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   Crazy Palm themed impulse purchase(s)

   January 4 by DoomsDave

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   Went thrift shopping for som fishes for the kitties when I saw this set of four. Hadda have em! How about you?

   

   Last reply by DoomsDave, January 8

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   Palm ID?

   January 5 by NatureGirl

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   Palm was received as Ptycho woodfordiana. But don’t think that’s a species. Also seeds aren’t star shaped in cross section when cut. I’m thinking Pinanga philippinensis?

   

   Last reply by Mandrew968, January 7

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   Parajubaea torallyi

   January 6 by Jeff_H

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   Posting a few photos of my Parajubaea torallyi. I planted this palm about 15 years ago from a 5-gallon pot. It currently has about six feet of clean trunk and it’s about 25+ feet tall. This time of year, I tug on the old leaf sheaths to see if any of them are ready to come off. If they're ready, they pull off easily. However, if they aren't, no amount of pulling will remove them. It’s not unusual to find Arboreal Salamanders (Aneides lugubris) under the old leaf sheaths as shown in the photo below. I'm in the San Francisco bay area.

   

   Last reply by Jonathan, January 7

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   first big palm order and it's progress 1 2 3

   August 22, 2023 by flplantguy

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   My Floribunda order is on the way! Three boxes😳, coming tomorrow night. They will get a couple weeks worth of summer heat before it starts to cool to more typical temps they knew before. I have read plants remember heat stress for the future when it occurs again, so I'm hoping they get a taste and are ready in spring. I will be documenting their arrival and performance over time here while I prepare them for planting. Most are in pots already, but a few will be potted into a basic cactus and citrus mix while they adjust and I learn their quirks. I will show the successes and failures as well as what I think happened. Chime in if you have thoughts or questions and all …

   

   Last reply by flplantguy, January 7

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6. Nice little sallaca planted

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7. You gotta pot them up if you germinate them

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   Brahea and pritchardia why different genera? 1 2

   July 6, 2013 by Mauna Kea Cloudforest

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   Why are brahea and pritchardia different genera? Does anyone know the background of the classification? It would seem that the two are incredibly closely related. Just have a look at either brahea edulis or brahea nitida, and might as well have a pritchardia. The similarity is striking! If they didn't have a wide geographical separation, would they really have been classified as separate? I bet if someone did a Phylogenetic Analysis, the results would be that the two in fact are at least as closely related as syagrus is to cocos, but I bet it's even closer. Has anyone attempted at doing any crosses? I bet it would work and yield some pretty spectacular results. B…

   

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   Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. 'hookeri'

   January 6 by WaianaeCrider

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   Planted a 1 gallon pot from FB in November of 2021. It's growing nicely. BUT this summer all the fronds got fried. Just spotted a new bright red today. Had it under shade cloth at planting Took the shade cloth down in February of '23. Looked ok for a few years. Then this summer I noticed the fronds getting "toasted". But it's still pumping new RED fronds. This summer was VERY DRY. From June to Sept. only had 1.48" of rain. Irrigation twice a week at night for 40 minutes each session. Might have to do some weeding and increase length of watering. But I think it was just TO HOT in the full sun this summer.

   

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    The Old Sabal causiarum at McCarty at UF in Gainesville is dead from LBD

    January 7 by Bigfish

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    I was pretty sure earlier this summer that it had Lethal Bronzing Disease, and this seems to confirm it. Of course, only testing would actually confirm it, but it certainly appears that way. I think this palm was around 60 years old or older. Gainesville has been hit very hard with LBD, unfortunately.

    

    Last reply by kinzyjr, January 7

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    Emergency frost relief?

    January 6 by Than

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    Some of my plants look terrible after the mild frost 5 days ago. I had 31 F in my garden but unfortunately also frost. Now leaves are turning yellow-brown and of course full of spots. Thankfully temperatures now are much higher, around 60 F. I am wondering if there is some trick, something I can do to help them survive, boost their chances a bit?

    

    Last reply by Than, January 6

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    Pinanga javana 1 2

    August 13, 2008 by Jim in Los Altos

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    I've got an order coming Friday from Floribunda and in it are five one gallon Pinanga javana. Are these difficult palms or are they a breeze to grow? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    

    Last reply by Billeb, January 6

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    Our Mediterranean garden in Hungary💚🌴

    December 29, 2025 by Norbi

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    Üdvözlet minden pálmafa-rajongó társamnak, Szeretném bemutatni mediterrán kertünket, amelyet 2008 óta építünk és szépítünk. Télen a pálmafákat lefedjük és fűtjük, kivéve a kint az utcán álló Trachycarpus fortunei-t. Gyula, Délkelet-Magyarország. Normális esetben USDA 7b zóna, de az elmúlt 8 évben 8b lett.

    

    Last reply by gyuseppe, January 6

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    Oraniopsis appendiculata 1 2

    November 19, 2024 by realarch

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    Thought I’d post a couple of recent photos of this Australian palm that’s been in the ground for 14 years. It’s been a steady grow here in East Hawaii and is robust in stature. Might be a few years yet before it starts trunking. Check out the shove for scale. Richard posted photos of his sprouts a few weeks ago, the transition is slow, but well worth it. Tim

    

    Last reply by happypalms, January 6

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    1986 Kew Gardens 30 Years Ago

    May 5, 2016 by Pal Meir

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    Thirty years ago I visited the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew/London in September 1986:

    

    Last reply by PalmsandLiszt, January 6

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    Mature coconuts spotted in northern Palm Coast, FL 9b

    January 1 by Golden10

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    Spotted these in a beach side community in north Palm Coast, FL borderline getting into St Augustine-ish area in my opinion. One even had some small fruit. I’ve posted a few of these posts about northern coconuts and always like to share when I spot them out of their normal zone

    

    Last reply by Golden10, January 5

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    Tried transplanting a Copernicia sp. 1 2

    October 12, 2022 by tiburcio

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    can Copernicia be bare rooted and transplanted? it´s about 2 years old from a strap leaf. will it make it? it´s a death sentence? hope for the best, expect the worst? any thoughts? have another four in the same loose growing media (it falls apart when digging them out).

    

    Last reply by sonoranfans, January 5

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    Rhapis "Super Dwarf"

    February 17, 2007 by Jeff Searle

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    This Raphis cultivar(or is it a species?) is absolutely fascinating. I have been growing these now for about 3 years. The nice thing about them, is that they can be devided to make more new ones. I really did'nt know how large they would get before they started flowering, but from the looks of the next couple of pitures, they start at an incredibly small height. I would think they would be pretty cold tolerant like most other Rhapis species. They can be grown as a groundcover in small areas(as not to get lost) or they make an excellent pot specimen. Does anyone else have these and what kind of results are you getting? Jeff

    

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    Rhapis excelsa Super Dwarf is Seeding

    April 4, 2019 by PalmatierMeg

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    I've been fascinated by this tiny mutant variation of the familiar Rhapis excelsa but over the years managed to kill several when I repotted and/or separated the clumps. Last fall I bought another pot of this densely clumping palm from Jeff Searle and swore to handle it extra carefully. On the surface, this variation looks like a rat's nest of grasslike leaves. On closer inspection you will see among the strap leaves tiny palmate leaves of 3-4 leaflets belonging to 6" tall, 1/8" diameter stems of individual palms. This afternoon I brought my Super Dwarf out of the jungle to inspect and trim away excess dead leaves. And what did I find? In the center of the clump one littl…

    

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    Another Chrysalidocarpus that I suspect is Arenarum

    January 4 by ne0ndrxft

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    Now it is suckering but I do see a split in one of the stems, along with the red petiole and spear (new fronds are reddish) This is pretty surprising to me because these are often labeled as lutes, but an entire city misidentifying a very common plant is not new

    

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    lakeland Coconuts in Lakeland, FL 1 2

    December 23, 2017 by kinzyjr

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    Since I have planted mine, a number of folks around town have also planted some coconuts on their property. Here are a few I have noticed in my travels: This is the photographed lot before the coconuts were planted: https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9526067,-82.0256258,3a,75y,339.11h,71.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sq5AALQIUqbg-nfpyB01Ikg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Here is the lot with young coconuts in elevated plantings. The one on the right isn't doing so hot, but the rest seem to be doing well after our brief cool snap.

    

    Last reply by kinzyjr, January 5

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    Where is the spring/summer/fall meetings for 2026 for CFPACS.

    January 4 by Maddox Gardening-youtube

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    I was just curious

    

    Last reply by kinzyjr, January 4

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    Ravenea lovellii

    November 4, 2025 by Cindy Adair

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    I have been asked by Director Glenn Franklin to introduce the 2025 IPS Save the Species campaign. This program began with the successful Tahina fundraiser which ran on PalmTalk. It is now a very important part of our non profit mission statement (Education, Research, Conservation). “ Our December Save The Species fundraiser is coming up for this small palm. Photo by "Olivier Reilhes Ravenea louvellii is endemic to Madagascar. Our fundraiser will help finance efforts to document additional palms, involve the local community and start a propagation program. The team of botanists from Madagascar led by Dr. Mijoro Rakontoariniv…

    

    Last reply by Cindy Adair, January 4

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    What would you do in this case with the seeds?

    December 16, 2025 by guillerman

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    Mule palm early diagnosis

    May 17, 2025 by palmluver

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    Over the past year, I replaced a row of declining queen palms with these mule palms. They are putting out new fronds, but I'm noticing that some of the fronds are developing grainy light colored spots. At times depending on how the sunlight is shining some seem to take on an orange tinge. Does this seem like a nutritional deficiency or more like some type of fungus? They are getting what I thought was a sufficient application of granular palm fertilizer and even some additional manganese.

    

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    Cleaning seeds for germination - what is effective with minimal effort

    January 2 by Tracy

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    In the past, I have always cleaned my seeds physically by removing the fruit, followed with a brief soak in hydrogen peroxide. I have either planted the seeds in pots in my garden or used the baggy method (sphagnam moss maybe a little perlite and moisture inside a zip lock baggy) giving the bag heat. Heat source has been placing the zip lock in foil, then putting the foil on top of my water heater. I don't have any hydrogen peroxide right now at home and was working on a small scalle seed cleaning project with my granddaughter. She wanted to pick the ripe fruit off a Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus and we also picked up a few newly dropped Chrysalidocarpus rufescens…

    

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