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Who’s getting old now hey @Jonathan dragging that one out from the vault🤣

Wow, this thread was a blast from the past and quite interesting...looks like I learned a bunch of stuff that I've subsequently forgotten! I imagine that we probably know a bit more about the highland palms of NG now?

Thank you it is possible what you say it is the seeds where black, and the person who gave it to me was into all that sort of stuff, and also the property it would have come from was an hippie commune, so there would have been some intriguing plants on that property. But for now I will take your information and put that to good use. Thank you

Beautiful. I worked on 200 acre stonefruit farm for 5years, get in there and thin out the flowers, you will have much larger fruit.

Oh my they are some of the toughest looking palms around, look at that environment! Most likely Sabal one looks like a coconut! But that’s about the rest I have no idea but tough they are.

It’s crazy how palms crump-out even a couple of years later from stuff that seemed to get better. I agree, sometimes it’s better to cut losses and hit the reset button when practical. Their ability to “seem to recover”, only to relapse is annoying. Palms don’t always know when they are dead. It can take a while for them to figure it out.

The nectarine tree has been in bloom for 8 days now. Let's hope it bears fruit this time...

These three varieties of palms are a must have for any palm collection. All easy to grow and all have that exotic look so desired by gardeners and collectors. So if your climate is good enough these ones are a must have. I should know they are my best selling palms I have, proof enough they are popular! lanonia dasyantha kerriodoxa elegans Johannesteijsmannia altifrons

This part of the garden definitely caught my attention after I planted this anthurium, just the pop that spot needed!

I could only image your climate, it is possible to create that microclimate with water, but you need a lot of it and constantly relying on it. I noticed I wasn’t watering any near enough after a full year of good rainfall with record breaking rainfall. The garden just grew all 4 seasons. I have black sandy loam and drainage is my moisture downfall, absolutely fantastic for growing palms in. But when it’s dry it’s dry in the garden and the surrounding gum trees drink and store all the water they can get. But on the other hand when it’s wet it’s like tropical rainforest the transition is amazing. As you say water at the right time of season, especially in summer, it is critical to a palm gardens success. Also I learnt something new today that palms cannot feed when it’s dry, no matter how much you feed them, thanks for that info.

It hurts so much to watch a palm suffer in the dry, I have palms all planted on same day from the same seed batch, some are 5 meters tall or more the ones that are in that sweet spot on my land are doing great while some are still the same size they where when planted if not even smaller than there original size, and yes they are the ones that didn’t make it due to water. They where planted 27 years ago, so time is a great way to judge the affects of water, with have and have nots!

Water is one element we need for our survival!

I will be when this growing one of these calyptrocalyx pauciflorus, as soon as this one arrives in the post @Jonathan, a new addition to collection!

They get rather tall at least 5 meters on this one and still growing!

Chamaedorea microspadix and a slow growing cocothrinax eckmanii standing the test of time.

Thanks Richard. Maybe makes more sense how it’s been able to handle Melbourne’s heat for a long period. I think I might’ve only seen one other G schottiana up close before and having a look back at my photo it does look close-ish, certainly fronds, leaflets, growth structure and leaf bases. I suspect this one is more self cleaning because of a subtropical climate. Hope the owner of this G schottiana doesn’t mind me posting - it’s a beauty.

The old Jubaeas and some others date back to the late 1800s. It’s definitely a nice place to visit and now the diversity of the palm collection is increasing quickly.

A few more goodies going into the garden. This lot should get the garden looking like a tropical paradise! anthurium tilarance x vietchiidypsis pinnatafrons pink crown trachycarpus princeps socratea rostrata

Agree re the Geonoma, looks like Schottiana in the photo.

My understanding is originally it came from a former Palmtalk poster who moved up north years ago and left some of his collection with the gardens. As Kyle’s notes below, this could be G schottiana and that was actually my first instinct before checking the label. Either way I’m pretty pumped that there’s a Geonoma that has been kept happy in Melbourne for a long time. I’ll continue to give the hardier species a go, such a cool genus.

Funny you say that Kyle. I saw it from a distance and thought oh maybe that’s a solitary Laccospadix but then having a closer look G schottiana was actually my guess. When I got right up close the label said G undata but I can’t say I’ve seen enough of either to know. I know G undata in particular can be highly variable but it certainly has thinner leaflets than the G undata I’ve seen in New Zealand. Also looked a bit different to G schottiana I’ve seen up north but often that can be due to climate difference.

77F at 11:08PM with some lingering haze from this mornings easterly wind event, and some scattered high clouds roaming the area atm.. Extended, afternoon / evening Sat view = is it early June ..or the end of March.. Not that often you see ..a respectable deg. of storm activity firing over the Sierra Madre Occidental this time of year, let alone that activity lasting well beyond sunset, reaching lower elevation areas in Sonora, and sending an easy to see surge of mid / upper level moisture north into AZ.. What does that mean for any storm potential tomorrow, and / or on Monday? Essentially, ..we'll have to wait and see.. Most likely scenario would be high based convection that might drop a few sprinkles ..and a weak thunderstorm or two, esp. anywhere north of ~ roughly a line from Casa Grande to Kearney.. Better terrain - driven dynamics = better chances for slightly stronger / longer lasting storms up in the mountains and south / southeast of Tucson, esp. on Monday once a forecast low level moisture surge from Mexico and the Gulf of CA arrives. Same low level moisture surge will briefly raise dew point readings into the " slightly monsoon season -ish mid / upper 40s / low 50s for about 18 -24 hours before our typically dry spring air returns. Regardless, this isn't mid - June ..or July, so, ..don't expect July - type storm activity.. Still, ..interesting that the SPC has hoisted a " minimal " category storm risk for tomorrow ..Mainly geared toward any wind - related issues from outflow boundaries that might reach the valley / other areas w/ some dust.. While still expected to hang in the 90s, temps will continue to shave off a deg or two tomorrow, and again on both Monday and Tuesday.. We'll see when the trough anticipated to drop us back into the 80s ..at least temporarily, arrives as we reach Wednesday next week..

I just got back from a brief road trip to Bahia de Los Angeles to see the northernmost red mangroves on an island in the Gulf of California! It is a tiny coastal village in the middle of nowhere with no cell service and only satellite internet. Nevertheless, I stumbled upon some incredibly rare palms in a random garden! Anyone know any information about this garden? I tried knocking on the doors nearby but nobody was home, but there was a house pipe with wet ground beneath it so it looks like someone is tending to these palms. Click here if you want to see ALL the photos from the road trip First is the trip's purpose: the colony of red mangroves with the second pic being the particular northernmost mangrove in the colony. I'm guessing palms are Medemia argun, Bismarckia nobilis, Copernicia baileyana, Hyphaene coriacea, Cocos nucifera (only one in the village), Sabal riverside, Brahea armata (native), and Chamaerops humilis var. cerifera.

It looks like it is one of the silver variety , maybe the other is green. These can go either way. That is about the age mine started going silver. Now it is full silver and I like the look . Your other one could still turn silver like this one . Harry ‘Butia Oderata , silver

Is the Geonoma undata possibly Geonoma schottiana? great photos! For a second I thought the Livistona fulva was a Corypha with the Araucaria emerging from behind it like an inflorescence 😂