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International Palm Day
by Hillizard- 1 reply
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"On this day in 1794, the Father of Palms, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, was born. Today is International Palm Day, a day to recognize the plight of endangered palms, their fragile ecosystems, and their roles in the environment. Join us in celebrating palms!" #PalmDay
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San Francisco Botanical Gardens Photos from 2024
by kylecawazafla- 2 replies
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Here are photos I took from SFBG! This is a unique climate and one of the few public gardens where you can see Plectocomia himalayana, Lepidorrhachis, and Juania! Full album here Plectocomia himalayana Ceroxylon quindiuense and Jubaea chilensis Rhopalostylis sapida Juania australis Lepidorrhachis mooreana
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European Fan Palm Dying
by Donna Ann- 2 followers
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Hi, I am new to this site and glad I found it. I live in Marco Island Florida and can’t figure out why my fan palm is dying. I have 4 palms and have had to cut trunks off of some of them in the past due to browning leaves. This time the issue seems to be affecting the entire tree. The palms were planted a couple years ago. Any advice would be appreciated!
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Nice Butia growing well in current drought!
by PindoPalm- 1 follower
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Butia growing in Phoenix!
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ID request
by luke.m- 1 follower
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I came across this one today, am I anywhere near close thinking it could be Hypheane?
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Pinanga blue seed var seedlings
by happypalms- 3 replies
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A motley looking palm when a juvenile so far a strong grower the two I have in the greenhouse not sure what winter will have to say about how strong it will be if it survives the cold weather time will tell I guess but a nice looking palm when young that’s for sure
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Phoenix Dactylifera - 10ft. - Grown from seed. Phoenix Dactylifera - 6ft. - Grown from seed. Phoenix Dactylifera - 4ft. - Grown from seed. Phoenix Dactylifera - 3ft. - Grown from seed. Phoenix Roebelenii - 7 years in the ground Phoenix Roebelenii - 7 years in the ground
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The Mystery “Brown Palm”
by knell- 1 follower
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full disclosure: this is a wacky ID request and long story When I left for Hawaii back in 2017, my friends and relatives inherited my California palm collection, which was full of… rather ambitious species for California, mixed in with practical things like Jubaea and Howea. My parents got the bulk of it with all the leftover bags of seeds and anything my friends didn’t want, which they weren’t too thrilled about and did not seem to give much care or attention to (understandable). So, most of the seedlings perished. There was one notable exception, a palm that my non-plant-person father chose to take care of because it was an unusual shade of… brown. …
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Rhopalostylis Sapida in Habitat, New Zealand 1 2 3 4
by sipalms- 3 followers
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Just had the chance to explore some of the mainland Nikau Habitat on the West Coast of the South Island, and collect some seed. Never spent much time looking into this palm in habitat but it's incredible the variation depending on location, above/below canopy, and distance to the coast. Underneath the canopy they spread very wide, almost like Coconut or bangalows... there was many with green fronds below horizontal. After getting above canopy they turn into the typical shuttlecock shape. Also amazing to see hundreds of seedlings like grass around some really old ones in the forest. Enjoy..
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Almost 20 years ago I escaped the frozen tundra of Michigan and moved into the sauna of NW Orlando. It's hard to describe the abrupt transition, but I was pretty sure that I moved into an oven. Despite the oppressive heat and humidity in the summer, it was far better than spending September-April indoors and never seeing the sun! I lucked out when I moved, as I bought very cheap just before a huge price jump in the Orlando housing market. I found a nice house on about 3/4 acre of land with a great looking canopy of about 40 big oaks and a few pines. What I did *not* luck out on is my ignorance of southern oak trees. I didn't know that they were *not* the typical…
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South Florida hobby nursery
by Mr. Clark- 2 followers
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Hi all, just purchased 15 acres in South Florida, zone 11a - the property has a crop of field grown Sylvester Palms ready for market. Previous owners have been selling them (uncertified) for a while, but there are about 150 nice ones left that are 4-8' clear trunk. We do have irrigation throughout, so these are nice trees and within a week of moving in a few folks started poking around about buying the rest of the crop. I try to do things by the book, so got our state inspection/certification and am ready to sell. I have a guy who will buy the lot for $50 per foot of clear trunk, which seems low avg for wholesale but he will do all the work. This will provide a nic…
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SUNSET
by caixeta- 2 replies
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Syagrus oleracea.
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proper spacing for Bismarkia ?
by Darold Petty- 1 follower
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A local friend has a very large yard on a hillside, and wishes to install two Bismarkia palms down the hillside from his deck. What is the proper spacing so that the mature crowns will be close, but not overlap ?? Palmpedia suggests that the crown is 14 to 16 feet in diameter, so that would indicate perhaps 20 feet on center ? Thanks !
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Sick Palm in coastal Alabama
by JReuss- 1 follower
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I have a sick palm tree - looking for advice on saving it. I see a lot of brown palms here in coastal Alabama this spring but this one tree is really worrying me. I've trimmed (it needs it again), fertilized, adjusted water... It still seems sick. It's sister on the other side of the driveway is doing fine. Can it be saved? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. JR
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Do kentias/ Howeas grow in Florida?
by jeevesjank- 1 follower
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A few months ago I moved from San Diego to Vero Beach FL on the barrier island. Kentia Palms or Howeas were my favorite species I'd seen growing in San Diego. I have yet to see any since my move to Florida, granted I see quite a few species of palm I didn't see in SoCal, Coconuts, Royals, Foxtails, Christmas palms, Bottle palms etc... Do people just choose not to grow kentia's because they have the option of growing coconuts, or is there something specific regarding Florida's climate that makes it inhospitable for them?
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Butia pollination
by luke.m- 1 follower
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I have been collecting fruit and seed locally of what I believe is Butia oderata. I’ve noticed from the same cluster of fruits a real difference in nut and fruit size. For all appearances it looks as though the first group of fruits to ripen have viable seed and those ripening now don’t, and the shift is consistent. The first ripening fruits where large averaging 35mm with the nice big seeds, those ripening now are more like 25mm with a very small seed. Can anyone share any info as to experience with pollination of butias as the fruits are well developed but seemingly with unviable seed. Is this a normal occurrence with palms? Can these make fruits without pollinati…
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What's wrong with my Pindo palm? :(
by PashkaTLT- 1 follower
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Hello guys, My Pindo Palm is dying or already dead. It spent the whole winter in my "palm room" with additional powerful artificial lightning and a humidifier during the driest months, and it had been doing fine, but about a month ago I noticed it started to look worse, kinda drier maybe, and it started to drink less water. All my pots have good palm soil and good drainage, and I also test the soil for moisture level to decide whether I need to water the plant and how much to water it. We went on vacation for a couple of weeks, I watered all the plants on the day of our departure and then on the day of our arrival, and I was shocked to see how bad the …
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Recommendations needed for palms
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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I’m in serious need to revisit the palms that are growing on my farm. I will be culling a bunch of palms that just don’t like it up here. I would like some recommendations from folks for Palms. That would do well here. USDA hardiness zone 12a so frost is not an issue. However, lack of heat is we are the same heat zone as Alaska. Below is a sample of what the weather is like here for nine months of the year. The other three months lows run between 64 and 66° and highs run between 75 and 79°. Soil is acid pH5 and rains all year (180" total) but driest months are Oct and Jan. Soil is always moist. Soil is low on N, Mg and Ca. Examples of palms that have done ver…
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Pindo (Jelly) Palm
by emarlie1027- 1 follower
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We had this small Pindo palm planted by a local nursery in the summer of 2022. In September of that year we had hurricane Ian come through and we had flooding in our yard. Then we had some bitter cold that December (17 degrees for 4 nights in a row). It actually looked fine last year with new fronds but it doesn't seem to be growing much. This past winter we had several very cold nights (low 20s) and now it's springtime and it's looking a little rough. The new fronds coming in have black on them and the older ones have brown on them but I don't think they're the ones that should be ready to cut off yet. What should we be doing?
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Moving Brahea Brandegeei
by Palmfarmer- 2 replies
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I have a small one in the ground. Roughly 1 fot of total height. is this Brahea as root sensitive as the others? was thinking about digging out a large block of soil to transplant it so the roots have close to 0 interference.
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Dypsis sp. orange crush in non-tropical areas? Mine is great! 1 2
by BS Man about Palms- 3 followers
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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.
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Sowing some chamearops humillis seeds
by happypalms- 0 replies
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I purchased one hundred humillis seeds one of the questions I get asked is what have you got that will take frost so it’s optimal for me to grow something that is cold hardy and the humillis fits into that market you cannot just grow what you only desire in the tropical exotics not everyone has those growing conditions for exotics while they still enjoy palms it seems only fair to supply such a market and there relatively slow growing so they won’t brake the growing budget giving a good return in the years to come hopefully 🤞
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Cathedral City, CA coconut palm
by Conrad- 3 followers
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I thought I would share this coconut palm I planted at my house in the low desert near Palm Springs. I bought this coconut tree online in February 2021 and left it outside in a 15 gal pot until December 2021. Then I brought it inside and kept it in the house for about 4 months, using an indoor grow light to help it get enough light during winter. I planted it outside in March 2022. I used drip irrigation from March - October, then closed off the drippers and have only been watering as needed since then. It grew like crazy until October. Now the top of the most upright frond reaches about 7 feet in height! Without a d…
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