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   ptychosperma ?

   February 28, 2009 by street124

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   Please take a look at this Iriartea deltoidea

   February 28, 2009 by geonomaDude

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   Hi everyone, Recently, we bought in a local nursery the Iriartea deltoidea shown in the pictures below. There has been some wind these days and the palm is adapting from shadow to partial sun. I am worried about some burns (?) that appeared in the leaves and how the coming spear is showing. What can it be?? Here are the pics: - Adolfo

   

   Last reply by geonomaDude, February 28, 2009

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   Veitchia arecina - risks of transplanting

   February 27, 2009 by JeffreyApolloBeach

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   Hello, I have 3 Veitchia arecina that I want to move to a different spot. I'm planning on replacing them with 3 Royal palms. The reason I'm moving them is because they got burned by the cold events we had this winter, while my only Royal was untouched. Is the arecina very sensitive to transplant? These have about 2 1/2 - 3 ft of trunk. Thanks Jeffrey

   

   Last reply by Jon North Padre Island, February 28, 2009
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   ID please

   February 27, 2009 by Walter John

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   Can you ID either of these palms. No tricks, not a game, I don't know for sure, the first is either a Hydriastele or Ptcyhosperma , the second is either Copernicia or Sabal, not sure , especially unknown is species. First. Second

   

   Last reply by cfkingfish, February 28, 2009
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   winter? 1 2

   January 31, 2009 by Bags

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   It is winter time right? I would normally wait untill spring time to plant but the weather has been so nice and the fifteen day forecast calls for lows mostly in the high forties so I planted a few palms today. My last Foxy Lady croaked, but fortunately I have a great neighbor in Ellidro who hooked me up with a great deal on a new one. I am going to keep this one alive. Here is my Ceroxylon Quindiuense in a nice protected spot. I have high hopes for this one.

   

   Last reply by Bags, February 28, 2009
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   New Caledonia Palm Website

   February 25, 2009 by joe_OC

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   I don't know if this website has been shared here before or not...But, I found this site today and have been going over all the amazing habitat pictures of all 38 endemic palms. I used babblefish to do the translation for me. I have not found a better site for pictures of New Caledonia Palms: New Caledonia Palms Hope you enjoy it as much as I am... Joe

   

   Last reply by Walter John, February 28, 2009
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   Adonidias, or not?

   February 27, 2009 by edric

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   These are growing about a block west of the river, in New Smyrna Beach, Ed

   

   Last reply by Walter John, February 28, 2009
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   Getting rid of weeds...the drastic approach!

   February 27, 2009 by bgl

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   I decided to check the definition for "weed", and the first one that comes up via Google is "a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth." Can't argue with that! And we have an amazing collection of weeds! Visitors from the U.S. mainland are usually surprised when they see begonias and impatience in our garden and I explain that those are just annoying weeds here! However, this is not about begonias, but about another type of "weed": palm trees! There's a large fruiting Archontophoenix alexandrae on the property next door (belongs to Steve and Steph since 2007- but Steve, no reflection on you! ), and we've had volunteer seedlings fr…

   

   Last reply by DoomsDave, February 27, 2009
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    Cocos nucifera

    February 26, 2009 by PalmatierMeg

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    Hello fellow palm lovers, This morning I had to go to the home office, which is on the second story of a small commercial complex called Cypress Square. In the central plaza is an enormous coconut palm loaded with fruit. Climbing the stairs, I reach out and touch it. Knowing many of you dream of growing Cocos nucifera, I took some photos. I couldn't get any closer to the crown without a ladder. Enjoy.

    

    Last reply by PalmatierMeg, February 27, 2009
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    Sky of blue and sea of green

    February 25, 2009 by Walter John

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    The reds have been on show in the garden at present, thought I'd share, have a look. Firstly Dypsis crinita has not one but two leaves opening in glorious red, what a bonus ! As I got closer the flash went off.

    

    Last reply by Salvades, February 27, 2009
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    Night of the Rats 1 2

    November 15, 2008 by chris.oz

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    My large Chamaedorea collection and other palms like Pritchardia have been decimated. All this happened in one night. I went out the next morning to water to find mass destruction, sort of like a Pearl Harbour in my container ranch. They had mainly stripped the leaves off some palms which were up to 5 years old, in other cases they had eaten the palms down to the ground in yet others they gnawed through the stem to the growing point, but left the leaves. I have lost about 50% of my chamaedoreas. Now I am at a loss to know why, because these palms have been in my garden for up to 5 years and I had never had rat attack there, but I did get a rat attack a…

    

    Last reply by Mark_NoVA, February 27, 2009

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    Exiting Winter

    February 25, 2009 by _Keith

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    This shows what a mild winter we had. The Bizzie is untouched. Even my Abysinnia banana is standing with minor damage. The Mule looks great. Here is my other Mule. Banana look rough but are still full height. Some years they go all the way to the ground.

    

    Last reply by _Keith, February 27, 2009
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    S. pseudococos

    February 24, 2009 by Tampa Scott

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    Cleaned seed on left, S. rom. seed on right.

    

    Last reply by Toby, February 27, 2009
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    kentia with seeds

    February 23, 2009 by cainester

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    My two kentias are throwing seeds, and was wondering how to tell if they are good to collect or should i leave them on the tree. thanks, Mike

    

    Last reply by chris.oz, February 26, 2009
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    Dypsis Sp. " Great White" 1 2

    February 23, 2009 by Urban Rainforest

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    This Dypsis mystery palm never ceases to amaze me. When it sheds a leaf base it will stop you in your tracks . It has to be one of the most colorfull Dypsis with the whitest crownshaft ever and colors of red ,purple, dark brown, tan fuzz and a black spot on the crownshaft! This thing is really blowing up now with a height of 8 Ft., a trunk base of 1 ft. and a swollen crownshaft of 10". Also it is still splitting but this is turning into a mystery within a mystery because it already has 3 rings of trunk . That would mean technicaly that it is going to branch ala Dypsis lutescens and others. I think it will have at least another ring or two of trunk before it branches. …

    

    Last reply by Joe palma, February 26, 2009
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    Palm ID

    February 25, 2009 by _Keith

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    Is this a regular old Triangle Palm? My other one is totally green and this one is super orange.

    

    Last reply by paulgila, February 26, 2009
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    Carpoxylon macrosperum

    February 22, 2009 by PalmatierMeg

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    Hello Palm Lovers, I think/hope I scored big at the S. Ft. Myers HD today. Yesterday Sean PM'd me (thanks again, Sean) that there were 3 15 gal Carpoxylons at HD that were misidentified as purple kings. After lunch my husband & I drove over. We knew right away they weren't purple kings but have never seen a Carpoxylon larger than a seedling. Then this stranger came over and eyed our find. He confirmed they were Carpoxylon and said he planned to buy one too. We took the largest of the three. They had taken some hits from the cold fronts but overall looked good. We also bought a D. cabadae (correct ID). So I am posting photos of our newest baby (my little Carpoxy…

    

    Last reply by Peter, February 26, 2009
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    Very effective squirrel, rabbit, & mole control

    February 25, 2009 by ThunderSRQ

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    Nothing like a little "automatic" pest control! I first noticed these two red shouldered hawks hanging out in the yard very frequently (basically daily) about 2 months ago and, since then, have seen almost no squirrels at all (for reference, I "eliminated" 123 of them from April thru mid-December last year!), no more mole tunnels in the open area of the yard (and the yard was absolutely "infested" with them last summer), and no rabbits whatsoever (although rabbits weren't a problem for me -- except that my dogs would go nuts chasing after them). Very cool bonus -- they are now building a nest in one of my pine trees so I will soon get to watch the family thing develo…

    

    Last reply by Austinpalm, February 26, 2009
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    Dypsis Decaryi

    February 24, 2009 by falcon1988

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    Good evening everyone, Went shopping at lowes today and came up to these dypsis decaryi palm trees however they looked different to the regular ones so i purchased all that they have they coast around 8.98 each one has some red in the the new leaf just wondering are these Hybrids?

    

    Last reply by falcon1988, February 26, 2009
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    Phoenix ID

    February 25, 2009 by Musi

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    Left P. Sylvestris, Right P. Dactylifera. Or did I get it wrong, experts help me. It is on one of my properties in Africa. They are about 4-5 years old from seed.

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, February 26, 2009
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    Check This Out

    February 19, 2009 by Alicehunter2000

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    I was having dinner with my brother-in-law's, brother-in-law and he mentioned he was cutting out some palms from his house. I was curious as to what it was that he was describing. When I arrived he showed me what appeared to be an upright form of green S. repens. I commented that I was not interested in digging it out. As I was backing up.....I almost bumped into THIS!............didn't even notice it at first! Geez! how old you reckon it is? He said there used to be a double header (the other a little shorter) but one just broke off one day for no reason. I told him he had an extremely old "palmetto" and not to cut it down.....he said he wouldn't. Note "Mike" in…

    

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    Phoenix sylvestris??? 1 2

    December 27, 2008 by phatmiata

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    Picked these up at HD on sale of course , anyhow, the label says Phoenix sylvestris but being new to the palm world im wondering if, or how you could tell if that is really what it is when they are this small? I learned a bit already just by using the search function, but can anyone really tell from these photos? The fronds are a blueish green, and lots of spikes at the trunk, ouch. hehehe Can someone verifiy this as indeed a Phoenix sylvestris? I just would hate to wait years for this to get big only to find out this is not the palm that it was labeled as. Phoenix 1??? Phoenix 2???

    

    Last reply by Kris, February 25, 2009
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    Cut em or leave em?

    February 24, 2009 by palmislandRandy

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    I had to have, hopefully the last one of my Queens cut down! Well the "proffesionals" missed the open space and laid it down right on 2 of my Teddies. Seems like it just brushed the crowns and only broke the fronds on one side. So should they be cut off of left to fend for themselves???

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, February 25, 2009
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    Transplanting help / questions

    February 25, 2009 by Hilo Jason

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    Hi Everyone, Forgive me if this is somewhere here on the board already (and feel free to just send me a link to it if it is). It looks like I will be moving sometime in 2009 and I am looking to bring the majority of my palms with me. I have about 40 in the ground that I would hate to leave. I'm looking for some transplanting tips and advice for these guys. The majority of them were all planted within the last year, with a few being in the ground for about 18 months. Most were 5 - 15 gallons when planted. My idea is to dig them up and put them in pots that are a size larger than what they were in before I put them in the ground. So what was in a 5, will be du…

    

    Last reply by Hilo Jason, February 25, 2009
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    Bits and Pieces

    February 23, 2009 by Walter John

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    Nothing in particular here, just various palm photos after some rain when everything becomes photogenic. Does this look like a gnarly dragon's head or what ? it's really the opening leaf of a juvenile wodyeti. Raindrop encrusted Dypsis hybrid leaflets. Mottled Pinanga and a new leaf

    

    Last reply by Walter John, February 25, 2009