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Well I'm still not sure about that since I've saw lots of coconuts here in Indonesia that has smaller frond length. But I don't know the truth though, perhaps it could be done by pruning or just another variety that we don't know🤷

I have images from the google street view of coconuts beside the road that sometimes I pass through it, they seems like dwarfed characteristics and has really short leaves, perhaps the same as you were mentioned. I don't know if this is somekind of variety or due to pruning (dwarf effect), but the coconut is still flowering and fruiting nicely. It has a slender stem, yellow coloring on the petioles and fruits. These are the timelines: Coconut appearance from 2013 Coconut appearance from 2024 If we look at it, it has gotten taller and differences in the leaves. In 2013, the leaves looks more longer than in 2024. Another Coconut appearance with more compacted leaves.

Bit of a cold snap here this weekend, snow coming inland - but here on the coast we will be spared subzero temperatures as per usual. Recently planted R baueri are settling in nicely. Very slow at this time of year, even the chathams rhopies slow right down, opening spears over a month or more, rather than a week or two over warmer months.

You seemed to have worked out what went wrong. All I could say is that palms won’t live indoors permanently and do require a spell outside in a nice greenhouse or in a shaded warm are with humidity. And the recovery time involved in bringing your palm back to that glorious indoor stunner is a few years growing away. It’s been setback and it’s going to take a growers skill to get it back looking like it once did. Overwatering and underwatering are the greatest problem for indoor growing.

Nothing beats the home garden, and this one was even better returning with good rainfall while away. Only a true gardener knows what it feels like and meeting other such gardeners is even better for just talking about gardening techniques and then the sharing of such plants is even more enjoyable, a gifted plant is always a focal point and conversation piece to remember forever. Richard

Great stuff nothing better than heading on down the road to a palm grower to purvey all those goodies unseen in the retail trade sector. You would need a truck if you came to my nursery. In my area there are only about two rare and exotic palm growers. And even then it’s a full day mission to get there and back. Head further north with overnight stays and the world of exotic palms becomes a bank account draining fueled spending spree! Richard

Yes I agree value for money, but that’s where it ends in my book. All they have is common palms, yes those common palms grow easily and they are palm so that’s not the palms fault, it’s a clever palm that has learnt to utilise humankind ensuring its survival on the planet. Palms are losing their habitat daily and are being over exploited to the point where they are being wiped out, and it’s even more critical that exotic rare palms get into cultivation and into gardens to ensure there survival, otherwise those common palms will win thay race and be the major dominant palms left on the planet! Those big chain stores have driven just about every mom and pop nursery out of business, showing no mercy in doing so. As a grower who has a palm nursery it’s near impossible to complete with such prices. This is why I chose to grow rare and exotic palms. And if i could get the prices they are getting for a golden cane or bismack palm. I would throw out my exotics and start growing bizzies and canes. But this is where I have an advantage over the big chain stores. The exotic stock may not sell by the hundreds weekly but I certainly can supply the quality along with rare exotics. I don’t grow my palms to make a million dollars I grow them for the love of palms and for the next generations to look at in wonder and glee in such beautiful exotics. So the next time you want a palm don’t over look a rare and exotic palm grower, you will have a very unique rare palm collection that will stand out leaving all those common palms way behind. And in 20 years time you look back and think iam glad I purchased those rare beautiful palms.

James, sorry I missed this. Stacey is correct. I did in fact get mine from Mark at Way to Go. The only other grower I know that could have one is Ron Lawyer in Dana Point. I know he had Lakatra, Samberiensis and possibly Julietae a while back. Give him a ring. He may not return your call immediately cuz he travels quite a bit but he’d definitely be worth checking out. Hopefully he gets back to you. I’m supposed to go to his house with a few buddies but haven’t bern able to find the time. Let me know if you don’t hear from him. Tagging me did it. Thanks Stacey. Ron Lawyer (949) 235-6187 -dale

Rats 🐀 I’ll tag Dale @Billeb in case he missed your post, but I’m pretty sure that’s where he got his as well. Hope you find one!

My family is getting ready to have our annual family week at the beach next month. We normally drive down A-1-A and have dinner at JB's Fish Camp. Last year there were lots of coconut palms planted beachside along the entire drive from our New Smyrna Beach condo. It will be interesting to see how many of those survived. If some of the Orlando coconut palms survived, I would bet that there are survivors along the ocean as we drive South along A-1-A. I will check when I am over there.

Now what is it they say, when is the best time to plant a grove of palms, 30 years ago! Seeds are yours next batch!

Anything is worth a try, I have successfully transplanted young joey palms, 2 out 6 lived so the odds on root sensitive palms are stacked against them. Iam sure though ifbi had one Joey to transplant it would most likely die. All the weddlianum I have seen transplanted have died.

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ok,ive got problem,my palm has the twin embryo about 10 out of 100.normally its 1 in 1000ish.how many seeds do i need to crack to get average for this tree.it seems to be a genetic marvel

All coconut varieties will extend their fronds more than 3 meters when mature

Khou was reporting 105F and 118F with the humidity late in the day. 90F at 11pm. I missed out on the showers that rolled through. I had thunder for well over an hour.

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so sorry to hear this

I salvaged one with more than two meters of trunk from a defunct palm garden. Sadly, it did not survive.

@PlantsEnjoyer I'm not sure if a Red Spicata would fit the bill or not, but it was more diminutive in stature than most of the other varieties I've grown.

Love the Trachycarpus fortunei, @DrZnaturally !

@Xenon Those are the kinds of days that make me realize a few weeds in the garden beds aren't as big a deal as heat stroke.

It's good to see and hear about so many coming back. My Maypan and Atlantic Tall made it, but a few of the smaller coconut palms I had fizzled out. A few of my neighbors had coconut palms that lived and are recovering, but others decided to remove them. There are a few that were bearing fruit near Lake Parker that are still fighting the good fight. I've still got a Panama Tall and one of @redant 's Atlantic Tall seedlings in pots. They'll likely end up in the ground before too long. The removal of the I-Drive coconut near Charley's was heartbreaking. It was fun to watch it fully mature and survive countless cold fronts with minor or no damage.

Crazy HOT today, look at that dew point still holding in the triple digits 🔥🔥🔥

A good root ball and not having the soil fall off would make all the difference, I do knowcwithe seedlings break there roots and they will die especially the first tap root not that palms have a tap root. I nice matted root ball should hold together well in heavy soil, as for my sandy soil to risky for me to attempt.