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A couple more pics. Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana Chuniophoenix nana

Oooh the renda, to some the holy grail of palms. To me I see a dead palm in winter I don’t even entertain the idea of growing such beauty.

Linospadix minor in flower.

A nice trio of palms worth growing, a fine selection of collecters palms! Dypsis sp Calyptrocalyx yummutumune Chuniophoenix nana

Here’s a few more around the place @Than

Winter sun shining through on my young front palm garden.

The good old baronii, one palm that’s stood the test of time. Very tough and easy to grow, and tolerant of a lot of sun and heat. If I had a choice of baronii or golden cane the baronii is the winner for me, a lot neater looking and not a million leaves to pick up , a few but not a trailer load for that Sunday annual run to the waste centre. A great landscaping palm thats very predictable in growth, somewhat overlooked that should be planted more often.

A nice Kentiopsis oliviformis.

One little chamaedorea that you just can’t beat (not even an Ernest augustii comes close @Harry’s Palms) this beautiful palm with its deep metallic green leaves, that’s as tough as nails. This batch are all around 27 years old, so a lot to be said for my climate. I have worked out how to hand pollinate them with success in viable seeds. A neat little palm suitable for containers, perfect for the understory or wherever the shade is, they seem to prefer deep shade and will be lighter green in bright light areas. One top palm well worth growing!

Decent size transitioning split leaf causiarum for free to anyone in Willamette Valley - Oregon. I’m in Eugene, happy to send along with anyone up and down I-5 .. Salem, Portland.. etc

Yes the humidity is not a problem, they like warm soil. But they are slow regardless, they are called the queen of draceanas, and frost is definitely not there friend.

James, It might surprise you how close our average daytime highs are to yours. :)

This baby 'io (Hawaiian Hawk) was stuck here for a while today. It is probably it's first day out of the nest. The parents were flying around trying to encourage it. 'Io are endangered and only found on the Big Island, we have been lucky to have a pair nest around the property just about every year since we've been here.

It's very advantageous in terms of viability and known-good specimens as you indicated. Free seeds are also immune to inflation. 🙂 Do you have an approximate on the number of species that set viable seed in your area? Here it was up around 100 species until the cold snap this year. Looking over the list now, it's probably somewhere between 60-70 locally.

Do you have the high humidity it wants?

I have several Pindo Palms in my back yard. I live in Katy, Tx (clay soil) and I planted them about a year ago. They have all grown quite well. They started out as 3-gallon (about 3 feet tall) and now most are taller than the 8ft fence. I noticed that several have tiny brown spots on the fronds. I water these using drip lines. I increased watering from 2 days a week, to 3 days a week about a month ago due to the high heat. And because one of the palms has browning on the tips. I fertilize with Perfect Palm. I am not sure if these spots are normal, fungal, or because it’s been so hot. What do you guys think? This one really shot up in the last couple of months. This was originally smaller than the one to the left which was planted this year. You can see the little brown spots on the lower fronds.

Well, there are two over 70 ft specimen in Indian River County, zone 10a, one of which has been fruiting for years, and I know of one (much smaller, but still with over 10 feet of trunk at the moment) in Safety Harbor, FL, which is also 10a. So I wouldn't say that they are THAT delicate when it comes to temperatures. The one in Safety Harbor actually has survived the brief freeze of past winter with minimal damage, and has survived the freeze of 2010 (not sure if it was protected back then) when it was much smaller. https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/28765 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0ro-gHQs0 I am not saying they can be cultivated in Central Florida without some care and protection especially when young, but they don't seem a "South Florida only" palm. Actually, now that I think about it, that house in Safety Harbor has two, not one although one seems to be much younger than the other one.

End of summer update ! The palm is loving our tropical weather we have had a lot this summer. Dew points have been close to 70 or higher, & temps have been in the high 90s. The palm is still a slow poke but I can see it definitely speeds up with heat !! 1 leaf opened with a spear chugging along !

Hey Jim, I’m a bit hotter and I think my inland sun is more fierce than yours. It’s interesting I have 23 various Archontophoenix: all of the subspecies: Alexandrae, Cunninghamiana, Maxima, Myolensis, Tuckeri except my Purpurea are hybrids. Only my multiples struggle where especially in late summer their new leaves open with brown streaks along the leaves. None of my singles experience this no matter how hot it gets. I water copiously so it isn’t a watering issue. Perhaps elevation is a factor too as I am at 2100 feet.

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I have a 5 gallon bucket of seeds available for free. Fruit still attached. Send me your address and quantity and I will send them out. US only. Some of the parent pics attached

One advantage to locally sourced seeds is a far better germination rate than imported seeds for obvious reasons. If imported seed had a better germination rate then the cost would drop dramatically, unfortunately it’s a living cell that only has a certain amount of viability. In Australia a lot of the exotic varieties are not seeding in great numbers or it will take a lot more years before they will seed and even then no guarantee that we will have the right conditions, they may flower but not set seed. One lone female is not going to set seeds in a hurry with just one single plant in a garden. Seed supply is the critical factor and the availability of good quality seed is sourced locally, and you know it will grow well in your climate. You may get the seeds have great germination rates and have the first winter kill them all. That hurts even more with rare palms.

i checked and its wet but not soaking wet. it did just rain about half an inch 2 days ago

You know it when you see variegation. Vertical stripes is more what you see. What you’re seeing is the nutrient deficiency as the leaf has growth spurts.