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You absolutely right. I just did not hav3 enough time to act in the proper way. Plastic bags will surely cost me too may of otherwise pollinated flowers. I will be lucky if I get a handful of pollinated fruits.

One of my Brahea dulcis

I just spent the last few days driving around Southern California and photographed the Newport Beach Hyatt Regency palms, the South Coast Plaza Mall palms, and the LA Arboretum up in Arcadia, CA! Click here for the complete album with labels Clinostigma savoryanum - Newport Beach Veitchia arecina - Newport Beach Coconut in Long Beach, CA Coconut in Santa Ana, CA Chrysalidocarpus lutescens - they are common, but I love them Flawless Roystonea regia Coccothrinax crinita - LA Arboretum Thrinax radiata LA Arboretum allegedly has some of the tallest Washingtonia robusta in the world Ravenea xerophila Livistona lanuginosa Calamus caryotoides

After many years in the ground from a strap leaf seedling, my Copernicia rigida is finally starting to impress. Still no trunk, but at least the fronds look good. Closely related to both Copernicia cowellii and macroglossa, all 3 do very well growing up in the Arizona desert. As a side note, be very careful while near all 3 of these as they are lined with saw teeth on the edges of every frond. Yes, they will grab you and cut you. Ask me how I know...🤦 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Bismarkia

Fishtail new frond

Please, my friend: don't sell them. They are absolutely beautiful. I ordered my sprouted seeds from RPS Germany; I hope they manage to reach Chile. They are sending them via Bolivia. They are stunning; don't sell them.

I think that’s the same problem with my Sabal (blurry photo but the new leaves are smaller than the older ones)

That will last for a while . It is amazing , to me , how fast they fill in again. My favorite time is about half way to trim time. We have our very tall W. Robusta trimmed about once a year. Some like the skirted look , I do not. I have very specific instructions for the trimming , about like you have done there. Harry

Congrats , Jim! That’s a nice palm . It is interesting to me that as fast as the Syagrus Romanzoffiana grows , that other species in this genera are nice and slow . For me , that is a bonus. 👍 Harry

I’m really liking the various species of Chrysalidiocarpus and Dypsis . Some grow very well in Southern California collections in tight areas with filtered light from other palms . I have never heard of this one . Harry

Thanks for the feedback! I think I will give it a small stake for stability and let it lean as is.

If it is not close to a pathway where it would be a problem , I think it would be kind of cool with a curve. I’ve seen this done , as Jim says , to give interest and effect . Most times the palm will start growing straight up from the lean , creating a curve near the base. Harry

Lovely tour , thank you for sharing! Harry

I’d leave it just add it is. It will have a nice gentle curve in its trunk similar to how many coconut palms grow. I’ve purposely planted some palms this way to get that effect.

It recently finally got described as Chrysalidocarpus comptus. Good news for a palm that has been known without a formal name for so long.

It’s been a long wait for a first inflorescence since planting a tiny strap leaf Syagrus matafome in the ground twenty years ago. Today, this recently popped open one surprised me. Will be interesting if it produces any fruit.

Would love to find one for my California garden but, alas, they are exceptionally rare.

A palm with an interesting past, particularly name wise. Haven’t heard mention of it in quite awhile. Handsome and well grown Malagasy specimen. Definitely worth the post. Tim

Yes, butias in habitat are normally host of a lot of epiphitic plants like bromeliads, orchids, ferns....

Maybe .010" in the next 7 days? Lucky me.

Well I think they can survive in it for sure, there’s a few in Bakersfield California, full sun and fully grown!

The one I saw was at a local community college many years ago. If memory serves , it was not flowering. I think it has since been removed. I asked a friend of the grower what it was and he told me . Harry

Very warm and very dry start to summer. Multiple days over 100F, and long stretches between rain. I fertilized a month or so ago, and been watering a couple times a week. Getting some beautiful green growth. All discoloration was from transplant shock last year, and will probably trim it all off next spring. So far, just been clipping the burnt-ends. It’s putting out its 4th frond of the summer, and all the new ones at over 7ft long. Easily my favorite plant in the yard, and very exotic looking for the area. NC Zone 8a.

Nice looking palm, looks very happy! Is that a 2 trunk multi?