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For any & all palms of the Carolinas, North or South...
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type of dypsis or chamaedorea
by MoPalm- 6 replies
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Hi Everyone, another palm I would like to identify so I know where to plant it. It’s about 4 feet with about 1.5 inch wide trunk. First I thought maybe it’s a single trunk hybrid or weepy Dypsis onilahensis but then looking at the trunk it looks small and not that fat for the height of the palm. What do you think the identity? If chamedorea, what type? Trying to see if it like full inland sun or shady, or somewhere between.
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Rocky soil 1 2
by Than- 1 follower
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I hope I am posting in the right subforum. So, to my dismay, I recently discovered that under the top layer of my newly acquired land, there are rocks. We are talking big and small rocks, everywhere. It was hard even for the hard machinery to dig. They suggested I add soil on top. The other solution would be to bring special machinery to try and break and remove as much stone as possible but that would be costly probably.. What depth should soil have for palms and other trees and shrubs? Would 15 inches (40 cm) suffice? Anyone else with rocky soil here?
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Phoenix Sylvestris After Winter
by Northern Tropicals- 1 follower
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Hey guys -- I don't normally post here much. I normally hang around the Zone Pushers Group on Facebook. But I wanted to broaden my reach to see if I can get some advice. As a backstory, I've been zone pushing palms since 2008 here in Wisconsin -- successfully overwintering windmill palms year after year. I'm on the edge of zone 5b/6a, just north of Milwaukee, WI. I have my own palm nursery where I currently have over 200 windmill palms in various sizes that I have grown from seed. Last spring my potted phoenix sylvestris was pushing itself out of a 15/20 gallon pot (the entire pot was like solid roots). So I decided to give it a go in the ground and the plan wa…
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we had a lively discussion last night about why CIDP survives in certain places and not in others ? about the root system: if the roots only partially die off after a heavy frost, become mushy, then the whole palm could continue to live even after a heavy frost and full loss of leaves - is this theoretically and practically possible if warm to hot temperatures follow, as is often the case in texas, for example ? is the whole thing still possible if only a few roots are still intact, say two or three, would that be enough ? if the soil does not freeze or rarely does CIDP survive in cooler regions ? what are your experiences ?
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Albuquerque Palm Locations Map
by Alex High- 2 followers
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Hello fellow palm lovers, I live in the Washington, D.C. area but have recently become interested, some might say obsessed, with Albuquerque and its climate and palms. I don't know what it is but something about it fascinates me in particular, the fact that it has such variable microclimates and is right on the edge of the zones for several hardy palm species, and is a great place for zone pushing. Anyways I have read through every Albuquerque palm thread on Palmtalk and have found videos and images and all locations I could find of Albuquerque palms, and I made a map out of it. I wanted to share it here for anyone interested in the awesome palmage of ABQ, and if any…
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Show us your large/mature Chamaedorea elegans
by NC_Palms- 2 followers
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I think this species is often overlooked in the palm community but I think when they mature and get some size, they can look really nice. This one is one of my greenhouse palms and it is about 3 feet tall. It even produces inflorescences regularly but obviously nothing comes from it.
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Coconut Palm
by mxcolin- 2 followers
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We visited Hawaii last year where my daughter and I fell in love with the Coconut Palms. She's really getting into Palms and when we saw one in a local nursery we couldn't resist getting it. Now, I know this might be a fools errand (almost certainly is) but I'm not expecting much, it's just a fun project for us. She's been keeping it well watered and spraying the fronds and it's responding well. It's grown 2 new fronds as you can see at the front with a 3rd on on the way. It's in a South West facing window so it gets a decent amount of sun. It's incredibly sunny where I live so I think it's getting enough. I have a few questions though: I've been told these need s…
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Some nice little palm seedlings
by happypalms- 7 replies
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A few nice baby palms looking good for the future garden projects. Some dictyosperma album conjugatum, Joey perakensis you can’t tell the difference between them and Altifrons as juvenile palms. A nice batch brassiophoenix schumanii, hypohorbe langenicaulis and some licuala ramsayi, a nice palm the ramsayi for such a tropical looking plant there quite tough taking a lot of hard conditions bouncing back well if given a hard time climate wise just add water to grow them at there best. Some nice palms for the future garden projects.
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Gettin’ the Ring 1 2 3
by The Gerg- 118 replies
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Perhaps this post can be a place where excited palm enthusiasts can post pictures of their palms that have just gotten its first ring of trunk. A real K.O. Below my Kentiopsis oliviformis just got its first ring of trunk. The things that excite us……. Please post yours.
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Cleaning few spots
by WaianaeCrider- 5 replies
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Spend 3 hrs weed wacking 4 ft tall grass around a few palms today These were my Covid Palms. All planted when there was no place to go. LOL Dictyosperma album. After n before
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Potting up a few tubes ptychosperma nicolai
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A couple of ptychosperma Nicolai and a couple of Livistona rotundifolia to pot up. Some late comers before winter they had a solid root system so they will be fine for winter. Pretty soon most of the tropical plants iam growing will go into a go slow mode for winter and not do a lot in the way of growing. Some of the subtropical temperate plants will still do a bit of growing through winter relaxing after the summer temperatures. But for the next few months or more the nursery will be a bit slow. I will leave whats germinated in there propagating box’s over winter waiting for spring there might be a few tough old ones or some that sneed to be potted up but for now it’s a …
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Masoala Madagascariensis, Oraniopsis trachycarpus
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Three lots of seeds I had just about given up on them taking them off the heat mat. And putting them on the side to get rid off. But never give up on them unless you have a rotten batch that are pretty well much gone. The masoala I had given up on them, then as I was about to throw them out I thought why not have a dig and see what’s happening. Close to a dozen had germinated lucky for them. From my two experiences with masoala seeds they are a bit like kentia you have to wait then when you think they are gone you get som. The Oraniopsis i sought had given up but wasn’t going to throw them out as I did read they are a bit fussy here and there germinating and the lone tra…
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On the potting bench lanonia dasyantha
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A nice box full of dasyantha seedlings, imported seeds from china and easy to germinate and grow. If I find a palm that’s so simple and easy to grow and if I like them I will grow a few hundred of them just to sit on the side in the greenhouse. And if iam lucky again I might even come across a variegated one again.
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Nice little tray of Arenga engleri
by happypalms- 12 replies
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A good tray engleri for the cold climate growers out there. Super tough easy to grow palm that’s good for that tropical look in a cold climate, fortunately iam not in that cold climate so these one are destined for the bottom of property where it’s a little bit colder than up the hill in the house garden. Slow growing as seedlings but pick up with a bit of age.
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Planted a dypsis saintlucei ptychosperma macarthurii
by happypalms- 2 replies
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Two nice alms worth growing especially the saintlucei. The MacArthurii is a common palm yet I never got around to planting one in the collection years ago time to do so now I think. Any palms I plant now with winter approaching are proven winners so they will just have to tough it out survival of the fittest I guess makes for a better garden in the end.
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Anyone had luck growing a licuala spinosa in full sun in South Florida (zone 10b/11a)? When I say full sun, I mean all day sun. I know it'll need extra water and fertilizer. I'm prepared to amend the soil, fertilized monthly, and hand-water it. I'm getting conflicting information on what they like. I want one for a corner of my pool (yes, I know it has spines, it would go in a spot with very limited foot traffic, a corner behind a clamshell sun bed). Looking for a clumping palm with fan shaped leaves to help screen my pool from the neighbors yard. I already have a few with pinnate leaves, so I just wanted to change the frond shape up a bit for texture.
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Japanese variegated rhapis zuikonishiki
by happypalms- 6 replies
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Placing this one back outside in the garden to harden of to plant it in the garden. There super tough yet so pretty easy to grow and propagate, I might get a one of this one when I plant it.
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Do all palms only have one seed?
by mrjc- 5 replies
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I know this is probably a dumb question but I can’t get it out of my head and google isn’t helping. But do all palms have only one seed per fruit?
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Dypsis rosea looking good
by happypalms- 11 replies
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A nice little rosea looking good. It should be fine for winter, this will be its first winter in the greenhouse. I was lucky to get this one at the recent pacsoa show. So far so good it’s tucking itself in for winter.
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Sowing a few livistona alfredii seeds
by happypalms- 2 followers
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A lovely gift of 100 or so alfredii seeds aka mill stream palm. A rare palm from north Western Australia. Where it is threatened by habitat loss. So these seeds have come along way to reach my little cultivation fingers. Bottom heating coco coir perlite mix in styrofoam box with lid 30 degrees Celsius is the order for the day. Looking forward to growing this palm that’s for sure.
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Bentinckia condapanna
by Billy- 3 followers
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I have a few Bentinckia condapanna from the Big Island nursery we all love so much. One of them is a double and should be super interesting as it gets bigger. Today I arrived to a palm enthusiast’s home with the plan to bring home a Dypsis lanceolata or a Chambeyronia hookeri. I didn’t come home with either. I noticed a nice Bentinckia bursting out of a 15g. I plan to plant it out first thing tomorrow morning. The location sees morning and early afternoon full sun this time of year, then filtered sun at 1:30 and full shade by 2:30. Please share any photos or experiences with your Bentinckia.
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Just a tray of Joey magnifica sprouts to pot up
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Nothing super special to look at as a sprout , that’s what makes them super special when they grow up absolutely one gorgeous palm worth growing if you have the patience and climate. Deep forest tubes coco coir perlite mix with about 20 percent good quality potting mix sitting in an air prune tray, never grow your joeys on the ground in a container always on bench’s with air underneath so the roots can air prune as they grow. The root simply hits the air and does its own thing air pruning and sending another root out making for a stronger plant. The gray powered on top of the soil is volcanic crushed rock for minerals.
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Satakentia
by TonyT- 1 follower
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Is the browning/dying of the leaves normal? thank you
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I was wondering if it would be nice to have an Arizona thread where the few of us Arizona people can directly discuss with each other growing (or trying to grow) palms. I feel that while the input from others in CA and beyond is very helpful it does not always apply to us in AZ. I see people say that this or that palm wants full sun, and while that is the case for CA or elsewhere not too many palms can take full AZ sun. Hoping a few other Arizona people will chime in on this thread and maybe use it for posting AZ specific questions. I will throw out the first questions. I see Mule palms and Parajueba palms recommended for full sun. How many hours are we talking f…
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