Patience = Reward

[Kim]

That color is so sweet my teeth hurt! 🤩🥰😋 Irrationally jealous!

[realarch]

Ha Kim, you sure your teeth aren’t suffering from the goodies in that heart shaped box? But hey, I can see how the color on that palm could have the same reaction. It provides an inordinate amount of pleasure. It’s planted a tad bit too close to the house, but great visibility. 

Looks like you’ll miss the big rain event tomorrow so, safe travels and we’ll see you back here soon.

Tim

[realarch]

Yesterday was a great day, PRA with Justin, Jason, and Billeb. Toured Jason’s and my garden which gave me a photo op opportunity with Jason for an update. Powering on!

Tim

[flplantguy]

Another for the wish list.  I too am very jealous of the climate there and the plants that grow. 

[Hurricanepalms]

Wow, I never realized how large this palm was until now. What a show stopper!

[iDesign]

19 minutes ago, Hurricanepalms said:

Wow, I never realized how large this palm was until now. What a show stopper!

Nah, that’s just an abnormally small human 🤣

I was actually going to say the same thing. Looks a little like my A. purpurea / Licuala pairing… till I saw the difference in scale 📏📐

[DoomsDave]

6 hours ago, iDesign said:

Nah, that’s just an abnormally small human 🤣

I was actually going to say the same thing. Looks a little like my A. purpurea / Licuala pairing… till I saw the difference in scale 📏📐

Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you can get an Archontophoenix purpurea to look like a miniature version of the palm in the post above. 

[Billeb]

13 hours ago, realarch said:

Yesterday was a great day, PRA with Justin, Jason, and Billeb. Toured Jason’s and my garden which gave me a photo op opportunity with Jason for an update. Powering on!

Tim

Yeah man! Good times. A special thanks to you, @Hilo Jason and @Justin for appeasing my self invite. Glad I could meet you all in person. 
I was so caught up in unheard plant names and visual sensory overload I didn’t even take a picture of this beauty.  It’s even more beautiful in person! Glad you got a pic with Jason to update this thread. 
 

11 hours ago, Hurricanepalms said:

Wow, I never realized how large this palm was until now. What a show stopper!

It’s a beast and getting better with age. 
 

10 hours ago, iDesign said:

….I was actually going to say the same thing. Looks a little like my A. purpurea / Licuala pairing… till I saw the difference in scale 📏📐

Tim’s got a really nice Arch. Purpurea with some good color not far from this badboy.  Muted coloring by comparison. I don’t think pictures do the Lemurophoenix justice if you can believe it. 
 

-dale 

[Rick Kelley]

In my case it is more an issue of impatience, or maybe envy.  I bought this guy from Floribunda as a 4" tall pot in November 2014.  It went into the ground in October 2016 from a one gallon.  I've enjoyed the maroon-red petioles over the years, but nothing like the brilliant scarlet-purple Tim has.  So today I went out and tried cleaning away the dried up crownshafts left behind from pruned dead fronds.  Under all that was the first sign of what I can look forward to in the next few years.  The red area is only about 18-24" high, but hopefully the entire newly exposed crownshaft will have good color down the road.  The tree is about 15 ft tall.

[realarch]

Hey Dale, it was a pleasure meeting you and having a good time with lots of laughs. Yeah, many strange and unfamiliar names plus the BS that goes with them.  I did notice you were a bit dazed toward the end, I should have offered you a Red Bull or something.

Tim

Rick, oh yeah, you got a nice one. The coloring is identical to mine when the first couple of sheaths abscised. Call Jason and have him pose for a photo. 😁

Tim