The winter sun caught these vibrant orange Trachycarpus fortunei infructesences* and it looked like they were glowing. 

Licuala ‘mapu’ inflorescence.

Tim

3 hours ago, realarch said:

Licuala ‘mapu’ inflorescence.

Tim

Oh my! What a display. Harry

Bismarkia

 

Some nice colour on this Butia odorata inflorescence.

Licuala orbicularis in the Coffs Harbour botanical gardens. 

Hyophorbe indica green and red forms planted as a double showing off a nice contrast of colour. 

Dypsis louvelli 

Dypsis lantzeana 

Calyptrocalyx benga dawn 

On 2/1/2026 at 2:21 PM, tim_brissy_13 said:

Hyophorbe indica green and red forms planted as a double showing off a nice contrast of colour. 

You must agonise over having space for all those palms you want to grow! 

The ‘ole’ Chrysalidocarpus paucifolius, aka ‘orange crush.’ Love the scale that growing in almost solid rock dictates.  

Tim

Chrysalidocarpus loucoubensis sowing some color after a frond drop.

Tim

New leaf on Philodendron Caramel Pluto 

Yellow latania 

 

Red Latania new frond 

 

 

Pinanga caesia may suffer from overexposure on PT, but mine only recently started blooming so the novelty hasn't worn off yet. I still get startled when I walk by when a new inflorescence is about to open. The entire tree is Technicolor, but the blooms dial it up to 11.The deep red covering (bract?) only stays on for a few hours.

After it falls away, the soft pink flower buds are exposed for less than a day.

First thing the next morning the flowers open to a cloud of bees. After only a few hours all the flowers have fallen to the ground leaving just the bare violet rachilia that might go on to make fruit, if I'm lucky. I wonder what role the intense colors play. I assume the bees are attracted to some fragrance, not the color, but I really don't know. I could believe brightly colored fruit attracts birds for seed dispersal, but that is months down the road. No matter, it is an impressive, albeit brief, show.

 

Palmpedia says this species is difficult in California. I hope people on the mainland are able to find a protected spot in their garden that can provide the right microclimate for this beautiful palm. If you are going to try zone pushing, might as well swing for the fences. I hear that this is one of the taller Pinangas,. I'll need to keep adding another baby every few years so I always have eye level blooms.

You are correct with the eye level observation as mine are waaayyy up there these days. The color is one of nature’s wonders. Luckily my smaller Hydriastele’s have similar intense coloration, so I can still enjoy the show.

Tim

A colorful couple in the morning sun. Pinanga insignis, and orange Areca vestiaria.

Tim

Red latania & cranberry acetosella hibiscus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi there,

 

looking out of one of the living room's windows...

All the best from Okinawa -

 

Lars

 

Iam sure I have a bit colour in the garden somewhere!

A touch more colour from Mother Nature at her finest! 

Nice bit of colour from the lanonia dasyantha! 

Calyptrocalyx leptostachys.

Tim

Red is the color of the day.

A touch of colour in paradise! 

Red Latania 

 

Dypsis lantzeana, dypsis louvelli. 

Geonoma atrovirens adds a bit of colour to any greenhouse! 

Four dypsis louvelli about to show off what they are known for. 

Hybrid latania 

 

More red! Dypsis rosea opening a new leaf.

The color of Arenga Engleri inflorescence. Harry

Pinanga sarawakensis for a splash of colour! 

 

Blue latania

 

Once again, this Dypsis rosea x mirababilis cross. Great color on this palm.

Tim

Dypsis lantzeana, variegated rhapis ayanishiki, chamaedorea adscendens and dypsis poiveana flowers if you can call black and white a colour

I know this deviates from palms but no denying the foliage of Ceratozamia latifolia flushing is colorful.

Boy Tracy, that is spectacular.

Tim