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Been having intermittent trouble with logging on . Both my iPad and my iPhone are having this problem . This morning it was real bad but seemed to get better later on. Over the weekend , same experience , intermittent trouble loading up. Harry

@Ben G. Very nice find. Probably a big box potted double that they planted out 20+ year ago.

Chamaerops humilis cerifera

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Arenga micrantha and Engleri, two species that grow very well here and are also resistant to light frost

Iam quite confident they were purchased as variegated merriillii seeds. They are a wanted palm in Australia and iam very surprised at how cool tolerant they are. Richard

Dypsis decaryi soaking up the afternoon sun. And a nice bunch of Arenga engleri seeds!

I don't know you, buddy, and: Nice to meet you! The Arenga engleri is doing great here. I have four in the garden. I also have Arenga micrantha, and that's good here too. They get filtered sunlight from other taller palm trees.

It’s looking quite good so far, if these varieties haven’t been cooked by the cold temperatures by now, then they are standing a fair chance of making it through winter. This is there first winter and a lot of the larger varieties have been purchased from the tropics. So there foliage is taking it quite well, considering it’s tropical growth. One thing I can’t work out is why the mattenensis havent been cooked by the cold yet. They are just sitting outside with the rest of the seedlings, no hothouse. Temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius not to bad for a zone push! Licuala poonsakii Calyptrocalyx flabellatusAreca tinomPonapae hentyi Arenga nana Geonoma pycnostachys Licuala mattenensis

Here’s a nice juvenile in the ground, dappled light is what it receives. And it seems quite happy!

They are looking pretty good so far, the larger plump ones appear to be pollinated. Time will tell, but if they don’t size up that will be a fair indicator that they’re not pollinated. And if they are you will know the difference by looking at them . Or just simply cut one in half, ut then you lose a seed and they are already hard to get good seeds.

You think of New Zealand and palms are not the first thing you think of. It certainly would have its challenges that for sure gor a palm growing. I just don’t think it’s the climate iam after for the tropical palms I grow and even then I have trouble with tropicals in my subtropical climate. Certainly there are palms I won’t even attempt to grow, but I will give most a try. Good on you for taking the plunge and giving it a go, palm availability would be you’re biggest concern, you just can’t get the varietys to try. But keep on trying I say!

And iam sure that list of what you can’t grow is rather long, how long you ask, well how long is a piece of string?

Livistona Chinesis and a nice licuala ramsayi!

I was out this afternoon driving with my daughter when I spotted a double Livistona chinensis in Schertz: They aren't my favorite palm, but they aren't common around here either. So, I thought it was worth a quick photo.

Yeh, it seems to be doing alright. I think they grow pretty well up around Auckland and Northland. Dunno what is going on with posting though, I had written a reply to Jonathan's post with the picture and it all seems to be deleted when posting! I think that's the second time that's happened. Anyway, I was saying that it does alright for me, just quite slow. Winter doesn't seem to faze it kept away from frost. I just moved them from a shady spot on the south side of the house to the north, but still out of most direct summer sun. Hopefully the extra warmth will speed it up. It seems to grow similar to Arenga engleri here, only 1-2 leaves per year, although the mitis keeps making more offsets

Looking nice! I really like that med palm! That goat looks like he hasn't budged.

They’ve survived low 20’s in South Texas.

Average annual precip here is ~50 inches, comparable to much of Florida. Definitely "green" Texas. But evapotranspiration is high as well. Currently sitting at ~33 inches for the year so far. Looks like it might "cool down" to 95 degrees with a chance of sea breeze showers next weekend as the high pressure recedes ☺️

Hi Tim, here are couple shots of mine Purpurea hybrids. You’ll see purplish crown shafts with silver undersides of leaves but missing ramenta. I have 3 with varying degrees of purple. And I’ve noticed during summer months when a new leaf base falls off it’s not as vibrant as in spring when it’s cooler.

Bright dappled light is about the max that they want, full blazing sunlight you would get a nice yellow one I would think. The more humidity the more sun certain palms will take. A little midday sun would be fine but as for powering a dozen solar panel sunlight I don’t think it would it be too happy.

As has been mentioned, A ‘Teracarpa’ isn’t a thing in Aus. Have seen this pop up occasionally on Palmtalk and always been curious what the origin was - good info above. My gut feel is it is probably a hybrid. It seems to have traits of A cunninghamiana and A alexandrae just from the photos above, but I’d be interested if anyone has close ups of any details. Do they have ramenta? Silver or green abaxial surface of leaflets? Crownshaft and trunk covered in scales? A cunninghamiana x A alexandrae and the reverse cross both generally produce robust specimens from what I’ve seen in Aus. They tend to lean slightly towards A alexandrae but with brown scales on the crownshaft and occasionally ramenta like A cunninghamiana which might be similar to these.

Mother Nature will always throw something new on the table over time, after all Charles Darwin was onto something good!

The hybrid debate is an intriguing one, a lot of growers say it doesn’t happen and then there is evidence of it occurring in gardens and collections. Even a hybrid in my mother in law’s garden from Butia x syagrus and that was a natural occurrence from wind or bats or some sort bird or insect. So it’s definitely happening naturally. Genetic testing would definitely help and appease all those interested in hybrids. I respect the work that goes into creating hybrids and the credit to the grower in doing so.