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Hot 107F out there at 12:36PM, but not quite as bad as it has been at the same time over the last .....several... days. Can thank more clouds hangin' around today for that. We'll see just how far we reach into the 110s thru the afternoon. Strom chances - wise? ..pretty low for the valley ..thru at least the afternoon /early evening. If it occurs as has been hinted at in the morning forecasts, possible that a large blowup of storms across the borderlands / northern Sonora sends a long tracking outflow / gravity wave north toward the area, which could generate some widely scattered, elevated showers / storms overnight. We'll see.. Bigger thing on the map this afternoon = Impressive stream of moisture peeling off Iselle into Central CA. leading to widely scattered light showers and possibly a few storms rolling into parts of the Bay Area later ( Note the lightning strikes offshore of Monterey atm. Areas of So. Cal. south of Santa Barbara? not out of the question a few showers keep trying to pop up somewhere down there this afternoon. Storm chances locally only increase from later tonight forward, as temps head down. Clouds around today should help create a perfect backdrop to this evenings Lunar Eclipse.

These *Brahea armata* palms are beautiful. Those who own them will be fortunate.

Those are quite a bit larger than how they looked in other shots.. Avoid Chipolte like the plague ( ..I hear their burrito bowls are to die for though, lol ) but will have to make a stop to look em' over when roaming around down there soon.

Definitely my current favorite cycad 😁 I just got a Microcycas caloma today

@Tracy do you think it might have a deficiency such as Mg or Mn? Why does my leaves look so yellow and stunted?

Washies have split leaf bases. You can see by the trunk scars that this palm does not. I agree that it's L. Mariae and is having a bad hair day.

Kim, I don't have data on the exact amount of rainfall, but my big plastic wheelbarrow was filled to the brim halfway thru the storm. I would guesstimate about 15 to 20 inches. The shade cloth was blown off one of my shade houses and one of my canopy shelters was blown apart. My power was off for three days (lucky compared to some in Puna).

Meg, Over the years have you noticed that this palm is any larger than the typical S. minor, and whether older leaves fold as they do on typical S. minor?

We are getting some hard rain now, lots of puddling int he yard, a good soaking that started off with a few intermittent mild showers an hour and half ago.

For me nothing was burned in February except crotons and a few satakentia leaves. We did not see lower than 32F but we had frost, that is what got the satakentias. 30(?) 10-15 foot Cocos planted in a field a half a mile south of me were 3/4ths burned brown, they are still recovering.

I will take it...sending a message

I want the Brahea Clara. How do I order to ship?I am interested in purchasing the 5 gallon Brahea Clara for shipp5 to Geprgia. I sent an email and tried to call but no answer.

I can offer a 2 gallon seedling, 1" base,13" planted height, roots just starting to pop out of the bottom of the pot. Plant shipped in pot for zero root disturbance. 16 pounds shipped to Atlanta by UPS ground using pirate ship.com costs $30; plus $40 for the plant = $70 total for this exact plant. Hopefully you can find a better deal closer to you. Shipping prices have gotten very expensive lately due to the cost of fuel. 🤷‍♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Did these do better than C. macrocarpa in the February, Florida freeze? I sure hope so

Thanks for sharing, friend Richard. Those palm trees look very exotic.

six years later my smallest one, planted as a 3 gallon in 2010(?) It was defoliated to the spear in 28F plsu frost in dec 2010 so yeah a setback. It has seen 3 hurricanes the last 8 years but it is small palm in my yard of ~30 footers so not much damage. The tall ringed poles are two other C. Oliviformis I can get in the two closest taller ones with a 17mm wide angle(cropped frame) lens, the pic is a bit squished but you get the idea. The next pic you can see the little one from the first pic center back. Then if I back off 80 feet I can see the crowns over the house. Sorry about the raindrop on the lens there, we may be getting lucky with rain soon, fingers crossed.

So despite recent rains, the Florida map % under a drought advisory is growing and not shrinking. Rainy season my a$2#s! For the first time I can remember and including the dreadful summer of 2023, the drought will persist at elevated levels past the "rainy season". I had 2 inches of rain last Sunday after 17 days with nothing and now 5 days since. One deluge in nearly 25 days doesn't cut it.

I found this brahea very easy to germinate unlike the others that sometimes take a year, this one germinated in a month, obviously the seeds were fresh

I am more inclined than before to believe these chambeyronia (previously kentiopsis) oliviformis are tougher in sun than Archontophoenix alexandre. Mine are planted next to each other and the C oliviformis stays a nice deep green, it never burns. Rate of growth froma small size looks good too. I might be tempted to put an archie and two oliviformis in a well spaced triple, the contrast would be nice to see.

I believe its a Mariae, though it is so dried up it could be something else. Washingtonia generally don't lose leaf bases up near the bud before down low like that. Mariae is a prettier palm than a washie robusta, but that palm looks like it has been tortured.

Gorgeous palm! Those braheas grow very well in a warm mediterranean climate and also in the desert climate of phoenix AZ. They lose their wax and they life in Florida. I had (6) blue armatas in arizona, I still miss them. Hot sun brings out the wax(blue).

That's what I thought. Yet the interps sign below says Red Cabbage Palm, Livistona mariae ssp. mariae.

Are you willing to ship at my expense of course.

i wouldn't be surprised if one of the three died being that close together. if they all do survive, they are going to have some beautiful curving trunks!, keep us updated on this progress!

I am looking for a 3-15 gallon Brahea Armata to be shipped to Georgia. I will pay for shipping. Please let me kjow what younhave and the procong. Thank you!