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Here’s Jayne Mansfield my big Roystonea oleracea. Makes my heart sing to look at that lovely thing. And my big regia in the background.

This is the only one I have so I have no idea if faster. It is certainly different than the palm I was hoping it would be. I was hoping for more of a curved trunk multi so when the large trunks got too big I could cut them down and have smaller trunks to fill in . As it is it kind of blocks part of our view from the deck , but I just love it so much I have left it alone. Harry

My AC decided to stop working Friday afternoon and yesterday my thermometer hit 122F as the high. Hopefully this thing gets fixed soon because it's 90F inside my house here in the east valley.

Hard to get top dollar on oceanfront property with a bunch of dead palms. These palms might have eventually recovered but it’s likely that some would collapse. And it would take several years to look somewhat normal.

Gave every palm a soil drench of 3336F. Time will tell over the new 3 to 4 weeks.

I have 5 extra seedlings, with 3-4 leaves. 5/$40, plus shipping, Spaghum, & box. Or pick up in Satellite BeachBeachpalms@cfl.rr.com

Last but not least I bought 3 more Encephalartos “Trappes Valley” Latifrons last year and 2 of them are flushing right now. Here is one of them.

Encephalartos Cleopatra x True blue Arenarius flushing for the 3rd time since spring! That hybrid vigor us a thing! I have also noticed each leaf it throws is getting bluer.

Hi, my wife is in love with these palm trees and wants to plant as a high-level privacy screen in our backyard above a 8 foot tall fence in a 5’ wide strip between the fence and the pool. We’ve tried identifying them with multiple growers, and each one tells us a different species. Any help would be greatly appreciated. See pictures, both pictured palms and our home are in Miami. Thanks in advance.

I always assumed it was genetic variability, but I’m sure environment has a role to play in what traits they display. I grow platycerium and environment plays a huge factor in how the plant looks. It would be a good experiment to grow to identical chamaerops in different environments. I think the palms would look greener and less glaucous in the shade.

Encephalartos Longifolious starting to flush.

The parent plant of said pup flush decided to get with it as well. While not the best leaf form of my true blues it does have the biggest caudex and was my first true blue Arenarius purchase.

Love the compact look. The next step for me is to grow seedlings and to observe their variability. Did you germinate many in this batch of seeds?

True blue Arenarius pup flush coming along nicely.

Amazing! Yes, my whispy leafed chamaerops is also single stem. Do you think single stem chamaerops grow faster than multi trunked chamaerops? I’d assume so.

Getting a whole new wave of flushes right now! Here is just a few. E. True blue Arenarius

Did I mention I live about 5 minutes away from Tohono Chul? LOL It’s a huge place so I’m waiting for a nice fall day to really go in there and check it out. I’ve become fascinated with some of these Aloe specimens and looking forward to hopefully grow some of these successfully. I also have what seems to be either a Ferox or Marlothi and so far it’s doing good.

Not sure you can identify the drooping leaves at this age and with all the wind/dry damage. If leaves are prematurely drying out(it is AZ) and falling, small roystonea like that often do not have those below horizontal leaves. Nice fat bulge at the bottom says it does not lack for water. As I remember royals in the desert carry fewer leaves as you might expect and those leaves would be the lowest ones that you are looking for hanging down. CSN, "We palm talkers have all been here before"

A little slice of Australia here in Florida: L to R: Archontophoenix unknown (I think tuckeri) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Archontophoenix unknown (supposed to be maxima) Sphaeropteris cooperi Archontophoenix cunninghamia (not as robust as the others) Archontophoenix alexandrae

My 3 Coconuts continue to recover. Probably time to hit them again with some food. The place still looks like a mess with other recovering species. Going to be another season or two without a freeze to get her back to her splendor. The 2 in the middle are Coconuts. Left side is one of my 2 Royals and on the far right my V. joannis. You can also see the tippy top of my Triangle just below and left of the joannis.... My 3rd Coconut out by the corner of my front......

all sold thank you

The two above on either side of door are some brilliant xButyagrus specimens imported within the EU from Spain to Ireland, grown and shipped here from Yucca-Palm. They came in brilliant condition despite the heatwave and horrible fires in Spain and France. (Also in photo on the left is a lightly weathered Sabal bermudana from, I think, ColdPalm.nl last year, outside in pot all winter with no special treatment other than warmer south southeast exposure and sea-facing patio on a southern slope, growing faster than the in-ground siblings).

Not entirely true your conclusion. Length of petioles may depend also on genetics. For example the cultivar vulcano has short petioles regardless the water it receives. This here is a specimen in my garden I callit wannabe vulcano. Seed originates from vulcano, but the offspring has longer petioles than in an ideal vulcano and therefore crown spreads more horizontally than remaining upright. Otherwise it is a very appealing dwarf specimen, which receives perhaps the least water quantity here, when it does not rain.

Is it plumose? I was under the impression they weren’t so if I’m wrong with that assessment then disregard.

Mine has a plumose effect , unlike an Archontophoenix on a fixed plane . It is not as plumose as a Queen but , as Palmpedia describes ,” subtle plumose leaf. “The big difference , other than shear size , is that the fronds don’t droop at all , they stay more upright and only drop below 90 degrees to the trunk before they fall. I was told by Jungle Music that it would not survive at my house . I am 20 miles from the ocean. I have never had frost here and summer temps are about 10 degrees warmer than the coast. Harry This is Roystonia Oleracae . You can see the fronds are held more upright and the “ subtle plumose “ leaf as described. Mine isn’t near as impressive as a Regia would be , but takes up far less room and the fronds won’t do near the damage when they fall. Harry