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Some red beauty

A bit of a wow look at that flower moment. 26 years old and I have never seen it flower until today. I dont know what variety it is but it’s one spectacular flower. At first I thought an iris flower!

Ptychosperma wotoboho tucked in for the coming winter!

A very special hakea all the way from Western Australia, the other side of Australia 5000 kms away. It doesn’t mind my climate but a lot of Western Australia plants can be tricky in my wet season, growing successfully until a big wet season hits. Great for growing palms but not dry climate plants from WA. So @Tyrone this ones for you!

A nice tropical looking draceana easy to grow as most draceana are. Slow growing with these one’s around 26 years old. Iam sure in a tropical climate they would grow a bit faster. Easy to propagate from cuttings and easy to grow just add water!

This is the second time this has happened to this Geonoma, once I can understand, perhaps a grower mistake. But twice now so what am I doing wrong. It has recovered both times. But what’s going on?

Chambeyronia macrocarpa, Calyptrocalyx benga dawn noda

We shall see. Maybe it will be the usual where it mostly waters the ocean. Whenever they call for heavy rain, we get nothing much. The real storm will hit when there is a high degree of confidence in only a light misting.

Throwing a few in the ground, tried and tested for my climate, I know they grow easily so get a few more exotics in the ground. I know my garden and the dry spots to the wet areas, and choosing what tolerates a little dry is the key. Which makes it a lot easier for planting out saving all those wet areas for the good stuff. Chuniophoenix nana Japanese variegated rhapis darumashinikiarenga hookerianakerriodoxa elegans

A few more seeds of a few interesting varieties. Starting to get into a few cycas species they always are winner for any palm grower, just set and forget and wait while the palms grow, a great sideline plant cycas!

this is interesting

A neglected Hyophorbe lagencaulis (bottle palm) at Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. It’s amazing it’s still alive considering how neglected this palm has been. I believe it was planted in 2021 or 2022.

One man's weed is another man's specimen

Here’s a beautiful full Bismarckia nobilis, Pandanus utilis and Royal palms in the background at Balboa Park, San Dieg, CA.

Bismarckia

A nice duo of licuala fordiana!

I do believe it’s a gaggle of geese and a grove of palms!

Yes, while surprising, I find coralloid roots all over my garden at a similar distance from any Cycads. Some are isolated by paver walkways about 3 feet wide from the closest Cycad. I have drip irrigation and find coralloid roots near the emitters of palms and other non Cycad plants. If you search for posts with "coralloid" in the title, you will find a string I started a few years back with some examples of stray coralloid clumps.

I am enjoying the color of this unknown species id Anthurium's flower spadix.

Thanks again, I have plenty of rocks for that fig. And if you’re memory has faded don’t worry so has mine! The wife imported some dahlia seeds from America and got some interesting varieties I will get a few to you when we lift them up.

Magnifico señor🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜

Very interesting. Thank you for the reply. It does seem like it would be a very good evolutionary trait the loose leaves and reduce your drag.

I have always loved chatting about palms/cycads and plants in general with Maria. I've known her and her sons for the better part of 10 years, and she has always been so kind. Maria was the owner of Sago Rey Palms in Fresno, where she continued the business after the passing of her husband Thomas Wash. I was very saddened to hear of a horrible incident at the nursery over Easter weekend, and further saddened to learn of her passing. She will live on in the memory of many of us here in the area (and out of the immediate area) who have crossed paths with her. My garden is full of plants she cared for and nurtured. If any of you got those really blue Sabal uresana seedlings, they came from Maria. A few photos from her obituary: https://kmph.com/news/local/nursery-owner-dies-after-easter-machete-attack-nephew-faces-murder-charge

Houston botanic garden yesterday and a yard with a fairly large pindo in Pearland towards 45 South . peep the new washys along the freeway under planted with sabal minors @Xenon your favorite 😹😹😹dead Jubaea…. As expected lol