Any IPS member here living in Carlsbad, Ca

[deezpalms]

Just around the corner from my house I noticed a rather large Pritchardia most likely hillebrandii. As I got closer I noticed that there were actually 2 Pritchardias of equal size maybe 10' of trunk or so. I also saw a nice n' beefy Bismarckia, a good size reclinata, a really nice crownshaftted palm that I didn't recognize & some queens and other assorted palms. Is this the yard of anyone here?

[kylecawazafla]

Whenever I see a garden with a suspiciously high number of palm species, I wonder the same thing.

[deezpalms]

Yeah, I almost knocked on the door to introduce myself but I don't want people to trip out on me because of my palmyness

[osideterry]

Know what you mean. Two houses in my 'hood have monstrous C. gigas in their backyards. There's also two houses with mature long-petioled Sabals. Not knocking on the front doors just yet.

Twice in the past I've asked owners about their palms, and both times they were clueless. With one the palms came with house, and the other had a friend landscape for them. Neither could ID anything.

[bgl]

That doesn't mean they may not be potential palm candidates. You won't know unless you give it a try; introduce yourself, compliment them on their "unusual" palm (whatever it may be), get them intrigued and interested, invite them to your place and show them some of the more unusual and interesting palms you have. Without overwhelming them! In most cases, the encounter will probably lead nowhere, but you won't know unless you try. I do this all the time here in Leilani Estates, and have signed up a number of people as Palm Society members, both HIPS and IPS.

[Gonzer]

Dave, I work the downtown landscape in Carlsbad. Tell me where exactly it is and I'll go ask, outfitted in my O-ficial orange safety vest. :-) I knock on people's doors all the time asking to look at their yards. Over off Laguna street there's a fellow with the largest C. gigas you'll ever see. Not to mention some tasty Dypsis lepto's in his front.

[Guest fossel]

Im a member that lives in carlsbad! but that's not my house.I live in old carlsbad off of las flores drive.

[Shon]

There is another house on Tamarack right across the street from the AM/PM. It has a macrocarpa and a few others. Just tell BS man he'll knock on anyone's door.

[PALM MOD]

On another website devoted to a certain model of car, I noticed they had a print out available that members could print on their computers which stated something like "If you want to find out more about your car and meet a lot of friendly people who share your interest, check out this website." Then when they spotted this particular car, they would place it on the windshield.

Maybe someone could come up with a catchy printout (with a graphic or two) that members could keep in the car with them, and when they pass a garden that looks like the owner might be interested, you could drop it in their mailbox or front porch. Then we may see them on PalmTalk, and eventually a IPS member is born.

[bgl]

Dean,

That's a great idea. I'm in the process of developing a comprehensive plan that would benefit and promote both the IPS (and obviously PalmTalk) as well as local affiliates. This could be a very useful component of that plan!

Bo-Göran

[BS Man about Palms]

Im a member that lives in carlsbad! but that's not my house.I live in old carlsbad off of las flores drive.

Do you have a very Large Gigas in your front yard?

[osideterry]

Shon - Is that the same house with rhopies and a lot of oldham bamboo? I drive that way home sometimes just to see how it's coming.

[galveston1602]

I really like the idea of a catchy paper to give to someone if they arent home

Wish i was artisticly talented

[LJG]

And if this does not work, I say we get a group together dressed in our Sunday's best with Palm Bibles under arm and go door to door.

Just kidding Dean. It is actually a good idea.

On another website devoted to a certain model of car, I noticed they had a print out available that members could print on their computers which stated something like "If you want to find out more about your car and meet a lot of friendly people who share your interest, check out this website." Then when they spotted this particular car, they would place it on the windshield.

Maybe someone could come up with a catchy printout (with a graphic or two) that members could keep in the car with them, and when they pass a garden that looks like the owner might be interested, you could drop it in their mailbox or front porch. Then we may see them on PalmTalk, and eventually a IPS member is born.