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Everything in the picture was planted by hand circa 2018-2019. New zoysia sod just went in a month ago. Love my little tropical garden! (SW Florida Zone 10b) JD

An update, plants already brought there. A picture of the chief gardener next to the donated plants. And the previous happy owner...

Visited the motherland this week. The smaller fruiting coconut is from a ditch that was collected by a lady in homestead Fl 5 years ago . receives no love from the owner . second the largest coconut that has managed to evade the 2021 Texas palm massacre lol over on port Isabel if anyone wants the exact address message me . across the same street I found a yard with 3-4 young cocos that looked really great the lady who lives there mentioned her husband collected all the cocos that washed ashore and they sprouted! other pics are of various parts of the valley for whatever reason palm talk won’t let me insert individual Info per pick so if yall have questions I’ll answer what I can haha . #Zone10A-BTexas IMG_9409.mov

Flowering now after taking a few years off

Pretty old palm . Mine is over 20 years old and barely chest high! Harry They don’t grow very fast here at all. It was very small when I planted it .

This coconut palm from my collection caught my eye

I have read it is possible to remove a sucker from a Areca vestria. Well here’s to trying it out. It’s just a bit gardening fun to see if it works. Any thoughts out there on the subject?

Well done my friend, I too have donated plants to the botanical garden of Naples in the past, I also donated the very common chamaedorea radicalis, an easy to find plant, but they didn't have it, I saw lately that they were male and female and they produced seeds.

The yard was FULL of Clivia flowers but due to the unprecedented heat in March, I didn’t have much time to snap photos before the flowers began falling off.

Paul, they’re much like orchids in the need for excellent drainage as well as plants of water during dry periods. Their roots even look like orchid roots and will sometimes grow over rocks and mulch. Most of my garden’s soil is fertile loam that drains fast so my Clivias are watered regularly. Their roots are naturally fairly shallow so deep watering isn’t necessary.

Oh and I forgot, a nice crop of kerriodoxas all 500 of them, gets my attention now and then!

I should mention that the red jaboticaba is a plinia hybrid that matures very early and is common for container growing. If I lived in an area that stays above 25F, I would be growing many of these fruit trees.

Nineteen years ago I crossed my fat trunking Butia eriospatha with Jubaea chilensis. I have several of this palms growing here. A few were imported into England also. Yesterday I cleaned the trunk of one of this two. It are beasts! How you call the hybrid of a Butia eriospatha x Jubaea?

Damn that thing is beautiful. More than I deserve. Sprouting seeds maybe sell the babies.

It’s the season for these Clivia blooms and the palms are “waking up” from winter’s slumber.

Syagrus schizophillya/old but not as old as some in the area

Most of the flowers are on the ground

Thought I’d add a few photos to this topic, I’ve only one in the garden and it’s finally starting to fill out as it matures. Has some serious root competition, but making a go of it. Nice color, interesting leaves, and takes up little space. Tim

We get a ton of moss around here. I've been concerned at how it literally coats the caudices of our cycads. It doesn't really seem like a good thing, and growth on the plants is less than robust, but it also seems like trying to remove it might do more harm than good. This one isn't that bad--others are worse.

Had a feeling it would be you that outbid me on the Lanonia hainanensis! Thanks for letting me have this one though, an absolute beauty - Lanonia magalonii.

A couple of chamaedoreas anyone!

A few more classics for the garden! Getting into stock plants now. Zamia standelyi anthurium claudiae Lanonia hainensis Geonoma pychnostachyszinginer black sp Rothmania longifolia Areca Warburgiana aka macrocalyx licuala triphylla var stenophylla

I fear it would make things only worse. I ask again, have you applied humic acids? Perhaps a picture of the new leaves and spear could turn out elucidating.

One of my three Cymbidium wadae produced a flower bud this year. I thought none of them were going to since it is so much later than the hybrid cultivars. I forgot the C wadae is a later bloomer.

Caught my bromeliad flowering from the corner of my eye.

You’re welcome on the pics. It grows well on the sandstone rocks in my garden wherever I created shade. I would welcome the moss any day growing on my advanced palms in the garden a great indicator of the moisture levels and humidity. And ladders and gardeners are one hazard I try to avoid, the other day I was 5 meters up a ladder just for a handful of archontophoenix maxima seeds, not worth the risk I thought after, yer sure for Tahina seeds but archontophoenix.🏥

It’s about 20 feet to the top of the taller leaf tip

Beautiful Dave! I have a few sprouts from the seeds you gave me

Cocothrinax barbadensis

I have germinated seed, just for fun. They need heat and humidity. As Scott mentioned the tree is slow growing. I donated the seedlings at a garden club meeting, as at the time I had a larger specimen in a pot. I did not have the ideal spot to plant the larger Jaboticaba so I kept it in containers for years. After 15 years or so it never flowered in the pot, even after reaching about 10 ft. (3m) in height, so I sold it. The newer varieties vary in fruit color and flavor, which I have seen for sale but have not sampled. Other varieties claim to 'flower and fruit sooner' or possibly in a pot. Once I met a Jaboticaba grower from Brazil at TPIE who mentioned working on dozens of varieties. I didn't get his name or business name but he seemed excited. Ryan

Two of my Kentiopsis oliviformis are getting ready to bloom for the first time

Nice one Dave! Cats and palms hey. My dear kitty Kat sari is 19 now and she has used up all her nine lives, she’s having trouble walking and all the other ailments that go with age! But shes not letting go just yet! My princess sari!

Dypsis procera has tucked itself in. And the grand old Caryota maxima looking rather grandeur at sunset.

I’ve had good luck easing my pothos and snake plant onto a covered porch. I started with bright shade, kept soil a bit drier, and they thickened up fast.

Ours just bloomed! I had to move it under the Chrysalidiocarpus Decaryi , it started to get sun burned . The courtyard is now getting a lot more after noon sun. Harry I love the blooms of these . We will probably get more at some point.

Somehow, the queen looks as ratty as the rest of the property

It is that time of year again in the Northern Hemisphere. Mostly a variety with orange flowers here in my garden. They make a nice green ground cover when not in bloom.

Here is a preliminary cold damage to my personal palm collection. I live in Altamonte Springs, about 14 miles north of Orlando. Its a little colder than the metro Orlando area. My yard does have some good tree canopy in the back but this didn't make much difference with the winds. The first night of the freeze was 23F with 20-30mph winds all night and it was below 32F for over 10 hours. The 2nd night dropped to 28F but it was still with frost. This was the coldest freeze since the record Christmas 1989 freeze. It was also the first hard freeze with high winds the entire night. PALMS Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (4’)- no damage Aiphanes horrida x minima (6’) -100% burn, already had about 25% burn from earlier cold, it always showed damage below about 35F every year but always quickly recovered, not sure this time Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (20’) -major burn Archontophoenix purpurea (7’)- 100% burn Areca triandra (3’) -100% burn Arenga engleri (7’)- surprisingly burn on one leaf Arenga hookeriana (5’)- all tall stems 100% burned, shorter suckers green Beccariophoenix alfredii (15’, 10’)- both have severe burn but green in center Borassodendron machodonis (3’)- COVERED, no damage Brassiophoenix drymophoeoides (5’)- 100% burn Carpentaria acuminata x Adonidia merrillii (25’)- 100% burn Caryota mitis ‘Variegata’ (3’)- severe burn Chamaedorea elegans (2’)-100% burn Chamaedorea ernestii-augustii (3’)- 100% burn Chamaedorea metallica (2’)- 100% burn Chamaedorea microspadix (6’)- no damage Chambeyronia macrocarpa (3’)- all leaves burned except newest Chelyocarpus chuco (4’)- COVERED no damage Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos (3’)- 100% burn Chrysalidocarpus lutescens ‘Nana’ (3’)- COVERED but partially blew off, 50% burn Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis (Mahajanga form) (6’)- 100% burn Chrysalidocarous onilahensis (3’)- light burn Chrysalidocarpus pembanus (15’)- 100% burn on the 2 tall trunks, suckers have some green leaves Chrysalidocarpus psammophilus (3’)- 100% burn Chuniophoenix hainanensis (3’)- no damage Clinostigma savoryanum (4’)- 2 newest leaves have no damage, others burned Coccothrinax barbadensis (3’)- light burn Coccothrinax crinita (3’) – severe burn Coccothrinax spissa (3’)- severe burn Cocos nucifera ‘Green Malayan’ (10’, 3’ trunk)- almost 100% burn but a few green leaflets and petioles still green, already push new growth, it already had about 20% burn from frost a couple weeks prior Copernicia alba (6’)- no damage Cryosophila stauracantha (4’)- 100% burn Cyrtostachys elegans x renda (3’)- COVERED no damage Dictyosperma album (furfuraceum) (3’)- 100% burn Euterpe edulis (10’, 5’)- both have 100% burn Gaussia attenuata (7’)- 100% burn, new spear opening Gaussia maya (5’)- 100% burn Heterospathe negrosensis (4’)- light burn Howea belmoreana (3’)- severe burn Howea forsteriana (7’)- severe burn Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (6’)- 100% burn Lanonia dasyantha (2’, 3’)- no damage on either Leucothrinax morrissii (5’)- no damage Licuala kunstleri (2’)- light damage Licuala peltata (3’)- light burn Licuala ramsayi (6’)- slight damage on 1 leaf, very delayed reaction Livistona decora (10’)- no damage Livistona muelleri (4’)- moderate burn Livistona saribus (15’)- no damage Normanbya normanbyi (8’)- 100% burn Phoenix acaulis (3’)- no damage Phoenix loureiroi (Kashmir) (8’)- no damage Pinanga coronata (4’)- 100% burn Pinanga gracilis (3’)- 2 stems, 1 no damage, other 100% burn Pritchardia hillebrandii (3’)- moderate burn, still lots of green Pseudophoenix sargentii (4’)- severe burn Ptychococcus lepidotus (5’)- 100% burn Ptychococcus paradoxus (6’)- 100% burn Ptychosperma elegans (10’)- 100% burn Ptychosperma propinquum (macarthurii) (12’)- main stem 100% burn, suckers mostly brown but some green Ravenea glauca (3’)- light burn Ravenea hildebrandtii (5’)- 100% burn Ravenea rivularis (6’)- 100% burn Reinhardtia latisecta (2’)- no damage Rhapis excelsa ‘Zuiko Nishiki’ (5’)- no damage Rhapis humilis (8’)- no damage Sabal etonia x palmetto (2’)- no damage Sabal mauritiiformis (5’)- very minor burn Sabal miamiensis x maritima (6’)- no damage Sabal palmetto (10’)- no damage Sabal palmetto (Miami Rockridge form) (2’)- no damage Sabinaria magnifica (3’)- COVERED, cover partially blew off, light burn on a couple leaves, very delayed damage Schippia concolor (3’)- moderate burn Serenoa repens, silver (3’)- no damage Syagrus romanzoffiana (20’)- light burn Syagrus sancona (7’)- severe burn Syagrus weddelliana (6’)- severe burn Veitchia arecina (3’)- moderate burn Wodhyethia bifurcata (4’)- 100% burn CYCADS Bowenia spectabilis- no damage Ceratozamia hildae- no damage Cycas debaoenis- no damage Cycas thouarsii- 100% burn Encephalartos ferox- 100% burn Stangeria eriopus- light burn Zamia furfuracea – no damage, in pot and taken in Zamia integrifolia (narrow leaflet form)- no damage Zamia integrifolia (Palatka Giant)- no damage Zamia integrifolia (wide leaflet form)- no damage Zamia nesmophila- moderate burn Zamia sp. “Spots”- severe burn PANDANS Freycinetia cumingiana (4’)- main stems dead, some green shorter stems/leaves Pandanus furcatus (15’)- 100% burn but green already pushing out Pandanus letocartiorum (decumbens) (2’)- 100% burn Pandanus penangensis (monotheca) (5’)- 100% burn Pandanus polycephalus (3’)- severe burn Pandanus pygmaeus ‘Variegatus’ (2’)- moderate burn Pandanus tectorius (spineless form) (3’)- 100% burn Pandanus tectorius, dwarf spineless variegated form)- 100% burn PALM-LIKE PLANTS Cyclanthus bipartitus (4’)- 100% burn, this is root hardy, foliage dies every year as it declines around 35F but rapidly regrows in spring Dracaena arborea (4’)- severe burn Ravenala madagascariensis (15’)- 100% burn Ravenala menahirana (Honkondambo) (3’)- 100% burn, new leaf emerging Sphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea) (10’)- 100% burn Strelitzia nicolai (10’)- 100% burn

I didn't offer any commentary about its looks, just that it's there and alive. Obviously, it must have looked a thousand times better in the past in order to be able to grow such a fat trunk. Hopefully it regains its former glory, it has good genetics 🌴

I find it impressive that it survived 2021 but let's be honest, this is one ugly mofo. Any Butia you didn't like on the pictures that were posted on here looks a gazillion times better than this Queen . The car in the background is cool though.

wow, that thing is very nice! Must be about 20 yrs of growth? JD

I believe everyone here has faced the same dilemma at one time or another. I recommend joining your local IPS affiliate. Attend a couple meetings. Ask the question from people with your same interest.

Dude i saw where your area got a Easter freeze overnight! Btw, same kinda damage here in Big D and for the same reasons!

Hmmm interesting! FWIW droopy onilahensis do well for me and seem to take drier conditions than “upright” onilahensis. I’m in northern Orange County California, near Los Angeles county.

Probably because there aren't many nurseries that grow and specialize in rare palms. Here's one such that posted in the For Sale section....

Here is an update on some of my palms. I worked this past week and got everything trimmed. Palms that were damaged but not on the updated list are still alive and firm but no active growth yet. PALMS Aiphanes horrida x minima (6’) -100% burn, already had about 25% burn from earlier cold, it always showed damage below about 35F every year but always quickly recovered, dead Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (20’) -major burn, new leaf opening Archontophoenix purpurea (7’)- 100% burn new leaf opening Arenga engleri (7’)- surprisingly burn on one leaf, several leaves burned, very delayed damage Brassiophoenix drymophoeoides (5’)- 100% burn dead Carpentaria acuminata x Adonidia merrillii (25’)- 100% burn no signs of growth yet Chrysalidocarpus psammophilus (3’)- 100% burn dead Cocos nucifera ‘Green Malayan’ (10’, 3’ trunk)- almost 100% burn but a few green leaflets and petioles still green, already push new growth, it already had about 20% burn from frost a couple weeks prior, cut out dead center growth and spear, no rot, now new growth is strongly pushing out! Euterpe edulis (10’, 5’)- both have 100% burn 10’ specimen is dead, 5’ opening new leaf Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (6’)- 100% burn new leaf opening Pinanga coronata (4’)- 100% burn main stem appears dead, suckers have new growth Pritchardia hillebrandii (3’)- moderate burn, still lots of green center spear pulled, cut and treated, new growth pushing out Ptychococcus lepidotus (5’)- 100% burn dead Ptychococcus paradoxus (6’)- 100% burn dead Ravenea rivularis (6’)- 100% burn new leaf opening Syagrus sancona (7’)- severe burn new leaf opening Wodhyethia bifurcata (4’)- 100% burn dead PANDANS Pandanus furcatus (15’)- 100% burn but green already pushing out removed all dead leaves, new growth pushing out Pandanus letocartiorum (decumbens) (2’)- 100% burn dead Pandanus penangensis (monotheca) (5’)- 100% burn dead Pandanus tectorius (spineless form) (3’)- 100% burn dead Pandanus tectorius, dwarf spineless variegated form)- 100% burn dead PALM-LIKE PLANTS Ravenala madagascariensis (15’)- 100% burn, new growth emerging Ravenala menahirana (Honkondambo) (3’)- 100% burn, new leaf emerging, new leaf emerged but petiole browned and collaped, cut and new growth emerging again Sphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea) (10’)- 100% burn new fronds uncurling Strelitzia nicolai (10’)- 100% burn new growth emerging