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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.)

A bit of an unknown Caryota in my area that’s for sure. Iam sure there out there in some collection somewhere. But definitely a rare beauty around my parts. I gave this one plenty of space well away from any buildings and so it can be viewed in its full glory in 20 years time!

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Royal dropped a leaf to show this

chamaedorea quetzalteca is a form of chamaedorea costaricana

Linospadix minor

In no particular order: Licuala Cordata Marojejya Darianii Orania Trispatha Sabinara Magnificia Johannesteijsmannia altifrons Licuala Mapu Copernicia Fallaensis Cyrtostachys Renda

Chrysalidocarpus Prestonianus dropped a leaf to reveal some color

Here's mine Giuseppe, followed by a couple of the regular form of costaricana. Quetzalteca seems to have finer and slightly stiffer leaflets, at least mine does. They all need to go in the ground!

In memory of Merc psillakis are these copernica that he germinated that I got from him. So as a tribute to Merc any of his palms that I got from him from now on will be named var Merc psillakis in honour of the great germinater. I have a few of his palms in my nursery and garden they have now become a living memory, to honour such a great man who could germinate a rock.

Hers a group planting of three in Sydney botanical gardens!

Merc's funeral was very well attended, around 500 people. The police had to close the street to traffic. The wake was as large with speakers honouring his life. He was a champion surfer and Kelly Slater wrote a nice comment about him. This Saturday at Deewhy beach a huge public memorial for Merc is being held on land and sea supported by corporate sponsors and local council. Maria has asked for me to address the crowd about his passion for palms which i will do. Miss the regular contacts, laughter and palm banter

Welllll Maybe it’s Chambeyronias!

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?

Trachycarpus fortunei and ensete maurillii in Dallas

Seedling grown Brahea armata in Dallas 7 months after 12F

Let's see the roystonia oleracae !! To add, I have a corypha umbraculifera in my backyard, which falls into "that won't grow where you live" category. I just saw on reddit some person in texas also has a corypha !

Yep the o y way to do it is by the hundred seeds at a time. By the time a few die and you you get the runts sorted out, plus the collectors want a few you never have enough! Richard

Three spears on this Rhopalysyis caught me eye.

I POSTED 4 MONTHS AGO about these trees before i root pruened with mostly sceptical responses, due low success rate of young sabal palms. I root prued a bunch to eliminate the reluctance to purchace one oc these tree. Also adding a one year repacment any were in the state of florida. I have moved 100 of these trees repoted in 65 gal pots and have not lost one.

Not typically a recommended palm species for my area but this Geonoma pohliana has remained healthy and grown slowly throughout the last few years putting out two red fronds per year. It’s little offset has a red spear as seen in one photo below. Anyone else growing this species?

I'd have to agree with the others, this doesn't look like a waggie.

Pictures like these make me wonder about the work I am creating for myself down the road after planting so many big Chrysalidocarpus / Dypsis in my garden!

Some chamaedorea made with seeds from my garden and they are (not uncommon) oblongata microspadix radicalis arborescent form

My largest T. Princeps ‘New Form’.

Yes that’s why I have located this one far enough away from any structures. The only damage it can do is to the garden underneath it. Richard

Some goodies that need to be potted up to make a bit of room in the mad scientist lab. A couple of nice Pinanga species that if all goes well in winter will be some nice additions to the garden. And a proven winner the warscewizianus a favourite of mine. If you keep on sowing seeds sooner or later you have to pot them up!

agreed, saying a queen palm is your favorite is like saying a dandelion puff is your favorite flower 😆

A recent planting that’s doing quite well. It laughed at winter, and it’s just starting to tuck itself ready for summer growth. It will be a nice one to have in the garden giving many years joy!

I find most dypsis can handle the cool weather. And a few light frost, even the smaller real dypsis can handle the cool weather right from the beginning as seedlings. I germinated some dypsis brevicaulis just before winter and had to remove the lid due to the fact they where being squished in, I thought for sure winter would get them but no they handled it fine and by mid winter I put the tray outside near my house. Didn’t lose one rats got a few but the rest were fine. Richard

@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

Yes buying sprouted is the way to go!

You gotta take what you can get around here.

OMG is appropriate here as well as another OMG! Planted in a location where it can reach its full potential. Thanks for the PRA. Tim

The first time I saw this palm was Dec. 31, 2021. We were staying at an AirBnb in the neighborhood that our land was in and a neighbor invited us over to see their house and garden. We were in the early stages of designing our house and I wanted to get ideas from other homes in the neighborhood. This neighbor told me he had a lot of plants so I was also curious to see the garden. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the Tahina in his yard! The planting location seems about as ideal as possible for a palm like this. There is a river / stream that runs year round through the property and the Tahina was planted fairly close to that. So it’s getting year round water in a warm climate. This neighborhood is about 11 miles north of Hilo, right on the ocean in a sunbelt area. So it gets quite a bit more sun than other areas of windward Hawaii. Here are the pictures from Dec 2021 of that first visit: As a side note: 2025 has been an abnormally dry year here with less than half of our annual rainfall. The river behind the Tahina (not visible in any of these pictures) is almost completely dried up. The current owner has lived at the home for the past 10 years and has never seen the river so low. Really hoping our rains return soon.

Well I figured I would join the conversation. Better late than never. My hookeri has more of a yellow green petiole and rachis rather than the chocolate color some others have. The crownshaft also shows some marbling like the watermelon variety, but still yellow. A definite hookeri variety. Has 6 foot of woody trunk before the crownshaft. The pictures are from this morning showing the fading leaf that opened last week. Opens very deep red. Note the petiole and rachis color and the crownshaft color and marbling. Two days ago I planted my houailou palm from a 7 gallon. It's opening split leaves now. The petiole is definitely a yellow and leaves are stiff. Rachis has a kind of peachlike color. Very stiff. Forgive the sunburn. At first I put her in too much sun. Now she should grow into it, hopefully without the burning. Leaves not as " puckering" like the hookeri. The last leaf to open showed it's first small bit of peach color. Just a bit. I expect more color as it matures. Grew at a steady pace in the pot, opening more leaves than my hookeri. Feel free to rejoin the conversation and share your thoughts.

Variegated Japanese rhapis var ayanishiki anyone.

Maybe not so exciting for the North American members, but I’m pretty happy to see my one and only Sabal minor maturing. This one is the sole survivor from a batch of 10 seeds germinated 10 years ago. I left it in a baggie forgotten for about 3 years, then when I checked it nearly busted its way out. A rewarding palm to grow from seed. Not fast, but reliable and robust.

With recent humid weather we are having comes some happy palms. Clinostigma savoryanum Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae and this sort of unknown which was previously discussed on here sold as a D. decipiens, determined to be perhaps crossed with Chrysalidocarpus onilahensis. ??? All I know is it grows with hybrid vigor. I wish I would have planted it in a more prominent spot in my garden. It has two stems both in process of bifurcating.

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A big jubaea is a generational treasure, priceless when they look fat and happy. Some of the most majestic palms take a 2-3 lifetimes to grow.

Bentinckia condapanna

Some are posting pal.s common to an area but not all. I posted a similar thread on Cycads a few years ago. My initial statement was the same as here, that it depends on the day. Seeing the posts on the Marojejya darianii is still fresh in mind as well as recalling spectacular specimens in Big Island gardens. So today I will refer you to that thread for a photo. I am not growing it and know it would be very difficult in my garden. Perhaps on another day I will find one of my own palms to be my favorite. Viva la diversita!

Today it's Trithrinax schizophylla in flower!

Canary island date palm:

My favorite changes from week to week, day to day. I have a Ptychosperma elegans that's been in the ground for two years now, very slow growing, it is a "Lisa" variation with paddle leaves. Perhaps one day it will grow to resemble the mother palm.

Baffling.

Im a sucker for Mexican Fan palm, Washingtonia robusta. I know many think it’s the weed of the palm world, and it kind of is, but I just love the way the deep green fronds sway in the breeze and the long, thin trunks bending against the sky. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2024

Acrocomia aculeata, cold hardy, very fast and it belongs to the Bactridinae subtribe.