DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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   Some highlights so far 1 2

   September 8, 2010 by Tassie_Troy1971

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   been so busy thought its time i put on a few places i have visited so far . Dave Amazing growth after seeing your garden in person i believe that using leftover chinese food for mulch is the way to go ! Roystonia regia that could hold up the golden gate bridge ! Pritchardia hillebrandii with that WOW factor ! And many More goodies tucked away !

   

   Last reply by JasonD, September 27, 2010
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   Some hybrid Chamaedorea seedlings

   October 12, 2007 by MattyB

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   Hi ya'll. Last year when everyone chipped in to get Dave a new Teddybear, BS and I got the tour of Dave's garden. I managed to come away with about 100 Chamaedorea radicalis hybrid seeds. The female was a Chamaedorea radicalis tree form and the father is unknown. Dave suspects the pollinator to be a group of Chamaedorea radicalis non trunking form nearby but I guess could be any number of things. Here's some pics. What do you guys think? One came up looking a bit different. It looked like a C. tepijilote and upon potting it up it had that long skinny seed that would indicate tepijilote. But I guess Dave dosen't have any fruiting tepijilote so what could…

   

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   Some ID checks please.

   October 8, 2016 by DCA_Palm_Fan

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   Hello everyone. I have some ID questions. I'll post the photos and what I think they are, and hopefully you will either tell me I am correct, or, tell me I am not and give me he correct ID. At the end there is a critter that is like to know what it is as well. So, without further adu..... Photos 1 - 4 - ptychosperma elegans? 5 - don't know 6-7 - bottle or buccaneer palms? Last - no idea what that caterpillar is. Thanks everyone!

   

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   some ID needed

   September 17, 2008 by fiji jim

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   Hi All, Once again we have been reorganising the shadehouses and out with the older seedlings to make room for the new borne. Some of these I had identified before and would like to confirm them now that they are older and showing more of their true characteristics. Firstly here is one that since very young has been showing a new bronze leaf for a week or two until the next spear starts to show. Any ideas to any of these identities would be greatly appreciated as most of these were only 1 or 2 successes from many seed.

   

   Last reply by fiji jim, September 23, 2008
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   Some ideas for my new Tropical Paradise 1 2

   January 10, 2011 by Justin

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   The name is subject to objection from various contributors on Gary's Retirement Thread. I go back on the 29th (landing early on the 30th), and will be there for a week. I'm going to try to plant a bunch of stuff while I'm out there. Because of the short time I'll be there, I'm trying to do most of my planning before I go, based off of the pictures that I took a couple months back. I'd be interested in feedback on my ideas. For the circle in the middle of the driveway: * Colvillea racemosa in center * Etlingera elatior around perimeter * Heliconia psittacorum around perimeter On the southside of driveway: * Adonidia merrillii (…

   

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   Some ideas To Plant 9B Hemet CA

   June 30, 2019 by Briank

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   Thanks for Taking time to read everyone. I am helping a Friend build a Nice Landscape as best can be in the San Jacinto Hemet area. To back track, I planted a bunch of stuff last yr before summer, and told her it’s very important to Stay on Watering every other day before the summer Heat. List of what I planted : 8 15Ga Queen Palms 2 15GA Sago Palms 2 15GA Bizzys 4 5ga Brahea Decumbens 1 20 GA Brahea Armata 3 Bougainvillea I bought from Local Grower so they where used to the climate 3 Sabal Mexicana 1 Sabal Pumos 1 Macrozamia Now for the Sad Part. I got busy, and she had to go out of town …

   

   Last reply by Briank, June 30, 2019

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   some identification please !

   January 25, 2012 by dimitris

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   hello everyone ! In an order i have made before 4 years for palm seeds came and another seed as "gift" , it was labeled as Allagoptera arenaria . I totally forgot that i have it since it germinated before two years , and now has gained some size , but something don't seems right to me , it 's totally green , no light silver either grey . I was also curious about the size and the shape of the seed . One first thought was that might be Jubaea chilensis but now i compare the plant with a Jubaea i have , about three years old , and they haven't any similarity . Sometimes i 'm thinking that it could be Jubaeopsis caffra or not ? here some photos of the seed and the pla…

   

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   Some IDs please

   April 14, 2012 by mpiodi

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   During my last trips I collected a few seeds of different palms. To identify them I took pics of the Mother trees. I have a guess for some of them but I am not sure. Who could help me? The first I found in the city center of Nairobi/Kenya I guess any Roystonea. What do you think?

   

   Last reply by mpiodi, April 16, 2012
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    Some images of the Southwest Botanical Garden Okinawa (main island)

    December 11, 2019 by palmfriend

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    Hello everyone, A week ago I had the chance to pay Okinawa's "Soutwest Botanical Garden" a visit. The garden is located north of the city of Naha, close to Kadena city. All in all not more than a relaxed forty minutes ride with the car. The weather was quite good, the moment we opened the doors to get out, it started to rain... However, it stopped from time to time, the sun came out for a few moments, too - so, after all fair conditions. The changing weather conditions made it a bit tricky for the camera - I tried my best. Since my ID skills are still "improvable" please feel free to correct me or help me out when I took a blank. If …

    

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    some incredible arborescent Serenoa repens, Saw Palmetto

    March 13, 2012 by Eric in Orlando

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    These Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens, are growing in a semi-rural area just west of Altamonte Springs, FL (about 15 miles northwest of Orlando). Urbanization has encroached and destoyed this area in the last 10 years. There are clumps along each side of this private drive entrance. You could see more clumps down the lane. All had strongly upright stemps. I would love to go back and examine the others but the dozens of NO TRESPASSING signs discouraged that.

    

    Last reply by Eric in Orlando, March 15, 2012
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    some incredible Sabal palmetto in habitat

    December 28, 2011 by Eric in Orlando

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    Monday I went exploring Palm Island, a park in Mt. Dora, FL (NW of Orlando). It is a 10 acre preserve on a peninsula that is on the east bank of Lake Dora. It is moist hammock, swampy land. Lots of awe inspiring Sabal palmetto, many very tall, old specimens. Scene at the parking lot growing in 2-3ft deep water a cathedral of Cabbage Palms, Southern Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) and Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usenoides)

    

    Last reply by Eric in Orlando, December 30, 2011
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    Some interesting drip irrigation finding for palms

    June 5, 2014 by Mauna Kea Cloudforest

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    I wanted to pass along two really cool findings about drip irrigation as I am re-doing my entire system for my palms. 1) Most websites and irrigation tutorials suggest using higher flow rates for faster draining sandier soils. Some websites even show diagrams that have larger lateral dispersion for faster drip rates. But nothing could be further from the truth! Intuitively, the physics of capillary action suggest that the slower the rate, the more of a lateral distribution there is. I tried it out, and indeed, the lower rates provide a much higher lateral flow rate. I also found a good science research article that measured this more accurately and gor the same resul…

    

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    Some interesting palm photos taken recently.

    October 20, 2006 by cfkingfish

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    I figured I would add a few photos to share. Most have been taken recently. A nice Old Man if you ask me: Acrocomia (Gastrococcos) crispa in first fruit: Zebra-striping and dichotomous branching on Hyphaene natalensis (coriacea). I thought this overlapping leaflet may be characteristic of Roystonea violacea:

    

    Last reply by Kris, October 21, 2006
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    Some Interesting Plant Maps

    April 16, 2017 by PalmTreeDude

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    This cool site (www.plantmaps.com) has some nice maps of where a lot of palms grow. Some are outdated but they do give a general idea. Here is one for Sabal palmetto for example, I don't agree with the part where it shows them not native to the myrtle beach area because I have seen them growing in the woods there with my own eyes, but it does give a good idea. http://www.plantmaps.com/nrm-sabal-palmetto-cabbage-palmetto-native-range-map

    

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    Some interesting stuff from the yard

    March 24, 2016 by Justin

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    Everything looks much better than a few months back - the lack of rain has helped a ton, as things have dried off and weeds haven't been so crazy. First off, Pinanga insignis.

    

    Last reply by Justin, March 25, 2016

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    Some interesting yard pics - now with smaller-sized pics 1 2

    March 25, 2016 by Justin

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    Apparently the high-resolution photos in my prior post were taking too long to load, so let's try this again, hopefully with better results. Manila Palm and Pinanga insignis:

    

    Last reply by Justin, April 19, 2016

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    Some Irrigation Questions 1 2

    May 30, 2007 by MattyB

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    Hey ya'll. I don't know if this belongs in this forum but here goes: I need to figure out how to irrigate my lot which is about 80-90 feet wide and goes down a rather steep slope about 500 feet. I was planning on running a PVC main all the way down along the property line. My water pressure is about 90 psi. What diameter pipe should my main be? Then I was planning on installing those electronic timer activated valves at regular intervals all the way down the hill so I could tap in and plumb stations as I landscape down the hill. How far a run can the low voltage timer wires be run down the hill to the valves and still function? I figure running a lot of wire i…

    

    Last reply by happ, June 2, 2007
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    Some July Pics from the Homestead

    July 25, 2006 by epicure3

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    spindle and veitchia arecina ravanea rivularis

    

    Last reply by epicure3, March 18, 2009
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    Some kerriodoxa

    July 8, 2023 by happypalms

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    Absolutely one of my favourite palms well worth propagating it loves my climate with temperatures reaching around 43 degrees in summer with winter temperatures as low as 2 degrees and tolerant of dry conditions

    

    Last reply by happypalms, July 19, 2023

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    Some kind of Phoenix palms growing wlld around O`ahu. Mostly along the north shore

    June 27, 2021 by WaianaeCrider

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    There are some kind of Phoexix palms growing wild along the north shore of O`ahu. No pictures of fruit but they are small less than an inch long and the flesh never really develops into enough to eat. BTW they don't taste all that good either. Copied pictures from someone's FB page. Any thoughts to what they are?

    

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    Some lakehouse picts 1 2

    September 12, 2007 by GREENHAND

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    SUMMER 03 .this is what it looked like

    

    Last reply by Kris, September 15, 2007
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    Some last pics of my palms

    August 7, 2006 by Jeff in Tampa

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    I'm getting ready to sell my house just as my palms are starting to get some size and my backyard jungle was really starting to fill in. I am going to miss this yard and miss living in Tampa. Many of these palms I grew from seed. The rest I have had since they were small seedlings or in one gallon pots. Archontophoenix tuckeri Backyard From left to right, A purpurea, A cunninghamiana and A tuckeri Oak Canopy A purpurea Areca vestiaria Kerriodoxa elegans Dypsis lutescens Dypsis lutescens and Dwarf Red Banana Carpentarias on left, D lutescens on right, potted Caryota rumphiana bottom right hand corner Here is my Bismarckia planted S…

    

    Last reply by Jeff in St Pete, May 30, 2008

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    some late summer pics from my garden

    October 26, 2012 by BigBpalms

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    winds from hurricane Sandy knocked down a few water oak limbs and while I was cleaning them up I noticed a nice Bromiliad blooming so I grabbed my camera and just kept going- hope everybody enjoys these random shots

    

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    Some leaf oddities

    October 30, 2010 by Kumar

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    There never seems to be a dull moment when I am visiting my palms. Here are some interesting facets of some palm leaves from my garden. 1. This developing coconut leaf appears to invite me, like skeletal fingers- 2. Now what are these V-shaped holographic notches on the mature coconut leaves ? See near the midrib - and again very clear in a close-up 3. And one of my bismarckias has lost its silver coating at places - the cause is uncertain - rainfall perhaps ? I hope it has no adverse effect 4. On a lighter note - Is this a variegated roystonea ? No brickbats please ! Please add anything that is you see out-of-the-ordinary …

    

    Last reply by Kumar, October 30, 2010

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    some light in the darkness of these days

    June 14, 2016 by doranakandawatta

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    In these days, when we get everywhere bad news and hear about awful acts (USA- France… and elsewhere) I was happy to receive these pictures from the Morning Garden this morning, so I share these few colorful pictures:

    

    Last reply by Las Palmas Norte, June 14, 2016

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