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One of the few "Chambeyronia" I still have left after Feb. 2026. Hoping it picks up some speed as it is dreadfully slow.

I've got a few Brahea aculeata outside that I started from seed. My hope is this one will grow here. The order I got from RPS in 2025 took about 1 month after sowing to sprout. My labels provide a lot of information so I don't have to try to remember 😁

They look great!!! I have some Copernicia Baileyana, Livistona Alfredii, Cuban Hat Palm, Hyphaene Thebaica, Hyphaene Coriacea, Phoenix Reclinata and some Brahea Armada popping up!! I will post some pics shortly!! Your yard looks fantastic!!

My Brahea edulis - this is growing really well here: The Brahea armata at Lake Wire:

We have thousands planted in municipal parks, near highways in medians and shoulders, and throughout nature preserves. Within weeks of maturing, the plants will be stripped bare of every berry by poachers. A few of us that have mature specimens on our property have had to chase poachers off private property.

While I've probably spent a small fortune on various species of palms, my favorite thing to do is grow seeds from local palms that have survived the various freezes in our history. The palms that have survived January 2008, January 2010, December 2010, January 2018, January 2022, December 2022, and February 2026 are at the top of my list. It saves money and you get to see the entire lifecycle of the plant. You also know for sure at least one of the parents. Sometimes just taking a handful of seeds and doing a direct sow no an "X marks the spot" on your landscape map yields some interesting results at no cost and with no stress.

At this point, roughly 3in of rain this month. Overall growth hasn't been bad, but that long dry spell didn't help the drought in the area. We'll see if August runs through the tape and manages to turn in a respectable total, or decides to just tread water. As @SubTropicRay mentioned, it's not often a drought persists at elevated levels through a rainy season. We're still having flashbacks of 2023 every time it hits 100oF with no rain.

That’s the one dont give your day job, that’s one reason I still have my job, and one that is working with plants is even better. I just wish there was more hobby growers around, it’s fun going on trip to get plants you don’t have and the joy of not knowing what you will get in a knew plant for the garden. Iam happy having my hobby collection and working just for the man so to speak, I don’t see my hobby stressing me out like the boss at work does over his business. Not only that my hobby doesn’t make me work all day and it’s at my own pace that’s enjoyable. My job pays the bills and as you say puts food on the table, my hobby gives me joy and happiness and I know which one I would prefer, give me pslms any day, a good day plant shopping is better than a good day’s work anytime! Richard

That’s a pretty grow show you got going there. Being held back by certain rules and regulations regarding imports in live plant material just takes the fun out your hobby. And it also dictates the market a lot with what is locally sourced seeds for palm production. With low germination rates of imported seeds in some cases for rare and hard to obtain varieties it’s even more frustrating as a hoobby grower, not being commercial it’s the hobby grower who will obtain such rare varieties and make them available to the general public. Yet they still insist on what will grow and is proven from the commercial grower market with the chain stores dictating what is available. It’s your hobby that’s saving rare palm species by making them available and getting them into gardens, ensuring that palms survival in cultivation at least once extinct in the wild. And with you offering up these varieties at pretty well much a lose in the true value of the palm variety you’re selling. It’s only your passion for palms and that hobby that matters in a sense to palm enthusiasts who grow rare and exotic palms. Ps love the no weeds in your stock, a quality grower who knows there stuff good to see!

Go with Alexander King. They take sun and winds much better than common King. You said you like the Kentia? You can plant one under the King. Kentia will take full sun inland if you water them like King.. good drainage is a must for them. They handle up to 100°F, maybe a bit more. They will not handle frost though. But they love the cool nights.

For todays thoughts, i'll let our PHX area WX guru w/ the baseball announcer -esque voice lead the way into the final weekend of August ...annnd Summer 2026. 108 - 112F out the door / around the neighborhood at 3:23PM *** Skip to the 10 minute mark to skip on past an advertisement and Mike's weekly, Friday Photo round up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqo9kR-YHW0

Good old Alice Springs has a pretty good wildlife, and we are not talking about the wildlife centre either. They are pretty wild in the Alice!

All that for a few palm seeds, they would go crazy in Tassie with all them apples and poppys to steal!

Have wondered about that.. If you get over there, the A. barberae at the Huntington in Pasadena are much ( ..and that's being really conservative, lol ) bigger, yet have survived ...decades..... of big winter wind storms out there. I have noticed that the roots tend to be more fibrous, like palms ..so that could definitely help the big kids withstand wind throw better. ..Not to say they can't still get knocked down though. Where they're sited might offer up some deg. of protection too.. Regarding the Chipolte mention, i give that place a hard time because i'll hear people refer to it as their " top shelf " idea of what fast, Mexican / Mex - Tex ..whatever you want to call it food is.. ...Is " ok ", at best, esp. if your options are extremely limited ( Poor souls, lol ). Not sure what they changed years ago but haven't escaped eating from there w/out consequences afterwards since sometime in the mid - 2000s.. Wayyyy better places out there, let alone for those of us who live here, esp. down there in Tucson. My grandma used to make something akin to Pho every so often.. Was never a huge fan myself but, i get why many people enjoy it.

Nothing to add here other than to confirm you need to ditch the scheduled water and water daily! Not just once, but twice a day. You don’t need to do deep watering, as the palm roots are not yet spread out. So the best is to water then daily twice. In the morning and before sunset. Especially the first month of planting to reduce the shock as much as possible. No fertilization for now. Just maybe fish emulsion. Good luck!

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Hmm, My multi’s handle full sun better than singles because they each offer some protection by shading each other but I water all my palms really well.

Several nursey's have them in Homestead. I just picked up a 45 gallon from a collector in Miami

I'm going to wade through your Koi pond and steal those...

Best of last night's very hot n' monsoon season moody, end of Summer Lunar Eclipse, the last total / near - total Lunar Eclipse we'll see in the U.S. until ..June 25 - 26th, 2029 ( Will progressing thru totality as the moon rises here in AZ )

Yep, I think that's settled...ID not my strength, but I blame @tropicbreeze for misleading the court your honour! Central Aus is basically one long dry season, with infrequent summer storms. Alice Springs has around 285mm average rainfall, so the L mariae at Palm Valley seem to only survive by tapping ground water along the Finke River drainage channels.

My Brahea decumbens is more than 10 years old. Originally from Phil/JM. Red pruning shears added for scale. I suspect it would be more blue if it got more sun. ☀️