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On my climate, here's my data for March 2026 (note, if there's mention of total rain for the season, it's wrong, I need to clean out the rain catch.. it might not be listed on this sheet). I have a Vantage Vue by Davis Instruments. It should be noted, the weather this year has in fact been record breaking, however, it feels as though the climate is actively changing and that the averages are becoming less accurate. In 2022, we saw 112 in Redwood City, an all time high. 784dc10e-015d-4a64-9bdd-6ae22d4f4380.pdf

Well just adding to my blog here. I had my first in person customer today. Sweet lady, home health care nurse. She and her daughter showed up looking for the elephant ears I have on FB marketplace, and they were just kind of in awe of all the stuff I've got growing _out here_. She told me she keeps killing her houseplants, I showed her how to mix coco coir and perlite and stop using potting soil, her daughter was fascinated with the kittens. Sancho didn't make an appearance, and she killed a bee that flew in after I told her I was allergic so I basically gave her the plants for half price and gave her a philodendron. I think she'll be back once more stuff sprouts up. I've got dozens more bulbs to sprout. And then there was a bunch of "ohhhh yeah that's not for sale" 😂

The joys of bureaucracy, what a headache...should be able to solve it with a 3 minute phone call, but unfortunately in this new dystopia the Tech Bros have created for us, you'd end up talking to a bot or an underpaid 12 year old in a call centre in Rwanda...mumble, grumble, mumble.

Colocasia Redemption bulbs sprouted. And I checked on the Thai Giants, they're just starting to show nubs but they are ROOTED in 5g pots.

Excellent news @Tassie_Troy1971 - hopefully your Lepidorrachis will follow suit shortly! Any germination from the NZ sourced Hedyscepe seeds yet?

You're a cruel and heartless man Tim.

Thankfully they can handle periods of drought also - my swamp dried up last summer and we haven't had any rain since December. More work for me now to irrigate by hand! Licuala spinosa seems to be doing well also and doesn't mind full all-day sun or even 27°F freeze without protection!

Livistona australis. I've seen them in habitat with their roots pretty much in standing water, so I planted a dozen in amongst the reeds of one of my swampy areas down here in Tas, they're coming along nicely. We've got winter dominant rainfall, so the swamp is super wet and cold in winter, doesn't seem to bother them at all. L decora growing in similar conditions yellows off a bit in winter, which isn't surprising given it's more tropical distribution, but greens up again pretty quickly in spring. In a warmer climate than mine it'd be a beast in a swamp!

Lol anything that enjoys cold wet winters with lots of rain and hot humid summers where it almost rains but won't? Sabal Sabal and more Sabal.

Of course in Florida you are never too far, at least elevation wise, from water, but I wouldn't call Serenoa a swamp thing. Much more of a scrub palm - its classic habitat is pine savannah. My silver Serenoa is a clustering monster with four feet of trunk on the biggest stem, 6 years old from a little plant in a 3 gallon pot. Planted in full sun, in sand with absolutely no irrigation, way too close to the south wall of my house. (I was told they are slow growing.) Acoelorrhaphe in the everglades grows in standing water, or at least along the edges of ponds. Definitely a swamp thing. Sabal palmetto will grow on any site in Florida, including among cypress trees in permanently flooded swamps.

I see Serenoa growing in drainage ditches by me also many near bodies of water. I have some but are planted on higher spots. I have rhapidophyllums in a semi swampy area. They’ve only been there for a year but seem to be doing well. It’s not standing water usually but definitely soggy underground most of the time.

I did try those concrete pyramids at one point, but they were not anchored. They would move around, get pushed or vanish. I leave one of the spots for bulk pickup, which is twice a month and well-used. Anything placed there of any height and people complain they can't see the coming traffic to the nearby intersection. Thus, I leave it bare. The house in the opposite corner had a beautiful and super thick Areca Palm, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, right near the street and people kept at the owner to remove it. One day it was 'stumped' to a box hedge decorated with a swear-filled sign. Ryan

Do Rhapidophyllum Serenoa and/or Acelleraphe take swampy conditions? What I mean by swamp things is those that will grow in long-term or permanent standing water.

Sabal Louisiana and perhaps sabal palmetto would be good. I have swampy conditions with inches of standing water in the low spots after a heavy rain. Most of my palms are planted on a mound because of this.

Thanks for the list of Swamp Things!

Haha of course not Tim

**My thoughts only ** After ..over a decade.. of participating here, and utilizing info from palmpedia as ..one of many.. cross reference sources, informational wealth gained from the Forum is actually far more valuable than what additional insight i might gain from palmpedia, or any other such guide. Regardless, 🤔 I thought the forum and palmpedia were linked ..somewhere.. within the overall IPS site already.. Best way to achieve personal level consensus in such a situation? go for some rides / visit gardens and other places where more unique palms / other plants might be planted.. As mentioned elsewhere, have done this countless times / do this often myself to solve these kinds of " yay / nay " discussions. Sentences and pretty pictures on a page in a book / in an often generalized, online reference guide may have value worth the effort, but will only get you so far.

Well, this thread is becoming officially embarrassing! I just received a text from Carl at IFAS, who ventured out (IFAS office located at Mounts) and examined the palm. After a close look, he retracted his initial assessment. He stated that the palm did suffer cold damage, which was escalated by the tight pruning together with insects at work. Accordingly, Tim, you are at least partially correct! Carl stated that the palm would be treated for the insect infestation and that it should have no problem surviving. He also stated that the cold damage could be observed in the water marks(not sure what that means)! Best.

Last year and the latter half of 2024 my yard had a water leak on the supply side so at least I wasn't paying for the swamp it created! Numerous calls to the water company yielded no results so I decided to plant accordingly. Archontophoenix maxima, Ravenea rivularis, Acoelorraphe wrightii and Licuala spinosa. Also planted a Phoenix paludosa hybrid. And of course shortly after I planted them the water company showed up and fixed the leak! No more swamp ...

So this winter in NE Ohio has been brutally cold, we got down to -10F a couple times and had tons of snow. But miraculously, a lot of not so cold hardy plants survived! Calendula was killed to the ground but still has sprouts from the base, kale seedlings are still completely alive but growing slowly. Pineapple lily bulbs are alive with zero damage and calla lily bulbs are still alive with a bit of damage to some of the bulbs, what other tropicals should I try here? hedychiums? Cannas? Amaryllis?

Well, there's a lot of stuff you can get in Houston that I just can't get here. And purely anecdotally, the stuff I'm growing from bulbs looks much stronger already than the $10 tissue cultures I've bought. And my luck with the USPS hasn't been great lately. I mean I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just now trying to rationalize it. I bought a tissue culture Jurassic Jellyfish around the same time and it's still wobbly in a solo cup, but these bulbs are already firm in 1g pots.

I finally heard back from the head agronomist at IFAS, who is familiar but not on a daily basis with the palms at Mounts Botanical Garden. I sent him the same picture that appears in this thread. He confirmed that it is a juvenile Borassusdendron machidonis. He opined that the yellow coloring of the palm was the result of two things in his opinion. First, he believed that the specimen was trimmed too tightly and this placed stress on the palm. Secondly, he opined that the damage was caused by some kind of insect eating away at the palm. He pointed out that certain palms in the background of tropical nature were not affected by the cold event, and this led him to believe that the damage had nothing to do with cold. I asked him if he would take the matter up with Mounts. He said that that was not in his job description and that I should follow through on his behalf!

Mid 80s to the lower 90s around town at 11:05PM w/ some high clouds starting to trickle in from the south.. One final day of this unprecedented streak of 100 /100+ heat in MARCH ..before some moderation ..briefly.. rolls into town to end the month and get April started.. Current High Pressure " dome " that has sat over the region / majority of the U.S. for ......ever, lol.. is currently shifting deeper into the Southeastern U.S. as it breaks down.. As you can see in both Satellite view shots, In response, Clockwise flow around the western side of the high is inducing both a Quasi - Monsoon -like moisture surge south to north across Mexico < green > and a rare, " back door " cold front event across Western TX ,NM.. < light blue > which will reach AZ by later today / tonight.. During the winter, these types of east to west wind flow events can bring cold air west of the Continental Divide into AZ ( ..and even CA if strong and persistent enough ) In this case / this time of year, such events often bring east and southeasterly winds into the state and ..under the right setup, can import moisture from the Gulf and east side of Mexico. < Teal > While weak compared to what can happen under similar setups during Monsoon Season, Some semblance of that looks to occur over the weekend / start of next week which in turn may result in the season's first chance for legit, isolated to widely scattered, high based and diurnally - driven, showers / storms for S.E. AZ, likely seeping into the high country north and east of PHX by the time we reach the start of next week. Here, while the chance for a sprinkle or two can't be ruled out sometime between late tomorrow and Monday, we'll likely miss out on any ..more significant... shower / storm chances. That said, a slightly stronger westward nudge of any moisture that reaches the state from TX / stronger tap of moisture moving into the state / region from Mexico could boost those chances -here in the valley- just a little more than is currently suggested.. Regardless, ..while they aren't dropping dramatically.. temps. will steadily decline over the weekend. Added cloud cover will also trim insolation. Depending on how far south it reaches, another trough currently forecast to pass thru the west sometime around the middle of next week may drop temps to the 79 -84F -ish range by next Wednesday. While some model runs had suggested the same passing trough might offer up a few showers for the deserts, currently at least, that probably won't happen. Beyond that? Another ridge sliding into the area seems to be edging it's way into the forecast thoughts.. ..For now at least.. Regardless, as you can see, temps. head back towards the 90s once we get to next weekend.. As we reach the finish line of this crazy month, ..Ironic that we started out March 13+ above normal ..and are still currently running13+. We'll see where we land on Tuesday..

Whether you cut it how I cut mine or the way you have it now probably won't make a difference besides needing to cut more later. Don't be afraid to cut off half a frond. Cut it back until there's solid green on the rachis or the petiole, whichever comes first. Here's a diagram on what is the petiole and what is the rachis: If you do decide to cut more despite green petioles, make sure to sanitize tools in between use for each individual palm. Sanitize, cut as much you need to off one palm, sanitize, repeat step 2. There really is no right or wrong way to go about it. Well, I guess the only way to do it wrong would be cutting everything off haha Also, the white spots you're seeing look completely normal to me.

**Harvested February 2026** These seeds are from a wild specimen near Weeki Wachee Springs. Me and my boys were fortunate enough to stumble across this palm during a hike back in 2018 and have harvested seed each year since. They're not as into it now as they were when they were little (I get it, extracurricular HS activities can have that effect), so I've decided to part with most of this years seed harvest. The variegated yields vary each season, but never dissapointing. Between palmtalk, word of mouth, social media, and ebay, hundreds of variegated offspring from this tree have been shipped out each year. FULL SUN IS A MUST and paitence is a big key too, some specimens show variegation as soon as the first leaf emerges from the dirt. Others are green as can be for the first two years, then one day you look and the newest leaf emerging with every leaf that follows is variegated...deep regret then sets in when you think about all the 'green' ones that were culled too early Cleaned, Float Tested, and Ready to Sow Minimum order of: 50/$45 or 100/$75 , 250/$150 , 500/$250 Shipping an additional $6 for USPS Ground Advantage (w/ Tracking) Venmo, CashApp, credit cards or debit cards (via square) accepted PM if interested