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They look very beautiful, especially when it's very dark outside. Share your palms with this trait. Sabal yapa Acrocomia aculeata

Coccothrinax argentata a most mesmerizing silver sheen to the obverse side of its leaves. Allagoptera arenaria has that same sheen.

Good thread idea! Kerriodoxa elegans Astrocaryum mexicanum Latania loddigesii Pelogodoxa mesocarpa Astrocaryum alatum Coccothrinax miraguama var. havanensis

Licuala sallehana and Kerriodoxa elegans

Great topic! I love silver undersides (abaxial surfaces) especially at night. Trachycarpus princeps Archontophoenix myolensis Archontophoenix purpurea Sabal mauritiformis Ceroxylon sp (had it labelled as ventricosum but I think maybe alpinum)

I do think collecting palms is an incurable disease, I have had it now for almost 40 years , it began 11 years after I developed terminal orchid syndrome , I have been fortunate that my wife is a horticulturist like me . so we can share our love of plants .As we have travelled the world we have collected seeds and plants and started our garden In Panama. How you start your palm journey is find the seeds, plant the seeds and start planting them when they get big. we have planted over 5000 palms , some have done well others died , Its experimental , just like life, Here is my my prop area , Its a tempary one while I construct a new bamboo structure, We collect the seeds , clean them , some we soak and put in plastic bags and hang them up to germinate them .others we plant in shallow trays , it depends on size.The last photographs are of me finding a young Desmoncus orthacanthos its a native climbing palm , very similar to Calamus .The palm grows up through the canopy , covers the canopy..

Dypsis Basilonga Cocothrinax Brasilensis Cocothrinax Miraguama Ceroxylon Echinulatum Serenoa repens Lytocaryum Hoehnei Archontophoenix Maxima

Arenga engleri

Brahea calcarea

Happy Fourth! Put this palm in as a 5 or so gallon in 2020. I have 3 the other 2 are recovering from -6F. This one I covered/heated during that event. Glad I did! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lyNd8oJxCwk 2021 2024 2024

I got a few of these last year , 5 total . Two look pretty healthy , the other thre are not. It was a package deal , I had to take all five. They wintered under the canopy of mature palms over the winter and when spring came I slowly move them into full sun. I thought I would wait until the two healthy looking ones opened a frond before planting them in my warm courtyard where they are residing in their pots . I fed them about a month ago with E. B. Stone palm food and watered as needed. I think they are ready . This is the larger of the two but the other one isn’t much smaller. I have lost a couple of these over the years , still not sure why but here we go again . This time in a much warmer place in my yard. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. It will be in the eighties this weekend and they are now used to full sun . 🤞Harry

Good thread. Itaya amicorum Coccothrinax boschiana Arenga tremula Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis

Chamaerops humilis

two winters later, heating roots with cables during cool january nights, both are doing fine.. starting to speed up and showing some nice bismarckia colour ☀️

With rain about and the cool weather setting in the palms in the garden are taking it easy but still putting on a little growth and flowering first up lanonia dasyantha Kerriodoxa elegans polyandrococos cuadescens and a flowering chambeyronia hookeri all enjoying the cool conditions.

Archontophoenix Purpurea hybrid.

Another Arenga Engleri!a Guihaya Argygata ( not sure of spelling) this is most definitely the slowest growing palm in my collection! Painfully slow. Harry

A baby iguana enjoying a flush on an Encephalartos laurentianus. Time of year we get a lot of baby iguanas hatching. It’s pretty cool to see their bright green silhouette in the garden. Hanging out in an Encephalartos probably gives them good protection from any predators.

That's a beauty. Mine is still holding some tattered fronds from some very stormy weather, but pushing 2 new fronds quickly. 103 yesterday and 101 today. It seemed to like it!

As a child I was always asking the neighbours gardeners about plants. They would give me seedlings or cuttings and tell me how to look after them. Slowly my childhood interest grew into full blown Phytophilia, with Palms and Aroids being the main symptom of the disorder. You might be a Rooikop but your collection is lekka. Peachy

Excited to have added a Beccariophoenix Alfredii to the garden. Planted as a 25 gal. All rocks seen around the palm were dug out of the hole it was planted in lol. After marking the spear it’s grown almost an 1” its first day. These are not slow growers here where it will see daily temps of 90-105 in full sun. Look forward to having a yard monster in 10 years.

Yo diría que es veitchia , precioso lugar 😍

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.

I was in that store last week too while down there visiting my parents. I typically check out different big box stores early in the morning while the rest of my family is still in zombie/pre-caffeinated state. I was in several Lowe's between the villages and just south of Orlando. I saw a few Lantana which I've seen down there before but this was the first year I saw these Schizophylla and Licuala Grandis which were the same size but I believe maybe $20ish more. I also saw these 13gal Mules which I've never seen for sale in this size at a big box in TX.

I have no idea of how many palms and other plants I have given away over the years. I can remember every palm I was ever given gratis. Plants shows bring out the nasty side of people and dog shows are the very worst. All of it indicates what type of person is under the likeable/pitiable veneer. It's common knowledge that since my last marriage left me on the bones of my bum but that doesn't impede anyone in the slightest if they see something I have and that they want. I was always so afraid of offending people and also having a generous nature, made me a neon sign to bludgers and users. When I finally learnt that nobody else will stand up for me and saying No is just as easy as saying Yes, I became the misanthropic old harridan I am today. I will still give someone a hand or advice if I think it is needed but always remember the words of the very wise Oscar Wilde. 'No good deed ever goes unpunished'. Last words on the subject .....I can sleep with a clear conscience and there's nobody who can say I cheated them on a deal of any kind. Peachy.

I'm no botanist but: Maxima, alaxandrae, myolensis and tuckeri are true species of Archontophoenix, from the northern end (Queensland) of the genus range, not varieties of A cunninghamiana. 'Illawarra' just refers to cunninghamiana from the marginally cooler Illawara region south of Sydney...I don't think many people in Australia really regard it as a separate form, or could identify it in a garden with 20 other varieties from throughout the species range...at least I couldn't! As J. Haycock mentioned above, they are pretty variable and that's a nice form of cunninghamiana!

My third and final "Fayetteville" was planted today. The newest petioles don't have any thorns and very few filaments. The petiole bases also have much more green than the other two palms.

We have a 15 hectare garden, which my wife and I have been planting for 18 years with a huge range of plants, its great fun and hard work. I have attached a video of us driving down our driveway in what most would consider heavy rain, its quite an experience and creates luxuriant growth in a short time. We have a large collection of palms and heliconias ,bromeliads and fruit trees, we have a very defined wet and dry season, and we do get alot of rain up to 4 metres. I never tire of the storms and downpours, the smells and sounds. 20230626_154415.mp4

years ago I switched to distilled white vinegar, its harmless. I put it on when its hot and dry to ensure it works. Alternately you could put weedmat under the granite. The problem with glyphosphate is they didnt safety test it properly and it doesnt decompose. So as you add it it can accumulate in your soil. I used it a few times on small spots before I read about it. I dont use it any more, the vinegar will have to do. https://extension.psu.edu/use-glyphosate-with-care-near-trees#:~:text=However%2C when accidentally over-sprayed,Dr.

And while I'm working in the area... Here is a side-by-side of the Decipiens hybrid next to a "true" Decipiens (dubbed "Super Decipiens" due to the red coloring). Just to see once again how different the hybrids are. * And yes, I'm ashamed to say that is indeed scale on the Decipiens. I went back out to see what the ants were going for, and it wasn't the hybrid... it was the Super Decipiens next to it (I missed it due to working in another area of the yard). Hose & weeding time!!! 💦 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜

Killer! Looking beautiful. The parentage on mine must be different, as you can see. The form and leaf architecture of yours reminds me of the decipiens at Ho’omaluhia.

I am happy to say my Trachycarpus fortunei recovered from the spear pull. After the spear pull the fronds look extra blue and I'm guessing the fronds are fully mature now. They have small spines and they kind of hurt.

Tis' the season for bountiful harvests off one of the most underrated trees in the desert. A tree that doesn't flinch in the heat, endures punishing drought, and shrugs off the cold ..and provides more environmental / ecological benefits than many comprehend ..or choose to acknowledge. Excluding areas of the world where they are not native ..and shouldn't be planted, see Neltuma sps as a weed?, that is the wrong way to view these trees. It is also a tree that has nourished both humans and many other animals for millennia, and may play a major part in nourishing people in the future. While a couple people i know did offer up their thoughts on what the exact Neltuma species " The Beast " might be, i'm still trusting my gut, for now at least. I still haven't contacted a couple other people who have worked with the Genus a bit more who might get me closer to a concrete ID. Because i wasn't able to get to the tree before a majority of the pods were shed, i can't use this year's harvest for making Mesquite Syrup or take them to have them processed into flour for Tortillas. Simply put, folks with proper knowledge / experience regarding the harvest of Mesquite pods will always suggest collecting off the tree / knocking pods onto tarps, rather than the use / processing of pods that have laid on the ground for any length of time due to the potential for acquiring fungi that can contain high levels of Aflatoxin, esp once the pods have been soaked a couple times by rainfall, or before storing. ALWAYS store Mesquite pods dry.. So, in a nutshell, the " good " pods in this years harvest will be processed for seed bank purposes only.. That said, this was one of the better years in a few, and there are still pods on the tree ..so i may try to knock off a few and make a test batch of Syrup. Pods are as sweet as the last good harvest a couple years ago as well ..Which further adds to my confidence in how anything made from them should taste. **** As mentioned above, the American portion of the Mesquites have been assigned a new Genus name = Neltuma, with Prosopis being assigned to the " Old world " species from the Middle East / India only. Anyone / anyone in the Hort. / Nursery trades in the Americas who might still cling to the old name for our Mesquites should not be considered a highly knowledgeable source of information regarding the Genus.. Period.. Additionally, the " Screw Bean " section of Mesquite species have all been assigned the New Genus name of Strombocarpa ...Again, ...it is Strombocarpa, ....Not Prosopis. ****

Optimal ratios are approx 3:1:2. But it really isn't that important. We baby the plants too much. They'll be fine.

Navaro and All, Sorry to blow up this thread! Does appear to be Veitchia arecina a/k/a V. montgomeryana named after David Fairchild's good friend, Robert Montgomery. Robert Montgomery's wife endowed the Montgomery Botanical Center in Coral Gables, Fl. in 1959 down the street from Fairchild Gardens and the Kampong. The Palm is still recognized as Veitchia arecina in scientific parlance! I need to see an eye doctor!

Its that time of the yr that i have already forgot that we have winters..New hope, new spot...south facing wall, best microclimate in garden, whole day winter sun..digg out for about 1m and replace my soil with pomice and goid soil...on the bottom one brick to keep roots in air, atleast for few yrs, from eventual winter over raining..also heating cable for long winter nights to keep it worm and cozy....hope to see some sirious grow soon with our blazing summers in front of the wall and watering and feeding regulary...

-1.3 overnight, tonight might be a little worse, down to +1.4 at 10:30pm. Nothing the garden has not seen a dozen or more times in the last few years. As expected, next week is looking a little colder now, but still possibly no worst than tonight. Don't get clouds in a S to SE flow here due to being downwind of the central plateau. All in all I think we have it pretty good compared to Northern Hemisphere growers in terms or range between mildest winter and 30 year worst in terms of extreme minimum is generally less than 5C. If I try anything too tender I'll lose it first winter before get used to having it.

Yep.. Hand pulling and other natural means of out competing weedy stuff is the best way to keep them in check. If applied correctly, vinegar works too for hard surface areas like sidewalks / driveway cracks ..though it won't work on tough grasses like Bermuda ( Glyphosphate didn't work either ) . That stuff requires literal surgery to permanently eliminate lol.. As far as banning it, that is happening world- wide.. Expect other stuff to get the Ax next, soon. Monsanto recently blinked in a staring contest with Mexico.. https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/monsanto-drops-lawsuit-mexico-gm-corn-ban/

There's no hurt to bumping an old thread, BUT it takes time and eyes away from threads that are actually active. This is a super rare palm and now others will see this thread being active and think it's available when it's not, because it was bumped. I and others were simply being matter-o-factual. This is the "For Sale" part of the forum, which is much more time sensitive, if it was any other part of the forum no one would have said anything about the thread's age. Pointing out that in the "For Sale" area it's prudent to look at a thread's age and the original poster's year+ lack of presence before replying isn't "hostile or anti-supportive" and no one said anything "not nice" either. If my bluntness came across poorly just know that wasn't the intention, and I can say with certainty it wasn't anyone else's either. We're all enthusiasts here.

Definitely a faster grower than my pure decipiens. That one doesn’t look much larger than when I bought it, though in fairness both are still in pots. Here’s a photo of my pure decipiens today (after my husband cleaned the scale off)…

Farfugium flowering in the rain.

Yes, I think that's the point - transparency. If Richard plants 3 of the nitida seedlings in his garden and sells six later as well grown plants, I'll be happy to have helped out his business. If he sells them all tomorrow, it's a fair trade because he sent me a heap of seeds that I wanted and that are difficult to source. It's really just an exercise in basic ethics.

Not too complicated in this instance, purely mercantile opportunism! It's a strange phenomena, the egoism in the collection world. It doesn't really manifest amongst palm people down here (Tasmania) because we're so very niche, but apparently the orchid collectors are a different story altogether! I met a guy who stopped growing orchids due to the toxic competitiveness of the show society...which begs the question, why show them? Just enjoy them!

Illawara is a geographic place name, south of Sydney. At first this palm was thought to be more frost tolerant since it is the southernmost occurrence of Archontophoenix. I don't believe this is true. However my palm seems better adapted to my cool, humid coastal conditions than other, generic A. cunninghamiana palms in my neighborhood. It was also quite fast growing in its early years.

I'm going to test the hybrid in a prominent spot in the backyard... possibly the MOST prominent spot visually. 👀 At one point there was a double-queen in this location, but it always looked a bit sickly. We theorize that it might be because the ground drains very poorly (with extremely hard ground creating the "bathtub effect"). Borderline "swamp" conditions. Our plan is to break the ground up even more (with a jackhammer), and then amend heavily - transitioning from my fluffy amended soil... to soil + native... then to pure native (as suggested by @Billeb). To hedge my bets (since Chrysalidocarpus aren't "swamp things"), I'm also going to "mound" it so at least some of the roots are above the native soil line. Thoughts on this plan? The other less-than-ideal factor with this spot is the amount of sun this location gets. I was originally testing a Chambeyronia Houailou in this spot... and the fronds did okay, but the trunk started to show burn marks on the sunny side. I would still prefer to put my Houailou here visually, but am thinking the fact that this palm has two sun-loving parents might make it a better match for this location. I'll keep it in its pot and check often since we've been getting very intense sunlight lately. Any thoughts? Again the two plants I'm currently debating between (for this sunny, somewhat swampy spot) is Houailou or Decipiens Hybrid.

First off, glad to see how well these grow in California, looking good! This is a great garden palm, not too big or small, attractive habit, and unusual color. The grey/green leaves with their long basal pinnae are especially striking. Another bonus is the rose color on the crown shaft after shedding the leaf sheath eventually turning to powdery white. IMO, planting in multiples, rather than singles, just enhance the unique characteristics of this palm. Here are a few pics of the grouping of three in the garden. Note the orange handle shovel in the first photo for scale. Been in ground for 8 years from 1 gal. pots. Tim

Sunrise over the jungle! Then , a happy surprise from my Dioon Spinalosa. What a way to start my day. Harry

Last week I stayed at the newly opened Evermore Resort in Orlando and enjoyed some nice exotic plantings all around the property. The resort opened just this Jan 2024, so these palms haven’t lived through any significant cold events yet, but they will be interesting to watch in the upcoming years. The 8 acre man-made swimming lagoon surrounded by multi story buildings definitely creates an ideal microclimate. For me, the dozens of Satakentia liukiuensis on the sandy beaches stole the show. Also observed was a large Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. 'watermelon', Copernicia baileyana(I believe?), Coccothrinax crinita, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, and Licuala grandis…along with many others. Theres a good chance I missed some other rare palms, as the new $1billion dollar property was quite huge and didn’t have time to walk every sidewalk. I highly recommend a visit.

Here's a updated pic of the Louisiana

First flower on my Decipiens hybrid and it’s massive! And the crown shafts are developing a nice lime green color to them. Entire plant: