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   ID help please - 4m rainforest species

   March 23 by John Eve

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   Here's another for which I need help. The seeds make me think it might be an Arenga, but that's merely a guess. Clumping, with crownshaft and stilt roots, It grows to 4 metres. It's pretty, and I new have spears emerging from the seeds shown here. But what is it? John E

   

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   Allagopterra arenaria unleashed

   March 15, 2023 by Looking Glass

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   I got this little Allagopterra arenaria from Carribean Palms Nursery. It has been sitting in a pot, baking out back. It seemed slow, bored and uninspired, so I decided to put it in right up front. Perhaps it will pick up speed in the ground. It’s a very sunny spot, that can get inundated during the rainy season. Had to pull out about 4 giant bromeliads to give it room. Hopefully it doesn’t get swamped by Oyster Plants and giant orange broms. Hoping it will fill out the understory spot over time. October 28th 2021… March 15th 2023… Hoping to find some very silver Serenoa repans in 3-5g to fill a similar role in dry…

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 24

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   I(D help - Pinanga perhaps

   March 22 by John Eve

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   Here I go again, with another palm that I now have shooting from seed, but don't know what it is. This is a small clumping pinnate that grows to about 4 - 5 metres. Leaves and trunks looks almost exactly like Pinanga sylvestris, though the seeds are completely different. Sylvestris seeds are oblong, these are smaller and round, and come on a single stem. Again, there were taken in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Thanks for any help .... John E, Hua Hin, Thailand.

   

   Last reply by John Eve, March 24

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   palms Pygmy Robellini Palms

   March 23 by Tony S

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   Planted at end of summer last year and used a rich mixture of peat moss, potting soil and mulch. I use a drip system on them. Being in Arizona, I water all year but less in the winter months. How long before they get established and look really healthy. I have a lot of brown dry fronds.

   

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   What's "sawing" away at my palm fronds?

   March 22 by TraceyG

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   See attached photo -- I'm impressed by the pattern, but fearful for my palms! Landscaper says it's a beetle but couldn't be more specific. Any ideas as to what it is and, more importantly, how to get rid of it???

   

   Last reply by quaman58, March 24

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   sabal causiarum shriveling up

   March 18 by ZPalms

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   I posted this in potted palms, but I'm going to try again here because it's an emergency, and I don't know what to do next. I let it sit in water for 30 minutes or so the other day, and it just didn't bounce back, but luckily my other one did. This one isn't bouncing back, and it's starting to fade in color. I'm so worried about it. I don't know if it's ready to be planted out because they both have roots coming out of the bottoms and have been in these bags for 2 years now, I think. I was going to plant them anyway this year, but I don't know if I should just plant it out if that would help or not.

   

   Last reply by ZPalms, March 24

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   Solitary Lutescens-type seedling question

   March 17 by Hilo Jason

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   I’ve posted this palm several times here on PalmTalk. Collected as seed by a friend in Madagascar. He referred to it as Dypsis “column” due to its size. It’s a stocky solitary Lutescens-type palm. It recently started seeding for me and I’m getting about 100% germination on the seeds. But what’s interesting is that some of the sprouts are green and some are golden. Does this also happen with the regular common Lutescens? I’ve never sprouted Lutescens so I don’t know. Would love any input. Parent plant: and here are a couple of the community pots of seedlings showing the golden and green coloring: Also interesting to note is …

   

   Last reply by Tracy, March 23

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   Working In the garden again

   March 23 by happypalms

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   Once again a bit of gardening maintenance I can certainly see the difference a bit of rainfall makes in the garden with it being so dry the last 7 months certainty has helped having 2 months good rainfall if the wet conditions continue it will be a wet winter keeping the sandy soil moisture in the ground along with the low temperatures helping the garden to relax and put on the previous summer growing conditions of the heat and humidity into growth changing the garden completely again with the new growth the good thing about getting older is our palms look better with age

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 23

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    Attalea cohune baby plants

    March 22 by happypalms

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    I Germinated these attalea a w hill back now they are growing great wi ter will be interesting to see what affect it has on them but iam hopeful they will make it I will keep them in the hothouse to give them the best chance they have of survival in winter

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 23

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    Sabal Palm Help - Arizona

    March 21 by Thorty212

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    Hi All, new member here. I’ve had this Sabal in the ground for two years now. After it was originally planted, it suffered a good deal of transplant shock but it eventually settled down and had some new growth pop up. I know they are painfully slow growers, so when it went through another summer with minimal growth, I didn’t think too much of it. However, the new frond that opened seemed to be very stunted. It opened pretty much at the base of the trunk. Then, over our “winter” I noticed the other new growth that wasn’t fully opened yet was starting to dry out and turn brown. When I inspected it, I was able to pull it right out without any effort. I noticed a faint smell …

    

    Last reply by Thorty212, March 23

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    Dypsis sp. orange crush in non-tropical areas? Mine is great!

    August 25, 2017 by BS Man about Palms

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    I had been noticing that mine was doing pretty good lately and when Len was by a little while back and mentioned it was one of the nicest ones he knew of, I figured it was time to post some pics and ask to see others..this is mine in coastal southern California.

    

    Last reply by realarch, March 22

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    ID help please - small palmate

    March 22 by John Eve

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    Can anyone help ID this small clumping palmate? Grows to about 3 metres. This was shot in Rajapreuk Gardens, Chiang Mai, Thailand. I found a few old seeds that I thought would not be viable, but in fact I now have one shooting, and thus would like to know what I have. Thanks, John E, Hua Hin, Thailand

    

    Last reply by Hurricanepalms, March 22

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    Xmas palm health

    March 22 by Roz J

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    I bought this palm from a nursery this week and planted it a couple of days ago. It looked like this when I got it. I asked the lady what was wrong with it. and she said she didn’t know. What is this and is it recoverable? It was only $100 so I thought I would try one. There are no bugs and no mold spots. It’s my first palm. What is your advice?

    

    Last reply by Merlyn, March 22
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    PALM ID

    March 22 by sped94

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    Can you help me ID this Palm? Thank You!

    

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    Johannesteijsmannia magnifica are germinating

    March 22 by happypalms

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    I purchased 200 Joey magnifica seeds from RPS so far so good with the germination process bottom heating 30 degrees Celsius coco coir perlite mix slightly on the medium dry side in styrofoam box’s with lids a very easy palm to germinate patience is the hard part the first one is starting to put out a new leaf hopefully the rest won’t be to far behind as they appear I use a BBQ fork to tease them out individually but always wait for the first leaf to appear

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 22

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    Lytocarum weddlianum gets planted

    March 21 by happypalms

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    This lytocarum was grown from my own seed from the garden grown in a deep forest tube such a lovely palm that grows well in my garden a solid little seedling iam confident it will grow into a palm as beautiful as all the others I have in my garden

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 22

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    A couple of new palms in the garden

    March 22 by happypalms

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    A few new Palms that were planted last autumn some new ones for the collection nothing super spectacular in the rare department but new additions to the garden collection dypsis prestonia Gaussian maya borrasadon machadonis and a dypsis basilonga all have survived winter in the ground temperatures as low as 2 degrees Celsius

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 22

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    Buying more plants again

    March 22 by happypalms

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    At it again getting another fix of more plants for the garden this time a socratea rostrata Areca songthanhensis Garcinia brasilliensis and a anthurium freidrichstahlii all will be grown in the greenhouse for a couple of winters to acclimatise (or not live through the winter and go to the great garden in the sky) time will tell who lives and who doesn’t the socratea was potted up straight away into a 170mm container

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 22

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    Tortoise and the Hare

    March 21 by Brian M

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    After doing some spring cleaning I noticed how much faster one of my livistona decora was growing than the other. Transplanted them at the same time and one is SLOW but pushing new spears and one grows faster than the weeds! Both get equal attention and same exposure. So interesting how variable they are with one growing maybe a foot and the other having grown probably 3+ feet. First picture is from today. Second is from when they were planted last April 2022. Third is at the nursery.

    

    Last reply by Harry’s Palms, March 22

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    Nanotek 2000

    March 21 by britgardener

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    I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone who's used a product from Nanotek to treat Red Palm weevils or coconut rhinoceros beetle. I'm natural skeptical about claims from manufacturers, but someone reached out to me stating this product was amazing. Not much online, but if you've use this or any other Nanotech pesticides and had positive results let me know. It does sound too good to be true, but also bordering on a scam. Let me know

    

    Last reply by britgardener, March 21
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    Hedyscepe canterburyana 1 2 3 4

    April 10, 2020 by joe_OC

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    Hedyscepe canterburyana palms are one of my favorites. That's why I have 5 of them in my garden. My oldest one is finally got a few rings of trunk on it:

    

    Last reply by KrisKupsch, March 21

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    Dypsis mirabilis

    March 5, 2023 by realarch

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    Surprising you don’t see more posts about this Madagascar palm. Tall, thin, colorful, and fast growing, a small grove looks especially nice. They are variable with pinnate or entire leaves and lightly clumping. What’s more to ask for, although I have no idea how cold hardy they are. Tim

    

    Last reply by Hurricanepalms, March 21

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    Brahea calcarea

    March 13 by ExperimentalGrower

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    Brahea calcarea acquired today. Thx to the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, CA. Very much looking forward to sinking this palm. Third pic is of RBG’s calcarea in the ground. Any growers of this species? Bucket list ✔️

    

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    Can Chamaedorea tepejilote and Chamaedorea microspadix live in the same space for some time?

    February 22 by idontknowhatnametuse

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    I got some seedlings of Chamaedorea microspadix (Over 14 seedlings) and Chamaedorea tepejilote (3 seedings), they still don't shoot out their first leaf, I planted them in 2 different pots, in a slightly bigger and deeper pot I planted 11 palms, 8 Chamaedorea microspadix and my 3 Chamaedorea tepejilote, since both of these species like the shade, can they live in the same pot for some months? I plan on transplanting the Chamaedorea microspadix into the ground when they are more developed and the Chamaedorea tepejilote (I hope its the clumping form) will go into a big pot when they start putting out pinnate leaves. The palms are planted in coco coir and it's practically sp…

    

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    Big work today

    March 19 by Borosbobo

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