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The tallest examples of Linospadix monostachyos I’ve ever come across. I didn’t takes pictures of the largest specimens as my IPhone just wasn’t up to the job, but I’d say some of them were at least 6-7 metres tall, and they were everywhere. Also an abundance of Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Calamus muelleri, and a small stand of Lepidozamia peroffskyana. Brush-tailed Rock Wallabies all over the joint, but too quick for me to get a shot.

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An interesting pinanga from the kelibat highlands. Immature seeds red at an early stage. Going black when ripe

Hi, checking this thread again after a while inspired me to go out in the garden and taking a look at some candidates... Here we go... C. leptocheilos last fall - and now after some cleaning... Hard to get into one pic but we got something... The first ring! 👍 Seed grown and now approx. eight/nine years old, not a rocket but a steady grower. I got one more... Our local hero - S.liukiuensis... I didn't dare to pull harder for a long time but today I peeled the remains of some old leaves off - Not only the first ring, it has already started to trunk!😄 Keep growing, little beauty! Lars

Hi, while checking some palms outside the wall but - still on my property - I got aware a humming sound and looked up... ...seeing again our local bees being attracted by the flowering V. joannis (sp?).... They are a gorgeous species and I am glad to have already some babies from these mother palms. Lars

Iriartea deltoidea flowering….again. Tim

The garden at the back of the house was in need of renovating with a good prune and some bromeliads removed giving more room for a few more plants giving it a good top dress of soil and good gardening eye certainly helped it out this area of the garden was some of the first gardens that where planted on top of a rock shelf with pockets for soil so basically one big container garden it is a dry area and hot in summer making a good place for cycads and some common tough plants the bromeliads where starting to take over plus a good opportunity to get some garden space for new plants in the collection they say what makes a true is they are always renovating their garden well that never ends in my garden 🪴

Coccothrinax pumila, one day I’m going to regret planting it so close to the sidewalk but for now it looks pretty cool where it is.

This Coccothrinax boschiana caught my eye today. I love the silvery white color under the leaves and the fibrous leaf sheaths.

Stealing @Xenon's idea here though it is truly summer now! 😇 Excited about the planting of a Sabal Causiarum x Palmetto hybrid (off-spring of the 'Megatron' palm, as I understand). Thanks to @Sabal King for helping spread these genetics. Here's to a long life!

A beautiful epithyte well worth growing for the tropical lime green to deep green colour in the garden easy to grow for best growth banana peels with the old tea leaves and a handful of good mulch in the back of them my grandmother used to tell me for feeding them and they like the odd hosing down in the heat tolerant of cool conditions you propagate them by spore or if you have a good source for harvesting the (from where I work on the macadamia trees) just simply remove them from the tree and tie them back onto another plant with whatever material you choose to use with some spagnum moss or a good handful of mulch placed onto the tree or board then tie them so easy to grow semi shade to bright light they will tolerate some sun but prefer not to have hot afternoon sun but a real Australian winner to have in the tropical look garden or rainforest jungle theme.a

I had the same in a Pritchardia in Moraira Spain. In my case it wasn't RPW, which needs hairy trunk palms to form cocoons for it's larvas. The culprit is Paysandisia Archon which, unfortunately, attacks all palms, and has widely spread in the mediterranean region. While there are pheromone traps for the RPW, to my knoiwledge, nothing currently exists for P.A. An Imadicloprid based insecticide or spraying with a Neem oil based solutions should take care of it.

Just a couple of young palms in the collection waiting to be grown and planted out in the garden in the future some nice ones to have in any collection so the possibilities for the garden in the future at least will have a few new additions added one day.

Chrysalidocarpus (most likely) cabadae but lanceolota may still be a possibility. Nevertheless a cool palm:

Brahea armata, beachside Santa Monica (by my house).

Bought as Dypsis Lanceolata x Lutescens but not sure about that. The 2nd boot in a month just fell off exposing some cool color. This was a tiny 5G the size of a broomstick 3yrs ago. (Tied up so not to overhang the walkway) -dale

This new spear on a Coccothrinax moaensis caught my eye today. Can’t wait to get these in the ground.

Some trunks come out nice and smooth and dont have a taper or bulge down low. Copernicia fallaensis is one of those palms: Mine has a 28* diameter trunk based on ~ 88" perimeter(88/pi). Sorry about the crooked pic in #2, sometimes the moire-like leaflet patterns tend to be distracting when I take a pic. This is the leeward side so not so much damage from IAN. It had at least a 12-14 more leaves in the crown prior to IAN. Its out there unprotected from wind with no nearby palms to buffer so it will get damaged in wind. Fortunately its growing out pretty quickly with 10+ new leaves this year. Another 2 summers without a hurricaneand it will be holding bluish green leaves to the horizontal as before.

Here’s big Alfie my biggest Beccariophoenix alfredii. Next to a Roystonea borenquenia

These are a super rarity. Critically endangered species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38723/0 I've only got 2 to share and they won't last long. $180 a piece. Local pickup preferred, Shipping available only in the USA's lower 48 for a flat rate of $40, insurance included. PM me with questions.

Hi y’all, just wanted to share some pictures from Roger Williams Park. They have a beautiful botanical garden with many palms and greenhouses. I would recommend anyone with a few hours in New England to visit. If I get any names wrong feel free to correct me. Bismarckia Cocothrinax Phoenix roebelenii Livistona? Find the Trachy View of the largest greenhouse, Phoenix in the back right and Adonidia in the foreground.

Definitely twice as fast…. This lil things are moving right along

That palm is no longer robust-a.

They grow so slow , you have plenty of time to enjoy it . I planted a baby Pritchardia near a pathway over 20 years ago . The poor thing had to be trimmed on one side repeatedly so that we could walk by without being hindered. This year it is finally overhead and will be able to bear its full compliment of lovely fronds. Harry

Old multi-generational P. bifurcatum acquired through hand down and happily growing in a cluster of C. lutescens:

Thanks I have many more around the garden so many they germinate on the rocks they are virtually a weed that’s a nice collection you got there keep on putting them on the palms it’s free garden real estate

Here’s a few picrophylla I germinated a few some months back so if you do germinate some of your seeds here’s what the seedlings should look like use a deep container for germinating them these ones hit the bottom of germinating bed good luck

I think it takes several months once the flowers first appear . Keep an eye on the new fronds , they will get much smaller prior to the death roll. Then keep checking the trunk for any instability . I have had an eight foot C. Mitis that had flowered blow over but they aren’t near the size of Obtusa (Gigas) . Mine has been growing for over 15 years as well as my Urens and both are ok so far. Harry

@easylee welcome! I concur with @kinzyjr in all respects. And, congratulations on the new baby! Maybe show us pictures if so inclined.

Hi, one of my absolute favorite species. When I say it the first time... ...in 2016 in the Yume-no-shima dome for tropical plants in Tokyo I was blown away. Seeds were later ordered at rps to give it a try - new sprouts were immediately planted out and didn't make it... Now with some more experience I got more patient and give my young palms a bit more time before taking the next step (planting out)... Fortunately I got three survivors from that batch... ...and I handle them like raw eggs. With their current speed of grow I guess they need at least three more years in the bullpen... Anyway, I am glad to have them! Lars

Here's mine. R. samba C. baileyana H. lagenicaulis.

I was actually a little disappointed to find this flush. My chunky monkey Encephalartos longifolius has never put out any pups... until now. I would have been fine with a subterranean pup that I could remove. No such luck. I prefer the clean aesthetic that it has without this pup, but won't risk scarring the caudex by trying to remove it. Live and let live.

@DanPalm the holes might be RPW - Red Palm Weevil. It burrows into the leaves and eats the heart of the palm. If you catch it soon enough it can be killed off and the palm will survive. I think the normal treatment is a systemic insecticide like Imadicloprid. I'm not sure what's available in Italy. Here is one threat on RPW treatments: Apparently pouring insecticide into the holes with a small funnel works. I'm sure there are a bunch of other threads on treaments here, just do a search for "RPW" or "Red Palm Weevil". BTW - the palm looks like a Livistona Chinensis to me, aka "Chinese Fan Palm." The "European Fan Palm" is much smaller and a clustering palm, Chamaerops Humilis.

I finished trimming these Cycas thouarsii just in time to make space for a few new flushes.

Some old Calyptrocalyx elegans indigenous to New Guinea growing at ANSG:

These two poles among the palmage at ANSG:

I went to my bigger Phoenicophorium in an area that I have not kept up for a while and getting out of control in the wet rainy coast summer weather. It was almost buried by maile pilau, a fast growing invasive vine, that even wrapped around the top leaves at about 12 feet. It took about an hour and a half to clean it up. So, here it is now: Note - like Rick's and Tim's, it has been flowering for a while - I didn't realize it, but no sign of fruit.

Here’s my Archontophoenix Slapsie Maxie

Here’s Jayne Mansfield my last remaining Roystonea oleracea. Roystonea borenquenia in the background.

When my Syagrus flower , the bees go nuts . Almost a frenzy of activity all over the large inflorescences . Those are a couple of very nice palms! Harry

Absolutely but not calling anyone a liar tho haha I have a bunch of 3 and 4 leaf seedlings now that prolly will go in the ground for sh!ts and giggles haha or science. Rate of growth is the biggest obstacle for these in a zone push area. T J

One tough cold hardy palm traditionally planted around temples in Nepal so taking a fair amount of cold I figured as a collector I might as well have a few for planting at the bottom of my property in the cold area no frost but still at the bottom of the hill trachycarpus grow well in my climate tolerant of a lot of conditions.

Palm Gain was developed by the University of Florida specifically for growing Palms in Florida. Palm Tone is an ORGANIC Palm specific fertilizer if you want a natural option.

The growth point is way up at the head of the palm, so if you cut it and leave 10 feet of trunk the palm will be dead. You can then do whatever you like to the trunk. The roots (now dead) keeping the trunk upright would probably last many years before rotting out.

I got a combined 7" from Monday up until Saturday evening. We got a big suprise 2.5" on Saturday. Dry since then, though.

gorgeous 😍 This might be a dumb question but mixed in any type of soil or just those 3 things together?

Another Rhopalostylis. Here's My Cheesmanii or Kermadec island Nikau getting its first ring.

Just a, ‘jaw dropping’, palm and boy, if you can grow it, don’t hesitate. The only drama I want in my life would be in the garden, and Kerriodoxa does it well. Tim