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Don't often look up from here at my Veitchia (arecina & joannis) Adonidia merrllii. and Dictyosperma album

Confident the C radicalis is female. Slightly confident the C microspadix is too. The C potchutlensis I’m not sure but it does look a bit like my C costaricana female inflorescences so maybe they’re all female.

Very happy with this Attalea species, it seems to mature quicker than other Attalea species planted. What are you opinions, is it the fastest to produce seed? regards Colin

Bulbophyllum micranthum ex. Brown River PNG. First of 3 blooms opened

I think those petioles are left in-place to provide support to the new leaf during wind.

Ponytail Palm, Beaucarnea recurvata South padre

Pretty large 2021 foxtail survivor on south padre

 Good to see this palm being widely cultivated in subtropical and tropical locales, it will be worth the wait. Have patience. The one in the garden has hit its stride in the last few years, from ungainly looking while young to quite attractive now. The blazing orange crown shaft revealed after losing the leaf sheath lasts only a few days and then softens to a beautiful ‘Dreamsicle’ color eventually turning to the pale blue/green. Stocky palm with short petioles and LONG plumose fronds. Lots of room better. On another note, I don’t remember my palm ever having the grass green color that some of the previous posts exhibit. Mine was always a grey/ green color, but I’ll have to look at earlier photos I’ve taken to verify. Len, looking pretty fantastic along with that inflorescence. Dale, looks like you have a bit of time before you get into trouble. Tim Sent from my iPad

#3 C. pochutlensis

Here’s the one I got from Ron. Hope it looks like those one day

Amazing Len! @richnorm what do you reckon…to me this looks like the decipiens I saw throughout NZ (Landsendt, Auckland BGs, South Pacific Palms). The blue fronds, plumose leaflet arrangement and even orange freshly exposed crownshaft. I didn’t see large ones of what I know as the typical form at all over your side of the ditch.

Dwight Reis used to make really awesome palm deliveries to many of us here in Northern CA. Many of my maturing palms came from his nursery (DR Palms and Cycads). I know he had to move his nursery a few years ago and he guaranteed me that he would resume deliveries up here eventually. Anyone know what he’s up to currently?

I would speciulate roebelenii (pygmy palm) somewhere in there. Phoenix are very promiscuous so it is going to be hard to be sure. Nice palms though and well suited for almost every soil type and climate!

the colleagues visited yesterday a banana plantation.

I bought this as Anthurium ceronii a few years back from Ecuagenera USA. It has set seed for the first time. These seeds are just so cute. Like little pointy hats

I would wait until the roots fill the pots. My guess is Spring, 2026. Then you can move them up. If you can, find a place outside that will give them 3 or 4 hours of morning sun. However, in the shade by 11AM. Also, be careful b/c squirrels will chew them up looking for the seeds.

Ive seen them stacked on trucks with no green showing, like logs. This is how they plant them en mass here, a dozen or more on a triler. It took my neighbors sticks ~4 years to fill out a nice crown. Establishing new roots is going to be slower without a crown for photosynthesis. They will be fine in time, just keep watering.

Nice picture , perfect setting . Harry

#2 C. radicalis

Tin, Hybrid is right. When I look at this plant I see Prestoniana x Madagascarensis. Could be way off but the leaflets look like it to me. I know those particular hybrids are out there as @shepcs has one he got from Josh not too long ago. It’s probably between a 5G and 15G. You gotta cool looking plant there whatever it is. 👍🏻 -dale

Tin, Looks killer! Just plant it out already. But where?!?!! 🤣🤣 Stacey, I remember seeing that plant at Ron’s but he didn’t want to sell it at the time. I ended buying a regular Decipiens and I’m happy to say it’s a fast one so I’m happy. Good luck with yours. Len, Wow!! That looks awesome. Can definitely tell it’s a different plant that true Decipiens. Well done. Going to be a showstopper one day Paul. What kind of crazy person puts a Decipiens and a Prestoniana in the same general area??!? Well, besides you and I? 🤣 We are gluttons for punishment in 10yrs time. -dale

Looking good Colin. Where is this one, Sydney or Wollongong? Surprisingly Attalea dubia grows well in Melbourne, a couple of growers have some going slowly but robustly. Not sure how the other species would go this far south though.

No gutters, but there's - I don't know the technical term, but there's a corner piece where the rain runs off into what used to be the French drain. And it's a metal roof so there's condensation every morning but this spot is mostly protected. If that's not the wisteria growing back I don't think it's coming back. I wasn't sad to see it go - it had gotten so out of control and it made the house look haunted.

@palmtreesforpleasure I am growing Cohune, Phalerata, Speciosa, Butyracea, and Brejinhoensis. I just got the Speciosa a couple of months ago, so no direct experience yet. Of the others, so far Phalerata is the slowest grower. Brejinhoensis beats all but Cohune by a long shot. Cohune gains height fairly quick, but burns from frost every single winter, with temps anywhere below around 35F. In my area they always look crappy after winter. Brejinhoensis, Butyracea, and Phalerata all seem to be reasonably hardy to temps at least into the upper 20s F. I am not sure about speed to seed, but I would check out Brejinhoensis if you can find one. They are quicker than the rest I've tried, take no significant damage around 27F with frost, and have cool yellow and green splotchy petioles.

Upcoming weather for my area. I will add that up on our hill the lows are a bit different , usually warmer with good down flow . Harry

Definitely fast growers compared to other species I have. No splits yet and these get direct sun through the middle of the day

I think plantains are Musa x paradisiaca. Also 🇸🇻💙

From last year:

I'm 90% sure that this is palmetto but just to be sure hoping somebody could confirm before I even attempt to plant it. 😂

Looks like mine did 27 years ago! Mine was to be either a Palmetto or Riverside . Recently I was told probably the latter. Either way they are worth growing , although quite slow not a snail pace palm but not a rocket either. Harry

Pigmy’s on life support in north west Houston. some of a handful of survivors I’ve come across around the Houston metro

I am under contract on a second home up in Laredo with around a 20,000 sq. ft. lot. Not huge, but decent. My Brownsville garden is not going anywhere. I am building up a collection of small seedlings (and seeds) that I think will do well up there with little to no supplemental irrigation, with an emphasis on natives (or regional natives), or plants native to similar environs (super hot, subtropical, fluctuating humidity levels but often high, 20" of rain a year). Laredo is a solid 9B, with an average yearly low of 29F. Occasionally, the big freezes come through. In 1983 the town spent nearly 40 hours straight at or below freezing, but a good friend of mine noted a high rate of survival for sheltered queen palms during that time. So far, I have collected the following plants: Olneya tesota (desert ironwood) Ebanopsis ebano (texas ebony) (native) Ungnadia speciosa (mexican buckeye) (native) Bauhinia luniaroides (anacacho orchid tree) (native) Bauhinia (Lysiphyllum) carronii (queensland ebony) Prosopis (Neltuma) chilensis (chilean mesquite) Adelia vaseyi (vasey's wild lime) (native) Vachellia bravoensis (huisachillo) (native) Senegalia roemeriana (round-flower catclaw) (native) In the next couple weeks I am also picking up: Caesalpinia (Libidibia) paraguarensis Eucalyptus sideroxylon 'Rosea' Eucalyptus microtheca 'Blue Ghost' Eucalyptus camaldulensis 'Silverton' Eucalyptus polyanthemos ssp. polyanthemos And I have seed that I have to germinate of: Prosopis (Strombocarpa) tamarugo Prosopis (Neltuma) alba Prosopis (Neltuma) nigra Prosopis (Neltuma) affinis Prosopis (Strombocarpa) palmeri Prosopis (Neltuma) juliflora Vachellia haematoxylon Vachellia schottii (regionally native) Vachellia schaffneri(regionally native) Bauhinia divaricata (regionally native) Senegalia crassifolia (regionally native) Senegalia mellifera Sophora (Dermatophyllum) secundiflora 'Silver Peso' (regionally native) Acacia craspedocarpa Parkinsonia texana (native) And, eventually, I plan on sourcing: Esenbeckia runyonii (native) Fouquieria columnaris Fouquieria splendens (native) Condalia hookeri (native) Caesalpinia gilliesii Bauhinia macranthera (regionally native) Prosopis (Neltuma) glandulosa (this is the native honey mesquite that is everywhere) My plan is to turn the place into a xeric thornscrub playground to shelter my kids from the surreal Laredo heat when we are at that house. I would invite anyone with an interest in plants like this to offer any suggestions you might have. I am hopeful this will be the most thoughtful and unique garden I have ever planted.

That’s a great size to plant out! Here is mine today.

Glad you got one of these. Yours is doing great - especially for a palm that can be a bit fastidious. One of my favorites in my yard. Here is mine now flowering. This came as a 7 gallon from JDA in 2008. Little more history on the palm. JDA had two similar palms at the time “Betefaka” and “Honkona” (note the ‘o’). Both grew very similar. Betefaka being more glaucous, Hankona green. This is the plant Ron Lawyer once called the “butt-ugly betefaka” because the original Betefaka was such a looker from a young age. That original betefaka turned into Oropedionis.

Should be fine. I’ve planted palms right on top of where I’ve dug out bananas and they’ve done well.

As a rule of thumb, this seems to be true for most Chamaedorea sp I’ve grown in terms of the more spaced out female flowers. On balance I’d say I have more male than female plants overall though. I’d be curious to know if a large study has been done to know the % of each sex.

they all look great, Greg 🤗👍 good that you are protecting them. the result is wonderful.

Oh, OK. I was working off the thread title. "Show us your chamaerops humilis"

Our little onilahensis, which as I mentioned seems quite happy, has a stem with two spikes coming out of it. Is this typical? Does it mean the stem will split? It already has two splits coming off of the base.

@DBG welcome to PalmTalk! Usually I see them cut off the fan and leave the stem on Sabal transplants. This keeps just a bit of green for photosynthesis, and also keeps strength in the upper trunk. I'd leave them in place until you have a full crown of leaves again. That may take most of the summer. It looks a bit weird, but it's best to let the old stems die off naturally.

Welcome to Palm Talk, plenty of information here! Yes , this is to be expected with large Sabal palms. As was stated , it will be quite a while before you see significant change . Sabal are very slow to acclimate and get the new roots sent out. Some palms have to generate entire new root systems before they can grow a new set of fronds. Hopefully the folks who installed them did the transplant correctly. Have you seen any new growth at all? If so , these were done very well . Those sticks are petioles from old fronds , left to strengthen the crown while it recovers. That would be my guess anyway. Those are going to be beautiful palms when they come around , congratulations! Depending on Species ( there are more than one Sabal) it can be a statement at that size , even provide a bit of shade. Harry

Got though without a frost despite a -1C forecast. Have to check my records as to what is the latest date for the first dip below 0. Have had whole of June stay above 0 before but that was after some marginal dips in May. Bananas would still look great if they were not shredded by the hail last week.

no, they grow everywhere here, I made them from seed in the 90s

A large leafed anthurium in the collection. Anthurium salvenii I know nothing about except I will plant it in the ground is all I know about it. But for now it lives in the greenhouse.

They love those tuberous roots. I'm a vermin sympathizer at heart, but there's no mercy available for the enemy. 💀💀💀

John, Feral cats ? You need coyotes !

I got one.

@parishilton I've lost a handful of needle palms over the years, including one this year. I still have one remaining and (like Las Palmas Norte) a few years ago the main trunk died but the side shoots are filling in nicely now. My advice: unless you had extreme temperatures coming (I'm thinking at or below zero) I wouldn't worry about heating it. Two, cover it on cold nights (maybe below 10'F) and especially any weather event that involves precipitation. Rain or snow, keep the crown as dry as possible during the winter and maybe even early spring if it's cool. I would do this for at least a couple of years. They can be finicky, but worth the reward once they settle in and begin looking like a large palm. I'm aware of old established needle palms scattered throughout Tennessee, in zones 6B to 7B that have proven long term, decades old hardy plants. These established needles have survived -10 to -15'F or so. You should be safe in your climate once it really gets established and settled in. I wish you the best with it.

I was surprised at the color on the shaft of this little Geonoma epetiolata. I look at this palm all the time and have never seen this bright red, it just keeps on giving. Tim