No theme here, just a few random palm photos I took this arvo...mid winter boredom!

Feel free to add your own random shots...

Dypsis 'bef' youngster in late afternoon winter light

Dypsis sp. 'bejofa' with Pinanga speciosa for company. This Dypsis was a nice present from Colin Wilson a coupe of years ago.

Kerriodoxa elegans

Caryota rumphiana just about to flower...

At the other end of the scale, Chamaedorea tenella has just flowered...

Supposedly Veitchia winin

Livistona speciosa (or is it a form of L.jenkinsiana these days???)

sun hardy form of Pinanga coronata... no burn at all in 75% sun

Old Standard Bismarckia, contrasting with flowering Allocasuarina torulosa

Know how you feel Daryl, I say, what is that palm on the right of that terrific looking tenella ?

I'll add some pics tomorrow, I've found a very warm spot for some of the potted palms against a brick wall,

Wal, it was bought as Dypsis faneva, but I have my doubts

Daryl

A bunch of plams-- Pritchardia pacificas, Vershaffeltia splendida, A bunch of Foxtails and there is a teddybear palm in there too

Nice and healthy Gene!

Metroxylon vitiense-no sign of a trunk but about 7 feet tall now with the latest leaf

Carpoxylon Macrospermum-- not qute as fast as I had hoped

Arenga Hookeriana looking good

Livistona decora- this one sped up this summer despite the heat and lack of water hop it speeds up even more during the rainy season

Phoenix Sylvestris-- looking like a burst of fireworks

Joey altifrons still in his pot

Licuala orbicularis

Iguanura Elegans

Licuala Mapu

licuala matanensis-- has a bit of a mottling pattern on the leaves but not as pronounces as the mapu

Sommieria Elegans

An unidentified Coccothrinax - extremely stiff leaves

Daryl,

Beautiful pics, I would love to have some of those in my collection, Some I do have already. Here's a Metroxylon sp. to add to your photo gathering:

I think it's amicarum but not certain. Stands about 20 feet today.

beauty

Gene, you have the best container palms I have ever seen... The joey is perfect!! The L. orbicularis is a killer...

Regards, Ari

Gene, my hatred of you has no bounds....that orbicularis is to die for. The rest of them are spectacular too. I am now going out to rent a bulldozer and start my place all over again.

Peachy

Three orange vestys escaped from the markets and stowed away in my car today, it had nothing to do with me, I was innocent, these Areca palms simply walked themselves into my car and that's the truth of it. Here's there likely planting spot.

Took some pics at both my next door neighbours gardens. One side is exclusive to the planting of Archontophoenix alexandrea, whilst on the other side it's more diverse.

Alexander palm neighbour makes you an alexander believer all over again, they were superb with some fat bases, reminiscent of that fabled variation the beatricea.

Alex palms next door

Oh, there is another species, some Dypsis lutescen clumps shade the aviary.

From the neighbours garden on the other side. Only took a couple of pics, the footy was about to start so I had to be quick.

Raphia (I want one now)

One of three or four bizzies and that's a Butia or two nearby. Lots of Pandanus planted everywhere.

This bottle is to die for, just the right tropical lean and a real whopper.

Great photo's........might help me get through winter...

Gene.....those palms look as sensational as they did when I saw them 9 days ago !

Regards

Michael

HanaPalms- if that turns out to be Metroxilon Amicarum let us help you dispose of some seeds

Miccles-Thanks but you should also show off your spirally variegated Medeterranian Fan Palm.

Wal - you have a gorgeous palmy neighborhood

Ari and Peachy- thanks. i keep them in pots because I am too scared to plant them in the ground. That L. Orbicularis is one of my favorites too. Now If I can only find a L. Cordata.

Love these 'Random Shot' threads, some interesting and beautiful palm photos everyone.......and here are a few more.

First is an assortment of Chambeyronia, Veitchia, Pinanga, Hydriastele, and lots of non palm flora.

Second is a C. macrocarpa var. hookeri and third is a maroon A. vestiaria.

Here's where my potted sun palms can get nearly all day winter sun, not far from the brick wall side of my house.

Got glaucousness ? The trunk and base of a young Clinostigma samoense.

A small grove of Dypsis paludosa and faneva.

The last one is a Calyptrocalyx hollrungii.

Great stuff Tim, keep them coming. That maroon vesty leaf in post #22 is outstanding.

A couple of random pics of Linospadix monostachya in the wild at Dorrigo National Park I took last time I was up there.

Regards

Stephen

My Butia paraguayenesis surrounded by Caladium "Miss Muppet". This palm is not done justice by photographs and is very pretty in person, the powder blue petioles combine well with the caladiums.

My Dypsis decipiens. It lost its spear this winter when it was very cold (around 20) but has done well otherwise!

Here is a tropical bed I have been working on. It has Kerriodoxa elegans, Chambys, Lytocaryums, and some Chameadoreas. I dug them up when it got below 25 this past winter because of how long it was cold here. Its a push getting these to grow in a 9a climate but I think in their present location which is a good microclimate they will survive.

And lastly is my indoor Kerriodoxa elegans, it has grown well and has nice shaped leaves indoors. The Christmas palm behind it also has grown well but it always has brown tips and I dont know why...

-Krishna

Thanks Wal, I really love that maroon vesty. Looks like you acquired some nice orange ones. I've got a couple

of orange ones, not particularly fast at this point. Most of their energy seems to be spent on developing fat

trunk bases.

Laccospadix; this individual has the strongest color of all my plants of this species.

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Here are a few random shots from my place.

a few more

Gene, you have the best container palms I have ever seen... The joey is perfect!! The L. orbicularis is a killer...

Regards, Ari

I concur with Ari!

Moose

Butia, Beaufort county, N.Carolina

Beaufort county, N.Carolina

Great photos everyone!

Here's another one from my garden...we had 9mm of rain a couple of nights ago, and everything is popping!

Lucky you... BTW, Daryl.... found Loxococcus rupicola in my shadehouse today... I forgot I even got it... I knew it was special since it had new growth on it... Do you grow this? Any photo??

Regards, Ari

Sorry Ari, no photos. There were a few being sold by Clayton a the PACSOA show a couple of years ago. They seem to grow OK down here. I was too slow and missed out...

Daryl

Beautiful place Carl, so nice and tidy. Looks so serene.

Is that a hookeri Daryl? Pretty intense color, even the main veins in the pinnae look red.

(I'm not sure what the correct name is for that). Has it gotten more intense the older it's

gotten?

Hi Tim, yes it's a hookeri. The leaves have been vivid red for as long as I can remember. I think even when it was quite small it was very red. It has about 10ft of trunk so it is hard to remember back that far!

Daryl