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   Metroxylon sagu.

   June 22, 2007 by Kom Thai Palm

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   I have got Metroxylon sagu recently and just knowing it has red new leaf. Oops!! Certainly just brown

   

   Last reply by Kris, June 22, 2007
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   Foxtails in high heat drought season

   June 14, 2022 by Breaktheory

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   Hi friends! We are in the middle of a drought - sprinkler watering mandated to once a week and my palms don’t get their usual drink between waterings. Hand watering is allowed and it’s been in the upper 90s and dry so I’ve been watering royals and kings every 1-2 days. How often should I be watering my foxtail which I know can’t take as much as a Royal. thank you for your kind attention!

   

   Last reply by 96720, June 15, 2022

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   Variegated C gigas

   February 14, 2008 by rockos82

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   Check it out.

   

   Last reply by JD in the OC, February 15, 2008
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   Please Help ID This Palm!

   April 11, 2010 by WPBPalms

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   This palm looks like a medjool in general (trunk style), but has a smaller diameter trunk and palmetto shaped fronds. Please help, I want some of these to put around my new pool! Here is a pic I took while driving by:

   

   Last reply by WPBPalms, April 12, 2010

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   Palm Tree Anatomy

   July 22, 2010 by obabylive

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   Can anyone provide a link to where I can find and illustrion of feather and palmate palm parts. I'm look for something that points out the petioles, rhasis, spaths, leaf segments? etc. A drawinig is fine as well.

   

   Last reply by obabylive, July 23, 2010

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   Sabal palmetto Lisa seedling

   October 4, 2010 by PalmatierMeg

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   This morning I took photos of a Sabal Lisa seedling given to me by Rusty on Pine Island in May 2008. It was probably harvested in late 2007 and germinated shortly thereafter which means it is nearly 3 years old. I planted it last fall and since then it has at least doubled in size. I really believe this mutant variety is faster and more robust than the standard palmetto. And it looks great too. Sabal palmetto "Lisa". Note the bag of mulch for scale in 1st photo.

   

   Last reply by Rusty on Pine Is., October 4, 2010

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   BIG CURLY??????

   April 28, 2011 by Bill Austin

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   I can see why some one would call this big curly. D. prestoniana

   

   Last reply by Daryl, April 28, 2011
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   Death by Ox Beetle (Strategus aloeus)

   June 19, 2016 by eevans

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   Over the years, I've lost several of my palms to the ox beetle. It took me years to figure out that the mysterious crawfish-like burrows I'd sometimes find at the base of the trunks were caused by these beasts (after I found an adult emerging from one of the holes). A burrow I found last summer on one of my last remaining windmill palms (1st picture) resulted in the palm's death this spring. The 2nd picture shows the damage done by the beetle larva, which eats up into the palm's "trunk" from below. I took this picture after sawing the dead trunk off at ground level. Pretty nasty. So if you live anywhere in the southeastern US (I'm in Austin) and you see a "crawf…

   

   Last reply by Steve Mac, June 21, 2016

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    Areca catechu var. alba in Florida 10a?

    October 10, 2016 by annafl

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    I would love to have an Areca catechu var. alba in my Florida 10a garden. Does this palm thrive in Florida's heat and humidity? What about cold tolerance? Can anyone offer any advice for me? Although I have a number of palms, there are many I know little about. Please fill me in! Thanks in advance.

    

    Last reply by annafl, October 10, 2016
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    Anyone else growing palms in a (northern state USA) zone 6b climate?

    August 21, 2017 by PAPalmGrower

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    I live in south-central Pennsylvania in a (northern state USA) zone 6b. I mention "northern state" because we experience extended periods of cold temps in winter and do not receive much relief from milder spells being mixed in, like a "southern state" zone 6b might. Those milder spells in winter could help a palm recover from a brief dip to very cold temps. Here, snow may fall and stay on the ground for up to a month without melting. Some years, the soil is frozen for weeks in shaded areas and occasionally winter days do not rise above 14 F (-10 degrees C), although this is rare. The coldest nighttime temperature I have observed over the past 15 years is -5 degrees F…

    

    Last reply by Jimhardy, August 27, 2017

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    Dead Palm

    February 4, 2018 by Jotoqi

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    I know that this is a stupid question, but, is there any possible way to revive a palm? I've left this palm(I think it's either a spindle or bamboo palm) outside for the winter because I had no room in my Florida room. This was a stupid idea because we have cold winters here in Delaware. Long story short, it died in about a week. Is there any way to revive it?

    

    Last reply by Jim in Los Altos, April 14, 2018

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    What’s germinating in the hot box?

    September 29, 2018 by NatureGirl

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    Just checked my hot box in GH, lots of things germinating. I use a colored plastic container so no light gets in, otherwise the spaghum moss molds. Temps range between 80F at night - 120F in the afternoon, when sun shines on it. But mostly during the day it’s about 100F. Kentiopsis oliviformis, Chamaedorea elaitor, Licuala ‘sumawongii’ (many already removed and planted), Allagoptera arenaria, and Syagrus schizo. Plus many more....

    

    Last reply by NatureGirl, September 29, 2018

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    Palm ID

    July 1, 2021 by palmsOrl

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    I have had this palm for a number of years but have long since lost track of which species it is. You can tell by the trunk that it is a survivor, which I like, it gives it character. So, I am almost certain it is Archontophoenix, but there is an off chance it could be a representative of a different rarer genera since I had some rarer palms in the yard at the time I had this one planted out. What say you?

    

    Last reply by palmsOrl, July 1, 2021

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    PALM ID

    March 22 by sped94

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    Can you help me ID this Palm? Thank You!

    

    Last reply by sped94, March 22

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    (VxW)xW Foxy back cross sprouting!

    December 3, 2012 by Ken Johnson

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    A while back I pollinated a Wodyetia with pollen from a Veitchia x Wodyetia. In other words pollen from a Foxy Lady back on a Fox Tail. BTW the hybrid father was variegated. I checked the seed the other day and it is sending out roots! Stand by for picture of the new born.

    

    Last reply by Ken Johnson, December 5, 2012

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    Northern most Phoenix reclinata in California?

    March 2, 2013 by PANGEA EXPRESS

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    Drove by these guys in Santa Rosa, Ca but didnt have time to take a good picture so i got a pic from google street view. I didnt think they would do this well here so far north. Santa Rosa gets alot of frost and temps in the low 20s to high teens are common. anybody know of any Phoenix reclinata more northern? than SR? They look newly planted in the street view. But when i drove by today it was full of suckers and had very little frost damage, i think the low for Santa Rosa this winter was 22f. Hopefully they last. lol

    

    Last reply by sonoranfans, March 2, 2013
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    Old garden in the OC

    May 3, 2016 by DoomsDave

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    Howdyall Saw this garden in Fullerton in the OC yesterday and photographed it, in the failing light of an auburn evening. (Play my lute and dance across an open field la la la la.) It's owned by a member of PSSC's old guard. Some of you will know who it is. Been a PSSC member for more than 40 years. Ravenala madagascarensis. Bismarckia. Parajubaea (sunkha?) Roystonea! Expletive Regia! A huge fat cluster of Dypsis lutescens. Something like 30 years old. Some of you Palm Talkers know who this is. I do, too, but join the discussion . . .

    

    Last reply by Kevin S, May 4, 2016

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    too bright for a chamae?

    August 5, 2006 by Howeadypsis

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    My C elegans is on the north facing windowsill. Well, i thought it was N facing but it gets a fair amount of sun so its more like NW ish! Anyway, I believe this palm can take shade, and its fronds have sufered sun burn in the past due to a mistake on my part,but is producing newer, bigger darker fronds now. It seems OK where it is but Im still woried about the risk of sunburn so should I move it completely out of the way of sunlight? (on a shelf, away from the window for example)

    

    Last reply by Neofolis, August 7, 2006
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    Identification of Cycas

    November 16, 2020 by konarikcy

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    I am not very good at identifying cycas or is it cycads? Most look similar especially young ones with few leaves. I have many unidentified from different sources here in Nicosia in my garden and it would be nice to finally know what the are. So this is clearly a cycas revoluta which some years the leaves are so big it acts like an umbrella. But what cycas is this? And is this one next to the ensete maurellii a smaller version of the above? and which dioon is this next to the cycas?

    

    Last reply by konarikcy, November 17, 2020
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    Varying cold tolarence...

    January 21, 2007 by STEVE IN SO CAL

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    Is it genetic? I'm wondering what I should do if some of my field nursery plants should survive. They all have identical conditions...what if some live thru this? Should I keep these plants as seed producers? Will they pass this cold hardiness on?

    

    Last reply by chris78, January 21, 2007
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    Rainy Day Palm Photos: Chamaedorea, Hydriastele, Ravenea

    July 1, 2021 by PalmatierMeg

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    After months of drought we are finally getting some rain, about 6-7" this week, with a possibility of a visit from TS Elsa early next week. But when it's raining I can't work outdoors and I am fighting a 5-day migraine. What else to do but post recent photos from the back yard jungle. Chamaedorea tepejilote, Cape Coral, FL with seeds Hydriastele dransfieldii, Cape Coral, FL - worth trying in zone 10+ Ravenea julietiae, Cape Coral, FL - far removed from BB majesties

    

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    Geonoma Schottiana

    October 4, 2021 by Paradise Found

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    I recently require G. Schottiana and I need to pot it up into a bigger container. The 4" is pretty small for the size of the plant. I have heard they don't like to be transplanted often. So my question is should I put in one gallon and repot in a few year again or go ahead and plant into a 3 gal pot? Any advise will be appreciated. Going on 5th leaf. Thank you!

    

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    Phoenix palm ID..

    October 28, 2021 by Gottagrowemall

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    I bought this from a random person on swip swap for very cheap thinking it was two Phoenix palms planted together like a CIDP and a Sylvester. I do not believe it is a robellini because of the feel and structure of the fronds. I did see many established reclinata in the area. im wondering what you think this is? Are those tiny little green things new suckers? Should I remove the struggling smaller palm attached?

    

    Last reply by 96720, October 29, 2021
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    Caryota surgery

    May 23, 2008 by tank

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    Some pics of my Caryota "himalaya" after surgery. It looked pretty beat up after this winter with a low near or at 20F. The spear pulled last month but it appeared to pull "mid-leaf" so I had some hope (although the pulled end smelled awful and had the consistency of jello). Well, I got impatient and hacked all of the ratty foliage off and then decided to wack it down to about where the spear pulled. This seemed to be the right thing to do because it imediately started to grow and was very reminiscent to what happens when you hack a banana down to its stalk. Growth was immediate and it grew about an inch in the first two days. Here it is two weeks after surgery.

    

    Last reply by Kris, May 23, 2008
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    Help: What palm is this?

    April 10, 2023 by yunidie

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    What are the two palms in the bottom of the picture? Is it copernicia fallaensis and copernicia hospita?

    

    Last reply by Kim, April 10, 2023

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