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Beautiful plants Giuseppe 😍 Are they seeding? My biggest one is about 10 years from seed and just started to make trunk.

Fantastic color!!!

Or you could keep the more delicate palms indoors—limiting yourself to just ten of each variety—so you can also build a serious collection. I’m running out of indoor space myself, but I’ll come up with something. I’m currently trying to propagate palm seeds *in vitro* with the help of a friendly lab; I hope to clone them and establish a germplasm bank. I hope it works out and that you can offer some advice. I’m sure there are others who know what I’m talking about—extracting embryos from the seeds and producing multiple clones from them.

No Dictyocaryums, but I do have several Ceroxylons, Hedyscepes, Lepidorrhachis, and Geonoma palms. Also, about 15 Chamaedorea species. Thanks for the compliments.

This is one of those palms that keeps on giving. Tim

Pritchardia minor is no slouch! It's certainly one of my favorite Hawai'ian Pritchardias. That must look lovely alongside your various Ceroxylons, Dictyocaryum, et al... How many of us are insanely jealous of those wondrous things only you can cultivate, Darold!

I have also a triple and quadruple :) Yes, sometimes the trunk is solitair but most of my C. decipens produced two trunks, one produced three and one even 4 trunks.

Caryota obtusa opening up a frond mid winter. Almost looks variegated.

Looks like a good chunk of the FL west coast got in on some nasty storms today. Curious as to how rainfall amounts turned out for anyone who got in on it. I am at 1.79" for July so far which is probably running slightly behind or right around where it should be. Rain chances start climbing this weekend into next week though, with indications for above average precip to close out the month of July for northern Florida.

Tropiflora grew a few of these from seeds from an unidentified herbarium specimen, "Puya species cayata Ecuador HL 1-08". Harry Luther, RIP, said that this is a high-altitude plant and shouldn't do well in Florida. However, it seems to do quite well for me, at sea level, and has flowered for me twice now since I got it in 2009. No offsets so far, but it self-sets plenty of seed. The plant in the photos grew to over a meter across, and the inflorescence reached over two meters, taller than me. I have a few others in the ground, but none are quite as big as this one. Tropiflora is still selling it: https://tropiflora.com/products/puya-species-cayata I sowed some of the seeds from this plant, and they germinated quickly. I think this is an attractive landscape plant and suspect it may grow much further north and handle a little frost if the herbarium specimen was correctly located.

At that point they might as well just have them cut down entirely. Wild how anybody could do this to a palm and think this looks good in any way. If someone ever did this to one of my palms i would probably end up in jail 😂

The more the better!

You’re not alone here! I even love YOUR palms😁. Going to visit @DoomsDave palms tomorrow with a fellow collector/friend . I will love his palms while I am there. Maybe adopt a few! Harry Who am I kidding……MAYBE?😂

This forum can have that effect on folks! Good job, looks terrific. Harry

Yeah. It’s Panz x Debo. Correct. It’s from Kevin @ KW Palms & Cycads but Kevin lives in Lake Elsinore. -dale

Be very gentle when planting this . They can be root sensitive but tough palms once established. I would get rid of the snails, yes! The best thing for Brahea or any large palm is to cut the container and gently lower the palm ( minus the pot) into its new home . Of course it will want some water and a bit of garden soil around it . I wouldn’t worry about feeding it just yet . I have never fed either of my Brahea here in Southrrn California. Congratulations , that’s a beauty . I would keep the little one until the palm shows that it has adapted , and then make up your mind whether you like it as a duo. Harry

In Ventura , by my shop , there were a couple of Brahea Edulis that I love to see every time I pass. Someone just trimmed the poor things just like that. The other day , when I passed by one crown was bent over and looked like it was hanging by a thread. I was upset and they weren’t even my palms! I believe the saw cut into the crown😕. They are very old palms and it was sad to see. The other one looks pathetic. Harry

Never heard of that genus before Richard, looks to be from Amazonia, so probably not a good one for Antarctica, should do well for you though hopefully. Not much info on the net about them. Good find!

Bouncing between a hot 108 ..and a " not as gross " 111F our there at 3:27PM. That said, add in the currently fluffy Dew Point reading of 57 and the " real feel " has been wavering between 113 and 118.. While the Excessive heat warning will end around 8PM, expect another hot night in the mid / upper 80s and 90 / 90+ < 90 /90+ readings = closer to downtown PHX > Touch cooler tomorrow as things start to change.. " Changing Times " = clearly evident in today's afternoon COD T.C. Satellite loop... While steering flow in the upper levels will drive storm activity currently bubbling up over the White Mtns / Gila Wilderness in New Mexico toward the south / southwest again, keeping a majority of today's storms confined to Cochise Co. and the borderlands, note that the flow is starting to take on a more " east to west " trajectory today than it has over the last couple days ...A good sign that the center of the subtropical high, currently stretched out between L.A. and the PHX area, is starting to shift north toward Utah and western Colorado ...Where it should be by this time tomorrow. That shift = increased east to west upper level steering flow, and increasing moisture levels through the entire atmosphere, which should boost storm coverage, getting it closer to PHX. While not in the official forecast currently, if storm activity is as widespread to our south tomorrow as some of the forecasts are suggesting, it is entirely possible some deg. of left over shower activity / few bolts rides a dusty outflow boundary into -at least- this side of the valley late tomorrow night. This is something that has been hinted at by various HRRR runs over the last couple days, so ..We'll see. Regardless, most of the current forecast thinking is pointing at Sunday night / Monday being our first good shot at storms across the valley.. ** As usual, whose house / side of town sees rain, vs. another that doesn't = that is how the monsoon works, 99% of the time. Nothing predictable about that. ....So no whining about it if you stay dry.. ** Beyond anything we might see by Monday morning, next week looks to stay reasonably active as the subtropical high stays in a favorable position for continued east / southeasterly flow. Some hints at an Easterly Wave / Inverted Trough approaching the area by mid / late week, ...which would really enhance rain chances / coverage / up the heavy rain threat.. As usual, further south you go, rain chances look better.. Highs in the 80s to about 90, lows in the mid/upper 60s = Sonotia / Patagonia area looking great. On that note, as humid as it may feel out there now, ..it could get quite soupy, esp. by desert standards, next week.. D.P's in the lower / mid 60s look pretty likely all of next week and are pretty typical during Monsoon season. Rarer? the consistent suggestion by both the GFS and ECMWF ( Especially ) of seeing Dew Point readings topping 70deg ..if not flirting with / breaching 80, which ..i honestly can't remember the last time i'd seen 75 -82deg Dew Point readings suggested in a forecast for this area. More clouds / storms around + higher D.P's / Humidity = temps will come down next week to -at least- the lower 100s. Cloudier / stormier days? = highs might stay below 100. At the same time, As is normal during the season, the " A slow day often follows an active day " rule is in effect.. Outside of a disturbance enhancing day to day rain potential, rare that it rains -every day-, in the same exact location as yesterday, during an active period. Esp. in the lower deserts. Tucson, Mtns, Borderland region? = better nearby terrain features for getting daily storms.. That's just how it is.. ....And it's not just AZ / Western NM that will see the season get kicked up a few notches next week.. Pretty much all of the region will see some deg. of increase in monsoonal storm activity, inc CA. *** See Dan's latest WX West blog post for those details / other thoughts.. *** https://weatherwest.com/archives/43915 Looking further out? ..For Now... second half of July / peek into Aug. looks ..respectable.. ....in terms of monsoon season precip lean chances. As always, take what you see suggested today w/ that dash of salt ..aand that healthy dose of " convince me " skepticism. While any activity that forms out by Hawaii won't do squat here, have to keep an eye on any possible T.C. storm development closer to Mexico as the E. Pac. goes into another active cycle. They may ..stay away.. or push pulses of deep tropical moisture our way. Empty SD card? ..check.. Tripod plate put where i won't loose it again, ..check.. Foothills / Borderlands greening up nicely, ..Asap? ....Let alone everyone's yards here in the valley and nearby getting some good soakings ..soon..? ..Fingers Crossed.... Saddle up, Buckle up, or take a seat ...Appears the show is about to start...

Kevin Weaver in Corona? KW Palms?

My only Pritchardia is P. Hillebrandii brought home from Maui years ago in a 3” pot! It has survived for at least 15 years here in Santa Paula . Planted next to my house for protection , although I’m not sure it needed it. Harry

Mine is doing okay in So Cal but has a bit of recent leaf burn. The one that I have in a pot is younger but somehow much bigger and happier which seems to be the opposite growth habit of all my New Cals that are in the ground.

I like yours Dale! Which one is yours? panzhihuaensis × debaoensis?

Here's mine in Pepeekeo.

Currently 3 species of Chuniophoenix are recognised. C hainanensis C nana C suoitienensis C humilis is currently considered a synonym of C nana. I’ve found both C nana and C hainanensis to be bulletproof down to at least -1.5C with no damage. I’ll hopefully be able to test out C suoitienensis one day @happypalms 😉😉