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Iam quite surprised at this glorious beauty of a palm taking quite cool temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius. The 4 young palms are doing great and the recently pacsoa purchased flowering one is not fased at all by the cool conditions. What they don’t like is hot dry conditions, the more humidity the better. I do know they are water loving palms and the more the better, I sit them in shallow trays of water pretty well much all year long. One gorgeous palm, will I ever plant one in garden not too sure they are that rare, and my climate does suffer drought conditions, i could irrigate but the day I forget to water would not be a good outcome!

Caryota mitis, catching the afternoon far red spectrum.

And a trifecta of chamaedoreas!

A nice trio of kerriodoxas!

A hot 105F at 9:21PM, after a Fry -day afternoon high in the upper 100-teens.. Plenty of neighborhood level 120F readings today as well.. If it holds thru midnight, ( ..which is likely ) today's low in downtown PHX will tie the all-time, hottest overnight low of 97F, orig. set in 2023. Tonight? ..we may break that record, if it doesn't drop below 98F. 110F at Sky Harbor right now. ..Tis what happens in the desert when 595 -598mb/dam high pressure decides to hang out nearby.. Unfortunately, " highs in the 112 - 117F range " is the story for tomorrow, though w/ the added chance of strong storms making it into the valley later as the upper level flow turns more out of the east and a disturbance injects more moisture into the mountains of eastern AZ. That may bring down temps to the ...106 -110F range under lingering clouds on Sunday ..if that occurs. If not / more sun and lingering, rain cooled air? 109- 114 is what we'll see. Temps may pull back for a few days to start next week as a surge of moisture works back into the area but, 4C high may attempt another overhead rebound as the final days of July / first 3 or 4 days of August arrive. Depending on the model, temps could rebound to the 100 teens again ..or... If a certain model's ..far more bullish... thoughts play out, we could make a solid run at seeing 120F. Adding to all of this, ..as if 110 -118F heat isn't disgusting enough, Dew Points have ..and will continue to stay... in the mid / upper 50s to lower 60s. Here's a look at what that extra moisture got ya today / when the air temp is already blast furnace - level.. Lame " it's a " DRY " heat " jaw flappin excuses you'll some local folks spout off about the heat here each summer? ...my A$* General area, Individual stations in the hood.. May only make the neighborhood level list, but, this could easily be the hottest, " real feel " reading i've ever noted here.. One of several 123 readings noted around the valley today.. Hottest Air temp i could find in AZ today: 2nd hottest reading across the area ..Just happens to be closer to home, too.. Stay off the trails, inside / in a pool, and hydrated..

Tried my male C woodsoniana on my female C oblongata for a couple of years with zero success. Then gave the C woodsoniana pollen a go on C costaricana and yielded 5 seeds. 3 wimpy seedlings resulted, of which only 1 has survived. Think it must be pushing the limit of compatibility. I also gave the pollen a go on C tepejilote and also had no luck.

I can only guess it’s parentage, I’m unsure. All I know is it is from Miami. That is soooo annoying that coconuts might have issues with self pollination. 😂 I’ll do anything to ensure it sets fruit tho like you said haha The yellow coconut is starting to show trunk which is exciting. I wonder if that trash can is big enough for it for life or if it needs more space. Eventually I’ll need a bigger place when I have kids and maybe I’ll bring it with me haha

Roystonia Oleracae are not as robust as Regia . They are a smaller palm with a more slender trunk. They can get big , mine is , but the fronds won’t cause near as much damage when they fall. A bit more cold sensitive than Regia. Harry

@Happypalm interesting doesn’t look like any of my regia!!

Yes , that was the assumption, the opening leaf confirmed! Harry

It just doesn’t look like any of my other royals most are enormous this one has short fronds that are spaced far apart!!

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It may only be one seed on this dypsis species, but a great sign for better things to come, it will set seeds!

There like a chamaedorea on steroids, nice palms! Richard

I think we went with Arenga to start off with?

The soil originally came from an area near dog kennels (a puppy farmer) I was suspect at the start of receiving the soil by the smell of it. So gosh knows what kinda sour soil I got and what pathogens were in it. Having already had trouble in that part of the garden led me to think sour soil. Time will tell, I don’t think it’s Phytophera but whatever it is it’s not good!

Oleracea!

This monkey’s going to heaven 🤣

Yes , it looks like Roystonia , they do well out there if they get enough water. Harry

Dave, I have 60 3 year old Sabal miamiensis seedlings in bands on the side yard like the trashy elitist east coast trash that they are, waiting to get sold on ebay. I just have to list them first. Major catch-22. I have about 80 dypsis onilahensis seedlings in a community pot that probably should have been out of a community pot like a year ago....

Thanks for your interest 94Z! I have your padded envelope prepared and I'll have it in the mail on Monday or Tuesday. Thanks for reaching out.

Thanks Richard and Harry. I've placed it in my warm shadehouse so will see and hope she recovers. 🤞

Cycas debaoensis was pollinated with C tropophylla x C mitcholitzi to create this hybrid. I grew out several plants and chose a unique pair for breeding. Father has a nice plumose leaf and mother has a unique metallic green / blue leaf. Leaves can be undulated (ruffled) tripinnate (or sometimes bi-pinnate). These are 2026 1 leaf seedlings with a soild root system. Plants are ready to push a new leaf. Shipped in pot UPS 3 day select. $30 ea shipping $18 paypal accepted Pictures of parent plants and seedlings available.

Nice experiment regardless Tracy.. It just adds to the collective knowledge. I tried crossing a male Chamaedorea woodsoniana with a female tepilijote last year, thinking it would be a slam dunk. Nature had other ideas, not one seed. Later on, I got him together with a woodsoniana girl next door and.. hundreds of seeds. I can live with that..