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Your Syagrus looks much more like Syagrus botryophora

Pritchardia gaudi chaudi?

Yeah this can occure in almost all palm spp, I suppose. The more offspring are propagated and nurtured by people, the more the odds for appearance of such 'monsters'. In nature an overwhelming percentage of produced seeds and seedlings die quite fast, so chances are considerably reduced. I think I have such a 'monster' Chambeyronia in my cold frame. It displays a phenomenal rate of growth compared to other individuals grown in identical conditions.

We had mobile phone warnings of 40mm severe weather and rain last night. Not sure if we got that much but we sure did get a lot. A large and well established Phoenix dactylifera in the center was snapped in three places and a cruise ship, attached to the dock, had its' ropes snapped and was left drifting in the sea. Nice and sunny now with 21 degrees. The rain now is much less frequent. If we have no rain, the temperatures are always quite pleasant and very cocos-friendly. I plan on putting my dwarf (the larger one) in the ground next year and probably one of the panama talls. Those panama talls seem to be quite tough.

A few zone push winners and a couple of definite proven winners well worth a try next time you see them for sale. The orbicularis and mapu are two that I thought would never live in the greenhouse, both have survived winter in the greenhouse, not to sure about going in the ground just yet but they are doing ok so far.

Good luck it’s a battle to win against them indoors, control is your best approach. A good hose down will deter them as well.

With a bit summer growth it’s time to get the line trimmer out, we have all done it completely leveled new plantings hiding in the long growing grass that we forget there in the long grass and swing that trimmer away, only to cut some poor new plantings hiding the of at ground level. Even mature palms are not safe, it’s down right emotional when you level some poor new plantings. It’s just an entry for disease with palms when you scar the trunk. It even gets the irrigation sprinklers, try as much as I do to avoid such damage but it hurts killing such babies. The old saying never trust a farmer with a chainsaw just got changed to never trust a farmer with a lone trimmer.

This topic couldn‘t be more up to date these days in Greece. You are getting all the rain you hadn‘t had the past six months in just a couple of days…

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii at dusk in flower.

yes,I know, I had put them in the shade to let them root well, they were sent to me bare-root, if I put them in the sun they would die, in the summer of 2026 (God willing) I will put them in the sun, so they turn red and grow faster

Yeah, it turned into a speciosa and is about 20 plus feet tall...

Ohhhhh going from a 5 gallon bucket in front of the fan to a 27 gallon tote full of water in front of the heater has definitely raised the humidity in there. And neem oil seems to be regarded as a solid organic treatment as long as I keep up with it and use it regularly. I'm definitely on board with the predatory mites but the shipping is murder because they have to be overnighted. I honestly thought keeping it bright with 60% humidity was enough but nope. I even sprayed the cracks, crevices and corners, the undersides of the tables, anywhere that's gonna get dusty (since this is still technically indoors and not a true greenhouse) - so I'm hoping for the best here. I've put a ton of work into this room and I'm not gonna let some bugs that I can't even see defeat me.

In the last week, I've bought a Sabal Uresana (but I'm waiting on either an Amazon refund or an eBay shipment to pay for shipping), some seeds from a wild Cavendish banana, and @WaianaeCrider has mailed me seeds from another exotic Hawaiian papaya.

You just made me think of something - sometimes when I ship packages or have to pick up Sancho's medicine, I have to drive to the next county down and their library has a seed bank. I could donate some of these Sabal seeds to them, God knows I have tons. But if I can play devil's advocate here for a minute - we live in an instant gratification culture now. We want our Amazon Prime 2 day delivery, we want our on-demand streaming, we want our Doordash, and palms are ridiculously slow to germinate and grow. I mean, even me, I'm one of y'all, I'm a self admitted "palm dork," and I'm turning my attention to tropicals that grow fast. I want shade, fast for summer and I want something that I can actually notice growing. Don't get me wrong, I've got potted palms and the ones in the yard and I get excited when I see a new frond, but I've also got stuff that I know is gonna look like a blade of grass for 2 or 3 years and I've got stuff that I've been waiting for germination for eternity. I do think that there are younger folks and kids out there who will enjoy the journey and will enjoy watching the growth process but - it's a process, it's not at all an instant gratification thing. Meanwhile I can get a banana pup with little or no roots, or a colocasia cutting and I'm watching these things become literal monsters right in front of me - and I haven't even started fertilizing them yet. I'm not saying nobody will enjoy and appreciate it, I'm just saying it's a niche hobby and it takes a special kind of person with a great deal of patience who's willing to learn basic things like balancing out watering. I'm still trying to figure that out, I've had seedlings dry out and seedlings die from damping off because I'm still trying to find that balance. So we've got to find those people with patience who are willing to take the kids and keep trying. That's the future of this hobby and those are the people who are gonna keep this thing alive. Having gotten all of my negativity out of the way though, I'll be dropping baggies of Sabals and some colocasia bulbs off at the Wayne County library the next time I go down there. I think this is a great idea to draw people in and clear out some of what I've collected.

I have been so impressed with the growth of this one. It had no pinnate fronds when I planted 3 years ago. It’s how 7-9 feet tall and growing like a weed. Santa Ana, CA.

If I had a neighbor growing a coconut like that one, I’d sure give it a try or at least a few tries!

Hmm, could very well be. Thank you.

This one was a tiny seedling three years ago when planted in this position. Slow but steady growth. This nighttime photo gives the impression of discolored fronds. They are solid green however.

Raise the humidity they dislike humidity and wet conditions. The grow environment is to dry, mites build up resistance to most chemicals, so you have to rotate your chemicals or whatever you use. Or get ladybugs 🐞 predator bugs for control. Warm dry conditions mites love that. You could get predator mites as well online!

And the truth shall set you free!

Wise man only one, we don’t need to go into the complicated details!🤣

I am a neighbor but I am too scared lol! I have never tried it fully, but this inspires me.

Thanks, the crazy thing is I just purchased another 100 seeds for something to do, I just love them that much!

Mine is growing well in SoCal, Santa Ana, CA.

First flower on Chrysalidocarpus “Orange Crush”: