Play Pick Three!

[greysrigging]

Potted palms at a Nursury in Darwin's rural outskirts ( Humpty Doo ) Arnhem Nursury is a green shady oasis in an otherwise sunbaked and seasonally drought afflicted landscape about 25 miles inland from Darwin. Brutal heat and humidity at this time of the year....locals call it the "build up" ie build up to the impending monsoonal wet season. Also known as the 'silly season' and many people also suffer from 'mango madness' ( its also mango fruit season about now ).

In any case the silly season and mango madness seems to have some relationship with the spike in cold beer consumption at this time of the year.....

Arnhem Nursury has a magnificent shaded area provided by some huge old African Mahogany trees and the temp actually feels 15* cooler when you enter.

Can't believe there is a market for these..... lol.... common all over the city, easy to pick up sprouted nuts along the foreshore

Nice Verschaffeltia Splendida..... and only AU$45.00 !..... ( note to self, "resist the temptation.... " )

And Royals.... 10 bucks and 35 bucks for this size.

 

 

[Cindy Adair]

I've been enjoying all the pick three "entries" while traveling. Thanks! On my return to Puerto Rico these are the 3 that first caught my eye.

Calyptrocalyx sp. Puah which always looks nice but the red leaf shouts for attention.

Licuala khoonmengii flowering again. Maybe seed this time around?

I guess I need to remove some of the Episcia I planted as a ground cover before it engulfs the Licuala. Its surface roots makes that easy and plenty of places to use it elsewhere.

And here is Chamaedorea adscendens, one of three. I find it hard to photograph. In real life it is not variegated, but has a velvety bluish color.

 

[PalmatierMeg]

How about 3 more?

Chamaerops humilis Vulcano - doubled in size since last year.

Coccothrinax argentata - FL native silver palm

Pseuodophoenix sargentii v Navasana - loaded with seeds

Bonus palm: Tahina spectabilis

[John hovancsek]

[realarch]

Your dog and I are thinking th same thing......What the hell? 

Tim

[John hovancsek]

Lol the last 2 leafs were stunted and now it is throwing out a good size lead. I taught this lamour was a gonner

[John hovancsek]

My mind Is drawing a blank on the first one but the second is B. Drumsii

[realarch]

Three more for you.....Calyptrogyne

[realarch]

Licuala distans

Tim

[realarch]

Licuala naumanii

 

Tim

[Hilo Jason]

Today's "pick three" comes from my recent trip to the wonderland of Palms - Floribunda nursery! 

Dypsis Mananjarensis

Dypsis Pembana (solitary)

Dypsis Leucomalla 

[Kim]

4 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Today's "pick three" comes from my recent trip to the wonderland of Palms - Floribunda nursery! 

Dypsis Mananjarensis

 

Dypsis Pembana (solitary)

 

Dypsis Leucomalla 

Primo place for palm-spotting, and that Dypsis leucomalla is to be envied! Awesome, thanks for posting these pics.

[kinzyjr]

I've been weeding 60 minutes each weekday this week and capped it off with a full day today.  My pick 3 are the coconuts now that their beds are weed-free:

First up, my two Jamaican Tall coconuts (in the ground 18 months):

Second in line, my Maypan coconut (also 18 months in the ground):

Bonus?  The elder statesman of the coconut palms on my property; a Green Malayan Dwarf grown in half a day of shade for 7 years:

[BPK Palm Addict]

Today’s pick 3 are….

Pinanga maculata, Areca vestiaria and Beccariophoenix fenestralis

 

 

 

[cm05]

Chamaedorea elegens, Trachycarpus sp. nova, and Licuala grandis.

[Cindy Adair]

Very stylish display cm005! Great to see so many palm lovers in a variety of climates. Thanks!

20 hours ago, BPK Palm Addict said:

Today’s pick 3 are….

 

Pinanga maculata, Areca vestiaria and Beccariophoenix fenestralis

 

 

 

Beautiful palms, beautifully grown and photographed! Thanks!

 

[Cindy Adair]

kinzyjr, nice coconuts!

And an excellent idea to weed an area pushing to clear three palm trees and then post the results when completed!

For so many coconut palms were our gateway palms that led us to full fledged addiction involving a move to the tropics for some. I plead guilty. Hmm, I wonder how many of us here would admit they were partly or even largely influenced to live where favorite palm trees grow better? Could be an interesting survey topic.

Jason, Tim and Jason your Hawaiian palms and those at Floribunda look picture perfect and make us all forget about your recent disasters. Such happy trees.

Meg it was so good to see you and Tim at Mounts! I wish we could have chatted longer. I always enjoy your posts and your recent lovely photos make me nearly forget how Irma nailed you last year. The Dypsis sp. Malagasy from you years ago should be part of a future Pick three (or Dypsis) post since it is now in sufficient sun on my new farm and growing fine.

[msporty]

Bump!

 

My three — Wodyetia, Veitchia, and a Wod-Veitchia (aka Foxy lady). I thought it was a clever planting on my part.I’ve been surprised that the Veitchia has grown so well in SoCal. I’m not sure the species, but it came from Mark in Oceanside (to give a little plug to a cool guy with great plants!). 
 

 

 

[Cindy Adair]

What a stunning trio and a neat idea too!

[Cindy Adair]

I was tired after digging and clearing this afternoon so decided I'd "pick three" palms. 

First is a Iguanura tenuis whose new leaf is nearly black.

Next Calyptrocalyx polyphyllus

 

 

And a long awaited new leaf on my only Welfia regia

Feel free to add more photos of your three picks of each day, no rules.

 

[John hovancsek]

[realarch]

Areca macrocalyx, no photograph enhancements. The intensity of red varies from time to time. Been a bit dry lately and the color is off the charts. 

Calyptrocalyx sanumb

Joey magnifica

Tim

[Cindy Adair]

I am so impressed with these!

After a full day of less than glamorous work mostly in the hot sun, it is lovely to remind myself of future palm possibilities!

Thanks!

Anybody else care to play?