last year. Planted as a sprout in May 2016, so about 9 years in the picture. A bit bigger now.

I think you have the regular Pinanga philippinensis form. My little ones have a metallic sheen to the leaves and being so small in 4 inch pots, they have several suckers more than yours does. Mine is the compact form.