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A couple of common Brahea down on my hill. Harry Mr. Elephant , Brahea Edulis This Brahea Armata is about 3-4 years younger than the Edulis . A much slower growing palm.

Really difficult in your case from the photos without clear images of the inflorescences and we’d need to understand full size fruit size and shape. The only observation I’d note is that the second one appears to have scattered lepidia on the abaxial surface of the fronds which would rule out P hillebrandii. Here’s a link to an article with a key. https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vol51n4supplementPritchardia.pdf

Copernicia bailyana at Ann Norton:

It’s nearly 13 years since I had the great fortune to first meet the legendary ( and extremely generous) Tassie Troy and I thought it’s time to pay homage to all those who have helped me , and those in the Palm pantheon , like Darrold and Colin and Jonathon, who visited in the early days ( when there were only tiny plants) and didn’t wonder, at least out loud , if anything would ever eventuate. Here are a few pictures .There are around 25 species including 12 of chamaedoria. Some like the big baueri , trachycarpus and forsteriana are hard to depict . Nothing can keep up with the torallyii. Of course all 4 Lord Howe Island palms love it here in Hobart. Mike

sono Washingtonia,molto diffuse nel sud italia nascono dappertutto,sicuramente sono ibridi di robusta e filifera,le specie pure si trovano solo nei vecchi giardini They are Washingtonia, very widespread in southern Italy, they grow everywhere, they are certainly hybrids of Robusta and Filifera, the pure species are only found in old gardens

Well, here are a few photos…..only took me three years to post. It certainly didn’t turn out to be the ‘weeping’ form, but nice nevertheless. Huge inflorescence for such a small palm. Tim

@palmtreesforpleasure and @tim_brissy_13 after the original thread I have doubts about the identity of my two Pritchardia specimens. I am totally in the dark about the usual diagnostic features applied in the genus, since I do not have the relevant book of Don Hodel. I can only say that the first sp is more prone to nutritional deficiency (sensitive to alkalinity) but also cold hardier. Besides it has already bloomed at a much smaller size and its flowers are more yellowish. So here we go: First one obtained as Pritchardia lowreyana Second one obtained as Pritchardia hillebrandii:

Maybe Cyphosperma balansae? Kind of looks like mine at a similar size, and possibly someone misheard and translated text wrong (I could imagine Cyphosperma balansae sounding a bit like Ptychosperma baliese which doesn’t exist 🤣).

I have one nice one in the garden and a recent purchase from pacsoa. Slow growing I know that much.

Yes, it could be due to it growing on such a steep slope . It also gets a ton of water being down at the bottom of the hill. Harry

@Harry’s Palms this edulis has a very chunky trunk! 😍

Argh the dypsis complex syndrome. Such a shame that Madagascar has lost most of its native habitat. Palms in cultivation will never be found in habitat there again. This leaves a big gap in the identification of indigenous species now in cultivation.

Here’s the “type” at the Black garden in Fountain Valley, OC California. Scream obscenities with delight! Chrysalidocarpus blackii (above) looks a lot like lanceloata, in fact Mr Black bought his thinking that’s what it was since that’s what the original label says. But the trunks are a lot thicker and the infructescence is totally different. Blackii’s are dense and compact while lanceolata’s dangle like C. lutescens’.

You’re welcome!

That time of year again ( ..Though earlier than last year ) for some beastly, neighborhood full frontals..

Silver Copernicia hospita in 7 Gallon Pot-$125. Pick up in Satellite Beach. All my Copernicia’s survived the 27F Freeze here. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

This one is E. Arenarius x Latifrons. I harvested a pup about 3 years ago you can see behind it and there is another pup on it right now. All 3 flushed at the same time almost like they were talking to each other and said LETS GOOOO!!

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I'm gonna open with this meme. Anyway as always price is OBO, white monstera. Yes it was sold by Costa but it's been confirmed they did not grow them, it's from the Kunzo lineage also confirmed by them. Not an albo or creme Brule or Thai con. Rehabbed and is now pushing out of a 1g pot. I've got it listed elsewhere for more optimistic prices, these were sold in March and didn't last long. $75 obo for y'all plus the ride.

Last year, I created a YouTube video titled “The Palm Trees of London, UK,” where I explored some of the most impressive and unexpected palm specimens in the city. In a few weeks, I’ll be traveling to Dublin and would love to create a similar video there. I’m particularly interested in tracking down standout palm trees—especially species like Phoenix canariensis—that really push the boundaries of what’s possible in Ireland’s climate. If anyone knows of specific locations, addresses, or hidden gems in Dublin featuring notable or unusually hardy palm trees, I’d really appreciate your recommendations!

Iam still perplexed about this little palm, labeled as a ptychosperma baliese. But i cannot find any information about it. So it is a mystery to me I can’t even remember getting the palm.

My first RP has just started its bloom cycle. The second one always follows, and I can see that it has tons of buds!😊 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Hugo, I appreciate your contributions to Palmtalk, thanks. However, conditions vary a lot, especially between the north and south hemispheres. I have grown Ceroxylon parvifrons and C. quindiuense to adult, flowering specimens. I have also grown at least 8 Jaunia palms from seedlings to approximately 1 to 3 meters in height. I can state clearly that, in California, healthy looking Juania palms will die suddenly and without any apparent symptoms after several years of normal growth. (P.S. My garden temperatures range from 2C to 20C throughout the whole, yearly cycle. ) best wishes, Darold

Here’s a unique Encephalartos Horridus I got from @Sr. Califas but a Kevin plant marked “Special”. I called Kevin and he said this particular plant was germinated using noticeably unique parents that possess great color and different shape structure. I’m all for rare. Pictures don’t really do it justice as the emerging frond is even more purple than it looks. Looks to be a few more emerging behind the leader as well. -dale

Then it may have some chances of recovery. I would pour some hydrogen peroxide in to the center.

Great pictures on those flowers; I'll weigh in after checking my books as well this evening. The first has the "look" of lowreyana, or possibly maideniana.

Which part does remain still green, old or new growth?

Looking great, Mike !

Just found close ups of the flowers in the first specimen. Inflorescences were roughly as long as the petioles.

Come on, friends, these are your beautiful palm trees. Treasure them while you're still alive because they are the most beautiful thing to behold. It's a true luxury.

very beautiful palm tree

Love your garden mate. Which part of NSW are you in? 😜

Call the undertaker I'm sorry to say Than, it looks pretty bad. I've had this happen so many times that I've coined a term for it: Spring Surprise Syndrome. The marginal species holds on all through winter and then just long enough into spring to give you hope...then Surprise! It keels over rather than kicking on. My guess is that the plant becomes so stressed and damaged during winter that the attempt at new growth in spring fatally depletes the last of its reserves.

Arenga nana seedlings a rare palm.

Beautiful palm trees. They have a great Mediterranean feel.

Yeah mate they rock!

That’s the one Harry, but the best part is look at how great your garden will look. What with only another 400 varieties to collect, plus you will need a male and female of each if one wants to do a bit of palm seed collecting. So another 800 little chamaedoreas won’t need that much space, I think! Richard

Wow wee, Jim. What else can one say? Truly spectacular and all these new goodies I'm sure will do beautifully under your deft hand. And I agree on planting small...not only because the plants seem to like it when their roots can decide where to go from a young age, but also of course it makes it so easy to stuff these things into all the little nooks and crannies that are just aching for another palm (especially when those big containers just won't fit, dang it). Plus no broken back trying to dig a hole for a 15-gallon monster (or lugging it home). Only water, fertilizer and (quite a bit of) patience are required. Life goes along, you blink a few times, and suddenly everything's big and beautiful!

The latys are coming alive!….

2 of my big Eugene’s just flushed. They usually dont flush for me until about Aug. or Sept.

E. Lehmannii throwing a good one. Looks like 20 leaves give or take.

Had 75 of these seedlings in 4" pots and sold every single one of them. Here are some in community pots planted same time to compare. Also have a chunky trunk armata I planted from seed about 20 years ago, and never moved.👍 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Here is the Brahea Armata in Canvey, Essex (51N) in the UK. This thing is really stacking on growth now and must be one of the biggest Armata's in the British Isles. It still hasn't lost its trunk boots yet, since it is growing so quickly there. It must be at least 10 foot in height from the base of the trunk up to the tip of the crown. It was also totally undamaged by the 'bad' winter we just went through, while nearby CIDP and Washingtonia suffered some leaf burn. But this Armata.. .totally bulletproof there! 2009 2023

Brahea armata in commercial landscaping. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

I thought that a palm vulture was someone that snags every palm seed they can get there hands on when on an organized garden tour. Does anyone know one of those?

Incredible such a splendid ( desert) palm in the UK!

Spring update pics of Some of my Braheas.