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I wonder if, like a most high altitude palms, they like consistently cool nights, which might be more critical at the seedling stage? Mine a are a year or so old and no problems so far...and now I'm wishing that I'd never said that...touch wood, touch wood!

Bit of an unusual trait for a flower to have fasciation. Somewhat of a different flower trait, not uncommon, but a bit rare. Definitely makes for an interesting bit of a conversation piece.

Chambeyronia, Areca vestria and kerriodoxa elegans getting my attention!

A great little understory fern, a true Australian classic fern. Will grow on a rock log and even in a hanging basket. I have seen them in habitat, wet sclerophyll subtropical forests in gullies and creek beds. Somewhat easy to grow. The plant in the picture was my grandmother’s fern and is well loved in my garden!

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There are 4 pups and 2 more about to come up from last year! 👀

Cycas revoluta x multifrondis is the hybrid and produces copious amounts of pollen. If someone has a mature female specimen of same cross, it would be cool, that we test pollen's fertility and potential f2 hybrids.

An old favourite that’s been around for a while. A real classic chamaedorea, perfect for container production, a true landscaping palm that’s very predictable in growth. A great indoor plant, patio or a bright shaded spot in the garden. And best of all super easy to grow!

Well I got plenty sand and a pinch of dolomite it shall be from the doctors orders. Thanks Tim.

That I can provide, I shall move it to a sunny place. Thanks. I just some seeds from rps and got 4 to germinate out of ten seeds. And that was after a six week delay in customs. So rps come good on this batch.

A few more years and it’s going to be looking pretty good!

Looking at habitat is always a good start. They occur on dune sand or limestone. I’d say a good starting point would be a very well drained mix with pH above neutral. Maybe add some dolomite lime? Full sun also seems to be the way to go for these based on what I’ve seen, but I’ve never tried growing one myself.

Update: all this stuff is bigger now and I've added a couple more alocasias, another calathea, a couple couple more alocasias, the caladiums are blooming, I got a refund because they shipped the wrong bulbs (Heart of Jesus) and so I reordered the ones I wanted (Spicy Lizard), everything is bigger, monsteras (plural, cuttings) are exploding, it's just been too damn hot in there to do anything. I need to pot up and separate a bunch of stuff, but even at 1am the heat index in there is still over 100. The gas company is coming out because they're claiming that little space heater used 150 gallons of propane and there's no way.

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More heat and sun for better growth (Considering this palm is very slow growing) For watering not dry and not too wet I would love to have one and try my chance but can't get any (sargentii or ekmanii)

Yeah, I think we made the mistake of thinking that they absolutely couldn't be out until it was super warm and sunny. Thanks for the suggestions! Any good way to check the drainage that I should try?

That Longi is a chunky monkey! Stunning indeed!

Ravenea Rivularis are water lovers but , crucial to ant potted plants is good drainage . You can water them as soon as the top 1-2” starts to dry out but if the water doesn’t drain well and the soil gets mushy at the bottom of the pot it can cause problems or , eventually , kill the plant. Also , any direct , hot sun on a non hardened off palm can cause burning. Welcome to the forum and good luck with them . I know they are very common palms and if you lived in a more favorable climate , I would recommend planting them in the ground . They like being out doors rather than indoors . I have two potted ones and they are in mostly shade under other palms . I also have one in the ground and it got huge. Harry

Could be my sandy soil, they just never look good brown leaf edges and always wanting attention, I gave up on them. Perhaps my bore water they don’t like?

Forgot to update after I unwrapped back in March. So better late than never. It had some frond damage but not too bad. Starting to hit it's stride,new fronds coming in.

The flush on my Chunky Monkey Encephalartos longifolius has stretched out and is beginning to harden. It looked stunning in the low summer setting sunlight.

I have one sargentii in a container and I just can’t get it to grow. What is it Iam doing wrong. To much water not enough light do they like to be on the dry side. Leaf condition is fine, what’s the trick please!

This Dioon caught my eye . Actually it happens every year about this time! Harry Bought this in a 10” pot many years ago.

My one with the trunk is at least 27 years in the ground and about 6 feet tall, so I guess after 30 years 7 to 8 feet perhaps.