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The first winter losers brassiophoenix schumanii
by happypalms- 7 replies
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The first casualties of winter and it didnt take long for these guys to say forget it. I was having trouble with wet cold spots at first but that has progressed into complete necrosis for some while a few others are holding up ok only with cold spots at the back of the tray. They come good in summer only to decline in the cold and this is there second winter so iam thinking it’s one variety that I won’t really try again. The palm gods have spoken you shall have none schumanii!
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Dypsis baronii - let's see yours 1 2
by Dr. George- 3 followers
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Dypsis baronii has been a difficult grow for us. Planted out on the farm as 5 gal size in 2008 during our absentee owner period. This one survived (although originally it had 3 stems). Would love to see others. - gmp
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Los Angeles "Gutter Palm"
by JohnAndSancho- 17 replies
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This is at the corner of Sunset and Mansfield in LA per the Twitter vid. I'm guessing it's a Washie, my palm ID skills are still terrible. The rest of the video shows piles of trash everywhere, but I kinda think this is cool. Because I'm a palm geek. Edit: this is apparently the same palm from March? Or there's another one? I'm confused. He says this one is at Sunset and La Brea. I know nothing about LA, but other people say it's the same one. Do Washies really put on this much growth in 3 months out there? I cropped the 2nd pic due to some NSFW language.
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What’s for sale in retail nursery land in Australia
by happypalms- 1 follower
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A visit to a public nursery today with the wife to see what was up for grabs in the retail not so big chain store style of nursery. It was great to see an old school nursery still going strong. The usual common stuff but a few goodies mixed in there. Some great landscaping specimens out the back of the nursery. And even a few coconuts up for grabs. And one of the thickest and most robust chamaedorea elegans for sale, in fact I had to question what variety it was but it was a solid elegans and labeled as such.
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Time for a little licuala spinosa
by happypalms- 11 replies
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A nice looking seedling the spinosa.like most licuala slow to start off and love water. This is an easy one to grow in a container so far.
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Close to five years past and the palm nursery is getting there. I would say 60 percent was started from seed and the other 40 percent from mostly bare rooted purchased seedlings. When I first started the project I knew it would take around 5 years before you can really do anything with the plants, from planting them in the ground to seller a few of them. It is a love of growing palms and plants that drives me to succeed in such a project, and now there is no stopping all I can do now is grow from strength to strength and build another greenhouse to fill it with more palms. So if you’re wondering how long it takes to build up a palm nursery at least five years. IMG…
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Poverty soil amendments
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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Sorry. It's another manic mega post night. But anyway - what sort of free or cheap crap can I use as soil amendments? I don't know the exact composition of our soil, but it holds a lot of water. Down the road, there's a mound of white sand. I had a bad experience mixing sand into soil in a pot - maybe I added too much, but it all sank to the bottom and clogged the drainage holes. Can I throw some grass clippings in there? Dead grass clippings, not the stuff I just ripped up. Can I add dead leaves from the forest floor? Should I add some gravel? Is cat poop at all beneficial? There's tons of that laying around. I've also got clean fresh kitty litter. I also rea…
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My Subtropical Garden! 2025
by Palmerr- 1 follower
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This year was much more focused on larger more expensive things like pindo palms majesty palms cold hardy hibiscus bananas and other tropicals. Next year is when ima start to buy those spring, summer, and fall annuals in sets of 32. Doesn’t look as good this year but next year it will look amazing! I did do some work like add that raised area with the hostas and other stuff planted. Have daylilies that are just starting to get big and some amaryllis that is also planted in the front area the back brick raised area only has hibiscus and hens and chicks but that will be filled next year also. Edit I was walking while taking some of these photos so there is motion blur sorry…
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Dark Spots on Majesty Palm
by junglebird- 0 replies
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I've been lurking for years because I love palms but have never owned one because I don't have much of a green thumb. However, I recently inherited a majesty palm (several, I suppose, seeing as there are four in the pot) that I'm trying to keep happy. It was doing well for the first few months (plenty of new growth, new fronds look good), but the base has developed some concerning-looking brown spots that have grown/spread to each individual palm. The spots start out as small and very dark, gradually lighten as they expand, and are located only near the base of the plant. I'm worried that it's something fungal that I should be treating but obviously I'm no expert. I'…
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Possible Beccariophoenix I.D.
by UK_Palms- 6 replies
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I saw this photo posted recently from Tremenheere by one of our palm guys over here (Ed Croft) although the post did not specify what palm it was. At first I thought it may be a Rhopalostylis (Nikau) but it also looks like a young Beccariophoenix Alfredii…? I know they have 1-2 Beccariophoenix at Tremenheere and a couple at Tresco on the Isles of Scilly. I am however leaning towards it being a Nikau at Tremenheere, rather than an Alfredii. Can anyone provide a positive ID on it? Thanks.
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Potted up the old Joey palm
by happypalms- 4 replies
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The original Joey i purchased 23 years ago got a bit of attention in the way of potting up. This palm has been through thick and thin in the grow department taking all sorts of conditions over the years mostly grower neglect. But shes still standing by me and growing stronger than ever now my attention is back on my palms.
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What’s been germinating @happypalms
by happypalms- 2 replies
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It’s been a busy germinating factory. Having sown a few over the last 6 months it’s time to check in on the newcomers to happypalms palm factory. A few from Colin Wilson @palmtreesforpleasure thanks. A few rps goodies and a few from a couple of local sources along with a few imports. Theres to many for me to mention so you all can read between the lines and work out what’s going. And with two more orders in customs waiting to get the all clear but you can’t count your chickens before they hatch when it comes to customs, I do know that much!
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Beautiful colours in dypsis plumosa seedlings
by happypalms- 39 replies
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A special bit of colour in these plumosa seedlings. They could almost go for being red arecas there that red some of them. The seeds are from my own palm in the garden. It will be interesting to see how long they keep there red colour for, but gor now there definitely interesting as seedlings.
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id is chamaedorea radicalis?
by gyuseppe- 7 replies
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photos n.1 and 2 are chamaedorea radicalis arborescent form, photos 3-4-5 are chamaedorea radicalis low form and photo n. 6 - is radicalis? or another species?
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Palms with no trunks
by John2468- 2 followers
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Hello everyone!! I’m looking for palms that has large fronds but don’t form trunks, any recommendations? Thanks!!
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I am in Houston, TX. I bought and planted 9 Queen Palms about a 3 weeks ago. 2 of them look terrible. One is very limp. The other is not limp but the one of the fronds turned completely brown and dry. The new growth does not seem to be as dark green as the other queens. Were these 2 just bad selections, or did I do something wrong while planting them?
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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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Compost Pile in Mediterranean climate
by DoomsDave- 8 replies
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Howdy all: My palm garden generates a lot of dead leaves and plant pieces I’ve been throwing away. Any thoughts about composting you’re willing to share? thanks in advance!!!!
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Howea bellmooreana germinating
by happypalms- 2 replies
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I collected a few bellmooreana seeds through a door knock and asking. So definitely fresh seeds and they have taken close to 8 months to start to pop up. No bottom heating just in the hothouse in a styrofoam box with a plastic banana bag wrapped around them. So easy to germinate just time is all that is needed. Now to see how many germinate but so far they look promising!
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Northenmost and Southernmost FRUITING Conconut Palms 1 2
by Mr. Coconut Palm- 1 follower
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Hi Everyone, I am curious, as I am sure many of you are as to where the Northernmost and Southernmost FRUITING Coconut Palms are. So go ahead and submit your responses, and be sure to include any photos of them if you can. Thanks, John
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The tree was identified as a Phoenix reclinata, or at least close to one, in a prior thread so that's what I am going with. It's been here forever it seems. Right now its a big mess out there as I trim a bit more each day. 97 degrees and 100% humidity really takes it's toll on you. That whole circled area is what I am trying to get under control. Everything that grows below the main trunks. I know they eventually turn into new trunks but that could take decades, right? So about the pups (if I am using the right lingo), over the years we have been here they keep spreading out, which I guess is a good thing because the tree is healthy and …
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Bentinckia condapanna 1 2
by Billy- 5 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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Wow can my Cat/Areca/Marginal Palm Grow Again
by wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww11- 0 replies
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Wow let's plant and understandable they are I trimmed the leaves no more dying leaves and plant doing well will it grow
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A few garden pics
by Harry’s Palms- 6 replies
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This time of year is especially rewarding in the garden . New growth everywhere! My climate is mild so we do get growth in winter but it really picks up now with warmer temps , usually low 80’s f. I got off work yesterday and checked out my “to do” list for my weekend gardening and watering. I took a few pics of some of the plants . Harry The Rhopalostylus Bauri Cheesmania is opening up! Behind it you can see an “ Ernie” loving the company with a new frond opening. Dypsis Plumosa is on its third frond since it was planted about a year ago. Next to the Plumosa is a double Dypsis Basilonga ( I think) . The loosely tied piece of wire so the petiole don’t break…
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Little Chuniophoenix nana taking the cold weather
by happypalms- 1 reply
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Just a few nanas to keep the supply chain going for the garden. Germinated from my own seeds collected from the garden, I had to give Mother Nature a hand with a bit of pollination and it was a great success in doing so. A fantastic easy palm to grow although slow to get a decent size about them. They make a wonderful container specimen for the patio or just in the greenhouse. A true beauty of a palm well worth growing in any collection!
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