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yellowing wedding palms help
by sydneypalms- 2 replies
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many of my wedding palms of various ages are yellowing. i dont water them often as they dont like it here, if in pots. ive fed them, leaf sprayed them with iron and trace and fertilizer. nothing seems to work. i have weddings growing in harsh shaded road exposed winter winds, looking fine, but the ones in pots which i bought healthy from 1 person a yr ago are yellowing. he had them in a light shade cloth greenhouse which had alot of sun light, mine are in well lit shade, or mostly shade with some sun, much milder than their last owner, yet are yellowing. and i cant seem to stop it. ive grown heaps of these before and sold a few, but ive never had this issue where its g…
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Dypsis rosea
by realarch- 10 replies
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Finally got around to giving this trio of Dypsis rosea some TLC. After trimming off some old leaf sheaths and fronds, they are looking rather epic. On island, we always referred to this palm as ‘Hawaiian Punch’, for obvious reasons. The smaller of the three needed more trimming and doesn’t have much color. These are not small palms. The white 5 gal. bucket for some scale in the one photo is between the two trunks. Tim
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Picking a couple of chameadorea plumosa seeds
by happypalms- 2 replies
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Had a couple of plumosa chameadorea seeds ready to pick they will be sent to a ips member who is wanting to germinate a few of them for there collection
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Borassus flabellifer in Australia?
by maybeamacy- 19 replies
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Hi everyone! I'm new to the palm world but I've been trying to find out if the Borassus flabellifer grew in Australia and to my surprise, there seems to be a few specimens up north. Would anyone know where I could source some seeds of this plant in Brisbane or do you think the botanical gardens in Darwin or somewhere could possibly ship some down for me if I paid them? Thanks in advance
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Could you help me ID this?
by Alexberm- 1 follower
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It is in Northern of Thailand. Thank you.
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Potting up some dypsis lanceolata seedlings
by happypalms- 0 replies
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I was gifted these seeds by a ips member and had a good germination rate using bottom heating 30 degrees Celsius an ess6 palm to germinate and grow one of the better looking dypsis varieties
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Buying some more plants (again)
by happypalms- 5 replies
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As usual a fix of some palms this time 100 satakentia liukiuensis 100 chamaedorea elegans and 100 polyathia longifofilia trees just another day in the life of growing palms
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Green Nodes on Mediterranean Fan
by Chipper- 3 replies
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I am very new to growing palms so please bear with me. I noticed today that a Mediterranean Fan that I planted a year ago has these clusters of green nodes on its trunk. Is this something bad or good?
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Strategus Aloeus: Tis the season for the ox beetle. 1 2
by Ed Askew- 2 followers
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Well I am prepared for my annual battle with the dreaded killer of small palms, Strategus Aloeus, the ox beetle. If you have seen little perfectly round burrows about the size of a quarter within 12 inches of a palm less than 36 inches high, and then the palm died, this was done by Strategus. Last year I tried Spectracide (Triazicide) as prophylaxis against attacks. The results were multiple burrows on 5 palms out of about 60 palms. 3 of the attacked palms were protected by a rock barrier I installed when planting them (see some of my earlier post regarding this). None of those burrows were successful for the beetle. I was able to catch one in the act and kill him. …
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Archontophoenix Purpurea? Let's see yours! 1 2
by BayAndroid- 5 followers
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I don't see many pictures of Archontophoenix Purpurea (purple king palm). Do you have one? Would love to see some pictures!
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My Garden - Melbourne Australia 1 2
by tim_brissy_13- 3 followers
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Well it’s now been 4 years since I’ve planted out my new garden. Many palms are now photo-worthy, so I thought it is time to create a topic to document the growth. Firstly, a bit of an introduction to Melbourne’s climate: We have an odd temperate climate full of contradictions; we have the least sunshine hours of any Australian capital city, yet our summer sun can be brutal on a hot day. We have the highest recorded temperature 46.4C/115.5F (even hotter at my location nearly 20km south east of the city centre) of any Australian capital yet also the lowest (-2.8C/27F). Just a few of kms down the road from me (a couple of miles) is where the lowest temperature eve…
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Dypsis pinnatifrons
by happypalms- 25 replies
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I recently was lucky enough to come across an advanced pinnatifrons that was grown with love and care i thought I know the exact spot for it to go in my garden where it will been seen often and remembered as to the day I acquired this lovely little palm note the still frame on bottom left providing some protection for my pittipi palm from falling palm leafs
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Another chambeyronia photo
by happypalms- 7 replies
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A couple of new leaves on my chambeyronia hookeri in the same group planting to get the best affect out chambeyronia growing groups of three are the best options of planting giving a better show more often
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Moapa Palms
by ddd- 1 reply
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Are the palm trees in Moapa naturally occurring? Or are they introduced
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Palm Fertilizer
by Wakima- 2 replies
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I'm planting 3 new Christmas palms in Florida. According to University of Fl the fertilizer should be 8-0-12-4. I can't seem to find where to purchase it. Can anyone help me with this?
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Cold hardy chamaedorea
by Tropicdoc- 2 followers
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After radicalis and microspadix what's the next most cold hardy? I want to experiment against the north side of my house under canopy usually 9b but can be 9a some years.
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Palm trees in utah
by ddd- 1 reply
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Are there any native palm trees in very southwestern utah in st george or the beaver dam wash?
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Losing My New Florida Foxtail...HELP NEEDED
by Mschafe- 1 follower
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Hello, I purchased and planted a 30-gal potted single Foxtail Palm in October 2023. Located in Manatee County, Fl. Palm was about 8-feet and healthy (dark green fronds) at time of planting. Planted in good sandy soil, direct sunlight, with base of roots exposed as recommended. Added some 8-2-2 Sunniland Palm fertilizer in the hold and blended some potting soil in the native soil. Installed weed barrier and lava rock above. Watering is by irrigation 3x week (Tues, Thurs, Sat for 25 min per day). Sprinklers do reach the base of the palm. Unsure about water quality, it is a reclaimed source, hard w/ calcium hardness but I don't know much else besides that. …
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Palm Sunday!
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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Not every plant gets a special Sunday…
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Attalea root system
by Plantking165- 2 followers
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I just planted this attalea cohune today it's my first palm with a heel. When I planted it the root ball fell apart I saw the root system was dark and the roots looked unhealthy. Alot of them were black and squishy and broke with ease. Part of the heel is dead too is this normal will the palm replace those roots easily what can be done to help it along the growth seems slow for the few weeks I had it in a pot it any and now I know why the roots were in terrible condition. The heel is still above ground I knew to keep it like that here are some pics of the heel and palm.
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Germinated a few varieties of seeds
by happypalms- 7 replies
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Germinating is a fun hobby you always have something starting to appear if I have ten or twenty seeds of certain varieties i usually pot them up as soon as the new leaf or shoot appears picking them out as they appear so I end up with a mixed variety of seedlings where labeling them is important I recently got it wrong with what I thought was attalea cohune turning out be astrocaryum allatum now looking at the names together I can see how that happened the first and last names switching the brain around so thank you idontknowwhatnametouse without your correct identification I would have known no different thinking they where cohune palms
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can I grow a Attalea crassispatha ??? or am I nuts ?
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Potting up some Caryota mitis variegated sprouts
by happypalms- 5 replies
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I purchased these mitis seeds from RPS one hundred seeds with a pretty good germination rate no variation in the leaves so far but nice healthy seedlings is a bonus
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Planting a few chamaedorea linearis
by happypalms- 8 replies
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A new chamaedorea to be planted in my garden the linearis being a new one recently collected there are so many chamaedorea varieties it’s easy to get side tracked with so many available the species does well in my garden with good seed production of all the varieties I have to the point they are a weed but a easily controlled a group planting in a shady place in the garden under irrigation once again for future seed production
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In the garden photos
by happypalms- 6 replies
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Just a couple more photos on a overcast day giving a different light to photograph the subject with