DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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   Someone help!

   November 3, 2019 by PeterPalm

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   2 winters ago I rescued this queen by cutting it down to the bud. Miraculously it fully came back to life, but now the center growth has flopped over and turning yellow, but there are 2 long, healthy looking spears growing from the sides. What is going on?

   

   Last reply by Stevetoad, November 3, 2019

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   Someone in SE Texas has gone CocoNUTS!

   August 21, 2020 by Jeff985

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   So I was taking my wife and son for our nightly golf cart ride around the neighborhood, and one street over from mine, I noticed five coconuts in the ground on a vacant lot. There used to be a house there but it was destroyed and abandoned from hurricane Ike then finally torn down about six months ago. They’re building five new houses across the street and someone has been doing dirt work on this lot, so I’m assuming they’re going to build a house on it. I would think they would save the landscaping for the end, and not plant coconuts. It’ll be interesting to see how long these can hang on. I wish them the best of luck. About four miles away there are a couple Adonidia tr…

   

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   Someone is Giving Me a Palm

   August 10, 2008 by _Keith

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   A friend who knows I am into palms, just sent me an email and says I have 2 of these you can have, bring your shovel. 6' wood fence for scale. I assume this is Sabal minor. And don't they have some massive underground thing going on? So, what is ahead of me? How much do I dig? Are the roots gonna die back anyway? Do I cut the foliage back? I want these palms, somebody give me the technique, please.

   

   Last reply by _Keith, August 12, 2008
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   Someone is torching live palms in Galveston

   July 3, 2009 by Palehorse

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   This is not right. http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/kho...ery.1e2e1c.html Burnt palm trees baffle Galveston police 11:13 AM CDT on Thursday, July 2, 2009 By Chris Paschenko / The Daily News GALVESTON, Texas — Serial arsonists have torched 30 palm trees since May, prompting a tree service owner to offer a $1,000 reward for information that leads to charges. In the early morning hours, island residents, including some who claim to have seen suspects fleeing the scene, are summoning firefighters to douse the burning symbols of Galveston’s tropical appeal. The charred trunks resembling tanned leather dot the island mainly south of Broadway at a …

   

   Last reply by Palehorse, July 26, 2009
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   someone school me about cross breeding palms..........

   October 8, 2010 by trioderob

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   A few things I dont understand: 1) why have many of the cross breeds been created by expert botanists ? (or in other words what skills do they have that a novice does not to pull this off) 2) what is the dividing line as far as which which palms interbreed ? (or in other words whats the taxonomy that controls palm cross breeding) 3) what is the reason that many more cross breed dont exist at this point ? 4) what skills must you have to experiment with cross breeding ?

   

   Last reply by tank, October 12, 2010

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   someone sell me a double coconut....i beg you

   October 16, 2016 by trioderob

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   I am dying to try growing a double coco in Cali.....its my final palm goal

   

   Last reply by trioderob, October 17, 2016

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   SOMEONE SLAP ME!

   January 4, 2008 by www.dadluvsu.com

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   I just exersized self-restraint. I didn't place the order right when I recieved Toby's newest seed list... It has two palms that I am absolutely in love with that I have wanted to add to my collection... Copernicia baileyana and cowellii.... I didn't place the order... I actually thought about my shadehouce size constraint as a hindrance!! WHAT IS GOING ON?! Does anyone wanna spot me some money so I can get my seed fix? Who will give me more space to grow? O THE PAIN, O THE HORROR OF IT ALL!!!

   

   Last reply by Gbarce, January 7, 2008
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   Someone was munching my Dypsis leptocheilos

   July 9, 2018 by Tracy

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   I noticed the newest spear on my Dypsis leptocheilos was opening much earlier in the process of emerging than most of the others has, and just attributed it to summer enthusiasm. I just did a closer examination and noticed that it probably opened early due to the stress of something which was munching on it before it emerged. I have seen grasshoppers do damage on exposed leaves before but not down deep like this. It appears the damage was done in the heart of the palm to me, but I can't be certain. I had some damage from a very young grasshopper which I caught trying to munch on the very soft emerging flush of my Encephalartos inopinus within the last couple of weeks.…

   

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    Something amiss here..

    April 11, 2008 by feef706

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    Ive had this plant for two years now and in those two years I dont think it has grown.. The leaves have never opened right and its been slower than dirt.. Ive had it in the ground on a few occasions and for some reason its just always done better in a pot.. Well I was setting up my temporary drip system today when I noticed some yellow poking out.. Low and behold its flowering.. The plant may be old enough but it sure doesnt look big enough.. Its trunk measures maybe three inches tall.. IT also looks as though it has suckers poking through the trunk as you can see in the one pic.. Doesnt sucker like others ive seen that poke out from the base.. You can see a leaf…

    

    Last reply by feef706, April 11, 2008
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    Something attacking Royal palms in South Florida?

    July 3, 2012 by Zeeth

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    This past week i was in South Florida and I noticed that a lot of royal palms had yellow or brown central spears. This troubled me because i noticed it so often that it definitely wasn't an isolated event. I haven't noticed this at all on the Royals here in Sarasota. Does anyone know the cause of this?

    

    Last reply by virtualpalm, July 8, 2012
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    Something big is coming!

    August 17, 2015 by John Case

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    Expecting a leaf 3-4 time large than any of its previous efforts for one of my Chambeyronia macrocarpas....followup photos as things develop!

    

    Last reply by Briank, August 18, 2015
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    Something burrowing around newly planted CIDP

    June 7, 2009 by newtothis

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    I bought and planted to 16" box CIDP that came from Cali. About a week after planting I notice every morning a little 1/4" to 1/2" hole at the base with a mound around it. I try to stab something down in it then step on the little mound and push the dirt back down, the next day it's back. I have seen Goliath beetles around here. If it was that dreaded palm weevil it would bore right into the side of the palm right? Is it too early to use some kind of systemic pest control?

    

    Last reply by newtothis, June 10, 2009
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    Something eat the palm roots?

    December 22, 2022 by compact72

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    Hey all, I'm not sure if I'm over reacting but does it look like something is eating the roots of the palms? Only noticed today

    

    Last reply by compact72, December 23, 2022

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    Something fishy going on here

    July 17, 2013 by MattyB

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    growing my future lumber to build the bridge over the canyon.

    

    Last reply by KennyRE317, July 23, 2013
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    Something from California

    April 19, 2015 by Moose

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    Oh Boy - something came in the mail from California Wonder what it could be ???

    

    Last reply by Bigfish, August 18, 2022

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    Something Grows over

    October 21, 2010 by bubba

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    The Palmy Place has a strange way of protecting it's Zombie: Are we sure that is a Zombie?

    

    Last reply by Zeeth, October 22, 2010
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    Something is eating my palms!

    October 27, 2018 by Ben in Norcal

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    A little light relief.

    

    Last reply by Ben in Norcal, October 29, 2018

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    Something is eating my Sabal Palm!

    June 9, 2020 by redogsc

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    First post, so first of all, thanks for letting me join the forum! So a week or so ago, I noticed that one of my palmetto trees was dropping a boot or two from the bottom of the tree. When I removed it, I found a good bit of rot and damage under that area. I removed a few more boots, washed the tree off with a hose, and let it dry out. Then yesterday I cleaned everything up a little more. It's pretty apparent that something has been eating my tree! As a side note, a holly bush had sprouted behind one of the removed boots, and had established quite a root system in the dirt and debris. The top of the tree looks pretty normal. Maybe a bit more yellowing on …

    

    Last reply by Stevetoad, August 8, 2020
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    Something is fishy about this

    August 26, 2021 by Tracy

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    I can't put my finger on it, but something is fishy. Can you tell what's going on with my palms? See below.

    

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    Something odd

    January 29, 2014 by steve99

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    Here's something I haven't seen before ! Wild Sulpher crested Cockatoos chewing on my Pigafetta.

    

    Last reply by steve99, February 1, 2014
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    Something on my pritchardia

    April 17, 2011 by Bill Austin

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    I went out to look at my pritchardia hillebrandii green and found someone had moved into the neighborhood, Actuarially I bought ten jackson chameleons yesterday to add to the garden, thought it would be a nice additions .

    

    Last reply by virtualpalm, April 19, 2011
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    Something scary...

    September 5, 2007 by STEVE IN SO CAL

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    I somehow lost my weaponry at Matty B's bash (no doubt Paul is gopher hunting with my assualt rifle as we speak)...so I had to trap this bad boy today... Here's the scary part, Matt...he had breached my aviary wire perimeter for this Roystonia triple. He was "Inside the wire" as we like to say in the business. Luckily I caught him quickly, before I had to call 'broken arrow' (code for-position overrun by the enemy, drop ordinance on my position)

    

    Last reply by Kris, September 11, 2007
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    Something to drool over

    February 6, 2009 by Gbarce

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    Just wanted to share. Something to inspire those who are still having winter weather.

    

    Last reply by Gbarce, February 7, 2009
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    Something to ponder

    November 4, 2009 by PalmGuyWC

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    Aside from Phoenix which is probably the most promiscuous palm genera on earth, can you think of any other genera that will hybridize with species from other continents? Phoenix are found from Africa to Asia. Dick

    

    Last reply by PalmGuyWC, November 8, 2009

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    Something unusual

    March 22 by idontknowhatnametuse

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    I saw this video yesterday of a small Bactris gasipaes offshoot that was flowering, what could be the cause? I also din't knew that they were starting to be cultivated in the asian continent, that is news for me. https://youtu.be/Hh0QrQ0galc?si=al7f0baPRRI-4yNK

    

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