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I was doing some trimming this weekend and thought I would share my variegated parajubaea. It’s tall enough that I don’t get to really see it that much until I take a leaf down. Here’s a few pics.

I spotted it the other day, just by chance. It is 7/8 mts tall. I picked a dozen of ripe seeds scattered on the ground, but there are many more green ones on the tree. So another source for future seeds. I know of two more " sources". There used to be more tall, seeding ones in the area, but they all were chopped down.

Hey there! Doing well and hope the same for everyone else. I noticed it slowing down also, seems to go in fits and starts but the latest lull seems to be longer than usual. I always worry that everyone is more and more using groups on social media… I was on Facebook for years but deleted my account a few years back as I was stupidly spending a huge chunk of a finite life mindlessly scrolling. Evil damn thing that there is literally no end to scrolling! So much negative crap as well. I used to be a member of a few snake forums (as I am into reptiles as well as plants) and all have sadly gone by the wayside in favor of FB. Drives me nuts that I can’t find a website for so many businesses as they’ve all gone to FB. Can we just go back to 2010 and leave it at that? Maybe even 1999? Would like my youth back as well! 😝 This forum is notable in that it still persists while so many others have not. The members here are prolific and dedicated and continue to create fantastic posts with all that palmy eye candy we love to see. It’s also so reassuring that I don’t have to scroll too far before I get to the bottom of a page, puts my mind at ease and gives me chunks of my life back for other things.

I love these posts. I can never get enough of the red. I only get to see mine when I’m on the roof now that it’s squirting out the hole I made for it. I missed it at its reddest but I am happy to see that it’s finally starting to acclimate to full sun. It has had a rough go since popping through the roof. Summer heat would burn it and winter frost would hit just as it thought it was in the clear.

This is the 5th winter in the ground. The " Love Palm" (there's a story there) was purchased as a juvenile at a Home Depot in 2012. It has lived in two apartments, a town house, an office, briefly in a storage unit and in a garage before putting down roots five years ago. On nights below 29 or so it gets the Christmas lights and blankets treatment. Last winter we had snow on the ground for about three days and since the fronds are now way up there and too high for my ladder, I was unable to protect them. It experienced about 80% defoliation. But here we are in November and looking pretty good. The Washingtonia next to it was two feet tall five years ago. I can't protect it because it's so covered with thorns that any fabric would come off in shreds but it's been fine against that south facing wall.

A nice Chambeyronia pyriformis looking good.

Not everyone is on Facebook (me). That site is evil and we need to stick to our own dedicated spaces.

Still here and just posting less frequently. That's partially due to "finishing" my yard and moving on to other big tasks, and partially because a certain member keeps "spamming the board" with 20 or so new and yet somehow highly repetitive topics per day.

Western Front reporting for action. Ready for war.

I have had some medical issues but hope to get back on track soon. It is great to have the “unread content” option to catch up on all the content when we check back in. I know of one other IPS Director who has had some fun travel recently plus all the normal IPS duties and paid job. But we remain loyal PT users and neither use FB. The IPS felt we needed a presence on the most popular social media sites but really it is PT which we support with our dollars and moderation. Please continue to read and post here when you can.

Wow two months is a long while to hold a redder! I think that the day length influences red duration more than temperatures. I’ve had hookeri throw redder in November that lasted red for almost two weeks, even when it hit the 90s for days on end. (Not happening this year!)

Yeah. It turned silver on top when it Al was about 3-4 feet tall. I between the pleats it stays a little greenish. I’m hoping it will flower soon. It seems to be about the size I’ve seen them flower in habitat (I’ve seen photos only. Not in person). I can only get a good pic of the top now when I’m on the roof. I blew it I guess because I was up there this weekend hanging Christmas lights. Here’s a few shots from tonight. You can see the tops a bit from this angle.

I’ve noticed a number of past “regulars” here that haven’t posted much lately seem to show up on the Facebook International Palm Society page more regularly.

First flowering of my Pelagodoxa. Unlikely to still be here when/if it sets seeds

Today I noticed my 3 Brassiophoenix drymophloeoides

it always seems like this time of the year the posts start to slow down. a lot of people don't have stuff to post about and it seems like a lot of people have moved to posting in the palm Facebook groups. That's just my guess I don't know I could be wrong.

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. Two weeks ago JD

This young macrocarpa just “popped” today. Color should last at least two weeks with the cooler weather. Last winter, one of my macrocarpa held a bright red leaf for two months.

I think people in Florida are a bit burnt out after heat all summer and problems, followed by the cold front last week. Now that it's warm I'm sure they are doing what I'm doing (planning winter projects or just taking a break) and will be posting more soon. There are also other forums and social media that people have been crossing over with so that could be part of it.

Like Harry, I was drawn to the site of a rainbow 🌈 visible from my walkway, looking west. Unfortunately, to get to the end of this rainbow, I would need to dawn my wetsuits and paddle out to find it. After all the pollution runoff, I will wait a couple of days before returning to the ocean. The palms lining my walkway were also a draw for my eyes.

I’m okay and hope you are too!

One of my hookeris exhibits a dark red from one direction and brilliant flame from the other. Sun at your back is not nearly as stunning as palm between you and the sun. I was advised here that the macrocarpa hookeri was a deeper from red than the regular macrocarpas by those with experience here. Last sunday the leaf opened and a 5 days later its seen 39 degrees 2 nights and is looking great. WInter and shade seem to make these palms stay red longer in my yard, even more true for the regular macrocarpa which for me turns fast to salmon green in 4 days or less. sun at my back its a dark red/maroon leaf seconds later the 180 degree view shows the "flame" the palm is known for with a transmitted light that is a brighter red.

We are okay, John 👍 We just had a coffee at the balcony bar 😁

I have posted lots of pictures of lumber lately, so I had to make sure. I try to save my argumentative and annoying side for Twitter 😂

Some intresting stuff popping up this week. The warm weather is making a difference for the licuala varieties, some licuala seem to take forever and a day. While there no instagram pics, there on there way and that’s what makes the difference they have begun germination so no dud batch’s of seeds and great sign!

We're all here. It's Fall... Winter coming up. Most places get cold and slow down a bit i reckon JD

It has been over trimmed and the leaves are slightly shorter probably due to a cool location but otherwise it looks like a perfectly normal queen palm. Peachy

I don't approve of naming plants for persons, although this is common. I prefer the 'old school' practice where the species epithet refers to a unique or distinctive detail of the plant. Dr. Croat observed that he had never seen a species in the Belolonchium section with green berries. Therefore it was my wish that it be named Anthurium 'green berries', (in Latin). So, Dr. Croat and Dr. Hodel honored my wish for the name.

Maybe it is time for some update The last freeze was in 2018 and the "jungle" is getting nice, maybe a bit out of control Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, with only 1,2 meter of stem, it is flowering continuously Another Archontophoenix, probably x albang Butiagrus Bismarckia Beccariophoenix alfredii Caryota obtusa Brahea armata Chrysalidocarpus decaryi Brahea edulis Copernicia alba I will post more later

Everything cool on the Western front! Harry

I have two specimens in the ground one definitely a hookeri the other probably not . (On the left the hookeri) The hookeri produced a very colorful leaf in autumn (Pictures of front and backside) while the other one produced a leaf during summer which far less and only partly colorful and color lasted for a very short time, one day or two) And one specimen still in pot in my cold frame opened a new leaf about two weeks later after hookeri. It is supposedly 5he watermelon variety

Here is one of my macrocarpa, top photo is when the spear first split, and the second is maybe a week later. The last photo is a week after that.

Just wondering - with a few exceptions, it seems like most of our regulars have been awful quiet on here lately and just wondering if everyone's alright. Hope y'all are good!

They are so slow to get going but beautiful palms . Mine got one new frond in the first year in the ground. I probably planted it out too young . The tag on mine still says Kentiopsis Pyroformis. Harry

Hah, no...not you! If it had occurred to me that you might think I meant you...then I would have typed "(not you)" in the middle. How's that for a convoluted sentence?

It doesn’t have to be fast car, just as long as it gets you from A to B oh and to happypalms nursery and back! Richard

Nice one, I thought @tim_brissy_13 packed his plants in, I take it you have a suburban backyard as well as Tim. Oh I love having freedom to plant in my garden. Only trouble is the bigger the garden the more work!

Here it is, hairy and multi sounds like a bunch of yetis… (That’s a Rhopie cheesemanii in the background.)

Fear not it will toughen up a lot as it gets older and bigger.

Dimitris, I believe it's just a queen palm which can be somewhat variable. Ones that have thick trunks like that one tend to be more cold hardy based on what I have witnessed here in Texas.

@Tracy Very nice! I love the gate you have , the palms are beautiful. Somebody beat me to the pot of gold! ( stinking leprechauns ) . Too cold to paddle out up here , even with a 3/3 Psycho. Harry

@Than Thank you. The wall helps, but it has provided a false sense of confidence. I have unsuccessfully tried zone pushing skinny robustas and a majesty palm in the past. Tarp covering on a really cold night is now my protection limit. I have a regular white Nerium Oleander and a “Petite Red” oleander. I trim the petite red every year a bit, but it doesn’t get much taller than what you see. I have thought about removing it due to space constraints, but I love the flowers plus it helps support the fronds on my Butia (hybrid?) The white oleander is a monster at about 15’.

10 month update.

Triple-headed Hyophorbe lagenicaulis at Montgomery Botanical Center.

Now iam worried, hairy and multi! 🤣

It’s one beautiful palm. Such beautiful colours. It splits the trunks so technically not a clumping palm iam sure peachy would love it! Richard

Looking out 10AM today 7 days after opening and the transmitted red light is as good as it gets. Winters here are great for these palms, summer they hold spears and sit there and are short lived in color. When the wind blows, the leaves exhibiting transmitted red vary kind of like a flame. But they are slow growing, 3-4 leaves a year at this size.

I agree that direct , full day sun , reduces the color and length of time that the new frond has . Mine is in full sun almost all day and the red leaf only lasts 3-4 days . I am inland so it is warm here , not like near the coast . With regular flood watering and a bit of organic fertilizer , the burning has been significantly reduced and the palm looks much better than previous summers . The “ red leaf” still doesn’t last but a few days . I only have the one Macrocarpa , no Hookeri . Harry ‘The new frond shows a burgundy color but only lasts a few days. I will say , these palms get huge fronds when they mature. Mine is getting a flower spathe this year.

My experience is the opposite. My several macrocarpa have the most intense ruby red new fronds and my four hookeri have a red that ranges from orangish to pink. Here’s my youngest macrocarpa last winter two top photos and one of my hookeri.