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Palms have been sold. Thanks to all for their interest.

I have sandy soil here in SoCal, so I always amend with compost & a thick layer of mulch. When I water my non desert palms, I set my timer for 45 mins, & let her rip (the drip line that is !). I have a tree soaker ring on my bismarckia, & then 2 other separate drip lines on the other palms that are elsehwhere on my property. If it's in the 90's (which we had a VERY hot spell a couple weeks back, I would do this every day). However now it's about 1-2 times a week. Here in SoCal, it NEVER rains. Last year, we went 9 months without rain !! I have a section of the garden that are understory palms, so trying to imitate rainforest conditions with faking humidity.

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That Butia is nice. It does have some tattered older fronds, but I really like that large crown. I wish it was possible to know which Butias would get that large when buying smaller potted plants.

I hand water everything but my hill . The gardens around the house are manageable but it still takes the better part of an hour to do it right. The hill gets irrigation a few times a week . Harry

Really like this one ! Probably hard to find stateside. Harry

It looks like Spring is very welcome in your garden. Amazing plants and palms . Thank you for sharing. Harry

Some Vandas I got to take care of recently while I was in Florida.

My experience is that the spines are totally harmless. More like short, soft bristles.

How stiff are those spines? I’ve held back for years planting anything with spines for maintenance reasons but if they are on the softer side I might try one after flplantguy figures out which one can take the hell of the summers here.

I see several lovely Vanda orchids on that wall.

Your yard looks amazing! Great work with the hardscaping too 👍

I will buy the lot if you can send them to Thailand, thank you.

Thanks! I've had them about 2 years. They've been through 2 winters each one bottoming out at 27°F unprotected with no damage. They started flowering last year but only got two fruits. Looks like this year will be more productive!

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Apologies. I was actually responding to the OP's post. 🤣 I should have quoted the post with my reply. However, those are some very nice looking Chamaedorea seifrizii. How long have you been growing them.

Honestly, extended foggy periods are rather unusual. I have seen them, but typically a few days and we're done. These occur mainly in the earlier part of Autumn, but can occur at other times less frequently. None of those events or worse have ever affected my xeriscape plantings. Hoping you and others have a great growing season. 👍

Friendswood/SE Pearland today The pre-2021 Bismarckia start appearing here The queens around here are more green than not. Fat Butia

Yea 2 years it should be decent. I would put 2 cups of osmocote plus outdoor or florikan around it and water well and see what gives. That way it would have all nutrients slow release for a few months

Hopefully, someone in Central Florida like @Merlyn will answer. To me, it looks bad. It should have 8 to 10 fronds given the climate there. Perhaps drying out initially is the problem or lack of watering.

I have finally been able to bring the three main species of Beccariophoenix together in my Oakland CA garden. B. Alfredii has been growing well from 1 gallon and has really picked up speed this past year (prob close to 4 ft or so of frond length. B. fenestralis has been slow but solid from a 1 gallon as well for the past 3 years (hard to see this palm as its protected and covered by other plants). B. madagascariensis has proven to be very hard for me to track down until this past week in San Clemente! I was able to get a masterfully grown 15 gallon and drove it back to Oakland in my car with palm fronds slapping my son in the face in the passenger seat! B. fenestralis with nice windows! 3 years in the ground. B. madagascariensis with Acanthophoenix rubra in the ground for 2 days lol. Looking good with the recent rains! B. alfredii with beautiful purple petioles and fast growth.

Thanks, from what I can gather they love water and the slightest sign of no water they die. Good luck finding them they are rare!!!!

Hello, Unfortunately this atrovirens has died away (it never looked as solid as I would have wanted but I only had access to two palms from the internet). I plan to get more Geonoma's into the garden as soon as I can get my dirty little hands on them! Good luck with yours and talk to you soon! Jadd

Mine came from the same FB batch as Kim's. It went into the ground in March 2019 from a 1 gallon pot. After seven years, it is now about 15 ft (4 m) tall overall with about 4 ft of bare trunk. The color of the trunk is a dull red-orange. Totally carefree. I had never noticed any spines on the crownshaft, but when I looked closely today, I do see very widely separated short spines about a half inch (1 cm) long. Much more conspicuous are the white hairs on the leaflets. I have not noticed these on any other palm species growing in the garden. Could this be a reliable diagnostic character in addition to the coloration? Mine has developed a swollen base.

...At the old house.. Sidewalk Shorty.. Remember, Desert is a dry, boring place with nothing interesting to see or grow.. ...So don't move here 🤣