Mandrew968 1,605 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 10 hours ago, Jeff Searle said: So the cornbread still ain't fully cook between the ears? Lol Dang, a corn joke-you got me there... Jeff, you are still right about me not having any credit in the palm world. Stand tall, my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wimmie 233 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 On 5/21/2009, 7:02:14, Kai said: I'm very proud of my Dutch Cocos nucifera. For many people not that special, but for me it is... First picture of it now and the second picture of january 2007 Kai, how do you deal with spidermites? Wim. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alohas 95 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 It's very common in most palmy places but where I live, it's virtually non existant. It's a syagrus from state parana Brazil, here's a pic from last summer but its much bigger now. 13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kai 815 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 6 hours ago, wimmie said: Kai, how do you deal with spidermites? Wim. Hey Wim, The 8 years that I had this Cocos I've never had a single spidermite. Nowadays I have some palms in my collection that are very susceptible to spider mites and when the problem turns up, I use many different methods to get rid of them. A couple of different anti mite sprays, coffee spray. It's important not to use the same spray all the time because the mites build up resistance very fast. Spray in the evening when the eggs hatch is most effective. The very best thing so far has been setting loose a batch of predatory mites on my collection. All mites are gone and have not returned after 4 or 5 months. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Searle 1,060 Report post Posted July 12, 2017 Just went out in the yard this evening and took a good look at my Copernicia rigida. It's been flowering and setting seed(not many) now for many years now, but between this species and maybe C. gigas, these are my favorites. And good news, I just recently got a good supply of seed so I hope to have these in the near future to spread around. Jeff 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mandrew968 1,605 Report post Posted July 12, 2017 19 hours ago, Jeff Searle said: Just went out in the yard this evening and took a good look at my Copernicia rigida. It's been flowering and setting seed(not many) now for many years now, but between this species and maybe C. gigas, these are my favorites. And good news, I just recently got a good supply of seed so I hope to have these in the near future to spread around. Jeff I agree with you on those two Copernicia-my favorites too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BPK Palm Addict 240 Report post Posted July 13, 2017 Tough call. I guess my favorite right now is this Copernicia macroglossa. 1 13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PalmatierMeg 5,469 Report post Posted July 13, 2017 Back in 2009 I put up my lovely little Dypsis boiviniana. How times change. My wee palm made it about a year, two more replacements even less. Small Dypsis like that and Dypsis minuta don't seem to thrive for me. Today my showcase palm is my largest Sabal palmetto Lisa, which is flowering for the first time (photos in another thread). It is also boldly placed and visible from the street. It is truly a unique palm. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Funkthulhu 353 Report post Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Seems kinda cheesy, considering how common they are, but my gem is my Veitchia arecina. I only recently got to 95% certainty that I had even identified it correctly, and it seems to be one of my happiest and healthiest palms. I picked up the seed myself from dropped fruit at my (now Ex) girlfriend's apartment in Ft Lauderdale nearly 7 years ago. These were the very first wild gathered seeds I have ever managed to germinate. (thought "wild" is a stretch considering they were all taken from landscape palms around the complex) I still have 2 other pots with additional "unidentified" palms I also gathered at the time, but I'll have to let them get bigger before I figure out what they are. Anyway, here's my Vietchia. Put it on my coffee table for scale (I was trying to make a container ranch post last week), but sitting on the floor it's still barely taller than I am at 6 feet. The trunks are a nice mottled brown and getting thicker by the month. This is a palm that has really come into its own this last year. (Boulevard Kolsch for scale...) Edited July 13, 2017 by Funkthulhu 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxtail 328 Report post Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, Funkthulhu said: I picked up the seed myself from dropped fruit at my (now Ex) girlfriend's apartment in Ft Lauderdale nearly 7 years ago. (Boulevard Kolsch for scale...) Something to remember her!!! Edited July 14, 2017 by foxtail 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Funkthulhu 353 Report post Posted July 14, 2017 We're still friends! Side note, her name is Joan and for a while I joked this was V. Joannis... Now to figure out those other two mystery palms. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxtail 328 Report post Posted July 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Funkthulhu said: We're still friends! Side note, her name is Joan and for a while I joked this was V. Joannis... Hmmm ... not pure coincidence !!! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoomsDave 8,509 Report post Posted July 14, 2017 Point a gun to my head, and I'd pick Dypsis leptocheilos. Everyone falls in love with them, when they look up. 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
realarch 4,413 Report post Posted July 20, 2017 Lanonia dasyantha, what a great little palm. More robust and hardy than L. 'mapu' and faster growing. Tim 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Missi 926 Report post Posted July 20, 2017 On 7/13/2017, 11:28:22, Funkthulhu said: Seems kinda cheesy, considering how common they are, but my gem is my Veitchia arecina. I only recently got to 95% certainty that I had even identified it correctly, and it seems to be one of my happiest and healthiest palms. I picked up the seed myself from dropped fruit at my (now Ex) girlfriend's apartment in Ft Lauderdale nearly 7 years ago. These were the very first wild gathered seeds I have ever managed to germinate. (thought "wild" is a stretch considering they were all taken from landscape palms around the complex) I still have 2 other pots with additional "unidentified" palms I also gathered at the time, but I'll have to let them get bigger before I figure out what they are. Anyway, here's my Vietchia. Put it on my coffee table for scale (I was trying to make a container ranch post last week), but sitting on the floor it's still barely taller than I am at 6 feet. The trunks are a nice mottled brown and getting thicker by the month. This is a palm that has really come into its own this last year. (Boulevard Kolsch for scale...) Not cheesy at all! We have these palms all over our landscaping in Naples, and I can't get enough of them I am currently looking for ripe seeds or seedlings, but they're mostly in high-traffic locations. They're a lovely species! Well done on yours! They're beauties! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Missi 926 Report post Posted July 20, 2017 8 hours ago, realarch said: Lanonia dasyantha, what a great little palm. More robust and hardy than L. 'mapu' and faster growing. Tim This is on my 2017 Floribunda wishlist! Placing order soon. Can't wait! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Missi 926 Report post Posted July 20, 2017 My wee baby Sabinaria magnifica is my most treasured palm. Other than that, I'm really enjoying my Pinanga coronata 'Kuhlii'/'Blunt Leaf' plants and my Areca vestiaria 'Red'/'Maroon', all of which have really taken off this year. 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JubaeaMan138 885 Report post Posted July 20, 2017 Definetly my most recent addition Copernicia baileyana 10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Missi 926 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 17 hours ago, JubaeaMan138 said: Definetly my most recent addition Copernicia baileyana YAASSS!! Always a pleasure to see a C. baileyana (and falaensis ). 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
realarch 4,413 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 Well grown Copernicia are such spectacular palms. Pretty much in heaven here seeing the different species at the last IPS Miami biennial. Tim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pal Meir 5,174 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 Definitely my rarest species, now extinct in its habitat in Bahia/Brazil: Syagrus itapebiensis = Lytocaryum itapebiense 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonoranfans 1,730 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 Right out the front door is my C. baileyana, from Katherine@creekside on this forum. One some days it is my favorite, I love the colorful petioles. Planted as a 7 gallon in summer 2011, its starting to "get the grow on", pushing out 7-9 leaves a year. I want another one of these and a couple copernicia magroglossa for my "savannah" in the front yard. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JubaeaMan138 885 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 We will see how mine does it is already a huge plant roughly 6 foot tall. I hear they are marginal out here I know they love the heat which is no problem for me during summer months of 100 degrees plus for me . Real problem will be winter last year I got about 30 f so I may have to protect it a little . I've had it planted for a month or so now and has already pushed 3 fronds Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cindy Adair 2,750 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 I have a love/hate relationship with this sort of topic. I love to see everyone's choices and photos! Thank you all so much. I hate trying to pick one of mine as I have trouble narrowing it down. So today I decided I was going to decide while at the computer and then refuse to change my mind amongst them, no matter how hard each one with new leaves or flowers or more rare yelled, "pick me!" It was again very very tough and I almost caved, but with all my will power my first choice is my Licuala cordata with runner up to the larger L. orbicularis which is above the L. cordata in the following photo. Tomorrow who knows what I would say? 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doranakandawatta 2,817 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 On 21/7/2017 20:18:01, Pal Meir said: Definitely my rarest species, now extinct in its habitat in Bahia/Brazil: Syagrus itapebiensis = Lytocaryum itapebiense Impressive ! Is there any program for reintroducing the species in habitat ? Do botanic gardens grow seedling like you do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pal Meir 5,174 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 3 hours ago, doranakandawatta said: Impressive ! Is there any program for reintroducing the species in habitat ? Do botanic gardens grow seedling like you do? You have to ask @caixeta; he knows it better. The habitat is reported to be burnt down for cattle. Maybe this is the only place where L itapebiense is still surviving: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/48954-lytocaryum-itapebiensis/ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doranakandawatta 2,817 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 My gem can be this one: great hopes with this species ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alberto 1,533 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 On 06/07/2017 09:52:09, alohas said: It's very common in most palmy places but where I live, it's virtually non existant. It's a syagrus from state parana Brazil, here's a pic from last summer but its much bigger now. Wow it looks healthy. Paraná is my state so I´m curious where the seed came from ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alberto 1,533 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 On 20/07/2017 03:42:29, realarch said: Lanonia dasyantha, what a great little palm. More robust and hardy than L. 'mapu' and faster growing. Tim Really nice. I have them also, a little younger, and don´t show so much mottling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alberto 1,533 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 9 hours ago, doranakandawatta said: Impressive ! Is there any program for reintroducing the species in habitat ? Do botanic gardens grow seedling like you do? A few palms were found in a little remnant of forest from a fazenda in Itapebi. Fortunately the species is reproduced by the thousands lately and it deserves to be reintroduced, in a forest of a park in same habitat. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alberto 1,533 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 I feel all my seed grown palms are gems, but specially the seeds I was involved since the beginning, like this Butia eriospatha x Jubaea......but also de Phoenix rupicola and the Parajubaea sunkhas that are flowering.......and the Dypsis decipiens... and....... 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
realarch 4,413 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Alberto said: Really nice. I have them also, a little younger, and don´t show so much mottling Alberto, I've read on this board, several times now, that the key to enhanced mottling is to never fertilize them. I have fertilized lightly in the past and really didn't notice any change in the habit, but now I only mulch them. I have noticed though, when I've acquired them in the 4" growers pot, they are solid green with no mottling maybe because they have received regular feedings to promote growth and vigor for sale. Tim 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alberto 1,533 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, realarch said: I have noticed though, when I've acquired them in the 4" growers pot, they are solid green with no mottling maybe because they have received regular feedings to promote growth and vigor for sale. Tim So there is hope for mine to look like yours.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PAPalmGrower 47 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 My silver Mazari palm (Nannorrhops) would be for me. I am not sure if this is the form of Mazari palm that goes by Nannorrhops ritchieana sp. 'Silver' or the Nannorrhops arabica. The grower insisted it is the silver form of ritchieana; however, many others have said they believe it to be the 'arabica'. I would like to know definitively one day as the cultural requirements of the two differ somewhat. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
realarch 4,413 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Boy, looking through this thread, there are some nice specimens!!! It would take forever to comment on all of them, but the photos are appreciated. Good growing! Tim 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alohas 95 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) On 23/07/2017 à, Alberto said: Wow it looks healthy. Paraná is my state so I´m curious where the seed came from ? Indeed it is, and it's growing much faster than I expected. This winter temps went down to - 7°c and I protected it with frost cloth, virtually no damage. As for the provenance of the seeds sorry but I don't know, it was sold as coming from this state without further detail. Edited July 24, 2017 by alohas 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sur4z 374 Report post Posted July 25, 2017 My favorite in the ground is my Areca catechu dwarf. But my newest little guys are a close second...Sabinaria magnifica 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doranakandawatta 2,817 Report post Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, sur4z said: My favorite in the ground is my Areca catechu dwarf. But my newest little guys are a close second...Sabinaria magnifica Your newest little guys look like brothers of mine. looking forward to seeing their growth ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cindy Adair 2,750 Report post Posted July 26, 2017 Yes, I am jealous... I look forward to seeing yours grow up and maybe having one here. Congratulations and thanks for the beautiful photos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GottmitAlex 2,913 Report post Posted July 26, 2017 I guess the gem of my "collection" has to be the 11 month old Golden Malayan dwarf. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
