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It’s about 20 feet to the top of the taller leaf tip

As a bonus it would also block the hot air escaping south from NSW!

Beautiful Dave! I have a few sprouts from the seeds you gave me

There a great understory palm and according to palmpedia very similar to dypsis scottiana. I lucked up with another 100 seeds I ordered by accident and iam glad I did now, I can see great potential for this palm in containers at the markets for sale! Richard

Cocothrinax barbadensis

I have germinated seed, just for fun. They need heat and humidity. As Scott mentioned the tree is slow growing. I donated the seedlings at a garden club meeting, as at the time I had a larger specimen in a pot. I did not have the ideal spot to plant the larger Jaboticaba so I kept it in containers for years. After 15 years or so it never flowered in the pot, even after reaching about 10 ft. (3m) in height, so I sold it. The newer varieties vary in fruit color and flavor, which I have seen for sale but have not sampled. Other varieties claim to 'flower and fruit sooner' or possibly in a pot. Once I met a Jaboticaba grower from Brazil at TPIE who mentioned working on dozens of varieties. I didn't get his name or business name but he seemed excited. Ryan

Time to plant some trees and cull some deer. How does the upcoming Super El Nino typically affect the UK?

I have only grown the red variety, but jaboticaba is one of my favorite tropical fruits. There is a sweet grape forward flavor, but I would add notes of candied citrus peel to its taste. I have grown these from seeds, but I believe the seeds must be fresh and kept moist.

Some other shots of another " Spy with Wings " ..this time the insect kind.. One that looks like a " stinger .." but is quite harmless ..at least to most other animals and is considered an important pollinator of several types of plants. Different story if you happen to bee ..Pun intended.. one of the target Solitary, ground -nesting Bee species this group of parasitic flies seeks out as larval hosts.. In most cases, the equilibrium between host and host seeker is pretty well balanced. There are situations however where the host seeker can heavily impact localized populations of certain host species. Regardless, a very intriguing insect with an interesting name... Heterostylum robustum, AKA, the Bomber Fly.. One of several species of " Bee Flies " tucked within the huge Bee Fly family Bombyliidae. Speaking of things that sting, An interesting article discussing " which stinger qualifies as the worlds' worst " https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260406-whats-the-most-painful-sting-in-the-world?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us And another, much deeper < and geeky- er > dive into the pain and lethality of insect stings.. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6669698/

Hi Eddie, I have a lot. Here is a list of some species and hybrids for the advertised size and price: E. lehmannii, E. longifolius, E. arenarius, E trispinosus, E. Msinganus, E. Ferox, E cerinus Nat X hor, Alt X leh, Longi X arenarius Longi X hor Longi X princeps are X hor hor X are Nat X tri Msing X tri Msing X arenarius trans X hor Several other pure and hybrid species at different sizes and prices. Message me for more info. Hope to talk to you soon, thanks.

Richard, thanks for the photos -- I notice there is moss in the pots, but it's not adding a green fur coat to the seedlings, like it does in my garden. Seems that while you have moss, it's not "overkill" like it is here. We are having a very wet, very humid season right now. In past years, I don't recall the moss being quite so overwhelming. It has literally replaced the grass in many parts of the garden -- kind of nice walking on spongey moss, like in fairyland. But... getting up on the highest rung of a ladder to struggle with cutting a 4-foot coil of invading furry-footed fern from a palm trunk is probably hilarious to watch, but not much fun being the one doing it.

Never tried to germinate the seeds. I already have the tree, and jaboticaba trees are so slow growing, there would be no point in it. 🤷‍♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Scott, have you or @Palmarum ever germinated seeds? I brought a few back from Brasil one trip but wasn't successful.

Ah, you are right. It seems like the old leaves are getting worse, to me it looks that the tree may die; that's why I thought of adding ammonium sulfate or perhaps some Mg.

These are no longer available. Thanks

They weren't extra cold sensitive, we had 2 planted out. I'm not sure how the one fared after this past freeze. One we lost to lack of water after an irrigation problem. They don't really have any drought tolerance, at least as juveniles.

Would also make a nice companion for Ernie!😊 Harry

OK , now I have to put a new tag on my Pyroformis! It’s so small most folks miss it anyway! Harry It looks much smaller in the ground near our other large , overshadowing palms. So very slow at this age.

I’ve got some Zamia seeds for sale Z. loddigesii, 10 for $10 or 50 for $40 Z. sp “Jamaican Giants”, 10 for $10 or 50 for $40 Zamia furfuracea, 100 for $10 Plus shipping DM me Dan

Fe supply does not correct old leaves, only prevents new ones from emerging yellowish-white. I would wait for a warmer weather or a prolonged warm one. Osmocote needs warmer temps for a faster release. Have you applied humic acids?

Awwww. Our Lizzie Norwegian Forest Cat mix is 12 now but doesn't look a day over 8. If she understood geography she'd take over the world. Tough girl. Dave, that hookeri is gorgeous. Do you plan to sell seeds from it?

Glad to hear it. A couple days ago I told another PTer that info and I was worried I might be misinforming him.

The Jubaea I have are 44 years old and about 18 feet to reach the flowers. It takes an extension ladder to reach the blooms and some contortion to move around the leaves to access. I have cut off some of the blooms to be used for pollination and they are heavy as hell First time I cut an entire bloom and holding on to it, it almost pulled me out of the tree it was so heavy. Everything in and on a Jubaea is heavy and dense, a freshly cut mature log must weigh many tons, several times as much as any other log.

Should I give ammonium sulfate for N deficiency? The slow release fertilizer will take some time and the Syagrus looks really bad. Fe EDDHA didn't make any difference so you were right it's probably not Fe. It's probably N, K or Mg or all three..