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Yes, it could be due to it growing on such a steep slope . It also gets a ton of water being down at the bottom of the hill. Harry

Really difficult in your case from the photos without clear images of the inflorescences and we’d need to understand full size fruit size and shape. The only observation I’d note is that the second one appears to have scattered lepidia on the abaxial surface of the fronds which would rule out P hillebrandii. Here’s a link to an article with a key. https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vol51n4supplementPritchardia.pdf

Beautiful palm trees. They have a great Mediterranean feel.

@Harry’s Palms this edulis has a very chunky trunk! 😍

@palmtreesforpleasure and @tim_brissy_13 after the original thread I have doubts about the identity of my two Pritchardia specimens. I am totally in the dark about the usual diagnostic features applied in the genus, since I do not have the relevant book of Don Hodel. I can only say that the first sp is more prone to nutritional deficiency (sensitive to alkalinity) but also cold hardier. Besides it has already bloomed at a much smaller size and its flowers are more yellowish. So here we go: First one obtained as Pritchardia lowreyana Second one obtained as Pritchardia hillebrandii:

108 currently accepted species so I reckon we can all easily squeeze in 216 Chamaedoreas in our gardens to get fruiting pairs! I’m sitting at 41 species now and they really don’t take up much space.

Yeah mate they rock!

Sunday night Extras..... Coral Vine.. Year #2 of flowering in the Spring. Citharexylum spinosum AKA: FL. / Spiny Fiddlewood.. Leucophyllum x " Lynn's Legacy " Spring cycle.. Pseudobombax Surprised to see this 5 month old Senna hirsuta seedling already flowering. Mistflower ( Conoclinium dissectum ) up front, Solanum houstonii in da' back..

That’s the one Harry, but the best part is look at how great your garden will look. What with only another 400 varieties to collect, plus you will need a male and female of each if one wants to do a bit of palm seed collecting. So another 800 little chamaedoreas won’t need that much space, I think! Richard

Argh the dypsis complex syndrome. Such a shame that Madagascar has lost most of its native habitat. Palms in cultivation will never be found in habitat there again. This leaves a big gap in the identification of indigenous species now in cultivation.

Here’s the “type” at the Black garden in Fountain Valley, OC California. Scream obscenities with delight! Chrysalidocarpus blackii (above) looks a lot like lanceloata, in fact Mr Black bought his thinking that’s what it was since that’s what the original label says. But the trunks are a lot thicker and the infructescence is totally different. Blackii’s are dense and compact while lanceolata’s dangle like C. lutescens’.

I'm gonna open with this meme. Anyway as always price is OBO, white monstera. Yes it was sold by Costa but it's been confirmed they did not grow them, it's from the Kunzo lineage also confirmed by them. Not an albo or creme Brule or Thai con. Rehabbed and is now pushing out of a 1g pot. I've got it listed elsewhere for more optimistic prices, these were sold in March and didn't last long. $75 obo for y'all plus the ride.

Yeah, we got those here too. But what pissed me off is I've been trying to unload some really nice canna for 10-15 bucks apiece and they took some raggedy ones and threw some marigolds in the pot for $70... I uploaded some more vids to YouTube and Instagram today too, cool things are going outside to harden off.

You’re welcome!

Time to go back to the doom and gloom again. 20 LOB in 2 games isn't ideal. And having like 30 injured pitchers doesn't help.

Wow wee, Jim. What else can one say? Truly spectacular and all these new goodies I'm sure will do beautifully under your deft hand. And I agree on planting small...not only because the plants seem to like it when their roots can decide where to go from a young age, but also of course it makes it so easy to stuff these things into all the little nooks and crannies that are just aching for another palm (especially when those big containers just won't fit, dang it). Plus no broken back trying to dig a hole for a 15-gallon monster (or lugging it home). Only water, fertilizer and (quite a bit of) patience are required. Life goes along, you blink a few times, and suddenly everything's big and beautiful!

Here is one of mine with fruits. Just took the pictures. Sorry, it's a bit dark.

Tony, Is that the Jubaea the was lost in 2021?

Here the newspaper article its front page news!

Meg is this one doing well for you? Update please.

A couple of common Brahea down on my hill. Harry Mr. Elephant , Brahea Edulis This Brahea Armata is about 3-4 years younger than the Edulis . A much slower growing palm.

Not the first one observed this year, ..but the brightest so far.. ChzA ( Circumhorizontal Arc ) Tough to see but flaring up under and to the far left of the 22deg Halo. Another flare up attempt. " Green Flash " flareup.. Mature phase w/ Full spectrum coloration. Fainter event about a week ago, ..but present if you look closely enough.. Quick hitter as a batch of Cirrus w/ the right crystal orientation passes through..

That time of year again ( ..Though earlier than last year ) for some beastly, neighborhood full frontals..

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