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Jim, is that a Tiki bar in the background of one of the photos? That would complete almost any garden. Tim

I thought they were quite fast to germinate, it took about 2 months for them to pop. I was surprised actually at how fast they germinated!

Awesome Richard. I got some from Colin as well. Mine haven’t germinated yet. How long did yours take to wake up? I just noticed the date 02/02/26. Mine went down on 24/02/26 but I haven’t used a heat mat. I’ve had them in the heater room where the temp fluctuates between 22C and 28,30C. I hope they eventually come up with my gentle gentle fluctuating temp approach.

Gorgeous palms and flowers @edbrown_III + @gyuseppe !

@BobFL Sad news on the Adonidia merrillii, but we all expect to lose a few of these every so often. A potential palm replacement would be Allagoptera arenaria (Seashore Palm). You'll get a pinnate palm that doesn't dominate the house, clumps, is more cold-tolerant and salt-tolerant, and produces an infructescence that looks like a pineapple. Others may suggest something different, but that would be my top pick for your location. We may have a few at the fall meeting in Orlando and probably a few at the holiday meeting in Vero/Earring Point.

I run into the same thing. Only a few years ago, I could handle working outside all day in this. Nowadays, not so much. My washer and dryer stay busy keeping me stocked without clothes to do yard work. The photos of the yard look impressive. You'd almost think we weren't in a drought. The gardens should peak in about 3-4 months - just in time for the CFPACS Fall Meeting.

The windmill palm is around 15 yo, rather tall, It's been moved a year ago and last winter we had frost in UK. Some roots broken/damaged during the excavation from previous owners. Tree was OK and green for a few months. No fruits this year. New spears are sturdy but yellowy with no development. Looks like the palm stopped from growing and slowly dying. Most fronds bent half way, yellowy and dried towards the end. Watering on a regular basis since I got it last summer and using Palm focus as fertilizer since the issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Just picked up 2"+ at the garden in Katy 🤩. That'll keep things wet for another 10-12 days at least, plus looks like there is more to come. I did end up going to Katy Thurs evening to water the sensitive rainforest stuff. The ground was still moist so probably wasn't quite necessary yet (and of course it rained 0.3" the next day). So the tally for hand watering this year starts at 1. Hopefully not more than a handful in total!

I most certainly did save them with a gentle relocation program. I got my eye on a few more spots that need renovation, and I get to use the machine to dig up more rocks for those projects 😁 Richard

Absolutely no idea why, I have a friend and she cuts a leaf of a palm and leaves the petiole on, she must think that it will grow new leaves like a tree branch. I continually tell her that it’s incorrect but she keeps on doing it, the same with my neighbour cutting half of the good leaves off any palm he sees. Even in my job in the fruit industry I see new workers coming in too prune the trees and they leave 3 inch stubs cutting incorrectly when they should be close to flush cuts at a set angle, I tell them wait until a few years time and you have this mass of hard wood with stubs all over it that’s impossible to prune of, not only is it incorrect but also dangerous for the pickers poking eyes and catching your hands causing bleeding. Some people have no concept of how to work with plants when they think they know how. I gave up in the end wasting my time telling them, and I certainly didn’t like getting their row of trees next pruning season making my job harder while they pruned the trees I did last season wrecking all my good work! Richard

That’s beautiful but what kind of palm is that?

They seem to grow faster the more water you give them, but get pretty top heavy with the huge leaves. I would recommend giving it some support for a while once it starts getting tall, and especially once it starts branching, mine got blown over a couple of times.

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Don’t mean to hijack Jim’s thread but: Thanks for the recommendation @PlantMorePalms , I just bought one and will replace our Sphaeropteris medullaris with it. The fern started off like gangbusters but has really declined in its mostly sun location. The T. grandifolia will provide needed canopy for our Geonoma undata, Ravenea hildebrandtii, Lepidorrhachis and a couple of vireyas.

It’s beautiful, my friend. Make sure you have a good growing medium: humus, pine bark, peat moss, and perlite, plus fertilizer. Mix all of that with leaf mold. That way, you’ll have great-looking palms.

106F + 63deg Dew Point, yields a current real feel of 115F at 10:58AM under hazy skies, as we wait to see if " today is the day " for the first decent storms of the season here in the valley.. Morning Sat. Check: Some isolated storms passing just to the south late last night, after a pretty good duster around 9PM. Today's Spinny, mesocale -level thingy, spinnin' squarely over coastal San Diego County = the left overs of another big night for storms across N. Sonora / borderlands of AZ. Sprinkle or two under all that cloudiness stretched out across the rest of CA atm.. Upper level flow over AZ = Better east to west flow across the state than yesterday ..which should help get storms into the valley, rather than steering them more toward the southwest.. Some bulidups starting to fire over the White Mtns / across S. NM already as well.. Whether or not they result in a nice soaking in one's back yard or not, dead center under the " slight " risk category today, = today's storm prospects look decent.. ..W/ Wind and duster day #2 likely being the biggest hazard. Don't count out the rain though.. More than enough moisture in the air for some dumpers, ..if your house, neighborhood, ...or section of the valley lucks out. -Fingers -Crossed.

Floribunda Palms & Exotics Summer 2026 Price List Update Suchin Marcus with Joey altifrons We are excited to refresh our price list for the peak growing season with some new species and updates that we hope you'll enjoy. Thank you for supporting our mission of improving biodiversity in ex situ plantings and preserving these beautiful and rare plants; we have some exciting garden updates. Adonidia dransfieldii A rare cousin of the famous Adonidia merrillii, this species from Borneo is starting to make its way into cultivation, bouncing back from the first discovery of 14 plants in 1998. We are thrilled to be a part of that conservation effort, and now you can be too! Hyophorbe vaughanii Another critically endangered showstopper cousin of famous landscaping palms (the 'bottle' and 'spindle' palms), this palm has been a labor of love to bring to cultivation. While conservation efforts in Mauritius are underway, the number of plants in the wild is shockingly low. Looking for this species for sale online has gone from an impossible task to a reality! Chelyocarpus ulei This gorgeous palm has started to produce prolific amounts of fruit and grows well, so we are currently able to supply it in commercial quantities. It makes a great statement in the garden and has the beauty of a pinwheel leaf palm, without the thorns. Geonoma atrovirens Almost every palm enthusiast has the same reaction when they see this species in the garden: "What is that, and how do I get it?!". As a flagship palm at Floribunda, we are happy to say that it is back on the list, add this holy grail palm to your nursery / garden today! Garden update We are deeply humbled and forever grateful to Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew and Aarhus University for their effort and collaboration in describing two new species of Chrysalidocarpus from the garden. You may recognize these species as they have been for sale for some time, but "sp. 'bef'" and "sp. 'Dark Mealy Bug'" are now officially described as Chrysalidocarpus comptus and Chrysalidocarpus marcusorum, joining the list of legendary palms that have been named with the help of garden material at Floribunda. Read the paper co-authored by Paola De Lima Ferreira, John Dransfield, Wolf L. Eiserhardt, and William J. Baker below to learn everything there is to know about these mysterious species: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.758.3.1 All these and many more, including two new Zamia species, one of which is the rare Zamia inermis. https://floribunda.xyz/pricelist Joey altifrons, Metroxylon amicorum, Euterpe sp. Orange Crownshaft, super mottled Lanonia, gallon size Vonitra and Kerriodoxa, the rare Vietnamese Licuala dakrongensis, and much more! Want to be the first to know when a new price list is live? Sign up for our mailing list! Jeff marcus with Chrysalidocarpus marcusorum Euterpe sp. "Orange Crownshaft" Metroxylon amicarum

sent to me from Pearland:Archontophoenix, possibly tuckerii, grown from seed. Survivor of 17°F and 20-21°F the last 2 winters(with protection)

Mejiae get big! Not uncommon to see these 15-20+ leaf flushes. It’s a cool species. -dale

In 2022, our home builder planted a triple Adonidia merrillii on the corner of our new house in Indian River County, Florida (zone 10A). The 2025-2026 winter cold was too much for it and it's not coming back. Next to the palm is a plant with large red leaves (Acalypha wilkesiana aka Copperleaf) and some smaller varigated shurbs. These are doing well. We cut back the Acalypha every year and it springs back up to 5 feet high. In the photo, you can barely see the tops of the Acalypha. What do you recommend as a replacement palm for the Adonidia that's more cold tolerant? It's 6 or 8 feet from the corner of the house, so it can't be anything too big, but needs to be higher than the Acalypha. Thank you!

I have a real date palm, producing and maturing real dates. A good portion of almost mature dates is aborted just before full maturity. Although those fruits are soft, they are not tasty at all and their seeds never germinate.

Giuseppe, I knew what you were meaning. . And it is true and pretty moving.

Konstantinos, it's normal for some fruit to fall before it ripens, but does it depend on why they are sterile?

Konstantinos, maybe the translator misunderstood, I meant to raise puppies, not breed, to sell them