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A somewhat bit of a rare Howea species, there about the place if you look hard enough. But not that common, the fosteriana got all attention and the bell was left second place. A nice palm with that punk look about it!

Hello, Does anyone have any idea what this might be? It was labeled as Schippia Concolor, though it seems that may be incorrect. I planted it from a one gallon, maybe 2-3 years ago. Cocothrinax? Thanks

The Encephalartos laurentianus flush is progressing better for this time of year than normal. The mild weather has allowed the flush to emerge without wind and rain damage. Sometimes the portion of the leaves above the adjacent 6' block wall succumb to wind shear, but not yet at least on this flush.

Had a nice dinner under the Roystonea regia: grilled up some cevapcici, which are caseless Serbo-Croatian lamb and beef sausages with some mushrooms in wine and garlic sauce. And a politically incorrect beverage. .

A hot dry spot is just what these cycas species will be living in. A 28 year old Ferox that has lived its whole life in the container finally got freedom today. And a nice cycas media just for good measure. And dioon spinolosum just for some fun.

I have found archies to be very good for making multiples and I use a more dense planting than my other crownshafts. They love water so planting in multiples can make it easier to keep them moist. We have a dry spring here and they will get pale if I dont add consistent irrigation for them to look good. Other than that they are easy to keep happy in my yard. My archi8es are currently kind of tall(25-30') cant get em in a pic unobstructed so pictures are. I looked back to 2011 a year after I planted my alexandre triple and then a pic from 2019 where they grew in a bit. Here is the pic a little over a year after planting from 3 gallons, they were quite fast. Note the whitish undersi8des of the leaves in morning sun, hard to see the whitish undersides today as little sun hits them at 30' tall with everything grown in.. second pic 2019 shows how they grew in in 8 years(in 2019) since planting. today they are much larger of course, trunks are over 20' clear and bases are swollen to 17-18" thick.

Perhaps you have just eaten an Alien!😂

Coccothrinax miraguama. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Just had a lunch with my work mates. Very similar like this recipe just without carrots 😊🥂 White wine with sparkling water 50:50 as a beverage

Anchovies in the oven with olive oil , lemon juice, oreganum, salt n pepper, plus a layer on top of pomodorini slices.

Hi John hers a couple of verschaffeltia, purchased seeds named as black seed, totally different looking seeds but a verschaffeltia splendida.

Agree definitely not Schippia and most likely Coccothrinax sp based on the silver abaxial frond surfaces. As to species, I’ve got no clue when it comes to Coccothrinax sp especially at that size!

Wow amazing growth. I hope mines that large in 7 years. I think it’s about the same size as yours in 2019.

Polyandrococus caudescens

There you go @bubba a nice freshly planted Kentiopsis olivformis

Zamia pseudoparasitica has grown well over the last few years. Tim

I finally got my seeds, ordered on the 26-1-26, so I finally get them into my grubby little cultivation fingers today 15-4-26, not to bad considering customs and a lovely delay that they provided me with. But wait theres more to this story of 50 seeds, total cost of this project was wait for it $950 Australian dollars. The delay and the lovely bill from customs was $620 dollars. Three varieties of seeds where ordered and one lot of ten seeds was seized. It’s fun importing seeds and even more fun knowing how many will germinate from the 40 seeds I have left, if they do germinate they will be very exspensive little seedlings. That’s growing palms could have been worse I germinate all of the seeds and the rats get them. Luck of the Irish on this one!

I have often wondered why the robusta isn’t considered native to California. I know its native to Baja California, which would have been California if it still belonged to Mexico. I went on a short walk through my paseos to find what appears to be Washingtonia robustas (maybe hybrids with filiferas) everywhere. It appears they have naturalized and are becoming invasive. Every few yards there’s new sprouts. Thoughts?

They say if a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it did it really fall! Well regardless if this one was heard falling, it has fallen over. It’s already started to die, poor palm.

Pollen received, thanks again Bruce! If I'm successful in creating some hybrids from this amount I'll certainly be interested in all your be willing to gather and send. As for the seeds, Nikau I don't think will do well here, but I'd certainly be down to receive some Jubaea and Parajubaea seeds. Let me know the shipping costs.

I have texted my buddy. That will be the next project.

Too look at both varieties as seedlings you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. Both easy growing palms just add water. The hainensis are from rps and the nana are from my garden. Both beautiful palms when mature. Chuniophoenix hainensis Chuniophoenix nana

Yep that’s the way it is, our bio security is for good reason, and I respect that reason!

@DoomsDave and @gyuseppe I fear Italians prefer in the garden only salumi and other antipasti.

at Coffs Harbour. Spoiler alert: these specimens are in a glasshouse but nice nevertheless.

I'm thinking it would be a fun surprise to find one under all that. All it takes is one stuck leaf base to start a storage trend. Ryan

Seabrook- clear lake today queens planted post 21

So @Than or @Phoenikakias or @gyuseppe or @dalmatiansoap any of you make lamb stew? Maybe share a recipe if you do. Or seafood! Anyone! Share recipes if you like!

Not quite spineless but a very narrow leaflet form of Encephalartos trispinosis on this boy.

Scott W, There is a huge amount of seed that is never harvested, or collected for germination here around Santa Barbara and Ventura. OK it takes awhile to find the mature trees that consistently deliver but Jubaea seed by the buckets goes to the squirrels . I collected Nikau palm seed in Ventura today and at least the squirrels leave it alone but again buckets of seed never get touched. Parajubaea Cocoides seed is also available although mature trees are fairly rare. I was wondering if Nikau seed are hard to get in Florida? Obviously Jubaea seed is imported and Parajubaea aren’t locally available . Is it the opinion of Florida growers to favor the hybrids or are growers there still trying to germinate cool climate palms at least in Northern Florida. We can get down to the low twenties and I grow these palms because they can handle a mild freeze. I also enjoy germinating difficult palm projects . Hope they outlive me.

Hey Richard, old habits die hard, this now is Allagoptera caudescens according to Kew. Tim

I am relatively certain that my friend purchased a Carpoxylon macrospermum at one of the Fairchild sales many years ago. I am not certain that he originally planted it in the front but he moves palms around. Although I have never seen leaves hang on Cm the way this specimen does, I have a sneaking suspicion that removal would reveal a crown shaft!

Burretiokentia would have entire leaves or much fatter leaflets at that stage. Looks like R glauca to me.

I can share photos of seeds on the plant of one that has gone more green as it has grown, Plants around this specimen, including the bananas which grow rapidly and are replaced with new stalks every year rub up against the trunk, which could be why it retains no red fuzzy tomenetum. There also was a Guava tree that had branches that would rub up against the trunk which I just removed. It grew fast and I was always having to trim back the branches growing into the adjacent plants. In one of your other posts you noted that your green and red forms flower at different times of year. This specimen seems to pop out a new inflorescence with each new leaf base that is lost, so it is almost continuously flowering. You can see it is still holding several old inflorescense with a flower spathe still unopened.

Here’s the recipe for the mushrooms: INGREDIENTS 1-2 pounds crimini mushrooms chopped; 1 large onion skinned and diced; 1-8 cloves of garlic peeled and grated; olive oil; 1-2pounds ripe tomatoes; salt pepper chopped basil and thyme to taste; 1 cup dry white or red wine. PROCEDURE Coat sauce pan with 1/4” of olive oil and sauté grated garlic till golden or brown; add mushrooms, tomatoes, and chopped onion; stir; add wine, salt pepper and thyme and or basil;simmer on low heat uncovered till liquid evaporates. Stuff face, along with cevapcici. Chase with some red wine. So @dalmatiansoap what do you have with cevapcici?

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

Lastly, and a bit off-topic, Randall told me several months ago that he was relocating some palms in his backyard so that he could make a tiki hut. I’m thinking of something like maybe an outdoor barbecue/ bar area, open air, with a thatched roof. Ah no.. His attention to detail was absolutely unbelievable. Beyond words, enjoy..

I found this photo from March 2016 with a description of Dypsis robusta in the ground. I'm not sure if I had just planted it or if it was a little before this that it went into the ground. The growth over a decade from this picture to the current is accurate though.

Some more regards Colin

Agreed, very cool. A genus that loves our climate down here as well, which is not something we get to boast about very often! Need to find some sunkha seeds to complete the collection at some point.

This plant has now been taken down off ebay, which I think is probably for the best.

It now completes, height-wise, with the house.

An old photo of my parajubaea in the snow in 2018.

That is exactly the way my Jubaea look. First to open are the male flowers at the ends and then a week or more later the female flowers. I read or was told by someone that Jubaea Female flowers open after all the male have finished on same spathe. Purpose for that is to help prevent pollination on same plant by itself preferring to get pollination from a different Jubaea tree in the vicinity. Also I was told that it is best to have at least two Jubaea palms in order to get fruit. If this is true or not I don't know, but 45 years ago I planted two Jubaea just in case.

I checked the Jubaea Tues. April 7, and the male bloom was in progress, I returned April 9 and the male bloom had dropped . So I collected unopened sprays on April 1 , dried them and sent them to Scott. I collected open male blooms on the seventh and they are still drying but two days later they had all dropped. I can see lots of pollen on the remaining female blooms so maybe there will be a seed set.

Not North Texas but I'm off the Gulf. Mine has been in the ground since spring from a 15g and about to see its first winter. T J

For the most part, all of the filibustas survived the -5F freeze with one week under freezing here in Longview.