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That’s a tremendous lean. Did this happen gradually or rapidly? I’m suspicious about all those ferns on the trunk. They could be holding water and masking rot. If so, then it is likely too late to save it. Can you move the top section by hand? If the trunk is spongy and rotten, it could possibly snap off so don’t stand under it.

Friend Gitano, I hope you're doing well. This is urgent: switch the growing medium to a mix of 50% perlite and 50% peat moss, and water it generously in the summer. These palms absorb a lot of water; they drink it up like fish. You're a great guy.

The first night was interesting . The humidity was 83% at sun down and almost 90% at 6am . I think I could leave the vent open just a bit . A small space is hard to regulate . If I open the door , I can watch the humidity drop! Harry

I would have like to have a few engleri but I didnt see them at the palm nurseries much when I was planting out, and a single engleri (mature) doesnt give much privacy down low. Clearly a properly spaced hedge like this one gives plenty of privacy. I saw these at tampa zoo and the more mature ones were notably taller than 12', which I dont want in a hedge.. I settled on silver saw palmettos which do give great privacy but they have their own issues like growing sideways into the neighbors yard. I have one silver saw in full sun that went almost 20' wide in 15 years from a 1 gallon. I have a couple Chrasalidocarpus lutecens clumps, they dont do well down low over time, they succor too much so bunching them can be a maintenance curse. I have to remove half a dozen lutecens trunks every couple years, they are prolific succoring palms That engleri hedge looks great, I just know I could not do the trimming in our heat with so many palms as the above hedge has. I would like to pick up a few engleri for spots now that I have the part shade positions.

Thank you both for information. Now i have to wait to see what is exactly. Anyway it looks nice.

Coronata / Romazoffiana now recognised as a naturally occuring hybrid i have 1 too was called Tagalensis when i got it 20 years ago

Same here! When we moved up the hill from our old house , things changed . Micro climates are real and once we got an established garden , I was surprised at what I could grow . I have noticed the warming trend over the 30 years we’ve been here . Of course a freak cold snap can happen but we just don’t see below mid 40’s any more . The weather app will show 42 but our real time temp is 46+ . We are higher up , south facing , warming us in the morning hours. Lovely palms , those . I’ve never tried them . My main thing , now , is room. Harry

I can see why someone would like that privacy hedge . Not a fast way to get one but pretty cool . I am surprised you haven’t introduced yourself . Harry

They make a great hedge and those pictures show that!

Not sure how many are planted, I might knock on there door one day and ask what is the story behind the palms. There were only palms in the garden nothing else except for palms. There are some incredible properties with houses in my area!

That’s more knowledge than I have, I was never really interested in broms, yer sure I had them but they get given too me by many gardeners who renovate their own gardens and say I dont want them anymore, I have five acres so I say I’ll take them. And Australia has quarantine states that you cannot import live plants, fortunately iam not one of those states I can buy whatever I can find!

You’re climate sounds somewhat a little like my climate, Iam definitely subtropical but live in a sweet spot for a lot of varieties of palms, like you said the super tropicals we can rule out, but among that tropical stuff there is a lot of stuff you can grow. Availability is the thing stopping a lot more stuff being discovered!

That looks great!

It’s not to difficult in my zone 10a area, Richard. The real tropical stuff refuses to grow here of course though. Winters have been 10b for over ten years but they are cool nonetheless. Burretiokentia seem to like the cool wet season as much as the warm summertime.

Oh great, best of luck with it! I'm super interested how it goes for you. Hopefully I find one for sale here at some stage. I've seen them looking fantastic in Sydney, which isn't TOO much hotter than here (at least with some wishful thinking). Is it easy for you guys to order plants from out of state? Must be some great places in QLD to acquire tropicals to try. Definitely not, but maybe I'll get there one day ! I just happen to have a couple of those Billbergias. I don't even know the name of some of my own collection though to be honest!

Lucky Hawaii growers!

Dankjewel, Richard! Dit is er inderdaad èèn met die roodbruine tint in het nieuwe blad. Hoe meer licht hij krijgt, hoe intenser de kleur. Hier in Nederland zit er vaak wel eentje met die tint in een pot met meerdere planten!

I was lucky enough to see a flowering one. And it was rather large, but with no telegraph pole insight thankfully. I have another on in my garden and it will e nice to see how it grows with a bit of attention and water. Richard

As a young fern they like dappled light and water, but as soon as they get a metre or two sized leaves they take a lot of sun. I use them as canopy trees in harsh areas around my garden. Great pioneer plants for establishing a garden. And once they get a couple of metres of trunk full sun not a problem. They do like a drink but once established they are tough plants. Just plant as many as you can anywhere you will be surprised how many live, you may lose one or two out of 20 or so, once they get growing they are rocket ships.

But how many are there! We can only dream of a house like this here, almost all the families live in apartments in a condominium, I am one of the lucky few to have a garden here

Someone certainly loved palms and went all out with a hedge of engleri. A local suburban house in my hometown, they went for privacy and certainly got it with this lot of palms. So engleri will make a great hedge over time. They even threw in a Bismarckia for good measure.

That’s the go Jim, zone push away. I have discovered so many palms from zone pushing. You gotta try and go against what you’re told won’t grow, yes some obvious things wont grow, but you never know until you try!

That’s the one EE, I have CLBS and it’s not that one. NM could mean anything, even the initials of the seed supplier. That’s dypsis for you, we all know how it happens. I have 3 unknown dypsis sp in my garden I got from Rosebud many years ago as ambositrae wild collected. And we all know the ambositrae, plumosa debacle. All I know is the 3 I have are neither of those two.