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Exactly my point. I see Houston was well above normal in May, June, then much drier than normal in July. Your grass near the palms also says not regularly irrigated. Yes, trachy don't like the inconsistent moisture Texas provides. But with regular, consistent water, they handle sun much, much stronger than say, Houston or Dallas. Heck, the natural habitat of fortunei,high elevation, southerly latitude supports the high uv aspect. Heck, Tony in Dallas has some beautiful specimens, but surprise, grown in an irrigated lawn setting. Just saying. They burn big time here. Because they are not given proper, consistent irrigation. So yes, I do agree with you, they do burn if neglected. Yes full sun is not ideal if under watered. Why do you think so many are seen in Tejas with such skinny trunks? Heck these palms "reach" for the sun. Actual skydusters in southern California. But yes, in your and my climate, they need help. I guarantee mine would sunburn and wither away if I were to remove or stop watering my lawn.

@JLM Haven’t posted in a while, so thought I’d give you a little yard update after the last few of not so good back-to-back winters. The only thing that’s been protected with just blankets (no heat) is my Pygmy Date. Still growing out half of it’s defoliated fronds but is otherwise doing good. The coastal areas have stayed within 9A throughout all these past few bad freezes, including the snow event, so no real palm losses here fortunately. Sorry to hear about your Queen! It looked beautiful and had good size to it.

This Cocothrinax was labeled as argentea or argentata, but when I posted it in past years I was advised it didn't key to either. I am still waiting for its first flowers. It does have some silver color on the leaf underside but it is modest. It has been a good grower. I thought it was time to solicit thoughts on a species id again. Here it is...

August update: Mexico: While the initial report was yanked ..for whatever reason.. By the end of July / start of Aug. we have 23 active cases in Sinaloa, the closest detections being reported from the north end of the state, not too far south of the Sonora / Sinaloa state line. Cases continue to increase in Chihuahua as Jalisco continues to approach the 1K total cases mark as well.. This leaves only Sonora and Baja Norte / Sur NWS free at this time.. What happens next will depend on how the weather plays out as we head into the Fall.. Warm and wet in western / northwestern Mex? = continued, steady expansion into NWS free areas is possible.. Significant uptick in tropical activity ....that sets up closer to the coast of Mexico than it has been lately... now - start of October?, = could aid in dispersal into those same NWS free areas. Beyond Mexico... - Between July 9th and now = Texas cases have risen to 45 total ( Only 5 of which are considered " currently active " ) and haven't spread beyond the general region of the state where they have already occurred, which could reflect the effectiveness of the mass SI dispersal campaigns within the states -side, blue polygon area on the map above. This may be helping to limit detections in areas on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande as well. - Not sure how much trust i have in the reporting on it but, no reports of detections within wildlife in the effected region of TX as well, which if true, is a win, for the time being.... - For whatever reason, USDA has decided to resume states - side Cattle imports from Mexico, starting with AZ ports of entry bordered by Sonora. Some ports in New Mexico may reopen as well. We'll see how well that goes. - Was also announced that AZ will receive funding for a SI dispersal facility ( in Douglas, i believe ) and that Sterile Flies may be dispersed along the currently vulnerable section of the US/Mex border from NM to CA, just in active detection #'s do explode in Sinaloa / expand into and rapidly increase in Northwestern Chihuahua and / or Sonora ..or start turning up anywhere in Baja. A sort of morbid / sort of fascinating ( ....to those un afraid of such things at least ) article discussing how studying the scent of decay may offer more precise lure and maybe help protect valued livestock from NWS. https://phys.org/news/2026-07-wound-odors-flesh-world-screwworm.html One thing that is interesting about all of it is that evolutionarily speaking, NWS ( and it's counterpart in the Old World ) these flies graduated from being a typical consumer of decaying material to one that requires live tissue to nurture the start of their life cycle.. Gross as we may find them to be, while we may eliminate NWS ..and OWS.. in the future, could the elimination of one or both open ( ...re- open??? ) an ecological niche that we will never be able to eliminate ..that some other fly soon learns to fill? Think it is very rare that nature doesn't find a way to fill " now hiring " job openings, even if it takes a little time to do so. ....Something to think about i suppose.

I was attracted to this Anthurium today due to the new spathe opening. It handles s good deal of sun and it's roots escaped the container a while back. I wanted to plant it here but fear disturbing the roots of my Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus because of the hole size the Anthurium now requires. So the pot remains. The tag doesn't seem to match what I remember so I will have to clarify it's id with the friend that grew it.

All of that heavy rain somehow missed my house. Smh

Supplied by equatorial exotics, and very cool tolerant even as tube stock not a problem in my climate.

Which is also no longer in use and is considered a synonym of P sessilifolia. But I don’t think that’s the same palm which has floated around in the nursery trade as P ‘sarawakensis’. I think the palm Richard is referring to is the highly mottled palm that has been posted on here before. Either way, I doubt any of these lowland Bornean palms would be the best choices for California. I’d be looking for ones originating from decent latitude away from the equator (P baviensis, P gracilis, P tashiroi, P sylvestris) or highland species (P capitata) or a mix of the two (P declinata, P annamensis, P kontumensis). As noted, some others seem to have some level of hardiness despite relatively tropical origin like some of the Philippines species, P javana and P coronata.

Thank you for the information.

It has been cooler and rainy most of the day. The wind picked up around 1pm and then it started raining. In addition to rain, the big blessing is that it has been very comfortable outside and gives the AC a break.

@George N Welcome to PalmTalk! Looks like some kind of fungal rot or maybe a lethal disease like fusarium wilt or Lethal Bronzing. Another forum member may be able to narrow it down, but the future for that one doesn't look good.

It’s actually a variety of Pinanga albescens.

Wilty -ish / cupping look of the leaves i can see via your pictures = Pretty typical of what i see when it gets hot, even the ones in the ground.. Heck, gets hot enough here and the tenderest / newest growth will burn back, even on big specimens that have been in the ground for ....decades... Is, what it is in hot / hot and dry places.. In pots? keep them moist ..but not soaking wet ..or in overly organic rich soil. As far as soil, ..those planted in the ground? Bougs. could give 2 ***'s about the " quality" of whatever their feet are in.. Better it drains? = even better.. All planted here at the house are / were planted in native soil ( Which = rocky / sandy/ chunky / un-amended / full of prior construction debris ) Rarely provide extra water for any of the ones i planted since they went in. Older, wayy too spiny " Grandma " Bougs i yanked / that were here when we moved in? only got whatever water falls from the sky. Others i planted at the old house? = same deal.. Not sure how they do it but these things somehow find whatever moisture they need. All thrive, even thru our much hotter than your summers. Absolutely no comparison, no matter what. Once past the just planted stage of installation? Wash, Rinse, Repeat for 99% of Bougainvillea you'll see planted in yards / commercial landscapes / along freeway greenbelts throughout the region.

Here you go, updated photos. This flush is going through senescence. No sign of the next flush yet but this plant can do that. My female one went bare between its last flushes too. I included a photo of a leaf on the female plant too.

This flush is almost hard now. The leaves will get darker green than they are now but I don't think this flush's leaves will get any bigger.

Doesn’t get any better than that! Had to put my eyeballs back in so I could type this response. Tim

Looks absolutely perfect, great job 👍

I can’t find any history of that name ever existing.

Try Pinanga sarawakensis!

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, Satakentia liukiuensis and Adonidia merrillii growing in Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom. The Hyophorbe is a long term survivor, its been there about 20 years, maybe longer. The Satakentia is in front of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Looks almost like viral infection, they are super tough. But the heat you described and the timing of the leaves shriveled up would steer towards being dry and desiccated foliage from lack of water, the leaf with no dry edges doesn’t match wster stress, odds on the leaves won’t recover. That said the curling makes me think something in the soil like a pathogen, let them dry out they are super tough. Can the leaves be crushed up in the hand like a dried up leaf or are they still moist inside?

Thanks for this Ive got a very yellow, small Encephalartos whitelockii in a pot, and have some chelated iron in the shed. Worth a go! (unless its just got root rot or something)

Phoenix palms are one of worst for being poisonous in my opinion, even more so when they are dead and dried up, absolute killers. Iam sure they have been the vain of many a trip to ER in the hospital. There can be some dangerous plants in the plant kingdom and many have been used throughout history for such foul play. But look on the other side of the coin at all the medicines derived from plants. Iam sure a bit of tennis elbow is a small price to pay for a thorn in the elbow. There is a fern in Australia called bracken fern and oh my step on a dead stem of that one and see what happens if you can’t dig it out, not a pretty picture in about 4 days time with more than a needle required for removal of that one. Home surgery at its best for that one. Richard

We have Monk parakeets here in Houston, but not all that impressive considering there are thriving populations in London and New York City.

Well it looks like it can be done with extra work, but to be honest those ones have pretty small crowns. Your own palm looks infinitely better. I prescribe to the right plant right spot mentality, so I don't think full Texas sun is ideal for Trachycarpus. Can you do it? it appears you can, but there are much better suited palms for full sun in Dallas. Here are examples of a couple of my own Trachycarpus. They get hand watered by me regularly, fertilized with PalmGain and are planted in the more damp areas of my yard. The first is on the east side of my house so gets shade after lunch, it looked great until sometime in July. All fronds were grown at this location. The second is another one that gets a lot of sun, with some late afternoon and early evening sun. Fronds all grown in situ. I don't see Trachys much in Houston, but when I do they tend to be in shady spots, I don't think that's a coincidence. They usually are decent green color unlike mine if they get enough shade and water. These two were nice and green in the months leading up to July.