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A trio of Malay dwarf coconuts
by happypalms- 18 replies
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A nice little trio of Malay dwarf sp coconuts not sure how they will go in the cool climate the wife was insisting on them so I thought well why not give them a go from what I have heard they are cool tolerant coconuts grow a short 15 minutes drive to the beach from my property but that is not as cold as my place I purchased 3 thinking at least one might make as a palm grower I often get asked will a coconut live in my area a quick no is my answer so this little coconut experiment will see if iam correct in saying no time will tell I guess.
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How Fast Did Your Palms Grow?
by Okkidoggi- 3 replies
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Just starting a thread for us to show off how our palms have grown over the years! I’m sharing my own photos, grown in partial sun, narrow space, no fertilizer, and just 1km from the sea here in tropical Singapore. Drop your own Before vs Now shots too! Whether your palms exploded with growth or took their sweet time, we’d love to see how different species perform. Bonus points for rare or quirky ones! 😎 Pic 1: Dec 2020 – Bismarckia nobilis, Areca catechu, and Johannesteijsmannia altifrons. Pic 2: Jul 2025 – Same lineup, 5 years later. Pic 3: The Areca got so tall it no longer fits in one shot with Joey! Here’s another angle. …
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Is this Livistona lanuginosa?
by richtrav- 2 replies
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I bought some of these about 8 years ago in 5 gallon pots from Kevin Weaver in California. I planted two in a part of the yard that briefly stands in water whenever it rains a lot or is irrigated and they have taken off. At first it didn’t look like the lanuginosa I had seen in Australian botanical gardens, I figured it was probably just a form of rigida, but the infructescence is definitely wooly and the seeds are pretty large. Two years ago one of the plants fruited but the seeds were smaller and not viable. This time most seeds look good (the other plant flowered for the first time this year). Any Livistona experts care to chime in?
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Hello All, So a total newbie here. I am just really starting to get into gardening and, with so many conflicting things you find online, figured I'd join this site to see about getting the real low down. I live at a beach here in Florida, the Gulf side, on the intercoastal. My yard is all shell with dirt underneath the weed mat and, unfortunately, a large part of it is along the street on a corner and, over the years, I have had so many cars for whatever reason drive onto the shell, and it always crushes them and leaves tire tracks that I have to go out and rake flat. Suffice it to say, I'm over it! This has got me wanting to plant some palms along this …
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Mini red neck palm dypsis rivularis
by happypalms- 19 replies
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A beautiful small dypsis I have tucked away in the garden. Only viewed when I get in and have a look through the rest of the garden hiding it away. One day it will break through.
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Some nice chamaedorea genoformis
by happypalms- 1 follower
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A few nice genoformis in the garden. All are 23 years old. They do produce seed but only if I hand pollinate them, which brings me to another question with a different answer as the male pollen was chamaedorea adscendens. And with a discussion about them with Colin Wilson it’s not meant to happen in that boy girl department. The last picture is the offspring from that so called arranged marriage. With some discussion with Mr Wilson it will be established that I shall keep a very close eye on this little palm in question. Time will tell what happens. One seed was ready to pick so it shall be sown and a close eye will be placed on tis one.
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A visit to a nursery
by happypalms- 4 replies
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A short two hour drive north to the town of Lismore for a weekend getaway. And well as we all know you have to visit the nurseries. A lovely nursery with a beautiful garden centre. A great assortment of plants with some common and some rare plants down to a great selection of exotics. So a hoffmania plant along with a sandra Gordon grevillia, plus a couple of rainforest trees later iam out of there one happy gardener. A great nursery clean and tidy along with no weeds. And as usual being a nursery man myself you get into that race about plants that can go on for hours or a yarn as we would say in Australia. Oh and I did mention I had a few exotic palms for sale, wherever…
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Summer plantings: Vonitra, Veitchia, Ravenea
by JD in the OC- 1 follower
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Some new plants in the ground that will benefit from our rainy season (SW Florida zone 10b) Vonitra dransfeldii Veitchia simulans in a newly-cleaned out bed thanks to my wifey. It's a Fijian palm so i hope it makes it. Dypsis procera And the always-popular lanai palm Ravenea rivularis. $16 from Lowes. On sale. Couldn't resist!
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San Diego Coconut Trees 1 2
by SouthernCATropicals- 3 followers
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I’ll document my SoCal coconut tree journey here. Getting anything bigger than a shriveled up coconut sprout in California is almost impossible for a variety of reasons so I ordered 3 coconut sprouts. I currently have 3 coconuts of unknown varieties. The first was “front yard coconut”This is the earliest photo I have of it but it came in August 2023 half dead with one greenish leaf. This is it now dec 18 2023. It has grown but the growth has been quite slow and undramatic. When I transferred it into the ground in august it really had no roots at all. I’ve read that they eat their coconut for a while but that was strange to see I’ve been fertilizing nothing. Hopefull…
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Burretiokentia koghiensis Help Please
by Alex33- 1 follower
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New member/first post, long time collector. I bought this Burretiokentia about 2 months ago. It's a palm I'm led to understand likes water, however in the couple of times I've watered it, the oldest leaf immediately starts to yellow and die. I cut back watering. In addition to watering, I had given it some osmocote time released food (pink) and what I thought was a very judicious dose of the yellow Growmore orchid food. On the most recent watering, the oldest leaf did the usual yellowing to browning, however the emerging spike started to brown at the tip...and now is flopping over and blackened. Pics are from a few days ago, except pic where it's flopping over, from …
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Milton before and after
by sonoranfans- 31 replies
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Hurricanes gusting to 110 mph can put a beating on palms. While some species did better than others, all the taller ones were savaged, especially if they sat out solo in the wind. I kind of see it clinically now as an experiment. Only the shorter protected palms had low damage. My tallest palms(and trees) roystonea regia at 40 feet +/- 5feet, were stripped of all but one leaf, but spears were undamaged, intact. before after: Damage on both were the same but the new spear has already opened, history says these will come back and recover in 2 summers.
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Hardy Pinangas
by Mandrew968- 15 replies
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Greetings, fellow palm enthusiasts! I was wondering what are some great species of pinanga for South Florida. I know there are quite a few of you growing this genus in So Cal and other cold/cool places, and we all wanna know what you are growing and how it's doing! This genus is too colorful and enticing to stay obscured for long...
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A few nice dypsis baronii
by happypalms- 6 replies
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Some nice old baronii in the garden doing well. The new golden cane is my sales push on this palm far more attractive to me than lutescens, but each to there own on that one. I do get the odd seed or two from them.
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Chamaedorea Palm identification
by Davidlon- 9 replies
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Any thoughts of what Chamaedorea this might be? Thank you for any replies. I looked at several photos. I was wondering if they were Chamaedorea costaricana?
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I have what I believe is an odd robellini palm tree that somehow grew three limbs from the main trunk (see image). I've never seen that before. How does it happen? Anyway, my main concern is the limb on the left is hanging way over my pool creating too much shade and I'm afraid the weight may tumble the whole tree at some point. Is it possible to have the leftmost limb (arm) removed without killing the whole tree? How should it be done? In stages (maybe remove all the green fronds first, then sever the limb)? How long to wait between each removal stage? How close should the cut be to the main trunk?
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These are Trachys, right?
by JohnAndSancho- 4 replies
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These are trachy fortuneis, right? There's a dead one between these 2 with a for sale sign on it. If I were opportunistic, what time of year would I look for seeds? If I were stupid enough to call the number and ask about the trees, how hard are these to transplant? Like am I gonna need to dig a 10x10 foot hole? The orange box store sells 1g online 2 for ~$60ish but these are just a smidge bigger. Like easy 10ft.
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Cyphosperma balansae - A winner not seen enough 1 2 3
by Dypsisdean- 2 followers
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This small grouping is really starting to take off. I don't know why it isn't grown more. I have one 15+ year old outside in SoCal, so I know it should be tried more there. These are about 6 yrs in the ground (in Hawaii) from two gal size.
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Gettin’ the Ring 1 2 3 4
by The Gerg- 127 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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Summer 2025 revving up!!
by LowDesertBoil- 0 replies
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Coming up on two days of a 116 degrees ! I look at my yard and have 8 dead plants . I am always amazed at how certain plants throw in the towel so early. Yet you have others like Phoenix, Brahea, Livistona, and my favorite Hyphaene, it's like the way they come to life in intense heat! I always have a mental image of the these trees throwing on some sun tan lotion, shades, and a smile saying "Bring it!". Anyone else have some wins and losses in the ATM desert?
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Normanbya normanbyi in South Fl
by Davidlon- 20 replies
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Normanbya Normanbyi is a fast growing palm here in south Florida. It looks very similar to Wodyetia bifurcata but subtle differences.
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Leaning Palm Tree
by noho- 1 reply
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My Queen Palm Tree is starting to lean. How much lean can it have before it needs to be cut down? It's not much at the moment, but you can see they're starting to lean to the right in the photo.
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Close up (macro) photos of palm seeds
by Kestas- 1 follower
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This is about palm seeds from close up, i will be updating this with photos of seeds i make over time. Let me know if you think i could improve in any way or of what species would you like me to make some photos of this style. 1. Brahea armata, cross-sections of a mature seed
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Chamaedorea id
by Phoenikakias- 26 replies
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Could anyone identify following Chamaedorea specimens? Additionally to posted pictures, it is solitary and female.
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My little palm tour
by Palmtreedude69- 9 replies
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First picture is the front area with a Adonia merrillii and a bentickia nicobarica planted in 2023 2nd picture are 2 coconuts the biggest one planted in 2015 and the smaller one grown from seed from hurricane irma in 2017 3rd picture is a small dypsis decaryi 4th picture is "palm row" with a bottle palm spindle palm and a foxtail all planted in 2013 5th picture is a robelini and the back part of palm row 6th picture is a robelini planted in 1997 with a spindle planted in 2012 7th picture is the side with a coconut and Chinese fan palm both planted in 2012 with a satakenita planted in 2024 to replace a huge Sylvester palm killed from hurricane…
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Palms in Cyprus
by Gringo- 3 replies
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Discuss palm trees here in Cyprus. Increasing variety is now available in local nurseries, such as Royals, Kings, Triangles, and to a lesser extent, foxtails. Never seen cocos yet, but they seem to be becoming more common in local nurseries where i believe I saw them near Timi, but I will stop to confirm if my eyes did not deceive me. Some pics around Paphos area
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