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My first Butia purpurascens (Yellow Fruit) has sprouted after almost one year to the date I got them from Philippe! My patience has been rewarded. For the past few months I kept them on damp sphagnum in a plastic container in an east-facing window with no bottom heat. Perhaps our recent 100 deg. F temps helped germination?

Gene was correct that my Encephalartos munchii is a male. The peduncle on the cone that is beginning to open is about 7 inches long. If you get a female someday and need pollen, you can check with me.

A very tall one that the leaf fell off in the earlier picture

Some more pictures. Some details of a fallen leaf and seedlings.

I’m waiting for my Rhapis to become problem children. I like the thick look of a hedge of them. But when they want to start spreading I’m just going to pot up the suckers and plant elsewhere or on sell em. Problem solved.

Excellente idée ! J'aimerais beaucoup voir davantage d'hybrides de Cycas en Europe. Si vous avez accès à C. multifrondis/multipinata, ce seraient de magnifiques plantes.

I really lucked out getting a couple blue Arenarius out of a flat of straight green Arenarius that I bought a couple years ago! This one is almost as blue as my “True blues” and throwing for the second time this year!

This Trappes Valley Latifrons is throwing a nice leaf more than twice as long as the older leaves. All 3 I bought last year are flushing one for the second time since spring! I dont know where these got the reputation of being slow but they are some of the faster Cycads I grow. These babies are for sure going into 15 gal. Pots next year.

I actually love the foxtail palm. I just wish I could grow a good one. I could get one to survive but it would never be happy in my cool climate. I really enjoyed germinating them too. There’s nothing wrong with a good foxtail palm. I love the foxtail. Everyone went nuts over them 30 to 40 years ago for a good reason. Now Normanbya are truly beautiful too but a notch or two more difficult to grow in a cool subtropical or less climate. They need the warm subtropics minimum to a truly tropical climate to be happy. You can get one to survive in a cooler climate, but they will be pencil thin. I was growing them in Perth which was fine in summer but too cool in winter. They’d never get to be the big bulky dimensions in a cool climate that they get to in North QLD.

E. Cleopatra x True blue Arenarius one leaf flush starting to harden off and turn blue.

Encephalartos Munchii throwing a nice flush.

The flush on this E. Trispinosus is progressing nicely. Notice the stained surface of the soil from the chelated iron. This plant has never thrown a flush this nice!

Tabebuia, typically at least, = tend to be evergreen/ semi- deciduous, and have leaves that tend to be thicker and have a smooth leaf margin. Seedpods often look like this when they open T. rosea T. heterophylla ** Credit: Images from iNat observations. Handroanthus = ..more often than not at least.. have thinner leaves that exhibit some degree of serration on the leaf margin ( leaf edge looks like a saw blade ) or a rough, sandpaper - like / fuzzy texture ( Common, yellow flowered sps like H. chrysanthus, chrysotrichus, and umbellatus esp. ) Many, < but not all > have seedpods that are fuzzy or have some deg of texture to them.. When they open, there is no central membrane that the seed is attached to, like you see in Tabebuia. That said, here's where things get ...confusing, lol.. While preferred habitat may be different, natural range of Handroanthus impetiginosus ..and.. heptaphyllus, which looks almost exactly like impetiginosus, overlap in part of South America. Impetiginosus' range extends north to the foothills east of Hermosillo. Heptaphyllus' range is restricted to where it occurs in South America. When impetiginosus was brought into the Hort. trade, it is quite likely seed of the other sp. ...or a naturally occurring cross between... were ( accidentally? ) collected / propagated / distributed. Adding to the confusion, both sps. can have leaves that are smooth or serrated, though the leaves of impetiginosus supposedly lean smoother, overall.. Flowers / seedpods look the same / aren't easy to tell apart w/ out looking at them under a microscope. While still somewhat new to our market, after decades of being planted all over FL and southern CA, it's highly possible trees seen here, that originally came from seed grown from specimens in CA or FL are ...something of a mix between ..rather than pure species specimens.. A hypothesis?, yes, but, if you look around at planted specimens, you'll see some obvious differences in leaf size / and deg. of leaf margin smoothness vs. serration. You also see variation of general growth rate / how much /long each tree flowers compared to others planted nearby. That could account for what your tree is doing / it's " weird -ness ". The one i have came from a nursery in Tucson. Not too long ago, someone mentioned that seed of their specimen ( which mine came from ) originated in California.. I myself aren't so sure, mainly because the leaves are much smaller than the big - leaved specimens i see in nurseries / planted out up here. growing it in a pot probably limits leaf size but, Overall size is much different as well. One in Tucson ..been in the ground at the nursery for ..at least.. 12 years.. Is no taller than about 12-15ft atm., vs. specimens you see in local nurseries / specimens planted at Civic Center Plaza in Scottsdale / others i've seen planted locally which are much larger. Leaf size is different as well ( Smaller on the Tucson specimen ) The smaller size of the Tucson specimen fits the description of impetiginosus specimens from Sonora, which " tend to be smaller than specimens from Central or South America " I really wish i could get my hands on fresh seed off wild specimens from Sonora to grow out and compare mine to, to see which one is the " true " impetiginosus. Anyway, regardless of whether or not yours is a true impetiginosus ..or a cross w/ it's cousin.. it's a great tree.. There are also white flowered specimens of both sps, and crosses between ..one of them.. and one of the common, yellow- flowered Handroanthus sps that would be a neat find, if you can locate them. Tabebuia aurea, and heterophylla are also worth looking for since both should be able to handle our winters pretty well / will take some heat. Since our flavor of it is tough on ..pretty much anything..., not sure how well they'd tolerate full sun here, esp. when smaller though.

When I was in Oz some 20+ years back, XXXX was a popular domestic beer. Then, each state had its own brand. I don't really recall them except for Victoria Bitters (VB). The project planner flew up from Victoria for his two-week rotation.

How many do you have?

@Silas_Sancona allways appreciate your insight!!! I bought this tree probably 20 years ago from a nursery no longer in business along with my Guaiacum the lady that worked there was a plant person that pretty much ran the place and ordered whatever plants she wanted was an interesting place to visit!! How do you know if you get a tabebuia the thing I have is so slow growing hasn’t grown much more than my guaiacum and doesn’t bloom very often I’m posting a picture of one year that it did bloom!! When I bought it she said it wasn’t a common tabebuia!!

Wodyetia is the second most popular palm we sell at the nursery where I work in Venice FL, behind Adonidia merrilii. We sell a lot of Dypsis lutescens and Hyophorbe too both bottles and spindles. Not much else in stock besides fishtails, coconuts, cat palms, lady palms etc. I was excited to recently get Alexander palms too. When I began working there 11 years ago we had some cool stuff like Dypsis Cabadae and Phoenix loureirii. But we have a new guy ordering and he doesn’t seem to want to go beyond the usual suspects. Speaking of beer I’m from Queensland and I sure could use a slab of 4X. Meanwhile it’s Landshark…and very rarely a tinny of Fosters ale, the green can. 🍻churrs mate 🦘

Agreed. This nursery can be quite pricey. The slower something grows the more expensive it is. I wish you well with your Kentia search. You’ll find one 👍🏼

This morning brought in a much welcome marine layer of coolness. The flowers on our Sabal are quite abundant and fruit on our Butia Oderata, silver. The fruit will disappear as it ripens as the squirrels wait for just the right time . They hop from a neighboring Brahea Edulis , quite interesting to watch! Harry Not sure , but I think this is Sabal Palmetto , although someone told me it may be Riverside. Either way , I don’t think I’ve seen this much inflorescence on this palm before. Silver Butia Oderata (sold as Bonneti) . Behind it is a Brahea Edulis that is barely visible . The squirrels tend to go from tree to tree. The fruit will be a treat for them. In all the years I’ve had this , and it produces fruit every year, I’ve only had one volunteer! No fruit on the ground , but copious amounts from the Brahea , untouched. Squirrels like what they like and the Apricot sweetness of the Butia is candy.

I think I see cut inflorescences, If that is the case minor if not maybe some hybrid like Birmingham, etc. Holding a lot of fronds for minor

Fosters ranks 55th in US sales among beer makers and is the most popular Australian brand here. Not much Fosters sells here either these days. We in the US don't know what a good Aussie beer is I guess.

What do yall think this one is? Some sort of sabal likely a minor but doesn’t seem like just any minor like I’ve seen. Reminds me of Louisiana variety but it might be something different. Photo taken in Surf City, NC zone 8. Has a thick base, very little trunk, but fronds are huge and bushy.

The good old cycas taitungensis a die hard plant!

It’s an amazing time to be in the garden both mornings and afternoons. It’s a westerly aspect and I get a lot late afternoon sun that keep things just that bit warmer in winter, with a lot of the far red colour spectrum, which is great for flowering. Richard

Lovely , Richard. The coloring of the garden with the sun breaking through the canopy makes me think , maybe late afternoon? Early mornings or late afternoons are splendid in the garden . Certain colors come out that don’t seem to appear in mid day sun. Harry