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  2. Jeff I have always heard the solitary ones referred to as "orange craft", yours is almost maroon/burgundy, stunning! Does the solitary grow at the same rate as the clumping red?
  3. Your Cyphosperma balansae is going to be a stunner, no doubt about it. Sometimes it just takes a while to pull the trigger on a new addition to the garden, but when you finally do, it's always exciting to watch it grow and develop its own personality.
  4. The Palms are so close to starting their trunks any year now, it would be a shame to loose them now. Once they get a few years of Adult trunk growing and gain significant weight, they should be better adapted to cold. These palms will be a great study to show the Cold Hardiness of Jubaea over their baby to juvenile to adult stages. The Palms will also give people in the region good information about growing Jubaea, what size to purchase, plant, and baby through their tender years.
  5. SeanK

    Spear Pull on My C. Humilis

    I can tell you that Trachycarpus pushes new growth after spear pull in June, here in Atlanta. That is in-ground with afternoons in the 80s, F. I cannot speak for Chamaerhops, except you will have to be patient.
  6. epiphyte

    Bactris ferruginea

    ever tasted the fruit of bactris major or any other bactris? i don't collect palms, but recently i started to get more serious about collecting plants with edible fruit. bellamy trees has seeds of bactris ferruginea for $.25 each, which is tempting. do you grow any fruit trees? i'm pretty interested in garcinias, there's a really good one in puerto vallarata called "luc's garcinia". i have a small one, it grows very slowly. i'm also interested in capulin cherries (prunus salicifolia). this is common in mexico? there are some varieties with larger fruit that i'd like to find.
  7. flplantguy

    For some, Florida drought is getting very "extreme"

    Slightly over 2.6 inches total, the highest single rain event total since fall 2022 with Nicole. Im glad we left 2023 behind, crossing my fingers for it to keep up! Going into spring any amount is welcome.
  8. Interesting I wonder if any palms have naturalized in southern spain as well seeing how many they have planted out.
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  10. SeanK

    Help! What is wrong with my potted palm?

    Generally, I take indoor plants outside for deep watering and insecticide even in winter. Just choose a nice day. I would give yours some iron. Maybe rose fertilizer would do the trick. A 2:3:2 ratio with Fe
  11. SeanK

    Livistona Chinensis

    I encounter the same responses here for many palms. L.chinensis is a z9a palm. That means -2°C every year is OK. -10°C once every ten years for a trunking palm because it will be defoliated and require three years to recover a full crown.
  12. SeanK

    Palms of Mexico book?

    Yeah, it's tough. There are a couple of books focused on geography, like Madagascar or Cuba (elsewhere?), but I've not seen one for Mexico. Jones's book, "Palms Throughout the World" covers Mexico and Central America, however it's organized by genus so you'd be jumping all over the book.
  13. His prices are very fair, plants are well grown, and some are quite large for the size pot they are in.
  14. Here's some pics of the growth rate I've gotten on arenga engleri. This is in Florida 10A full sun, 4.5 years growth: The growth rate is actually faster than I expected because I always heard these were really slow. For reference, the fence behind it is about 5 feet tall. It's on irrigation and fertilized regularly. I can't give you any info on paurotis, but I'm really curious if you get any responses because I'd like to know as well. I just planted some about a month or two ago in full sun and a wet area, so in another few years I'll know myself!
  15. Kayval

    Help! What is wrong with my potted palm?

    There doesn’t seem to be any form of mites at all on the plant. I can’t raise the humidity generally as my Victorian house doesn’t cope but I’ve now been spraying the leaves too. I have attached clearer pictures of the leaves. It’s as if the colour is draining from them. Is it a light issue? I also haven’t given any from of nutrients since last year.. literally just watering. Could that be it? What nutrients are best to feed my palm? I’m useless at these things.
  16. Oscar1984

    Palms of Mexico book?

    I agree, sometimes it is difficult to find a quality book.
  17. MB Open house is April 13-14 this year. I was there last year and was blown away with the selection, quantities, and overall operation. I’m planning on getting there Saturday around noon if anyone wants to meet up. Also, MB supplies Lukas Nursery with all their exotic palms.
  18. I think my palms like “root burn”
  19. Harry’s Palms

    Best Way to Speed up a Palm's Growth

    If you want to speed up these palms you could get some slow release palm fertilizer like Palm Plus or Palm Gain and follow the directions carefully. Also , a good mulch if they are in the ground , but being in New Jersey , they are probably in pots (?) . If they are in the ground , definitely protection is required during the winter and some lights wouldn’t hurt. The Sabal minor is a slow grower in most climates , the Trachycarpus is a bit faster but where you are they will not speed up that much. They both like light and warmth to be optimal . A greenhouse would be ideal especially with a balanced lighting system for extended light during the winter. Harry
  20. kinzyjr

    Jacksonville palms 9a/b

    If you can get a Phoenix rupicola, they have a more tropical look than most of the other Phoenix species. They aren't quite as hardy as Phoenix sylvestris, but they are good to mid-20s. There are a bunch here that have been around for ages. Another option is getting something crossed with Phoenix reclinata. The two hybrids I see often are with Phoenix roebelenii and Phoenix canariensis. I haven't seen these hybrids catch Lethal Bronzing, but no guarantees. You'll get a clumping palm that is either thinner and more graceful (crossed with roebelenii) or fewer stems with more bulk (crossed with canariensis).
  21. happypalms

    Help! What is wrong with my potted palm?

    Leelanau has got it correct spider mites raise the humidity take it outside and hose the undersides of the leaves if that fails pyrethrum spray stay away from synthetic miticide chemicals your asking for health problems especially on indoor plants and give your plant a nice drink of a mild seaweed solution extract being careful of overwatering that will give your palm a vitamin hit to help it from being attacked by mites predators will pick on the weak in nature
  22. countryboy1981

    Livistona Chinensis

    There is one near me that had a decent amount of damage to the fronds at 16 degrees (-8.89C) this past winter but no damage otherwise and is growing well currently.
  23. Water warm soil and love of palms but that all depends on what variety of palm you have
  24. Fukuoka Scott

    Livistona Chinensis

    L. chinensis is a very common palm here in Fukuoka (zone 9a). We get down to -3 every couple years and -4 or worse maybe once a decade, and our freezes tend to be long. They never show severe damage here, so I'd wager-5C. My mountain place here, at 2000 ft elevation, does get down to -10C and the only palms around for miles around are windmill palms so I think -10C is delusional unless very brief and rare.
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