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   Not another chambeyronia macrocarpa red leaf

   April 4 by happypalms

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   Walked out the door on a rainy morning to be greeted by this macrocarpa leaf I hadn’t even noticed it opening too busy looking at the other ones I have with good rainfall my chambeyronia are throwing some good red this season in summer I had the odd new leaf but nothing like the autumn colours now

   

   Last reply by happypalms, April 4

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   Does anyone grow true Ravenea moorei?

   July 20, 2022 by Bill Baker (Kew)

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   Long post alert!! Please persevere...! We have a fabulous male Ravenea moorei in the Palm House at Kew, but we fear that it is the only individual alive in cultivation. It is also possible that the species is extinct in the wild. We are currently planning a major restoration and our R. moorei will be dug up and moved – risky business. While we make plans to do this, we are anxious to understand the broader situation with this species, both in the wild in the Comoro Islands and in cultivation. This is where PalmTalk comes in! Does anyone believe that they grow Ravenea moorei? It has been confused in cultivation with R. hildebrandtii. See photos below. The two spe…

   

   Last reply by happypalms, April 4

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   Palm seed identification

   April 4 by rizla023

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   Friend picked up some seeds from Huntington and forgot what they were from. any ideas? Picture attached, with and without flesh.

   

   Last reply by redbeard917, April 4
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   Pindo palms

   April 3 by Hamandah

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   Hello! I love the how the canary date palms look but they are way too big for where we want to put some palm trees and when I saw a Pindo palm, it kind of reminded my of a canary, just a lot smaller. But I didn’t realize it looks like the drop fruit? Are these messy? How long to they drop fruit?

   

   Last reply by Merlyn, April 4

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   Palm Trees in Little Finland Nevada

   April 4 by ddd

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   outplanting threatened palms in madagascar

   April 4 by flplantguy

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   https://madagascar.co.uk/blog/2024/03/planting-threatened-palm-species-madagascar Has anyone seen this? They are planting endangered palms back in some forest fragments in the southeast part of the country. Nice to see plans starting to come into fruition, hopefully it works out well.

   

   Last reply by kinzyjr, April 4

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   Potting up some lanonia dasyantha tube stock

   April 2 by happypalms

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   A bit of repotting some lanonia dasyantha i germinated these seeds quite easily to do bottom heating 30:degrees Celsius coco coir perlite mix slow to start growing with a little fungus problem damping off as they aged it was not a problem then they started to grow a lot faster so slow to move then they put on good growth the poor man’s MAPU the dasyantha I only have another 500 to pot up now they will go into 140mm containers

   

   Last reply by happypalms, April 4

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   Bismarck Root System and Septic Drainfield

   April 3 by Abetampa

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   Bismarck Palm Septic tank / drain field question Hello! I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post this. I just got my septic tank cleaned and I was unaware of where the drain field is located (I was told differently by previous home owner) This septic cleaning guy told me he believes it is in the front of the house. My question is : is this Bismarck Palm dangerous for the drain field? He told me he thinks it’s fine, but I’m worried. Any thoughts? Pics provided The left circle is the tank, right circle is the distribution box then he said he thinks the drain field is there to the right and the Bismarck is on the right side

   

   Last reply by Merlyn, April 4

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    Dypsis Leucomalla

    March 1, 2018 by Matt in OC

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    I’m surprised there’s no thread for this palm yet. Is anyone growing this in California or elsewhere? What do they need and like? Any tips or pictures? I got a 1 gallon from Floribunda and I’m going to try not to kill this one... Thanks!

    

    Last reply by Deej, April 4

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    Need help with identification

    April 3 by hyak107

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    Hello, I just bought a house in Rockport, Texas (on the coast). The yard is full of different plants and trees that I want to learn how to take care of. I haven't been able to identify the palm in the photo, I used two different plant ID applications, one came back with a California Fan Palm and another with Chinese Fan Palm. I would very much appreciate if someone could help with identification. It clearly needs help but I have no idea how to take care of it, so any pointers would be welcomed. It's a beautiful palm and I'm happy to have it on the property, so I definitely want to keep it healthy. If I can develop a green thumb there's room for more palm…

    

    Last reply by Fusca, April 4

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    A couple of garden photos

    March 18 by happypalms

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    Just a couple of garden pictures wondering around doing a bit of garden maintenance with a bit of colour

    

    Last reply by happypalms, April 3

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    Syagrus rom santa catarina

    August 18, 2010 by Nigel

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    Took some photos of some very high altitude queens yesterday. Very cold place. I noticed the petioles are purple, how common is this amonsgt other queens ? The babies from this tree also come up with purple petioles, wide spacings on trunk and FAT.

    

    Last reply by Fusca, April 3

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    Syagrus schizophylla x romanzoffiana 1 2

    August 30, 2018 by Josue Diaz

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    I did some cleaning up today and in doing so, sprayed this palm down, removing all the debris it collects from the nearby myrtle. After washing it down, I just had to sit and gaze at it for a little while. I thought I'd share a picture with you all.

    

    Last reply by BrockD, April 3

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    Could it be? - Butia odorata x Cocos nucifera F1 1 2 3

    November 3, 2023 by Jonathan Haycock

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    One of the main reasons I emigrated to Australia (from UK) was to indulge a passion for growing palms and to have a crack at creating cocoid hybrids. We landed in Adelaide June 2019 and I immediately got to work producing Butia odorata x Jubaea chilensis F1, Butia odorata x Parajubaea torallyi var torallyi F1, and Butia odorata x Syagrus schizophylla F1. We moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland January 2022, where I've since made Butia odorata x Syagrus coronata F1 and what I hope is Butia odorata x Cocos nucifera F1. There are a few reports/threads online that claim to have a cross with Cocos nucifera, but they tend to be quite vague and inconclusive. The objective o…

    

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    medemia

    March 17 by luke.m

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    Medemia seed germinated like little rockets, all together. Ive taken a shot and put them straight in the ground in deep sand just over 2months ago and we are coming into the begining of autumn in south west WA. They've def got a good hold in the ground, been a warm dry summer by our standards giving roughly weekly deep watering. im hoping to see some leaves soon. Wondering if any of you palmos can share experience with direct sowing medemia, cheers

    

    Last reply by KrisKupsch, April 3

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    Roscheria melanochaetes

    April 3, 2022 by Cindy Adair

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    This is my one and only of this monotypic genus. I would love several more! See my fingers for scale. Please post yours!

    

    Last reply by KrisKupsch, April 3

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    Starting hardscape renovation

    February 18 by quaman58

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    Hey all, We purchased our home in 2002, and started doing some landscaping within the first year or so after that. Our backyard is on a slope, which creates a nice landscaping effect, but which is much more difficult to maintain. At the time, I had a lot more time and energy than I had money, so I set about creating two horizontal pathways (razorbacks), one halfway up the hill, and one nearly at the top. On the high side of the upper one I used railroad ties that I “stabbed “ vertically in the dirt to create a bit of a planter bed on the high side. On the middle path, I did something similar, but used all the large rocks that I’ve been digging up throughout the yard…

    

    Last reply by tinman10101, April 3

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    Another red chambeyronia leaf

    April 3 by happypalms

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    Another chambeyronia throwing another leaf while some other ones are developing even larger and brighter red they never stop being beautiful having the advantage of living on a hillside I planted many of my chambeyronia at the bottom of the garden so in the future they would be tall enough to view looking through the trees so my tip is plant your chambeyronias at the bottom of a hill or garden if you live on steep block of land 25 years time you will get a great garden show

    

    Last reply by Harry’s Palms, April 3

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    Chambeyronia macrocarpa and hookeri red leaves

    April 1 by happypalms

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    With so many chambeyronia planted up to 30 around the garden there’s always a red leaf appearing the first lot of photos by the greenhouse are the ones got damaged by the tree that destroyed the greenhouse 6 months ago are hookeri making a good recovery the others one is a macrocarpa in the garden the hookeri definitely has the brighter red the macrocarpa is more scarlet colour

    

    Last reply by happypalms, April 3

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    Royal palm question

    March 31 by Sandy Loam

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    Are roystonia regia drug tolerant? If they receive no irrigation in Florida, will they survive in sandy soil?

    

    Last reply by Bkue, April 3

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    A few more garden photos in autumn

    April 1 by happypalms

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    Doing some gardening cleaning up picking up palm leaves with a spot of pruning some dead leave it never ends I usually chop up the leaves for mulch that’s what the palms would be eating in there habitat

    

    Last reply by happypalms, April 3

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    Palm ID. Sabal Uresana?

    March 17 by Peachs

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    I found it at a nursery for $30. Do you think it is a blue variety of Sabal Uresana? Is the price high? Maybe it is correct as it is very slow growing?

    

    Last reply by Chester B, April 2

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    Remove leafbases from a Sabal, or not?

    March 28 by DoomsDave

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    I've got a friend in the Florida Panhandle who has a large Sabal and who, noting what he called the torturous labor of removing the leaf bases, asked me if it was okay to just leave them. Pictured below. I don't have any Sabals with leaf bases on it, so I thought it would be a good idea to ask if anyone here has any thoughts? Seems it won't hurt the plant to leave them on. Am I right or wrong? Kindly advise. dave

    

    Last reply by Harry’s Palms, April 2

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    Visit from Darold Petty

    April 1 by Josue Diaz

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    Had the pleasure of hosting Darold on a pit stop in Fresno. I gave him a short tour and made away with these two beautiful pritchardias (martii & napaliensis). I'll give them the best growing conditions I can, and hopefully get to share pictures as they mature.

    

    Last reply by Fusca, April 2

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    Ants Phoenix Canariensis

    April 1 by sped94

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    I have a small P. canariensis planted in the garden. In the last days i have seen that the centre is full of ants… why? What can I do?

    

    Last reply by Merlyn, April 2

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