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Thank you for your reply! @ankiwo and also sorry for my very late answers🥲. It should be depending on which size your container is, but I believe salak cannot bear fruits while in a container. They should be placed on to the ground to bear fruits. This is because when palms are only growing in a container it will lacked the nutrients and will stunt the whole plant. The suckers grow the same as the parent. Different sexes could only grow through seeds. I am pretty sure animals won't go near them due to its spiny spikes. That's why Salak has evolved over time to protect its fruits and parts from dangers. Salak doesn't have deep roots, they only thrive about 10 to 50 cm down according to google. Extra! You mentioned you're in Central FL. I believe the climate there isn't really enough for this kind of palm. Salak must really grow in deep moisture and intense sun, but NOT dry! It is also not the cold hardy ones, so better to keep this palm in a container so you could put it indoor when it is winter. I am sure it will be fine in a container as long as you care it carefully! Btw, how is your Salak now? Has it grow already?

Some color…

Fresh Sainte Lucei and C laceolata in the rising sun.

Pelagodoxa mesocarpa - $6 each - (only about 90 available)Chambeyronia macrocarpa - .50 each- (only 80 available)Pinanga ‘blue seed’- small amount- .25 eachBentinckia condapanna- small amount . 25 eachAllagoptera arenaria - .25 eachBeachpalms@cfl.rr.comPelagodoxa are easy to germinate. What I do, is put seeds inside the house, in the AC, for about a week. Then I try cracking outer shell using light pressure with a nut cracker. If they don’t crack easily, leave a few more days. Soon, you will hear the crack, then you can gently remove outer shell carefully with a knife. This speeds up germination. If you decide to sow them with the ‘shell on’ I have heard they sprout fine this way too. It just takes longer.

The ancient myrrh of the Three Wise Men. I would love to get hold of ancient Judean date palm seeds. You certainly have interesting things—more interesting than all the combined content of this forum.

Hi.i am a comiphora plant collector ,i have the real genuine fresh commiphora giladensis tree seeds,i like to exchange it with: Commiphora wildii Commiphora guidottii Commiphora madagascariensis Commiphora kataf Or any other amazing aroma comiphoras or boswellas Thanks

Perhaps fertilizer burn?

What timing! I was just up the ladder yesterday . My large C. Obtusa had a frond that was overhanging my neighbor’s driveway and their cars were gone. I cut it with my pole mounted chainsaw. Crash! It came down . I had to use the street to cut it up. Super heavy and filled one of our green cans after I chopped it up. They are beautiful palms , each new frond is like a whole new palm. Harry

Nice looking cross, thanks for sharing. Odds are though it's a multifrondis that was used for the cross. There was some serious debate years ago about many seed lots being sold as debaoensis that turned out not to be.l and even recent seed batches have turned out not to be. Lots of discussions in the FB cycad groups on this.

Thank you , Richard . That helps , I’m learning as I go here . Once they get leaflets I plan to slowly move them into my garden , I do know they prefer it cool . Especially while young. If they are similar to Howea in requirement , we got this . Harry

Yep you’re right about South America, I have the right conditions for it so iam in luck with it.

Here’s an update on my ones, dead, cold weather got them!

If you want a good canopy , Syagrus R. is a great option . They are messy when they flower but the bees love them and bees are great environmental friends. @gyuseppe , beautiful palms! I bet they provide a nice bit of shade for that part of your garden. All but one of my Queen palms are prolific seed producers . Most of the time I have the spathes cut as soon as they show up , but with all of the palms it’s hard to keep up so I get volunteers in the garden. Fortunately the seedlings are very slow growers. Once the plumose fronds emerge ….look out! Rocket ships. Harry

The amount of things I have learned on palmtalk has been amazing, some very good growers out there, palmtalk is such a large t as lent pool. I had my ones originally on heat mats and read what you said about just normal room temperature is fine, so we learnt of each other, in this case! I find treat them like a Howea species a bit like masoala madascariensis, that is what I have learnt about them! Richard

We got a nice wet down yesterday at 7pm, about half an inch. Hoping this continues into a real wet season. Ive been waiting to plant a few palms, but I wont do it until the rains ar more consistent. Its much easier to keep palms in pots at this time.

We had 23f this past winter for a few hours and my multifrondis male had zero damage. These plants were out in the open on my benches and had zero damage as well. I know panzhihuaensis is touted as the most cold hardy, and being it's the mother plant in the mix I would be confident saying it didn't lose much.

I think I'm on a watch list... seriously. My last three shipments all were flagged and confiscated. I paid to have one returned due to the amount of plants in the order. So until I get my nursery license it's a no go. Still working on other projects but hoping to complete this process later in the year.

You need a few Arenga engleri for your garden!

A nice set of pewter beer mugs in the opportunity shop caught my eye today, no i didnt buy them should have though now I think about it!

Well , this sounds like an international ring! I’m in , we have to be careful though , Dave has watch kitties . Yes , more than one . They have secret weapons …..purring! @DoomsDave has them trained . Harry

I got 1 inch from that yesterday.

Just a splash of red in the garden!

They are tough as nails, so I can’t figure out why they died, unless humilis is a different form, which apparently it’s not, so something went wrong, but all three dead I just put it down to cold weather. Knowing they are tough to cool cold conditions I obviously did something wrong to kill them all!

Good lord @tim_brissy_13 glad you have been keeping stocktake on my palm inventory, cause i wouldnt have a clue as to how many palms 🤣I have, let alone guess how many varieties there is @happypalms! 🤣 And iam saying that cause it’s true☝️ Iam sure there is no better test than a refrigerator for the suoiteniensis, there still here, and the best part is no crow bar will be needed to get my hands of one them for you, do drop in! 😜🤪

Pelago’s are scheduled to arrive today. I hope to be shipping Monday. Also getting some Chambey macrocarpa seeds.