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The garden is 15 years old and my climate is cool humid oceanic and frost free with little extremes of temperature. All the Lord Howe Island palms and cloud forest palms grow like escapees in the ground.

Trimming some overgrown accent plants and weeds, I noticed a loose leaf base. A little tug, and I screamed! 😱 An actual ring on the trunk was revealed. Just have to share. These palms survived toxic gasses from volcanic eruption, as well as the neglect of an absentee gardener. Oh! My heart be still! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I sold Palmpedia several months ago to someone who has the resources and passion to keep it going. It became too much for me alone to continue and provide the time and expense to do it justice. The new owner is an IPS Member, and a long time lurker on PalmTalk. He is a terrific guy, capable businessman, and a palm/plant lover. I think it is a good fit, and the future of the site is in better hands now that he is involved. Give him time, and I expect many more improvements. Thanks to all those who provided financial and emotional support during its creation and almost 20 year run so far. I too use the site often, and hope to for another 20 years.

But I noticed it has "earned" the pet name I gave to Jubeas years ago when I first saw large trunking ones... Mine today.

Here is my Hedyscepe canturburyana Grown from seed germinated in 2010 collected from Pogobob garden in San Clemente Ca. It's an easy grow in my cool humid oceanic climate record low in the garden 31f record high 96f

Today is the Sunday before Easter, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem and people hailed his arrival by cutting leaves off palm trees and dropping them in the roadway. Hence Palm Sunday. I remember when I was a kid going to church and we'd get these little crosses made of what looked like leaflets from Sabal leaves, tied into a neat bow. But, here, every Sunday is Palm Sunday and wishing all of you a happy Easter. And a happy palmy Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And, show us some palm pictures! We won't say too many palms, or palms're ugly . . .

This is me in front of @Matt in SD’s fat and happy Parajubaea torallyi torallyi and an even fatter Sabal.

Just letting leafbases fall off, this one went into the ground august 2010 as a just going pinnate 3 gallon and was burned just about to the ground in the 2010 dec cold event with heavy frost(28Fx2 plus frost). The adirondack chair is 30" wide at the handrests. The distance from house to black fence at the border is 35'. that is about the width of the palm. This is one year out from hurricane IAN which spread out the previous more upright form. By comparison my 30' bismarckia is about 25' wide. I have two others planted same size same time in less than full sun and the are no more than 2/3rds the size of this one in all day sun. They do grow notably slower/smaller in shade it seems.

Was meandering through the garden today when I noticed the Dictyocaryum had shed a leaf and was almost glowing blue.

And today…

Today, a new palm genus from Vitenam,Truongsonia lecongkietii, was published. This new palm is so peculiar that it required not only a new genus, but also a new tribe in the classification of palms (Truongsonieae) to accommodate it. Most extrpardinarily, its closest relative is the African genus Podococcus! It may be diminutive and unspectacular, but botanically it is even more remarkable than the discovery of Tahina (personal opinion, of course - I realise that this is heresy!) Unfortunately, only 10-15 plants are known in the wild, rendering it Critically Endangered. You can follow the link below to freely download the full article pdf, which is heavily illustrated for photographs. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.613.3.1

The late Richard Douglas, past president of the IPS.

Hi everybody. A long time since I posted here, but I always remember you all ( thanks Jeff) and the nice and sometimes deep level " talks" on this fora. Yes, I'm still in palms. 😀. Posting sometimes on Facebook. Inspired by the Huntingtons Garden, that I saw years ago, I'm working hard to finish my garden with succulents, cactus, bromeliads , cycads and others. Still looking for some palms like Brahea decumbens, the real Ravenea glauca, Ravenea cycadifolia, etc. Some pics of the garden this week ( it''s dry lately)

Palms around San Diego, CA! Highlight was definitely the Corypha umbraculifera. The owner was kind enough to investigate the strangers outside admiring his garden, and he states that he bought it as a seedling 25 years ago at Huntington Botanical Gardens and that he treats it against weevils every 4 months, as the weevils have unfortunately claimed a few of his palms already, including a 40 foot Bismarckia.

My last property update was in 2021, so I thought it was time to do a recent update, which I made last month (October). There's nothing special about my palm garden, nothing really exotic as I'm limited by my zone 9b climate. The past two winters it dipped to about 30 degrees F for one night each winter, so in essence I'm right on the 9b/10a border. But three winters ago it dipped to 27 degrees at sun up for one day. My coconut palm got some burn that winter. I don't think my garden saw anything lower than 27 degrees F since December of 2010 when I recorded my all-time lowest temperature of 20.7 degrees on a radiational cooling night. I don't think my garden (in the past 25 years) had ever been damaged by an advective freeze, as the lowest advective freeze I had, my open yard temperature was just above 29 degrees F with no frost (no frost is the key). Without exception all my devastating freezes were radiational with heavy frost. During the above devastating freezes I used to protect (to at least some degree) my most cold/frost sensitive palms. Because of my age (75-years-old) and suffering from an aggressive form of prostate cancer -- and just recently came down with Rheumatoid arthritis in both shoulder and hands -- it's become too difficult to protect my cold sensitive palms like I once did. Even if I were younger and in better shape it would be hard to protect many of my palms because they are now too tall. Hopefully, I will have another relatively mild winter and my palms will receive little or no damage. In any event, click on the link and check things out. I'm located 2 miles N.E. of the small town of Lake Placid, Florida.

This catches my eye everyday. Big smiley face. Tim

Boy, that’s a tough ask! My all time favorite Madagascar palm is by far, Lemurophoenix, but as far as Crysalidocarpus, (Dypsis), I’m currently amazed by C. hovomantsina. As it matures, it’s becoming a magnificent palm particularly when it drops a leaf sheath. After sulking silently for awhile, it lost a sheath in mid September and then another yesterday. What a sight. Tim

Lady’s crystalline voice: “What’s it all about, Alfie?” Booming macho basso: “It’s about getting enormous across the base and taking forever to make a trunk.” The shoe is 13” long, 30 cm.

Like the title says I’m posting these as dypsis jurassic park and dypsis decipiens despite the name change . Jurassic park came from jd andersen as jurassic park had it in a 55 gallon trash can for the last 2 years . Dypsis decipiens came from Perry glen . Planted these today man it feels good to get these in the ground

A rose is a rose is a rose. A Mealy Bug is a Dypsis is a Chrysalidocarpus. This C. mananjarensis making a nice addition to the garden.

Hello All This being my first post into this great forum, let me introduce myself Enrique Vega, located north of Sacramento Area in a city called Lincoln 9b. The Sacramento area in General is a little colder than most of South Ca but not that extreme, we do not get Snow but we do get very prolonged winters and extreme heat, that reduces drastically from species that would survive in San Diego, LA or even San Francisco Bay Area. But that did not stop me from trying and experimenting to see what can be grown in this area. So I decided to experiment a little with some Species that I know upfront will not survive in 9B Zone. The species I know will not have issues in my zone are the normal and common everywhere Queen Palms, Pindo Palms, Canary, King Palm, Robellini, Mexican Fan Palm, Windmill and some others. So after researching in the Forum and other sources I came to know that the species I wanted to try have zero chances of survival in this zone but I still wanted to try against all the odds, and there you have me trying alternative ways to plant and care Tropical Trees pushing the zone to the extreme. So far I was able to make a Coco Red Spicata Survive along with two Royals, and also got some other species that got too damaged in the winter but still survived. I will share my experience and findings on how to make tropical palm trees survive in this kind of zones. That will be shared in a different thread.

Finally got a little time to do some palm shopping….. went up to Caribbean Palms Nursery to pick up a few things. Got 3 Gaussia princeps with their massive roots busting out… Two more C. miraguama roseocarpa to make a little threesome out of the one I planted… A nice little Coccothrinax crinita ssp brevicus to plug in somewhere…. Along with a little macro glossy azul… Picked up another Allogapterra arenaria for out front…. He’s got many big ones in the ground there… Wasn’t planning on these, but got two nice little Leucothrinax morrisii. Was excited to grab these. Also got a trio of Coccothrinax miraguama ssp miraguama to make a little group. Grabbed two bigger Pseudophoenix Sargentii ssp saonea to add to me ever growing collection of Pseudophoenix…. Found a stumpy little silver Serenoa repans that I couldn’t resist also. And some mail order baby coonties arrived today from Etsy also….. Mike also had a lot of nice stuff to see around the property, so enjoy just a few shots…. Man, I’ve got a lot of holes to dig now…. And it’s hot and sunny out there….

@richtrav told me about an old/tall Brahea armata growing on the Southside of San Antonio, Texas. I had a meeting at Lackland AFB this morning, so I decided to stop by ahead of time and have a look for myself. It is nestled amongst a larger planting of tall Sabal mexicana. A very nice looking specimen with great color.

Last summer I visited the northern part of Lake Norman, and was surprised at the large number of palms in the area. I always thought north of Charlotte and you might see occasional windmills, but I found a surprising number of other palms too. These are all in Western Mooresville (near where 150 goes to the bridge) and Sherrills Ford. Heres a video i made showing some of these, as well as more I couldn't get good photographs of. By far the most popular was windmills, on some roads they were the sole palm used, some look like they've been there a while. Next up, the Sabals. Surprisingly I found a fair number of mature established Sabal Palmetto, Across the street, some naturalizing Palmetto left to grow. Mixture of a Palmetto, Needle palm and Trachycarpus Sabal minor while less popular, was present including some large specamins, Needles, also not so common though I happened upon a very large double clump mixed with Musa Basjoo Among other palms, I only happened upon a single, small Butia. A single small European Fan Palm Few Sagos mixed in, More Windmills, Saw a fair amount of Cordylines in the area, none very big this a typical sized one Interesting assortment of Prickly Pear, and trunking Yucca species Hope you all enjoyed

Going into it's 7th year with over 60 palms in relatively cold 7A! Here is some transformation photos/video 2018 (Front corner) 2022 (Front corner) 2017 (Back side) 2022 (Back side) 2017 (Side corner) 2022 (Side corner) 2019 (House edge) 2022 (House edge) 2020 (Rear side) 2022 (Rear side) 2019 (Side path) 2022 (Side path) 2016 2022

Cheers! Since it's winter and there is not much going on in my garden, I'd like to make a post about some nice Jubaeas in my area in Leverkusen, which is a city just between Cologne and my home town of Düsseldorf, Germany. Idk if they've been discussed in this forum before but I think they are worth talking about. It's only a 15 min drive for me so I took some pictures this spring to check on them, because we had a cold blast in Feb. 2021. They have been there for a while now and I think they (at least some of them) were already there when I started out with exotic plants about 15 years ago. Along with Jubaeas there are all kinds of other exotic plantings in this area and LOTS of Trachys. These are just some of the plants: Small Sabal in the back Chamaedorea...

I thought I’d start this thread to document the growth of my palms/trees. Some are flourishing and I think it’s worth recording their progress over time. My Archontophoenix are in this photo. The one on the left was purchased from Frank Tintera that at he grew from seed. The parent palm was one of his fastest growing and he believed it was an A myolensis. It’s was planted as a 3g 3 years ago and has flourished. The archontophoenix on the right was just planted as a 7g a couple months ago. It’s some sort of alexandrae x cunninghamiana hybrid I purchased from @eaperture67, and he purchased the parent palms from @Mike Evans. The Hong Kong orchid is killing it. Planted as a 3g about 3yrs ago and it’s just thriving here. Below is my lytocaryum hoenie, planted about 2yrs ago as a 3g. It’s hanging in there, but not a good performer this far. It probably needs more water than it’s getting. Beccariophoenix alfredii is killing it, as expected. 3yrs in ground from a 7g. Also from Frank. My two majesties are flourishing too. They were planted 1 year ago as 3g palms. Tipuana tipu doing amazing. It came in the mail as a 5’ 1g. After 3yrs in ground it’s about 20ft tall; simply amazing. It’s been zero fuss, I highly recommend them. Lady Palm, just planted. Thrinax radiata, 3yrs in ground from a 2g. It took awhile to get established, but it’s doing great now.

Warm winter and rainy spring make everything looks great....

Some photos from our travels around Mauritius.

This never gets old. Leaf fell off today.

One of my favorite palms is flowering for the first time. It’s most likely a hybrid so the seed might not be viable but I’ll still try to sprout some. that last picture shows Chrysalidocarpus sp. Lafazamanga on the right which is always flowering and seeding. Maybe it can somehow cross with the mystery hybrid?

This is the cleanest one I have seen. Almost as good as Aztropic’s:

It's mid May and we have yet to hit 100F in Fresno, which is not typical. Everything is off to a slow start, but things are ready for summer and some real heat. 😎 I was outside watering this morning and snapped a few pictures. Earlier this year I sawed down one of my two entryway phoenix. The stump is still there lol this opened up space for sun and airflow. Three green ground cover in the foreground is actually a leafy cactus (pereskia) which is a thorny bastard, but it keeps the neighborhood cats from doing their business in my mulch. Chamaerops cerifera Phoenix rupicola and some plumeria in the background that are JUST beginning to leaf out - this winter was tough on my plumeria. I got lot's of black tips, which I guess now means heavy branching but probably few flowers until late in the season. Sabal birmingham, next to a clump of chamaedorea plumosa Some non-palm content: a California native Dudleya. I don't know if this is edulis or pulverulenta. It's working on a nice bloom spike right now. This spineless echinopsis came from Solana Succulents. Here's a Chrysalidocarpus (formerly Dypsis) baronii sp. black petiole from Dave Austin's seed. Looking unfazed after this long winter. C. ambositrae also looking great after winter and putting on size. I do believe it's splitting... is this typical for this species? This came from Darold in San Francisco a few years ago Sabal yapa is suddenly gaining size! Check out the length of those petioles. Sabal uresana Parajubaea sunkha - this came from Dave in La Habra As did this one. The little guy at the bottom is Brahea edulis from Sago Rey Palms in Fresno. The big leaf ficus is Ficus auriculata from Jeff in Modesto. Lastly, the first plumeria bloom of the season - this is a cutting I rooted indoors over winter. This variety is called Heirloom and has a soft peach color.

My parajubaea cocoides was grown from seed in 2010 seed from Darold Petty garden San Francisco. Once it developed fully pinnate leaves the growth rate increased exponentially

While in town for a conference we had a amazing dinner with Dr Dransfield..Dr Pete Balasky and Jeff Searle joined...between the 3 of them they have made probably over 40 trips to Madagascar. Possibly the largest in cultivation...Dr D explains to Greg K the discovery by a cashew farmer

Here is a few lessons I have taken away over the years - Have a plan/supplies to protect prize palms well in advance - don't wait till too late - Never trust the weather forecast on arctic cold - it can drop (It did in 2018 too). Mine dropped 8F lower than forecast on the same night in 2018 and multiple degrees this year - Have a generator for backup if heating palms - Use a wifi thermometer to test your setups and see that they are not getting too cold/hot - Don't trust C9 bulbs unless you know exactly how to use them - I know of about 5 cases of this just this year. They can be used BUT just in a certain way - Never think the palm is safe until growing well in spring - Copper fungicide to the rescue always when temps warm over 60F and monthly till spring - Don't under protect and kill a prize palm in a once in a 25 year storm because you're too lazy to spend 15 minutes (Birmingham possibly) - These S. minors and needles are tough customers!!! - Protect palms before it's too late (ie before palms ice over or something). Protect on a pretty day well in advance - Don't wrap palms directly with plastic. Again only use if you know exactly what you are doing - If you hear the terms "Arctic cold", "Polar Vortex" or similar - pay attention - Zones are great reference but it's the low temps and duration that counts

Hello Everyone, Thank you for some of the positive messages, i am thankful for all of them. My name is Joao Santos Costa, i am from Portugal and i am the new responsible for the management and administration of Palmpedia and connected resources. Palmpedia as been over the years a fundamental and unavoidable tool, an endless source of information to the palm growing hobby. I am forever thankful to Dean, Ed Vaile, and all people who have contributed immensely to the creation of this incredible resource. My path with palms started more than ten years ago, when i wanted to create a big garden around my former residence in Lisbon, and wanted to have some privacy from all the neighbours, together with the perpetual feeling of evasion and "vacations feeling" every-time i would step home. Likewise many of you the inicial humble idea of planting a few palms turned out to be an incurable addiction, that month after month started to influence where we would spend the weekends, to where we would go for vacations. From a nice garden the things escalated quickly and i ended up with a full size jungle with dozens of mature specimens, I got hooked. I loved every bit of the new lifestyle, this garden could provide, so did my children and my wife. From late night barbecues, to tiki jacuzzi parties, to bird watching with my toddler, was a fantastic experience that forever change my mindset on the "art of living". Professionally, i have responsibilities in a group of companies with ranging activities from managing real estate portfolios, to construction and hospitality businesses. Few years ago, i started the acquisition of multiple agricultural investments and have turned my hobby into a full size business operation. Currently we have 3 state of the art productions facilities, manufactured entirely in double glaze polycarbonate, biomass heating, evaporative cooling, and full climate control, where we are fully devoted to the germination of palm trees. We are also establishing plantations in Sao Tome and Principe, and Mauritius for the more tropical varieties. As of today we hold several tens of thousands of 2-3 year old palm seedlings of around 237 varieties and growing. I am focused in creating top quality plants. Our aim is to introduce recently discovered or unusual palms in the ornamental market, after all i guess we are all tired of finding the same options for sale in the conventional garden center! I have quite ambitious plan for the new Palmpedia, and i hope to have you all along for the journey, but i also understand that i will not be able to be a very consensual and accommodate everyone requests, but i will try! In what concerns the future of Palmpedia, our plan is to keep the entire structure in the wiki platform like was originally intended and allow edition, inputs, and submission of pictures and content. We are currently working in the log in and users platform to allow people to sign in and edit the content of the pages, i believe in the next few days will be operational. Also i understand that there are several scientific revisions that need update, and we are currently compiling with the help of fellow forum members the list of updates needed to perform. So if you have a suggestion or topic requiring update we are thankful to receive them by email to info@palmpedia.com. Palmpedia will remain a free and open "go to place" for palm information, independently where you are in the globe. Regarding our plans on the comercial front. We are currently testing the new online marketplace, that will be made available on the website. This will be a multi vendor online shop, (much like amazon) and will allow verified nurseries, brands, individual growers, and hobbyists to sell their palms, and their seedlings. With a very simple and user friendly platform will allow every nursery to have equitable online exposition and a simplified online sales spot. If you know a nursery let them know that we are working in order they can soon list their palms and exotics stock in the world leading marketplace we are creating. I strongly believe in this model because because is the only way to provide a truly global service without the limitations of phytosanitary regulations. In other words, depending on the place you are and will access the online shop, the assortment you see available to purchase is within your geographic range to be delivered without need of phytosanitary certificate. I am always available at info@palmpedia.com I hope to have all of you along, Best Regards, Joao

Leucadia California

In a prior forum post the growth rate of a Jubaea Chilensis was discussed by many and is highly recommended. https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/19995-the-explosive-growth-ofjubaea-chilensis/?&page=4#comments In 1989 I planted two Jubaea Chilensis that were 5 and 7 years old. The following 6 pictures and graph shows growth rate of one of those palms, with the first picture taken in 2006. I could not find earlier pictures between 1989 and 2006 as they are packed away someplace in the pre-digital age. The first 20+ years a Jubaea palms growth is slow with each new frond or leaf emerging slowly and just slightly bigger but holding on and staying green for many years. After about 20 years the Jubaea begins to change by rapidly increasing its leaf sizes while pulling nutrients out of its childhood leaves turning them brown and dead. This second stage of the Jubaea’s grow is pre-adult (teenager), where each new leaf gets increasingly larger and bigger and the base of the plant begins to swell sometimes lifting itself up exposing roots. If roots begin to show at this stage, soil can be placed around the base of the trunk to bury the roots as Jubaea tolerate fill up to a foot deep unlike other palms. Growth at this stage begins to increase significantly at perhaps twice the rate before. At about 33 years the Jubaea begins to grow an expanding trunk with increasing circumference causing the oldest leafs to break the fibers attached to the trunk allowing them to detach and fall away. This leaves a smooth trunk with leaf scars and numerous stretch marks as the Jubaea increases its growth rate again by a factor of two. The graph at the end shows a growth rate during the 40+ years of the Jubaea’s growth. The palm shown is now over 40 years old and adds about 18 inches of vertical trunk each year with expanding canopy. Observing the two Jubaea I have over the years, the bigger and faster the leaves and canopy grow, the bigger the Palm will be. Soil, fertilizer, watering and site conditions have considerable influence on the size of the Palm. The Jubaea has not yet produced fruit or nuts, but has been flowering for the last 9 years. The growth rate as shown on the graph is close to exponential and should begin to slow down during which it will taper its trunk. It is reported that a Jubaea will not fruit until it is 40, 50 or more years old and or begins a tapering trunk. If someone wants to grow a fast growing Jubaea, they are best to get one that is over 20 years old shortly before the palm starts its explosive growth and trunk.

They get way bigger than I had planned when I put it in the ground.

Great palm for California. I’m germinating seeds from this

I knew they were supposed to be slow, but after 12 years from a "small above the soil" 5 gallon my bailey has weathered 2 hurricane force wind events and a resulting spear mold infection that took 2 years to fully eradicate. IRMA had the worst hurricane damage by far, newer leaves cut the older ones up good with petiole thorns. It had half the leaves shredded on the windward side. Currently its 4-5 leaves short of a full crown but its growing quickly now. Three pics: august 2011 6 months after planting showing a new flush of leaves. Second pic 2017 just prior to iRMA and last pic today sept 4 2023. By comparison with the peak of the house roof of 16', it looks to be 2-3 foot taller overall so a few feet shy of 20', and just about 7' of trunk. I could tear the leafbases off with my hand but allowing them to fall off naturally leads to a more smooth trunk. The first 4 feet of leafbases are loosely held, a smooth trunk awaits in the near future. Annual growth in height and numbers of leaves increases as the palm matures so a slow start does not mean its slow in a 12 year scale. I'd say its a medium grower.

Chrysalidocarpus Leptocheillos starting to trunk. Peroxide bottle for scale. Really beefy and showing nice form. Full blazing sun close to the ocean on hawaii island.

Marojejya and the white crown shaft of a Chrysalidocarpus saintelucei. Tim

I don't see many of these around nor many posts. This is one of my favorites and today it definitely caught my eye. Total eye candy for me. Post them it you got them. I always enjoy photos of others well grown palms. Cheers Tin