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Here’s a few red ones if that’s any help! Your green ones look like normal microspadix seeds to me.

I have a reason to put this this request, as I am investigating the possibility, that mother plant is actually a hybrid. Truth is that microspadix fruits from other plants nearby are matte green uniformly:

Chamaedorea nubium sold out

It’s amazing the difference a little mulch makes on the garden. A nice winter blanket, weed control, moisture retaining, you feed the soil and it looks good. So a little mulch does go a long way, now all I have to do is spread that mulch around, a couple of wheel barrow loads should do the trick!

Things slow down for palms in containers in winter, and so has this page so here’s a few palms in containers! Linospadix monostachya Johannesteijsmannia altifrons dypsis orange crushdypsis black petiole Areca mandacanii Chamaedorea adscendens Chambeyronia houalouensis

You’re a palm grower gyuseppe, you have grown plenty of palms before, just apply those same techniques that have worked in the past. The only tip is don’t overwater, and lots of gyuseppe palm love!

My memory was a little off, it was 0.4C by 10:15pm, 0 by midnight, pretty close. That frost bottomed out at "only" -2.3C though. My R.Baueri were very small them, coming through that with zero damage I realised they probably were going to be viable. Gas heater is a step too far for me, would not bother to grow anything that needed that drastic level of action. It would have to be something really one off like thinking was facing a 1 in 50 or 100 year freeze to go that length. The problem with being up a zone would be, could not help trying to grow the next level of sensitive palms, and so if/when a one in 5 -10 year freeze came , would be in the same position My ridiculous contraption against the odds survived the day and needed minimal adjustment for tonight. I was wondering if the "sail" would take off and be over the road somewhere by time got home from work. Those poles are 3.6m long, the palm is over 3m tall now.

Sácala de ahí y metela en un macetero , dale una oportunidad

Sabal Yapa Palm & sun making art

I've had about a dozen of this species of sabal grow. I've never grown it. Any advice? It's sure to be frost-resistant.

I have a Beccariophoenix alfredii in the compacted clay soil in Northern California and it literally has done nothing in 5 years... so I have a feeling your theory might be right that it's a combination of the watering + bad soil.

I love your Vulcano! How long did it take for it to get to this size? If I can’t find a small one I’ll have to order seeds somewhere… Im a member of the Los Angeles international fern society- I love all ferns but platycerium are my favorite. I am collecting the old school cultivars, because they are not well documented and I don’t want them to be lost to time. I keep a few of the rarer tropical varieties, but I bring them inside during the winter time. I’m testing p. Elemeria and p. Andinum this winter outdoors… I hear they can take our cold. I also went to art center! I graduated a few years ago.

102F after another 110+ afternoon ( 112F here in he hood ) No breezy storms passing thru the area to cool things off a bi faster tonight either.. Week ahead, looks.... Temps pull back ..a tad more than today, tomorrow and Tuesday.. Wednesday thru Sat or Sunday? ..Ready for another round of 112 -117F? ..We'll see.. Depending on where the 4C high decides to hang out at that time, Temps could stay in the lower end of that range, or ...tack on a few more degs to the currently forecast highs for later next week, esp on Friday and Sat. Low ..but not zero.. chance some activity might try and approach the valley tomorrow night but, as usual, not every WX model is showing that outcome.. After tomorrow night / early on Tuesday? Where the 4C high decides to hang out mid / later this week will determine if storm activity completely shuts down state -wide, or just avoids the valley / lower deserts for several days.. 595+mb/ dam heights center up over most of AZ? = Mountains / far S.E. AZ might continue to see widely scattered activity. Large amounts of CIN / Capping, and poor Lapse rates would take the wind out of any storm that might make a run at the valley / lower desert areas to our west at that time. High decides to park over more over Las Vegas / western UT ..or just north of there mid / late week? that could open up the classic, " Rim Shot " / Maddox type 2 kind of set up ..Where storms forming over the rim have a better opportunity to make it into the valley / lower desert areas.. ...That is if there is enough moisture hanging out over the east central Rockies to draw southwest toward the Rim / 4 corners. See this for more insight: https://www.weather.gov/media/twc/monsoon/monsoon_patterns.pdf Dew points will pull back from the " definitely disgusting " category as this next round of heat tees up, but will keep " real feels " quite gross. Adding to all of this, " Big Heat " may not be confined to just AZ this time around as the high's position / peak strength could bring widespread 100 -110's to much of CA for a few days.. No doubt, Dan will probably have a live stream this week to discuss this ..and the serious, fire - related situation unfolding across the Pac. N.W. atm. What happens beyond the opening days of Aug.? ..We'll talk about that later.. For now.. This seems quite appropriate Don't be a intentional moron, Stay cool, off the trails, and hydrated..

So im certain it’s beginning stages of root rot from over watering. The holes are starting to smell like sulfur. The gardener assured me its not lack of water. He suspects the hardscape footing is not allowing it to drain. He stuck. Rebar and pulled it out and it was dripping with smelly sulfur water. I think I may have made it a lot worse by watering it even more. Despite my research here, I still couldn’t keep this alive. Its down to one frond and a spear 😭

here is one i grew from seed. vulcano ... seed from portugal. awesome you grow platyceriums too! i just started but grow the rarer forms indoors. i started a platycerium discussion on the other tropical plants thread. you have perfect climate to grow so much. i love pasadena but alas couldnt afford it when it was time to purchase a house. lived there when i went to art center. cheers tin

My 'Mexican Gold' is in full show-mode right now. In spite of the fact that it's probably the cold-hardiest "big" single-season Heliconia in the trade, it remains something few have even heard of. It really is the type of big Heliconia that can take your breath away, particularly when it's in a bit of shade and that intense orange-yellow color seems to shine like a torch. The leaves are large, glossy and luxuriously wide and a rich green. It is quite precocious but better behaved than something like H. schiedeana in California. My clump occupies about a 6'x6' circle at present since the stems do lean out a bit, it is not a tight, vertical type like H. x rauliniana or 'Hot Rio Nites.' But it's a clumper, not a runner, which is a plus for most people. Not sure how this does in cooler areas, but I had great success with it in southern Mississippi when I lived there, and now in the Palm Springs area. The species identity of this cultivar is still something of a mystery. Fred Berry and Bob Langford found this one in Mexico and never were able to identify it properly by species. So Bob Langford said they just propagated it under the cultivar name they used, 'Mexican Gold.' Somebody else later attached H. latispatha to it, but there's no science behind that attribution. It could be a hybrid of any of the Mexican species, and there are quite a few of those, such as H. bourgaeana, H. champneiana, H. uxpanapensis, H. latispatha, et al. Whatever it is, it's quite a beauty, with really substantial, chunky inflorescences. Really quite spectacular to see it in person, and it's very easy to take care of it. The largest of these open inflorescences on my clump right now is about a foot tall. They make excellent cut flowers in big tropical arrangements.

I'm sure there is a way to identify the seeds that have multiple embryos, but it would likely require damaging the seed overall. Others may have a method that doesn't involve this or an X-ray machine. I've had a few that sprouted with multiple embryos. Usually, one becomes dominant and overtakes the other. It would be hard to fit two adults right next to each other anyway.

i just noticed a twinner,what should i do.out of 250 seeds i busted open i got 5 polysbut it defeats purpose busting em open...right.is there a way to identify one in shell?

@JLM Looks like it is on the mend for the foreseeable future. Let us all hope we don't get double-tapped this winter like we did in 2010.

Bizzy Update - 7/26/26 Frond has fully opened. Next one coming in behind looks to be normal, although probably stunted. Severely lacks that silver coloration, which im hoping will gradually return with each new frond.

Looks like some sort of infection in the crown that has now completely pushed out. Growth should be normal from this point forward.

Here are some photos of flushing zamias in the garden, Zamia neurophyllidia A couple of Zamia splendens colorful one leaf flushes, A Zamia flushing bronze, And finally a Zamia inermis flushing after a thorough haircut.

A triple of Trachycarpus would look good enough and could get by with the shorter growing season.

Someone was snacking?

Just another week in paradise! 🥵 (predicted) aztropic Mesa, Arizona