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Recently had a chance to drive past the old place and check it out. Fortunately the new owner was standing out the front and recognized me, so invited me for a quick walkaround (I only had 15 mins free) Mid winter here, and everything was looking pretty good. The new owner is doing a good job! Looking over towards the Beccariophoenix alfredii and Ptychosperma lauterbachii Veitchia joannis was looking good Pritchardia hillebrandii (rescued from Wal's place ) was doing well Dypsis 215 was still there but owner told me had struggled with dryness and lost some stems. Dictyosperma were growing well, although one has succumbed (or is about to) to a health condition...v. conjugatum on right Ptychosperma lauterbachii was covered in inflorescences and was looking awesome...IMO a better palm in that climate thn P.macarthurii Beccariophonxis alfredii...8.5 years from a 200mm pot...doing well! Full size Alcantarea in front of it for scale Satakentia were looking awesome...should be more widely grown in SE QLD those crownshafts were fat! And the Neoveitchia rescue palm is still alive! Satakentia crowns

@Janni , @tim_brissy_13 @happypalms @gyuseppe Here is a very instructive example in a Chamaerops of mine. You can see both strictly male inflorescences and ones with male and female flowers, all of them produced in a single year.

Those aren’t near as bad but still. To me they remind me of a fountain or sprinkler . The worst is when that is done to a P. Roebelini. I came home from work one day to find my Pygmy palms out front with most of their fronds gone! It was obscene looking . I had a long talk with the gardener who does weed pulling on the hill , he thought he would surprise me. I told him to stick with the weeds and DO NOT TRIM MY PALMS. I was so happy when they filled back in. It was embarrassing. Harry

My Alphonso Mango tree hasn't produced fruit very consistently since planting it about a decade ago. A friend who is an avid orchid grower shared his secret for getting his under performing orchids to bloom. He holds the orchid over his rubbish pile and advises it that it's next home will be in the trash if it doesn't bloom. I tried threatening my Mango tree because my wife advised me that a non fruiting fruit tree is useless. She wanted to remove it. I see that my threatening has worked. Have you experienced a similar situation?

Hydriastele begunni 'obi island'

There’s S romanzoffiana in Melbourne pushing 150 years old. I’d assume they can get much older than this if they don’t encounter lightning or other extreme weather events. This one doesn’t have a plaque from memory, but others a similar size in the Melbourne Bptakic Gardens were planted in the late 1800s. This one dwarves the nearby Phoenix canariensis. I’d say it’s at least 20m/70’ tall at a guess.

Betel nutz and bamboo…

Not yet, although that day is coming, I’m sure. As I drive around town, I’ve seen some good ones though..

Pinanga insignis on a rainy day. Tim

That is a very nice Cocothrinax. It is amazing to me that palms can sense the difference between even hand watering and a good rain. I just love to go in the garden after a rain. Harry

Here is a pic of my five Gaussia gomez-pompeis. Seeds collected by a palm colleague "in a cultivated setting" in Cuba in Nov 2006. These five were planted out in Jan 2010. The Podocarpus trees behind them gave afternoon shade until they were partially cut a year ago. Full sun in the morning and early afternoon. The two small ones in back were in near-total shade until the cut and are much smaller and bent toward the available light. All have been in full sun for the last year. The one on the left has had inflors for a couple years but has not developed fruits.

I have 3 Gastrococcus crispa Seedlings-4” size pot- $30 for all 3 plus Shipping, Spaghum, & Box. There are a few shabby leaves after that Winter we had. My large mother palm lost most of its leaves @ 27F and the hurricane force wind, but looks great now, has fully recovered. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

Just a few midsummer yard shots from today: Starting with the biggest and the fastest...my filifera continues to grow larger by the day: Next, we will see the smallest and slowest growers I have in the ground, a couple of Trachycarpus fortunei x waggies: Both are growing fine...just quite slowly. They sit on the east side of my home and I am planning to remove the grass in this entire area in the fall to create a nice bed. Right next to the back porch I have a corner with 3 C. radicalis in it. One mature non-trunking form, a juvenile trunking form, and second year from seed non-trunking form: The rest of that same bed is occupied by my Rajapuri bananas and some dypsis lutescens that I grew from seed my daughter collected on a past vacation: My Sabal mexicanas that both spear pulled last winter after 20F and freezing rain (had to trunk cut the second one) : My Butia that also had to be trunk cut after the freezing rain: Silver Chamaerops, P. sylvestris, and second year mule seedling: From left to right C. radicalis seedlings, BxJ, and S. mexicana community pot. And the mule that replaced my Butia in the ground after the spear pull and trunk cutting: I know it should be less hardy than the Butia, but it is definitely getting established quicker. Fingers crossed for a winter or two of zonal average lows and no freezing precipitation so it can really get going strong.

This plant I acquired as Encephalartos arenarius × woodii has been a vigorous grower. I planted it in late 2010 from a 15 gallon. The id might be incorrect as it could be arenarius × natalensis but I still find it's glossy dark green leaflets attractive. It is different than an Encephalartos natalensis × arenarius I planted a little before this one, which is growing in my Carlsbad property. This is the first flush on it this summer. I expect all the other pups and main caudex growth point to follow soon. I removed a few leaves today to allow this flush space to push up.

Second flowering of the year. Trees are currently loaded with buds.Hummingbirds love the bright orange color. I have several plants in 1 and 5 gallon pots that keep the garden bright! For me, each plant has 3-4 blooming cycles per season in the Arizona desert.👍 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Konstantinos I would add that rhapidophyllum also behaves like this

On the news, st petersburg got 5" yesterday with flooding. More moisture coming this week is the prediction.

A Tectorum Ecuador enjoying a filtered shade/sun spot with a a few Archontophoenix Purpurae babies. A nice tropical morning in our SoCal garden! Harry

We finally had some more rain, more than half an inch the last two days. Just 12 miles north in ruskin they got 3". Im hoping for more today.

This palm has developed some surprisingly large and stiff leaflets this year.

My dear palm friends! I water my palm now every evening when the hot sun is gone! And see what happened... Thank you all for helping me!

They're fast! I'd already grown them from seed, but I didn't remember they were fast,second leaf and germinated at the beginning of May.

The newest leaf you have is really starting to show that nice costapalmate shape! Very nice

The Verizon over in Galveston randomly has at least 3 uresana planted in the parking lot lol .

Agree.. Both ..and a number of other Parrot sps. ..some not included in the CA Parrot link below.. can be found out there.. iNat is a great way to look up all of them. CA Parrot site: https://californiaparrots.com/ Not sure how commonly they are seen but, have heard of numerous " escapee " Toucan sightings out there too.. self - sustaining population of those, in Southern CA ..would be pretty crazy, though neat.

I guess it’s even worse than I thought Tracy, ha ha

Just a quick note: The Palm Society of Southern California is having a meeting in Fallbrook tomorrow: Garden No. 1: Nick Quinn's garden: 310 Burma Road, Fallbrook CA 92028 Garden No. 2: John and Leland Otto, at 1617 Prince Street, Fallbrook CA 92028 Both are LARGE LOTS; Mr. Quinn has critters, including parrots and emus! Hope you can make it!

I was attracted to a different species in the genus for similar reasons. I planted this Gaussia princeps with the wall and white fence to its east, so it would receive reflected heat from them as well as the afternoon sun. Other palms have grown over the years so it receives more filtered light now. It has quite the bulbous trunk as you can see. It holds 2 to 3 leaves normally and has never flowered.

Here’s my new baby! Harry That “bottle” shaped base got me! At this age , to me , resembles the Hyophorbe I saw in Hawaii years ago.

@kinzyjr Thank you for the suggestion. I was waiting to see if anyone else had suggestions but I guess Allagoptera arenaria is everyone's facorite. I'll check it out.

We are having the best summer ever here in Greece. The weather has spared all the horrendous heatwaves that have been battering W. Europe this summer; we have had zero heatwaves so far and we are already in the middle of July. I cannot remember anything like this in the near past.. Max temperature so far in my garden has been 94 F / 35 C and that only for a couple of days. Most days have been like 89 F. Minimum is a stable 66 F / 18-19 C. This is the first summer I have had zero issues with spidermites so far, in the entire garden!!! I am in heavens. If only every summer was like this.. All plants are growing happily. Even gardenias have finally bloomed! And it seems that a cold front (!!) is coming our way soon:

I have never grown this particular palm so I can’t really help. It sure looks as though it is struggling. I am sorry you are having a problem , I hope it pulls through. It has been quite warm for the last week. Harry

And they are not even in my greeenhouse or hothouse, just outside under the verandah on the NE side of the house dry and not wet in the rain. Cold wet conditions is what gets your seedlings, not this batch! So far so good!

Some color…

Royal Palm

Bismarkia

Red Latania

Carpentaria

A spot of afternoon colour.

Areca macrocalyx. Crown shaft color really varies throughout the year, but today it’s looking great. Tim

Bought this baby last year in early Aug. Been in the 60% shade house since. Thought it was time to put it in the ground. Did some reading and it grows limestone rock, covered only by a few inches of clay. Well I have the clay but no limestone. So in the hole I dug it went. Lets see if it likes in here in Wai`anae. Sorry no red sneaker, only an old black loafer.

@Merlyn here are a few photos with measurements. I do find that they do well in tight spaces because they don’t heavily clump like other Zamia and they tend to only hold a few leafs.

They do very well in pots. I have several in pots and some in the ground. The ones in pots coned quicker and seem to grow a bit faster, at least for the first few years. Here’s how a few in pots look right now after coning. In the ground

Any one have an update they want to share? My baby is starting to show off. Not sure if I should put it in the ground or pot it up.

Here's mine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Mine here in SwFl in full sun.

Every year it just gets prettier

Hi Ty, well, who knows what the future holds for me eh! It is all good though.

I just put down some fresh seeds I got from Mikey . It is a lovely cycad and has a spectacular bronze flush to new foliage . Correct name is Zamia verschaffeltii but gee splendens is a lot easier to spell . Mature foliage can get large , sadly it usually only holds a few leaves . Steve yours is booming with all those leaves.