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  1. Well dreams come true and I finally got the chance to visit this legendary garden on the big island of Hawaii! I feel like the majority of the palms I saw were firsts for me! Click here for all of the photos with labels Sclerosperma walkers Masoala madagascriensis Ravenea musicalis Areca gurita Geonoma atrovirens Manicaria saccifera
    23 points
  2. A couple years ago I posted a thread on here (which I can no longer find) about wanting to remove about 20 stumps from the north side of the front yard to create a new planter. Well I finally got around to it and since then I’ve been bringing in soil to level out the planter and prepare it for a new row of palms. Since I had already collected and acclimated a good number of palms in the meantime, once the planter was ready to go it was hard to hold myself back, so needless to say this all came together pretty quick. Here’s some photos of the progress as well as how it looks today. There’s room for about 2 more palms to complete the row so it’s almost done.
    16 points
  3. Brahea calcarea acquired today. Thx to the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, CA. Very much looking forward to sinking this palm. Third pic is of RBG’s calcarea in the ground. Any growers of this species? Bucket list ✔️
    16 points
  4. Germinated in March 2010 my Rhopalostylis sapida Chatham island form is finally flowering The seeds were sent to me from Pogobob in San clemente California and his specimen was the best Rhopalostylis I've seen ! Well then I saw the big one in Darold petty garden was impressive
    13 points
  5. Well, I figured it's been a while, and I need to update how Archy's survive in a chilly (winter) 9B climate. Here's what 8 years in the ground have done to this once tiny Lowes triple!
    12 points
  6. I just spent a few nights with my wife in Tofino on the west side of Vancouver Island relaxing and (trying) to surf. Of course, I also spent some time checking out the local flora like always whenever I go. I always love seeing all the giant Cordylines around town (I know, not technically a palm but similar appearance/ feel) and was worried they may have been nuked from the series of bad winters we have had recently. All the large ones I know on Eastern Vancouver Island were fried back in December 2021 and got hit again this year. I was happy to see the ones in Tofino all look perfectly healthy with no sign of cold damage / collapse. For this reason, I would put Tofino as a solid zone 9 and the furthest north zone 9 I know of in North America. Of course, there are lots of palms in Tofino (mostly windmills as anything else is hard to find in Canada) but I was able to find a few others and a very nice palm garden: Brahea (I think): Big Butias, Jubaea, and a CIDP (the only one that was protected, and just minimally with fronds tied up): Big Cordylines Giant Eucalyptus nitens (I think): I am surprised with Tofino’s cool / wet weather (much cooler in the summer and about 4x the rain as my location) that the heat loving palms like Butia look great. I’m sure they grow painfully slow and have been there a long time but still nice to see.
    12 points
  7. Good Morning, looking forward to another sunny day... Lars
    12 points
  8. Today it caught my eye that this thread was getting buried so here is a 3 year old dry full sun Pinanga coronata…
    12 points
  9. People will have a hard time making a suggestion because they may not share your aesthetic sense about what ugly and attractive palms are.
    12 points
  10. The red colored fuzz on this Chrysalidocarpus caught my eye this morning
    11 points
  11. Pretty neat palm as a juvenile too bad they don’t keep this color very long!!!
    11 points
  12. Late last fall I planted a hookeri not sure what to expect colorwise as its my first. while in containers they kind of faded similar to my watermelon but this late winter leaf is holding fast in 3/4 day shade shade. My watermelon was salmon color by the 3rd or 4th day even this time of year and it is planted 25' due east, same winter sun exposure. I had heard that the hookeri had more color, but my watermelon had some great rose red color in low light but more orange content in high sunlight. Light transmitting the hookeri leaf is more boldly red for longer in my 2 palm comparison. Here is show the low light(reflected) color of hookeri in shade and the sun transmitted color more orange in transmitted light at the 12 day mark after the spear opened I couldnt be happier its about 3x longer than I have seen on the watermelon. Shade pic at 12 days followed by sun pic at the same time: At the 3 day mark the color looked very similar in low light but the transmitted color was a stunning red. The spot here is a half day shade spot with no late day direct sun. I have another hookeri and am considering planting it in a more sunny position. I am concerned that the initial red color of transmitted light may fade faster in sun. But that is why we run experiments to see what happens. Any hookeris in sun out there holding up the color? shade and sun(transmitted) close up
    11 points
  13. Here comes Rhopalostylis cheesemanii.
    11 points
  14. Losing my head over the lanceolata…..
    11 points
  15. Just a beautiful palm, nice color and scale. Dropped a frond a few days ago which is always worth looking forward to. Note the leaf nodes, pretty fast grower. Tim
    10 points
  16. Mine’s about 20 years old. Easy grower.
    10 points
  17. A. Divorcicata opened its new leaf this morning. I think it will darken in a day or so
    10 points
  18. This is as close as it gets to make your dream come true for your cold hardiness zone. Who said you can't have tropical "cold hardy " palms? 6 ft clear trunk coconut,low maintenance.
    10 points
  19. Up next was Dypsis baronii “black petiole”.
    10 points
  20. I bought a pair that were field-dug to place on both sides of my steps. My opinion is that Chamaerops are somewhat the "roebelinii" of the hardy world, with their smaller size and multiple curved trunks. Albeit they grow slowly. The one on the left is a normal looking, somewhat silver specimen. The one on the right had a fungal infection from when the rootball sat in the black plastic wrapping all winter. I hit it with copper fungicide and it's pushing clean healthy green growth. But the fronds are like wagnerianus fronds in that they are small and like a palm whose fingers are all closed like a knife-hand. I don't know if this is genetic variety or a symptom of the fungus damage. The third is still in a 15 gal pot. Very green and healthy. Edit: Also, the 15g very green one, is producing flower spikes.
    9 points
  21. Thanks for the excellent photos. Just the tip of the iceberg. Ten days ago I drove through some scary deep water to pick up my most recent Floribunda order. Folks on the Big Island are totally spoiled with such an incredible resource right here. Most people on PT know Jeff and Suchin only through mail orders, but here they are major benefactors of the local palm community. Last month the Hawaii Island Palm Society held our annual banquet and rare palm auction. This event bankrolls the society for the upcoming year. Jeff and Suchin donated a collection of super rare, one-of-a-kind, holy grail palms to the auction. Every year Jeff provides descriptions from the stage before the bidding begins. Since his plants are often new to cultivation, Jeff's commentary is key to informing attendees about the remarkable traits of each species. And he drives interest through the roof so bidding quickly soars into the stratosphere. Jeff and Suchin have donated well over $10K worth of rare palms to the auction in just the last couple of years. Getting all these rare palms into wider cultivation is a mission for them. Several other commercial growers and serious hobbyists also provide great plants to the auction, so we can offer our members over 110 species to choose from (20 live auction + 90 silent auction). It's a lot of fun. The only downside is that there are no bargains to be had.
    9 points
  22. Areca novohibernica. Similar to A. guppyana, but more robust. Tim
    9 points
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  24. A few months ago I hand pollinated my Cham Metallica plants so it looks surprisingly successful this has been my first attempt at pollination for this particular variety of chamaedorea species time will tell how successful this little experiment has been
    9 points
  25. This is going to sound really callous and rude, but there's literally thousands of threads to read on this forum. And unless you're willing to buy a couple seedlings and wait 5-10 years, you're going to spend more than $50.
    9 points
  26. I’ve posted this palm several times here on PalmTalk. Collected as seed by a friend in Madagascar. He referred to it as Dypsis “column” due to its size. It’s a stocky solitary Lutescens-type palm. It recently started seeding for me and I’m getting about 100% germination on the seeds. But what’s interesting is that some of the sprouts are green and some are golden. Does this also happen with the regular common Lutescens? I’ve never sprouted Lutescens so I don’t know. Would love any input. Parent plant: and here are a couple of the community pots of seedlings showing the golden and green coloring: Also interesting to note is the seed of my parent plant was collected 6 years ago. So from seed to seeding plant in 6 years seems pretty fast to me!
    8 points
  27. Here is my largest Hedyscepe canturburyana. Germinated from seed in 2010
    8 points
  28. Proves artificial intelligence is very dumb at this point Palmtalk is much more advanced and it's own data blows away any AI at this point.
    8 points
  29. Nothing better than wandering around the garden doing a bit of pruning with the autumn weather change in the air now is a good time to be planting some new plants getting them to settle in before winter with more than ideal day night temperatures now is a optimum time to plant in my area with some new cold proven plants from the collection
    8 points
  30. Just a couple of garden pictures wondering around doing a bit of garden maintenance with a bit of colour
    7 points
  31. This needle palm is 25 years old and is 9 feet tall and has a girth of 50 feet. It has several "pups" under her shirt with 3 and 4 foot trunks. I have never fertilized the palm and I need to do something beneficial. Any recommendations appreciated, Thank you
    7 points
  32. Here’s some habitat photos from just below the summit of Mt Gower
    7 points
  33. Doing a spot of repotting of some tube stock dasyantha into 140mm containers quite a fast growing palm from seed in comparison to a few other slow varieties once past the sprout stage
    7 points
  34. Here's the four year updates of mine. First 2 pictures are the single, and final 2 pictures are of the double.
    7 points
  35. With a couple of joey palms to spare I thought why not plant a couple around the vegetable garden it will be a moist area and receive some attention while gardening along with the good soil plus the garden will look super tropical now all I have to do is wait ten years
    7 points
  36. The race between our Hedyscepe and Rhopalostylis continues! (Those who said the Rhopie would win hands down have been right so far). Both have strong spikes which we hope will open soon.
    7 points
  37. Got a few Hedyscepe seeds to sprout. So nice even as one-leaf seedlings!
    7 points
  38. I really think you don’t need to do anything to it. It looks very happy and healthy to me
    7 points
  39. From 12/2020, 12/2021, 11/2022, and 3/2024
    7 points
  40. My Johannesteijsmannia Altifrons are growing well with the recent high temperatures making for good growth I have the tube stock seedlings in the hothouse which certainly helps them in the subtropics creating more heat for growing conditions all I have to do is add water along with foliar feeding blood and bone and kelp extract
    7 points
  41. I’m not sure if this P martii was in the ground on your most recent walk by my house, Tracy, but it is also a recent addition to the front yard. Dioon edule to the north.
    7 points
  42. I appreciate the input, Tracy. That was my thinking as well so I went with Chambeyronia hookeri as a double planting. Volcom Stone shaped moat courtesy of my bride’s creativity.
    7 points
  43. Spare me, Lord. I once had a snowbird from Minnesota ask me how to grow Roystoneas there. Go home, Dude!
    7 points
  44. There's a reason you saw those palms in Florida and not Memphis. If you could grow tropicals over there and easily protect them from cold for under $50 then a lot more people would be doing it.
    7 points
  45. Mine are growing at a good steady speed and seem healthy.
    7 points
  46. Finally got some Schaefer hybrids in the ground. Both Butia yatay x Jubaea chilensis. Very different looking palms with each taking after a different parent.
    6 points
  47. I agree with Allen 100% I've grown them successfully in TN z6b/z7a to maturity and they still flourish. Here is a Sabal Minor from the Cole Estate in Sparta Tennessee that I grew from seed from plants that naturalized there 65 years ago. Mr. Cole (now deceased) was truly our Tennessee Palm Godfather.
    6 points
  48. Actually got some palms in the ground today… t. Takil t. Princeps t. Waggy small mule. divided up some pretty pathetic ferns and got them in the ground, two elephant ear bulbs the size of coconuts 🙄 . more tomorrow, weather is nice this week.
    6 points
  49. The amazing coloring of Loxococcus rupicola.
    6 points
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