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My second Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) decipiens is going to flower. This one has the crownshaft and inflorescence more colorful than the others that are more greenish.

I wanted to start this thread to document myself and others’ plants so post if you got em. There wasn’t that many produced but they are out there. The “Lady Luck” Palm is a cross between Wodyetia Bifurcata x Veitchia Winin so the cousin to the well known Foxy Lady hybrid. I got the plant from Seabreeze / @Josh-O as a 1G a few years back and it’s the first time it was produced. Admittedly I did not plant it out for well over a year but this summer it has grown great and seems to be catching up for lost time. Ideal location in morning sun, watered and fed regularly. Here’s a few old pics along its journey as well as a recent. First pic planted out March 2024. Lets see em. -dale

Been awhile since a thread for this genus of rather elegant palms from western Pacific islands. Feel free to post any images and observations you’ve experienced. I’ve got three species and five individuals growing in the garden. C. samoense is by far the more robust and for this reason, planted in the open space behind the property. Digging a hole wasn’t possible because of the shallow soil over almost solid rock, so the potted specimens were just placed on the on the surface after removing the bottom of the plastic pot. Super aggressive roots enabled them to anchor and penetrate fractures in the rock. Here are a few C. samoense photos. Tim

Excited to finally see a flower on one of my P. torallyi. This one is 18 years old from germination.

Chrysalidocarpus Prestonianus dropped a leaf to reveal some color

Simply Juania Australis

There will be more “palm portraits” with Latin names, but too busy today. Many head home this morning but I am lucky enough to head to Cajamarca with a small group. Yesterday orchids in bloom and dormant were numerous along the road so we happily took a break from the long bus rides. There were many plants which we were happy to even get to the family level of identification. I was told this strikingly yellow plant was some form of mistlestoe. And all ages of Dictyocaryum surrounded us. This baby was low enough that I could reverse the leaf to show off the silver underside. Look at that crownshaft color. Note stilt roots on the left. So many Dictyocaryum palms!!

And last, but not least is the C. savoryanum, just a spectacular smaller Clino. Lots of photos on PT of this palm. Tim

D. Decipiens 20 years old H. Indica - New planting this year. Purchased from Stacey Wright. C. Nucele - Floribunda Palm. Probably 10 years old now Bizmarkia always growing.

Here’s another C. samoense with a shovel at the base to give an idea of the size. Tim

This one has been in the ground for ten years out of a one gallon container. Neither Wodyetia nor Veitchia will grow well at all here but their hybrid does shockingly well. I wish a had a few more of them. Anyone growing one or more in a cooler climate?

Another flower spathe on one of my Areca Vestiarias. 😍

Bill Baker (Kew) descending the Bosque de palmeras Ocol. This is where we saw hundreds of ceroxylons. Norm from Hawaii having a grand time hiking in the forest. Notice the boots on each of them. It was muddy and slippery. I learned the value of using a walking stick.

Here’s one that goes by the name, ‘Hawaiian Hybrid.’ Can only speculate what the cross is, but it seems a bit smaller in stature than C. samoense, but almost as tall. You can see differences in the crown as well. Tim

Now that it's autumn, watch for falling leaves! 🍂🍁🌴 Extremely robust crownshaft of Chrysalidocarpus canaliculata flattened an old ti plant. (Purchased as C. canaliculatus so that's what I call it.)

@Hilo Jason and i have had an annual tradition three years running to visit a palm that makes my eyes water, a specimen of Tahina spectabilis in Hawaii that has thrived in its planted location 2023: 2024: 2025: seems to have fully grown out of those rough leaf pushes Jason has some great photos of years prior to this that they might post, thankful for the opportunity, the owner for letting us nerd out in their yard, and @bgl for the plant origin

Three spears on this Rhopalysyis caught me eye.

had the opportunity to visit @Hilo Jason and their garden of wonders today, no surprise they synchronized with a slice of heaven on earth

Caught this Chrysalidocarpus hovomantsina in the process of dropping a leaf sheath. Beefy palm, nice color too. Tim

Yesterday, the members of the Hawaii Island Palm Society not presently in Peru traveled to Captain Cook, south of Kailua-Kona, to see the palm collection of George Peavy, proprietor of Kahili Kona farms, which grows quantities of citrus fruits and dragon fruits. But this topic is not about the club activity, but about many of the spectacular palms that we saw. The pics are in alphabetical order by genus for no better reason than that the order in which File Explorer stores them. First up is a spectacular pair of Bismarckia nobilis: Borassodendron machadonis Burretiokentia grandiflora Calyptrocalyx hollrungii A Chrysalidocarpus baronii with two heads. George Peavy says that the pair emerged when an old frond dropped. A trio of Coccothrinax crinita Cryosophila warscewiczii (upper center) A pair of Dypsis rosea (yes, still Dypsis) Elaeis oleifera Johannesteijsmannia (Joey) magnifica Joey perakensis (Joey-on-a-stick) Pelagodoxa henryana Sclerosperma mannii (center) and Pinanga javana (upper right) A trio of Vonitra utilis (George Peavy underneath) Finally, a landscape view from the farm with the ocean in the distance. End of story.

double b, Bentinckia and Balaka

A couple palm friends in the PSSC went to Tahiti and took some awesome pictures. Including these! I’m hoarse from yelling obscenities.

made from seed collected at the Naples Botanical Garden in 1999

Lovely! I happened to pass this six-in-a-row sidewalk planting in SF's Mission District last night.

After 22 years, or so, of spectacular leaf spreads I had to say goodbye to my beloved Gigas. Two seed spathes dropped and no growth in over a year. It was time. I used a company called Arkadia ( https://yourarkadia.com/) . They did a great job! Very proffessional, on time, clean and left without a trace.

A couple of juvenile Iguanura wallichiana var. wallichiana were looking quite happy in a shady spot. Tim

We’re staying very busy and only intermittent internet. Here’s a teaser of the Ceroxylon forest we loved yesterday. Lots of seedlings once we entered areas cattle can’t reach.

Dictyocaryum lamarckianum Prestoea acuminata v. acuminata

A few more from the Amazon.., Iriartea as seen from the canopy: Canopy view… Forest floor stuffed with Geonoma A bifold-leaved Bactris - identity yet to be confirmed

This sixteen year old C. urens has been flowering and fruiting for six years. The latest infructescence is reachable from the ground. The weird thing is that its crown is still pushing new leaves. They are somewhat distorted. A new spear is evident but very difficult to photograph as the palm is about thirty feet tall. Has this occurred with anyone else’s Caryota of any species? I was otherwise expecting the palm to die in just a few more years.

A few more Jubaea chilensis coconuts. These coconuts are sold from Chile to RPS Germany. They're also sold in China. My friend hopes to close a deal with the United Arab Emirates for giant Jubaea chilensis palm trees. I'll keep you informed about this in the future. This is the world of palm trees, friends.

I had not walked on this street recently until this morning. As my dog and I walked by, It was a Reunion of sorts... a Hyophorbe verschaffeltii.

Doesn't seem to be for plants grown in dryer desert conditions anyways. I've been growing this species in the Arizona desert for 25 years now and have about 20 examples planted throughout my garden. Never seen the decline symptoms here.🤷‍♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Thought I’d post an update of this standout palm. It’s grown quite a bit in 18 months still exhibiting wide internodes. Although the dropped frond doesn’t have the weight and heft of say C. prestonianus, it can still be a hernia inducing lift. Ufta! Tim

First flowering of my Prestoea acuminata came as a welcome surprise.

Lanonia magaloni and a dypsis lantzeana caught my eye.

more Chrysalidocarpus notovobontsira, featuring a moth model that is thankfully not an Opogona tokoravina

A few shots from the last couple of days Euterpe Geonoma Lepidocaryum tenue Attalea Iriartea Iriartea deltoidea Oenocarpus bataua

Nice little dypsis lantzeana got my attention this morning.

I have many Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) hybrids in my garden and this is probably my least favorite. But it did catch my eye today. This is a Leptocheillos hybrid. Started as a single then split into two, before trunking. Now after trunking both sides have split again. Strange plant! Still not sure it’s worth a spot in the garden but I’ll give it some more time.

A few glauca in the garden. They are super tough cool tolerant and love growing in my garden, so far out 5 palms 3 are boys and 1 female with the last one not sure what he or she wants to be. Hopefully one day the bees will do there job and a few seeds.

Areca vestria orange form

Picture of the gocta falls

Say that three times as quick as you can! Caixeta’s thread about Astrocaryum campestre inspired this thread on the only Astrocaryum I have in the garden. Mike Merritt gifted me an A. murumuru about six or seven years ago and being the spiniest palm I have ever seen, was planted in the back open space behind the property. Often neglected, I decided to clean it up a bit and post a few photos. South American and variable in its habit. Leaf undersides, (abaxial), are almost pure white and the it has spines everywhere, most prominent on the stems where they are 8” (200mm) long. No joke, a slip or fall into this palm will render one a specimen in an insect collection. Maybe Mike will post some of his A. murumuru or other species of this interesting genus. Tim

W. Filiferas and S. Mexicanas seeding. It was 12F in February of this year. Winter low temp.

Hi there, I have posted in another thread this one before but no one reacted - no offense, folks(!) - but I can't stop admitting how beautiful this still young fella already is.... Rhopaloblaste elegans I have got two of them and absolutely no trouble except some snail bites here and threre - I am looking forward to get them (hopefully) growing up. Lars

I have one obtained as Clinostigma sp.