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@UK_Palms Here's a pic of my sabal palmetto with the curved costapalmate leaf and my sabal louisiana (which was purchased as a sabal Brazoria and still may be) with it's collapsed frond look below I don't know why this dumb thing keeps wanting to do duplicates by anyways, you get the picture. Figuratively and literally. 😂

I live about 20 miles north of Brownsville but didn't move down here until 2022. Depending on what area of Orlando you're in but if you bottom out at 24°F then you're going to get a similar low temperature that Brownsville had. On the positive side, it looks like you won't experience the freeze duration that Brownsville experienced. I do know that several large trunking royals survived as did at least one bottle survived (most likely protected) but I don't think they're popular or readily available here. Smaller barely trunking royals were killed in my town and even some queen palms but these were newly planted and almost certainly unprotected. I'm not aware of any surviving Adonidia but like bottles aren't common. If you can add some Christmas lights to your wrapping it would add a few degrees and better your chances. My bottle is about half the size of yours and I wrapped the trunk and fronds with a canvas tarp and a string of party lights and it went through 27°F with minimal damage to foliage. This past weekend we hit 27°F again and I only wrapped without lights and foliar damage seems to be significant but spear is solid.

Hi ! Is it normal to see this line when moving the trunk ? Like it seem too flexible to my eye. Or maybe it’s just growing and it will become stronger with time. thanks

There are newly planted Licuala grandis at the Journey of Water exhibit at Epcot, wonder how well they will do. Latest wind chill warning for me is 26ºF (-3ºC) for Sunday morning. My newest worry is now losing power. During the cold here on New Years, we had a couple brownouts and lost power three times, including popping the fuse on the nearby pole. it mirrors the power outage chance during the hottest part of the summer. Ryan

I'm a bit more south of South Texas, in Monterrey, Mexico which is a similar and slightly cooler climate than Brownsville due to the altitude. Most of the well established Adonidias that were the size of yours survived that freeze (~ -5⁰C) and are thriving. Here is a local one that is like 4 meters tall almost reaching the roof of the house. I don't know about many bottle palms here. They are not a popular palm like Adonidias and Roystonea. There used to be 2 in a microclimate in Escobedo, one died in 2021 and now that house only has 1. Roystonea is very popular here. I can safely say that around 90% of the Roystonea planted here survived 2021. They are very bud hardy.

I looked at my robustas again today. Some of the mostly older fronds have a little bit of yellow spotting but its not really all that noticeable.

Hello everyone, I received some spores a month ago from @quaman58 and @realarch. This is my process of sowing these spores. First, I put one frond on a piece of paper with the spore side down. I continued this with the other fronds. I left it in a cool, dark place until the spores release from the fronds. Second, I separated the spore casings from the spores with a folded piece of paper. I gently tap the paper until the casing fall off. The spores should have a dust-like appearance. Third, I used a microwaveable food container and filled it with pure peat. I didn’t add drainage holes or ventilation holes to prevent contamination. I moistened the peat with distilled water and microwaved for 5 minutes or whenever it steams to sterilize the media. The peat should be moist to the touch and not sopping. Let the peat cool overnight with the lid on. Fourth, I sprinkled the spores evenly on the surface making sure to not to sow too much or too little. You should be able to barely see a faint of orange on surface. I then placed the containers in a shaded location with temps ranging from 70f to 80f. Around a month later every container started showing signs of mossy growth. These are the gametophytes, which is the first stage of growth. That’s all for now, will update until more happens.

San Antonio is semi dry . It does get humid but on most days not anywhere close to places like near the coast or Houston . SA is in an extreme drought since 2022 and hasn't seen above average annual rainfall since 2018. It's super dry !!!! They say P. Dactylifera don't like humid conditions but I see them all over the Gulf Coast ( I'm not mixing it up with P.Silvestris) so it shows they can handle humid conditions. It's definitely a heat loving palm. I would assume you would struggle to keep one alive for long in the UK. Too wet , too cold . They thrive in hot climates but don't expect fast growth under ideal conditions either. Slow to moderate.

It can vary greatly. There will be town water available to the property so installing a bore isn’t something I’m considering, for now at least.

Nope. Never had to in the past but I'll leave it to Garry to clarify. @garrytsen

These are Sold. I will be sprouting some myself, so I should have seedlings later on. Thanks

After one night of 1⁰C and another one of 0⁰C for some hours.

@fishmanejr and @tinman10101 did you need to do a Small Lot Permit to import? https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-imports/buy-plants-seeds-online

hello from Florida! As you know, we are about to experience a wallop of arctic cold similar to the one you endured in February 2021. So, I'm asking your advice and tips on how to proceed . I'm especially interested in those of you in extreme southern Texas (like Brownsville) .....how did palms such as Royals do after the freeze? Did they recover? What about adonidia palms (Christmas palms)? Did they survive? Bottle Palms? What about plants such as crotons? Any information you can help with would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!!

Things are starting to get dicey at Disney, though the Foxtails are still looking good. Not for long, I bet the last remaining bottle palm in Adventure land in Magic Kingdom is not long for this world. I hope they protect that beautiful Satakentia adjacent to Pirates Of The Carribean. Took this the other day at Animal Kingdom.

I think I'll insert something between them now, before their roots meet. Some thin metal sheet or smth like that. So later I can easily repot them one by one.

Looks awesome! I hope they both make it through Sunday morning...it could easily hit 20F at my house!

Never make promises to kids and lunatics!

In coming May not sooner not later. No reason to be afraid of tangled roots, I think the sp is adjacent germinator roots grow in silk initially. At least this is the case with the Foxtail.

Interested, sent you an email!

I do plan to protect in some fashion tomorrow. In the 2018 freeze, I nearly lost my coconut at 28F. At that time, it was young and only had Christmas lights wrapped by sheets. I've moved on to better, stronger methods so I'll post pics once I get it set up tomorrow. I was holding out hope that the forecast would change or somehow models pick up on a different wind shift. Oh well, time to protect. A few things I'll be watching: 1) I'm typically in a microclimate a quarter mile off a large lake. W to NW winds favor me and the lake is 63F right now. It's advective cold so even 1-2 degrees could help. 2) The last events I've fared slightly better. than forecast. Does that hold this weekend? Wed forecast = 33F, MBY = 35F. Thurs forecast = 35F, MBY = 38F Last night forecast = 30s, MBY - 40F Wishing everyone good luck!

Thanks for the update, @pj_orlando_z9b. This is inspiring. If mine make it through the next cold snap(s), there's a shot that I might experience the same.

Cyphosperma naboutiniense. Tim

See my PM.

Yes, when they fall or I cut them down, I made a circular border around the mulch bed. 2 years ago in May, I realized one sprouted. Kept it in a pot year 1 but had to plant it in the ground this summer because you know how the roots quickly outgrow pots. Here is it in Oct. The 30s in Nov damaged it so I have kept it covered with lights on cold nights since. I also since build a raised bed as I realized I didn't plant it deep enough. i have much more protecting to do tomorrow