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this is my Trithrinax ,is acanthocoma or brasiliensis ?

bird of paradise - Strelitzia Reginae ,resist to -6 / -7 degrees celsius bird of paradise giant-Strelitzia alba or nicolai, resist to -5/ -6 degrees celsius,but the leaves burn to -3 celsius,I have 3 of these

no konstantinos,not yet flowered, the leaves of your, are so? or leaf segments are not very divided?

It is good to see someone that gets it. This isn't about breaking up PT it is about attracting those not here and providing a place they feel welcomed. It is obvious these people post elsewhere now anyway. It won't be a forum I will frequent so I really don't have a horse in this race. However I would love to see PT grow which would then increase IPS members. Putting tags for cold hardy is a waste of time and won't change anything IMHO.

Kris, so nice to see you back. Try to come back more often.

Good to see you posting again, your baby must be getting big now.......leaving you a little more time for your gardening activities.

I did a quick search of the main forum for topics regarding Trachycarpus and another on Dypsis. The results are clear from this one test. Topics focused on the most cold-hardy palms receive only about 1/3 the number of posts and 1/3 to 1/4 the number of views. This was just one quick search but I think the insight here is that for most PT members, topics about the most cold-hardy palms aren't that interesting or engaging for the majority of PT members. I think it is clear that PT caters mainly to palm growers of sub-tropical and tropical species. I don't think this is a conscious decision but rather a function of the representation of the membership. If we believe our target who is all palm growers and that we are lacking the diversity that temperate palm growers bring then I think the decision is clear, make a cold-hardy/temperate palm sub-board and recruit a passionate member of that sub-group to moderate that board. If we believe our target who is the subtropical and tropical palm grower then don't create a sub-board and I also wouldn't tag posts specifically related to cold-hardy/temperate palms because PT isn't designed to attract them anyways and it would be wasted effort. I will say this though, on other boards the view of PT is that of only tropical and sub-tropical palms and there isn't a need to visit PT, so if you want to tag postings or create a sub-forum then you also need to do some recruitment of posters from other boards otherwise again, you are just wasting time and effort.

We love these long term, before and after, photo records of yours Kris.

@ Peter: the recall refers to the current BMW Z4 ... what should I say ... we call it ZLK. Regarding to optical issues BMW did a good job. But the rest - sorry, a sugar-coated car with no ambitions to the motor sport. Absolutely NOT my cup of tea. I love the rough-and-ready engine of the former M3 which has got many awards of the "Engine of the year" for a long time. @ Kris: Thank you. X6 is something between a lifestyle and a SUV car. They do not really need it but they buy it. In Germany with much success. The X6 and the X5 are the leaders of the list of the most stolen cars. My Zeddy has no X-Drive, no I-Drive and none of the recent bits and pieces. X-Drive is a privilege of the 4 wheel drives and not available at the classic rear drive. But it is more than comfortable to know that I can initiate the awakening of the beast without any electronic assistant, and especially now - in our winter - nothing is better and nothing makes more fun than a drift on a large snow ground. Driving the Z4 M is hard work but nothing is more exciting than this. And ... we as ambitious sports car drivers hate the current development of the Bi- and Tri-Turbo-engines. They are without a soul, without emotions, without sound. I will keep my little racer till I die.