Palm Society of Southern California

[elHoagie]

The Palm Society of Southern California will hold its July meeting in Los Angeles county on Saturday July 15 starting at 11:00AM.  The meeting will take place at the home of Drew Zager in the Holmby Hills (location of Drew's home).  Parking will only be allowed on the west side of Mapleton Drive.

After touring the garden, we will have a potluck lunch starting at noon, with the PSSC providing a main dish of chicken.  The meeting will start at 1:15, with an auction to follow.

More information about the meeting will be available on the PSSC website in the next few days at PSSC meetings.

Also, you don't have to be a member of the PSSC to attend!

[elHoagie]

Just wanted to bump this back up.  The meeting is SATURDAY!!  Also, the PSSC website now has info about the meeting at the link I provided above.

[BS Man about Palms]

Hoag-

 I plan on being there, I hear there is an inordinate supply of large Coconuts in the near vicinity  ???

I hope I can spot some!!!   The flesh tones may be remarkable!  

Bill

[Walter John]

How did this go, we want reports reports and more reports. Who got what at the auctions ?

[elHoagie]

Wal,

Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me, maybe someone else has pics??

The garden was large with lots of rare palms, but most of the plants had been installed in the past couple months.  They were installed from HUGE containers as trunking palms, but they were struggling a little to acclimate.

The only thing I came home with was a small Ravenea sambiranensis that I won in the raffle.  There were a lot of rare cycads at the auction, most going for insanely cheap prices because nobody knew much about them (including me).  Plenty of good deals at the auction, like a large 15 gallon Brahea armata with a 10cm base for $20, and Parajubaeas in 3-packs for $5/plant.  There were also a couple palms that sold for way more than I could believe, like a small C. macrocarpa that was still bifid in a 5 gallon pot for $65.

I think JD in the OC picked up a nice large D. baronii for about $50.  I met "BS, man about palms", and I think he bought a couple plants...

[BS Man about Palms]

El Hoag- Oops, I'm editing, I thought you were Stan- Sorry "Jack"

I have noticed you can tell how an action will go within the first 5 plants or so.  If there are a good amount of noobies, they will "bring" the prices up to retail.  If its mostly a "vet" audience, they usually either have most of the palms auctioned, or know how big they'll get and then pass, UNLESS, its an insanely cheap price.   (I got a 3-4" dia trunk Jubea for $35 at my first auction..    )

I usually watch the vetran growers to see what they are bidding up on, then get in on it too.

I only picked up 1 blue Cycas (could see the blue while he was holding it.  I paused a little long or I would have kept bidding on that 5 gal E. Turneri?  that went for $135.

Did get a few raffle plants.

Sorry about running off with your So Cal Guide ,I was showing Shirley how to pronounce "Rhapis"  ???

Bill

PS- I did take some pics, although may too big...and no go for Coconuts at the Playboy mansion down the street...  

[BigWaveDave]

I paid a little more than I would have liked for a 1g nannorrhops ritchiana, but it was super silvery and I didn't want to pass it up.  I should have talked to kevin weaver before the auction.  It's all good though, the money goes to a good cause, and my dad was picking up the tab for my bday.  I did get a good size 5gal cham stolonifera for like $30, and some other rare green encephalartos.

David