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Mine is Copernicia Hospita :-D Picture from Nongnooch village pattaya

The one on the left ( the one with the new red leaf) was my least developed one, and still hasn't displayed a pink crownshaft yet, but soon, as it's caught up in size to the others, and is growing a bit faster, Ed

A couple of months ago hand dug up my 10 year old parajubea cocoides and put it in a huge pot. It has about 4 ft of hairy trunk and weighs about 300-350 lbs. It has push up two new leaves since then.

Moving along, we stop at the top of the cliff near the main falls (Purlingbrook Falls), There are quite a lot of different waterfalls in the park, but these are the tallest, at about 106 metres or about 350ft. Here is a wiki image of the falls when they are going hard. Today they were gently cascading, which wasn't a bad thing, otherwise we would have got drenched! Notice the fully grown Bangalow (or King) palms, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana at the base of the falls...there were tall palms at about 20m height. Here is Wal, pondering the drop... We then headed off down the trail that took us to the base of the falls... Along the way we saw some old timber work...anybody know what this is? A view over the Gold Coast from one of the lookouts along the track... There are all kinds of great plants growing in the park.. Staghorn Ferns (Platycerium superbum) abound And the local cycad, Lepidozamia peroffskyana

This topic has also run its course and is closed.

In botanic garden of Prague is one mature Wollemia, I think that is the first generation, I mean the straight descendants of natural wollemia. Some pictures: Kindest regards Andrew

lol @ Jeff. Actually that was quite painful to see happen. Axel-maybe I am the only one here who feels this way, but you definitely confuse me. After just reading that you don't care about accuracy in here, and that "most of what I write is total bs" after reading post after post of yours where you make these sweeping generalizations like they are facts or getting scientific in your posts and at least trying to sound experienced in palm growing......man-I am floored. I am not trying to be mean here-but I do care about accuracy-to the extent that one can be. There is a lot of snark in here for sure-but not when one is trying to find out how palms are going to grow in certain areas etc and why they do well or not. Also accuracy is good when trying to figure out why a palm is having problems etc. I just think you should think about that statement " probably most of what I write is total bs" some more and see if you really want to be know as full of it-cause to me, you just threw any credibility out the door. I read all your posts in the last few days, and I can't think of who you are referring to when you say that a person attacked your character, hitting below the belt etc. I didn't see any of that. I saw people being honest with you -and I think that they were calling you out on your bs-which you just readily admitted to being full of. That happens when you are full of crap and try to act like you are not-you have to know that, right? Again, I am not trying to be mean, just being honest. There were two people that were both very honest with you, Len and Matt and they both have my respect and appreciation. I actually can't think of a person on this forum that has a larger heart and is full of kindness than Matt. I have total respect for Len, when he says something, I listen and when you disagree with him, he has the ability to come around if he is wrong and he learns that way. I really hope it wasn't either of them that you were complaining about. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time with your son-I am sure that he is happy to spend extra time with you!

Oh yea, he'll help you out all right!

I appreciate the friendly comments, and I appreciate that the moderators did finally get around to deleting the negative character reference comments. It's really stupid of me to leave just because of one bad apple. But I actually do need to spend a little more time in the real world. 4th of July is around the corner, and I need to spend more time with my son and plant a few more palms. So I will still take a break from PalmTalk. I don't mind snarky comments, never had an issue with Len disagreeing with me. One person in particular really went overboard with negative character references. Just FYI, I really don't care to be accurate in my posts. For me, palm growing is like fishing. The fish gets bigger with every story. I have to be accurate in my job at work, my palm garden is where I can do away with all the precision and science. I post mostly because I like to talk and I like to write. A lot of what I write is probably total bs, and it's really up to the reader to discern, and anyone should feel free to call me on my bs, but making it about my character is just low. I really enjoy the palm community, I had almost a hundred people at my house for the NCPS meeting. Everyone's house I've been to has also been incredibly welcome. Getting behind a keyboard is a bit like getting in a car for some people, they're different in real life, I guess I just need to take that into account. And I'd love to take you up on the beer offer, Bob. So farewell for now, see ya after the holidays.

Thanks to all for your positive comments Steve down this track which is newish for planting and its a great one because of the slope and very deep red soil which the Mad Palms love there is 16 different Dypsis 1 Tahina and 1 Ravenea robustior, I have plenty more Palms from Mad to keep adding down the slopes including Lemurs. Heres a few shots of some small in ground Dypsis on the track being Lehmanas Baronii, Bejouf, Jurassic Pk , Rav R, and a pic of Magnolia flower with palms on the corner in the morning sun Pete

"Smooth and polished when it comes to social graces" that's me. I used to think Len was a loon and now I know he is for a fact. Now I consider him one of my best friends! I think we are all a bit off center and that's what makes us all interesting people with lots of great knowledge and experiences to share. I can understand sometimes why my comments may seem a bit direct, but that comes from my own perceived slant on whatever. Next time your down this way Axel, let's arm wrassle for a beer.

There is a reason we chose "Ohana Nui" (Hawaiian for "Extended Family") as the name for our off-topic forum. Because like in a family (or with close friends) we sometimes "raz" those we feel the closest to. And when on a sports team, in a fraternity, the military, etc. - it's when you don't get "picked on" that you should feel left out and "unappreciated." Some people have left PT because they felt they didn't get enough people to comment on their posts. So it's ironic that you should take the extra attention your posts seem to generate as a negative - instead of interpreting it as people's interest in wanting to agree with or challenge what you have said. Granted, not everyone here is smooth and polished when it comes to social graces. But I think it is safe to say there is not a person who has replied to you who would not welcome you to their garden and discuss palms for hours in person. It's unfortunate that the written format leaves a lot of that sentiment lost in translation.

It seems you are both arguing separate points and one person isn't aware of that. It's the difference between gambling and investing. When you invest, you own a stock. You don't rent it. You hold it long-term for the tax advantages. The market is repeating a familiar pattern, one that Dean appears to be familiar with. When I went to work in this industry the Dow Jones Industrial Average was about 832. That's not a typo. Can anyone pick a trend in Dean's chart? Many people can be very happy with their 401(k), thanks to the long-term effect of dollar cost averaging. I'm grateful for every dog-meat sandwich I ever ate, as all of them were buy signals. You can slice and dice the history of the market all you want, (and plenty of people do it for a living), stocks historically outperform any other investment, including real estate, over the long haul. There is nothing new under the sun. So many of these discussions sound like someone just learned that gravity exists, and heat and moisture with yeast will make bread rise. All true, and it's great to see people understand that, but not a new discovery. No one, in the entire history of the stock market, has been able to consistently predict market moves. What would make anyone think that by reading Yahoo!, suddenly they are endowed with a magical gift. The market will make one humble, and the more hubris one has, the more humble one will be made. Wall Street has a long list of forgotten so-called 'gurus'. Anyone can have a lucky call, or even a hot streak, but it never lasts. So far, the calls I've read here have had a similar success rate to flipping a coin. "The market" did this, "the market" did that and I called it. Which market? What did you buy, what did you sell? Do you own the whole market? What was your percentage gain or loss? That's way too vague for calling victory. This is not an invitation to a debate. The purpose is merely to bring the conversation down to earth. If any of us were that good at calling the market, we sure wouldn't be hanging around here yakking about it.

BUT, the one bright spot, and this is where we are ALL winners - this thread provides FREE entertainment for all us! PRICELESS!