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  1. This always catches my eye...
    14 points
  2. Not much in the way of exotic or tropical palms, but what is growing here looks really nice. No cocos (Antigua is fairly high up perhaps?), a few old roystoneas, but PLENTY of chamaedoreas (plumosa, woodsoniana, tepejilote, elegans...), a few licualas, and a few archontophoenix.
    9 points
  3. Pinanga baviensis I think it’s spelled that way . I love this palm
    6 points
  4. So tall, I almost missed it. Pigafetta elata.
    5 points
  5. My Coccothrinax borhidiana hybrid really stood out to me yesterday and this morning.
    5 points
  6. No time to visit the many palmy places as in Long Beach only for a relative’s wedding. I didn’t even have a rental car. However with pressure from a fellow IPS member on the East Coast, I walked the mile from my Airbnb to In and Out Burgers. I read about the history of the chain which features palm decor and most notably crossed palms at each location. https://www.in-n-out.com/history I really was NOT hungry but ordered a milkshake anyway and then got an employee to snap an “I was there” sort of photo. Maybe later this week I will track down the movie that inspired the iconic crossed palms. What other palm themed business logos can you post? Posting does NOT mean endorsement of the business or product.
    4 points
  7. Always a treat to visit Stan and Jane’s place on the Sunshine Coast. The collection of palms and cycads is incredible, and they always put on a lovely spread for PACSOA. Stan’s Tahina spectabilis has a trunk almost as girthy as a Jubaea. It’s a close call between this and the specimen at Townsville’s Queens Garden for the largest in Australia, but I reckon Stan might just have it.
    4 points
  8. Chrysalidocarpus Malcomberi showing nice color (and its first ring of trunk) after the leaf base came off
    4 points
  9. My favorite cattleya in my collection. It’s the one I’ve owned for 35 years and was a noid for many years (after losing the tag) until the successor company of the Rod McLellan Company, Acres of orchids (then located in San Francisco) kindly helped me out confirming its identification. Also some wonderful members of the San Francisco orchid society on Orchid Board were super helpful in researching this and providing leads for me. LC. MOONWIND ‘MT. MADONNA’ (Lc. Eva Shill x Lc. Elizabeth Off). I’ve never seen a lavender one that I prefer over this one; and as we all know, there are so many lavender species/varieties of Catts. Also, very fragrant. Winning at least one award in Japan for fragrance in the late 80’s. Anyhow, after growing it in a 10” wood basket for many years it became unmanageable for windowsill culture and started declining since the media was so old. The center of the media was impenetrable, like a block of dried hay. The leads, rhizomes and leaves all twisted into each other. I spent the last several years isolating and transitioning divisions into clay with only one growth lead per pot. I really like the one linear growth culture as it reminds me of the nineteenth century botanical drawings. Further, I can really appreciate and focus on the condition and beauty of the current lead and blooms. anticipation building:
    4 points
  10. 4 points
  11. I'd like to see more UHI studies done on the Winter months instead of the Summer months. This is still valuable data, nonetheless.
    4 points
  12. The tallest Carpoxylon macrospermum I’ve seen in SE QLD. There are larger examples in the Townsville Palmetum.
    4 points
  13. 4 points
  14. A Foxtail with just a bit more class 😂. Normanbya normanbyi.
    4 points
  15. Beccariophoenix fenestralis looking stunning.
    4 points
  16. Beccariophoenix alfredii love full sun from the get go, but also do well in part shade.
    4 points
  17. Reckon that’s the deepest red emergent leaf I’ve personally spotted on an Archontophoenix. I was so mesmerised by it, didn’t think to check what species it actually was.
    4 points
  18. Not something one sees often down in SE QLD, especially at this size and in pristine condition!!! Marojejya darianii.
    4 points
  19. Photos do not do this palm justice. It simply blew me away and is now on the wish list. Vonitra perrieri.
    4 points
  20. 4 points
  21. I’ve only seen one specimen larger than this in Australia (Mark Daish, Babinda). My own seedlings are almost through their second SE QLD winter without skipping a beat so they certainly have some toughness to them. Sabinaria magnifica.
    4 points
  22. A Syagrus that had us all stumped. S. tessmannii was suggested, but that is a synonym of S. sancona (according to Kew), which is way more plumose. Whatever it is, it’s lovely. Keen to know what others think.
    4 points
  23. Keep Licuala peltata var. sumawongii out of wind and they look as good as this.
    4 points
  24. This beautiful garden on the Sunshine Coast belongs to Brian and Yvonne. First up, their 2 Tahina spectabilis!!!
    3 points
  25. Here's a teaser screen grab / link to info regarding one of the most popular / easiest to grow sps. from Orchid Web. One of those plants you'll never forget seeing once you've seen one in person. *** Picture credit / Information courtesy of / all rights reserved by Orchid Web *** Link to the specific page.. https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/other-orchids/species/stanhopea-nigroviolacea-syn-stanhopea-tigrina Andy's, Eucagenera CA, Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, ..and / or some of the other bigger, local specialty Orchid growers out there would offer it / other sps. Direct link to the blog i'd mentioned. A shame there aren't any more recent entries.. Would've been interesting to see how this person's outdoor specimens weathered the drought / recent wetter / cooler / wetter winters.. https://stanhopeaculture.blogspot.com/2013/01/stanhopea-temperature-requirements_26.html
    3 points
  26. It's going bonkers right now. Seeds have aborted already, I'm not expecting much or any it's first year tho. T J
    3 points
  27. Here is our largest Sabal Louisiana…… just a beast. Love this thing and finally seeding which means I will have seedlings to offer of it next year. Been a tank for us.
    3 points
  28. An interesting palm I have grown for about 23 years in containers and in the ground in black sandy soil they are slow in my climate taking temperatures as low as 2 degrees Celsius possibly lower so definitely cool tolerant taking dry conditions but prefers a good drink I just recently planted another one in deep sandy soil they prefer bright shade but will take some sun not hot afternoon sun in my climate if you can get a few plant as many as you can and sit back and watch them grow. Richard
    3 points
  29. My Bulbophyllum Grandiflorum is getting a couple of new flowers as well. This one is not the most colorful orchid blooms, but the it has a pretty interesting shape and I love the white spots on the flowers.
    3 points
  30. The deepest green leaves contrasted with reddish cones. Now on the wish list. Encephalartos gratus.
    3 points
  31. I’ve only ever come across one other example of this palm in Australia (Mark Daish, Babinda). Corypha lecomtei.
    3 points
  32. After putting down some mulch on the above palms and bare spots, I decided to remove my front yard Sylvestris. This was actually one of my first palm purchases, back in 2018. But with Lethal Bronzing all around me now, it just doesn't make sense to keep growing a palm that's likely to die in a year. And a palm that can be infected is also one that will spread the LB phytoplasma to even more leafhoppers, so keeping known hosts is just a way to spread the disease faster and further. @miamicuse here's how I cut out the stump, 12" Diablo 3TPI carbide blade: And about 10 minutes of digging and slicing around all of the dense root mass is gone. It was roughly 2' in diameter and 12-18" deep:
    3 points
  33. Stunning Foxy Lady on the left was dropping copious amounts of what looked like viable F2 seed. There were mature Wodyetia bifurcata, Normanbya normanbyi, and what was believed to be Veitchia winin in the same spot, so you never know one of them could have backcrossed with it. Nothing lost by trying.
    3 points
  34. Not a palm I intend to grow on my own modest plot, but always appreciate it in others. Caryota gigas.
    3 points
  35. I nearly went arse over tit into the lake to get this shot. @newcal stood watching with a big smile on his face and @Daryl had his camera ready. Sorry to disappoint chaps 😂. Raphia farinifera.
    3 points
  36. Mature Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. flavopicta.
    3 points
  37. Tricky to establish here in the sub-tropics, but there are some around that look great. Here’s one of them. Pelagodoxa henryana.
    3 points
  38. This Metroxylon warburgii can take a lot more sun that it currently receives, but it looks none the worse for it. Lovely palm.
    3 points
  39. A tiny fraction of what was growing in this amazing garden, but that’s it for now folks, hope you enjoy the thread.
    3 points
  40. Chrysalidocarpus sp. Orange Crush never fails to impress.
    3 points
  41. A victim of their own success in the tropics. So common, not a single soul stopped to admire these stunning palms. Bismarckia nobilis.
    3 points
  42. An F2 Butyagrus nabonnandii, most likely back crossed with Syagrus romanzoffiana. Developing a pretty stocky trunk.
    3 points
  43. Jubaea chilensis once again proving it loves growing in the sub-tropics, given the right conditions.
    3 points
  44. Personally not a huge fan of Phoenix hybrids, but this one is rather nice. Appears to be P. roebelenii x P. rupicola (or reverse).
    3 points
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