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Jesus, a real beast! Mine is still 1 foot tall and it is 3yo 😄

this is what I have seen. My sister had 2 installed 12 years ago that were just starting to trunk at the shore here in FL. They planted one in sand near the road edge in what looked like mostly beach sand(the lot was 200' to the gulf water) and one in the garden with rich amended soil. The one in the garden died within 2 years., the one on the road edge has survived 100mph plus winds and 5' of salt water in hurricane MIlton and a couple feet of water in hurricane IAN three years before. It did a lot better than her house which had to be removed after MIlton. I saw it earlier this spring, Its a navissana sargentii and it has 5' trunk ~12 years after install. It has had no irrigation since Milton hit in Oct 2024, just whatever rain fell. Almost all of her garden was killed by the water or lack of irrigation. It was fruiting so I grabbed a few seeds. Read palmpedia, they report palms hate slow drainage and rich soil, seems to be what I saw. I find palms in pots are harder to keep happy in general, they tend to cook in sun and naturally dont drain as well due to the small holes in the bottom compared with open soil. My little sargentii's are in 30% perlite combined with a potting mix, I will be monitoring the soil through he bottom holes.. They are slow, very slow. In a dry climate I would probably try to look at the dry cycle closely in those pots and half day sun. In humid climates they take sun pretty well. But in a dry/hot season leaf transpiration losses will be greater for sure. @AZtropic grows these in arizona desert just about as well as any I've seen in Florida. Watering in a dry climate might be a bit tricky without monitoring the soil moisture. They also like alkaline soils according to palmpedia. I bought some dolomite aquarium gravel for my little ones.

The rainy season is DOA locally. For the next week, we have the west wind pushing rain away.

Succes!

Hawaii has a very nice tropical climate and for the most part very good soil. Where I’m from originally, Kalihi Valley, it rains almost every night. All the tropical plants thrive without needing any water. I wish San Diego had more rain!

It gets some water from neighbors sprinklers but it is definitely more on the dry side. I never give supplemental water and it’s on a slope so most would run off anyway. Full sun from very young. I did nothing to protect it last winter. It sustained severe freeze damage on all fronds except the spear and is now growing again. Producing inflorescences as well. The bees definitely love them here too. I’m always amazed at the numbers I get. I do give it some 0-0-20 and a light dose of Florikan once it starts raining reliably. Which I am still waiting for…

We all have that one garden nemesis that keeps us busy!

I have a few serpentina young plants and the colour of yours matches the same, and they do get a wispy thin look about them, only more robust looking due to the light and heat. After all they Australian, and we are not called the sunburnt country for no reason!

Dypsis poiveana.

You are right, the Cycad is inside the house and temperature are about 15 degrees.

Some welcome rain is a good start to winter as far as I can see, said the blind man who couldn’t see at all!

I have some those copiapoa cinerea for sale. Please contact me if you are interested,and i will offer you more information!

Heres that monster! Richard

It’s an old Rosebud farm, Rich trapnell palm and iam confident it is a sefritzii!

I have microspadix and it’s a deeper green and more of a green leather look. I may have purchased the palm some odd 30 years ago and yes the memory is not the same, and my memory bank i finally got the combination and unlocked it and according to my memory bank it’s a sefritzii!

Latania

Same as my one tied up to keep it in check. I have another clump In the garden that’s a monster, they can get large that’s for sure. It’s surprising how tough this palm is and a good cool tolerance helps gor those in the cooler areas! Richard

Lepidozamia peroffskyana cone, the biggest one I have seen in a while!

Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana, dypsis pembana, sabinara magnifica, three great palms.

Would you say a dry arid conditions with as much sun as possible for growing this palm. I can provide that but i havent been game enough to plant pslms in that area of my property. Good drainage is not a problem in my garden, or would a spot with some microclimate be best suited. Thanks

That’s warm for midnight, no wonder your palms look so good. Beautiful pictures thanks!

Beautiful picture, and with some luck you may have some seeds. Definitely the climate for growing in your area!

Wow now that’s cracking the combination to growing them, you definitely have it worked out, the heat is not a problem in summer for me. The winter may be a different story for me. Top picture in habitat thanks!