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Found this poor little fella I found on the understory floor, still alive throwing out aerial roots, completely out of the ground. Most likely a scrub turkey victim being scratched out in some turkey festival looking for grubs the dam thing. Curse the turkey I say digging up me palms. But alas the Cham has survived for gosh knows how long being a victim of some turkey festival!

Here we go again with a couple of rps varieties, see how they go. The main intrest in this lot is the loxococcus rupicola. One beautiful palm that’s a fantastic one for the ornamental garden!

Hi Jim There used to be a large specimen growing in the central courtyard of the glasshouses in Kings Park. Even though it was exposed it grew well because it was surrounded by glass houses. It was lost when they redid the glasshouses. Like most more tropical palms you need to find the right microclimate to grow them in Perth. When they were readily available in the 90’s I had several 2 to 3 m specimens but lost them to our cold wet winters. I have seedlings now that I’m hoping will acclimatise better rather than my original ones that were brought in from the tropics. I suggest that you grow in a pot for several years then find a warm well drained location and give it a go. Need a similar location to Bottle and Spindle palms which can grow well here.

There are plenty of cold tolerant species out there , obtainable yes but it will take research time and money. This is why we need such palm nuts on that job. And it will take dedication to such a project dont give up, it will take many years of self determination. But good on you, work with the garden curator and show your serious about the project and talk about conservation with him, but also listen to him and work with what he wants build up that relationship and it will happen.

I do my best! Unfortunately this particular Botanical Garden lies in a frost pocket and therefore it is suitable only for selected, cold hardy palms. And most unfortunately there is no other Botanical Garden in strict sense in Attica, only parks. Parks are not safe for palms for various reasons. Most crucial one is, that care takers do not keep an inventory of existing spp and are not interested at all in the well being or even survival of unique exemplaries, instead they are concerned only about the general outlook and the functionality of existing plants. Hopefully the planned new park in Hellenikon (southern suburbs) will keep a more botanical character, as I have still more tropical palms to dispose of (Rhopalostylis sapida and baueri, Chambeyronia, Howea, Archontophoenix).

Nice. Last picture I took of mine was 2023. Bad me. LOL Will get a new one as soon as the rains stop, maybe 3 days from now as we getting "another" Kona Low. This was a 1 gal in 2020.

Nothing like a bit of garden bling to liven things up!

Keep up the good work, the world needs more palms!

Potassium deficiency magnesium your on the money, give your palm a good dose of chicken poo, mulch and feed it with a palm specific NPK fertiliser. And give it some extra water.

Hello everyone thank you all for your advice, what I end up doing was removing some of the granular fertilize on top of the soil, and we had few days of rain and looks like its getting better, tomorrow I will try to take some pictures and post them here, thank you all once again!

Prestoea acuminata var montana inflorescence would catch anyone's eye. In two weeks it will be pink, then red. The bees are having a party.

Indeed why not grow some orchids. This little stunner caught my eye.

Looking pretty good for a chamaedorea seed harvest this season. Might have to put a few adscendens and metallica seeds up for grabs on palmtalk, stay tuned!

We did talk about eating them gophers remember! Richard

This year will be more of a work-in-progress year. A lot of stuff has been removed, a lot of stuff will be added. This year might be the year of the Brahea and Livistona plantings. The success of Brahea edulis here has been a motivator to bring more species from this gorgeous genus in for a try. The bed was condensed to a circular scallop bed to make room for a path in this area. Due to the success of Brahea edulis thus far, the former desert bed is getting an expansion with copious trials of Brahea aculeata, Brahea brandegeei, and a few Brahea 'Icy Blue'. All but one of the plantings was grown from RPS seeds picked up last year at this time. About half of the bed is still empty, but there are more Brahea armata, Brahea dulcis, and Brahea 'Icy Blue' waiting for their turn. There might even be a Nannorrhops ritchiana here at a later date. Start of desod - notice how un-Florida-like the soil is here A few views of the first plantings in this area. More to come.

The Wooly Wine Wonder palm?

I've been noticing these yellow stripes appearing on the more recent fronds put out by my Butia. Nutrient deficiency? Possibly even a little variegation? I'm curious to know, so that way if its nutrient I can try to correct it. If its variegation, then that's pretty darn cool! (I am aware of a mild magnesium deficiency affecting the oldest fronds, but the new growth up to this point has looked quite healthy.)

Thornless, more resilient Canary? Nice cross. Please keep the pics coming Alberto 👍

Things were looking bleak for these Foxtails at Lake Miriam Square. These were newly planted only months before the freeze and were totally brown only a few weeks ago. They're coming back now. Here at the homestead, a Veitchia X Carpentaria that was marked as dead on my spreadsheet may make me a liar. It has a long way to go, but it was totally brown and dead only a few weeks ago. Tropical hardwoods like Delonix regia and Bursera simaruba are coming back.

Just remind my dumb ass not to sprout them in December again. Aside from them getting massive, spider mites love them.

My front yard queen has similarly shown positive progress. I can see the next frond pushing out from the old petiole, a bit scrunched up and ugly but greenish. Seems that they recovered very quickly, no need to spend money on new palms (but not needing does not mean I don’t want to haha). Simple peroxide works wonders sometimes.

Bridgeport (KBDR) station reported a freeze this morning, Thursday, April 9th. Supposedly this station is at the airport directly on the water.

Various spots throughout the yard were between 2.5in-3.5in of rain for the month at this point. Since it has been overcast with rain, it made a good time to get some stuff in the ground. The burn ban was suspended today, pending reinstatement after this brief reprieve ends.