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Well, today was day 1 of the show...plenty of great palms on display and for sale... How about these beauties... It was also a great opportunity for everyone to catch up and talk palms...here's a few Palmtalkers that were present on the day...unfortunately we couldn't tie down Colin (Palmtreeforpleasure) long enough to get him in our group shot... L-R Palmtalkers AndyG, Newcal, Mark Wuschke, Daryl, Walter John, NApalm, Comic097, Kennybenjamin A couple of other Palmtalkers were also in attendance...Neil C came and said hello...NthEastpalms and Steve99....this must be the largest gathering of Aussie Palmtalkers ever...12 if my calculations are correct... More photos to come...

I have been lucky. I have never killed a palm. I have lost many to suicide however. Not sure where I read that before but it always makes me laugh.

Hello, I don't remove fibres on Areca. I have a bad experience with mold on absolutely cleaned seeds. I would let it how it is, I germinated almost all Areca concinna with whole fibres: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/uploads/post-7533-0-44360800-1371745167.jpg On the other hand I cleaned the Syagrus, the fibres are softer and I felt that they can rot easily. Regards, Andrew

- Clinostigma savoryanum - 7 gal. $85.00 - Clinostigma ponapense - 10 gal. $175.00 - An easy to spot pair of palms, as they are the tallest ones in the section. They are close to touching the shade cloth 15 ft (4.5m) above. - The crown of one of them. Ryan

- I went over to Jeff Searle's residence this past Sunday to take photos and view the production of more drone videos. As Jeff and I were moving through his yard we came across this Ptychosperma waitianum that had not one, not two, but six new red leaves at the same time. It is a unique event to see a few simultaneously emerging leaves, but six on the same clump is a new level of wow. The palm is about 13 feet (4m) in height and I was standing on a ladder trying to get all the red leaves in one photo but it was tricky. Ryan

- Jeff had been clearing out a section near the area of the yard known as Palm Circle when he opened up space near this Licuala sp. 'Wilailak'; a palm that has continued to be a bit of a mystery. We began to discuss the palm as we still don't know more about it, beyond its origin story. Its upright growth, extended petioles and large leaves sets it apart from known species, except for a few similarities with Licuala peltata var. sumawongii. - This palm, along with other specimens of the same batch, have flowered and set seed. The inflorescences, flowers and seed are identical to those of L. peltata var. sumawongii. The leaves are quite large and match the size of the aforementioned variety. If you were to glue the segments together it would look very similar to those solid Sumawongii leaves we enjoy so often. - The rest of the crown extends upward beyond the image and the base has yet to form much of an above-ground trunk, so it sets the scale as a hefty, large Licuala. We were thinking it could be another variety of L. peltata or a form of L. peltata var. sumawongii. - A closer view of the base, with clippers for scale. It also has the same mean petiole spines that are found on L. peltata var. sumawongii. Since it has flowered there have been new ideas about its identity, but we are still looking for more information. I posted the photos to see if anyone else has come up with any new information. Ryan