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   COCOS NUCIFERA at 2200m (>7000ft) OF ELEVATION or BECCARIOPHOENIX?

   October 13, 2020 by EmZ

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   Hello! I’m located in Mexico City, which has a mild weather with ultra rainy summers, definitely NOT a cocos nucifera territory. But turns out I was just driving by and ran into the weirdest palm, it looked big, thriving and certainly similar to a COCOS NUCIFERA and i just couldn’t believe my eyes because it was big. I made a small investigation and turns out that palm tree has been there for a long time, since 2016! It was a small baby and it’s been growing ever since, now in 2020 it really got bigger but there’s no street view imagery, i promise I’ll bring current pictures, but here’s some detailed views of the palm tree and how it’s evolved throughout the years, is …

   

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   Rhopalostylis chatham island finally flowering

   March 16 by Tassie_Troy1971

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   Germinated in March 2010 my Rhopalostylis sapida Chatham island form is finally flowering The seeds were sent to me from Pogobob in San clemente California and his specimen was the best Rhopalostylis I've seen ! Well then I saw the big one in Darold petty garden was impressive

   

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   ovobontsira

   December 27, 2023 by mike in kurtistown

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   This post is a response to a question I received on Facebook, and I am responding in PalmTalk because of the facilities for a more lengthy response. It involves growing a species of Dypsis (now Chrysalidocarpus) identified as ovobontsira in offerings from RPS that I sowed in June 2009 and in September 2013. The only seedling survivor of the 09 seed batch was planted on March 2019 and has grown well. This is what it looks like today (lawn chair for scale): I found another seedling in a seedpot that contained very different palms, obviously misplaced. Looking at my records, I saw that I was raising "orange crush" (now Chrysiladocarpus paucifolius) which the…

   

   Last reply by mike in kurtistown, March 16

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   C. ovobontsira sp. Metallic or Vatovavy Blue ?

   March 14 by realarch

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   Just a beautiful palm, nice color and scale. Dropped a frond a few days ago which is always worth looking forward to. Note the leaf nodes, pretty fast grower. Tim

   

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   Bismarckia nobilis (Post Yours) 1 2 3

   March 15, 2020 by SoulofthePlace

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   It's about 6 years old, growing slower in the Azores, and is wobbling. Probably because the planter has a tall rock bottom inside on one side occupying more than half of it and then it slides down to a deeper ground which has got no bottom and it was planted a bit on the high side, exposing the roots for 1/2 inch or so, so perhaps the palm pushed itself up a bit and never released its full potential roots into the soil. I added sand under it and I hope the roots will be released or I may have to stake it. Would staking it potentially damage the sensitive roots?

   

   Last reply by Harry’s Palms, March 16

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   Observed: Leaning crown syndrome in Queen Palm today.

   March 16 by BayAndroid

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   I'm visiting Pismo Beach and I observed this Queen Palm with leaning crown syndrome.

   

   Last reply by Harry’s Palms, March 16

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   Planting a couple of joeys in the vegetable garden

   March 16 by happypalms

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   With a couple of joey palms to spare I thought why not plant a couple around the vegetable garden it will be a moist area and receive some attention while gardening along with the good soil plus the garden will look super tropical now all I have to do is wait ten years

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 16

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   Dypsis carlsmithii gets planted

   March 16 by happypalms

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   Time to start planting some of my new palms starting with a dypsis carlsmithii it was growing in a 200mm container had good roots coming out of the bottom of the container what better time than now to plant given a couple of years in the ground it should start to look good in the position it’s in it will be irrigated and mulched giving it a head start in life

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 16

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    Need Bismark advice

    March 13 by Mark S.

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    My bismark is approx 15 years old and in just the last couple years has been throwing out an occasional dead fron. It otherwise looks healthy. Any ideas on what might be causing this? IMG_5634.HEIC

    

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    Buying a couple of plants again

    March 15 by happypalms

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    Did a bit of mail order shopping for plants this time a lanonia magaloni and a philodendron billietiae not sure how the philodendron will go in the cold time will tell

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 16

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    Palm Seeds

    March 14 by Borosbobo

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    Hey! My parents went to Gran Canaria and brought me some palm seeds and I cant identify some of them. 1. The 3. Picture is the seeds with the flash on and on the 4. Picture I removed the flash. From the seeds I thought its some kind of sabal palm maybe sabal palmetto. But the leaves of the palm (pic 1&2) doesn’t really look like a sabal palm 2. I’m clueless about these seeds. The palms had a thin trunk with green/silver leaves. I would think that these are Bismarck palms with a cleaned trunk but on the last picture you can see a bismarck nobilis seed next to the seeds that my parents harvested from these palms and they are twice as big. Also could you g…

    

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    Trimming dead trunks? On robellini palm

    March 14 by Skip

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    I have a robellini palm that is about a year old. There are 3 of the 5 trunks that are dead. Should I cut these off? What is the best way to do this?

    

    Last reply by Skip, March 15
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    Dypsis lanceolata variation

    August 19, 2016 by Tracy

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    So I have a pair of Dypsis lanceolata's growing in the yard. Once upon a time they were both on the same side of the yard with the same exposure. Sometime late in 2013, I transplanted one to the opposite side of the yard in a bit more sun. While it experienced more burning initially, it seems to be slowly adapting. The other is full shade in winter, from my house's shadow, then in spring and summer as the sun moves through a higher arc, its got sun most of the day until I planted a banana to its west to provide it pm filtered shade. All background, but the real question is in the photos. As you will see D lanceolata #1, on the sunny side is quite fuzzy on the top…

    

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    Big coconut for Tampa, FL

    March 14 by SweatyPalms

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    Just a monster for Tampa, FL. A few blocks from the bay but with that size, I’d assume it’s been through a few cold spells and freezes. I think the tight backyard and close homes/trees have shielded it.

    

    Last reply by TampaBayRay, March 15

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    Definition of an indoor palm?

    March 10, 2023 by Hardypalms

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    So when they write in books or websites that a certain palm does/ Or does not good indoors. Do they mean a palm that would stay inside a heated and A/C house 24/7? Or does a palm that gets dragged between inside your house, in the non heated/AC garage and outside and back and forth depending on weather conditions an indoor palm too? Trying to figure this before i buy palms that will die quickly on me ( I drag in and out according to weather) Thxs Pat

    

    Last reply by Oscar1984, March 15

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    Coconut palms.

    March 15 by baldy

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    Hello everyone, thank you for adding me.! I have a question about adding salt to coconut palms. I am trying to grow them about 30 kms inland. I found some information on YouTube about it and just need more information before I move on this ! .. Also, I have heavy, sticky clay soil. What is the best way to plant coconut palms in this ? .. Thank you. Mark

    

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    Chamaedorea plumosa seeds nearly ready to pick

    March 15 by happypalms

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    My plumosa seeds are nearly ready they basically coincide with the new flowers one way how to tell if the seeds are ready is when the new flowers appear not the case with all palms but certainly with a lot of other palm varieties that mature quickly

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 15

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    A few garden pictures on a autumn afternoon

    March 12 by happypalms

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    Nothing better than wandering around the garden doing a bit of pruning with the autumn weather change in the air now is a good time to be planting some new plants getting them to settle in before winter with more than ideal day night temperatures now is a optimum time to plant in my area with some new cold proven plants from the collection

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 15

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    Storms Bring Down Iconic Palm Trees at Refugio State Beach

    March 14 by agroventuresperu

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    Pretty interesting article. I would've assumed those rootballs would be a lot more extensive. https://www.noozhawk.com/storms-bring-down-iconic-palm-trees-at-refugio-state-beach/

    

    Last reply by Tyrone, March 14

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    When to plant sabal seedlings

    March 9 by rizla023

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    Hello, I have read sabals like to be in the ground early on. I have a 1.5 year old seedling, just pushing out its third leaf, and I’m wondering how early is too early and what experiences those in SoCal have with sabals. I only have 1 so i didn’t want to risk too much. Sabal mauritiiformis thanks!

    

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    Chamaedorea radicalis picture

    October 16, 2016 by Nico94

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    Post in this topic your Chamaedorea radicalis in pot or in ground to see the different form. Here non trunking form.

    

    Last reply by Chester B, March 14

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    More palmy pics in the garden

    March 14 by happypalms

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    Just a few more palm pics from today the summer heat this year combined with the rainfall certainly has made a difference to the garden

    

    Last reply by Harry’s Palms, March 14

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    Unknown Palm Seedling: What am I

    March 12 by PalmatierMeg

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    I was doing a weed pull and pot top-off of my outdoor container garden yesterday and came face to face with a palm seedling I'd been ignoring for a while. I need a fellow palm nerd to give me an ID of it. I have a few ideas but need confirmation as if it is what I suspect I'll have to decide whether to plant or compost it. See photos below Mystery Palm, Cape Coral, FL 2024

    

    Last reply by PalmatierMeg, March 14

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    South Africacan palm society old issues

    March 14 by happypalms

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    Found some old issues of the African Palm society a affiliated chapter of the international palm society with some interesting articles to read in them take that internet books have been around for thousands of years

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 14

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    One chambeyronia photo

    March 14 by happypalms

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    Spotted this Chambeyronia today in the garden

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 14

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