On of my two Chambeyronia macrocarpa's.  I'm sure it's thrown color before but somehow I missed them.  Been getting more sun to it past few weeks and perhaps that has helped.  It's growing nicely for 2 years from 1 gallon pot from FB.  First photo last November, the others today.  Sorry broke my measuring stick.  I'd say the top of the fronds are about a foot higher than last year.

 

I was collecting seeds from this Pinanga philippinensis this morning and noticed a new inflorescence about to open.  Not sure why this one has a solitary stem.  Most others I have seen are clumpers.  Maybe the seedlings will be a mix of single and multiple trunks.  I think that is some type of Ptychosperma in the background.  Off to the left is a small branch of Black Asper bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper).  This bamboo is advertised to be very fast, and I've seen amazing growth in other gardens, but mine is a dud.  After about seven years in the ground it only has about a dozen canes the tallest of which is about 60 ft.  Also, not as erect as I've seen in other gardens.

Calyptrogyne & Areca vestiaria.

Tim

17 hours ago, realarch said:

Calyptrogyne & Areca vestiaria.

Tim

Tim, what a great photo - phantastic colors!

Thanks for sharing!

 

Lars

 

Thanks Lars, a colorful moment in time I couldn’t resist.

Tim

Hi,

got one, too...

Winter colors.... 😀

 

Lars

 

Hydriastele pinangoides inflorescence. Just ann amazing cluster of little flowers.

Tim

Calyptrocalyx albertisianus, these planted about this time last year, demonstrating back-lit new-frond intensity, no enhancement needed!

And in honor of Valentine’s Day, I grew some red hearts.  😉

 

Kim and Tim, your inspirational posts through the years on PT nudge me to plan a sequel to my IPS visit in hopes of seeing you and others in your gardens!

I should have stayed another week at least.

I am so glad opening up of travel across the world makes such dreams possible again.

Thanks so much for all the photos and descriptions of your design and botanical collections!

New leaf on a Pinanga caesia ‘red’

1 hour ago, cobra2326 said:

New leaf on a Pinanga caesia ‘red’

Awesome coloring on these! Thanks for sharing the pics.
 I’ve been looking for 1 or 2 to add to my collection for awhile. I have to ask, do you happen to know where I could get my hands on a couple? 

6 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

Kim and Tim, your inspirational posts through the years on PT nudge me to plan a sequel to my IPS visit in hopes of seeing you and others in your gardens!

I should have stayed another week at least.

I am so glad opening up of travel across the world makes such dreams possible again.

Thanks so much for all the photos and descriptions of your design and botanical collections!

Thank you Cindy! I would love to welcome you for a visit. And a grand tour of PR is still high on my list, too. 🙂

Thanks Cindy, you are welcome anytime! Like KIm, we hope to make it to PR one of these days.

Tim

Jon, a friend just sent me a photo of his P. caesia from tropical Australia, I’d forgotten how colorful they are at that stage. Now I have to look up at the ones in the garden, but they still throw deep purple leaves.

 

I am not sure how grand a tour I can offer,  but I welcome all visitors to Puerto Rico anytime!
 

Thanks for the invitations for when I can get back to HI!

Calyptrocalyx elegans.

Tim

Thanks Tim, I’m enjoying it as much as I can in a pot 😀 The crownshafts are beautiful on them, can’t wait til it gets a bit of trunk. 

Calyptrocalyx hollrungii, a nifty little understory palm. Tough little bugger, sparse clumper, thick leathery leaves with the new ones being colorful similar to others in the genus. 

Tim

Little Pinanga disticha, 2 years in the ground from a 4-inch pot. Love the mottled leaves, though it seems I always miss the colorful new leaf. Happy to see it progressing after getting dinged by a big Satakentia frond. 

I've got one of those too, Kim! I think we got them around the same time (2 years ago when Floribunda had them). They're beautiful palms. I'll try to catch mine the next time it opens a red leaf.

On 2/16/2023 at 10:46 AM, realarch said:

 

Whoa!! Super cool looking. It’s a winner. 
 

-dale 

Here is some COLOR but not in the fronds...how about crownshafts?

Pinanga speciosa

Areca vestiaria

 

Couldn’t resist……I’ve never seen color this intense on one of my Calyptrocalyx leptostachys before. 

Tim

1 hour ago, realarch said:

Couldn’t resist……I’ve never seen color this intense on one of my Calyptrocalyx leptostachys before. 

Tim

It could be from all the rain. Lol

Some darker color at the top of this guy

 

Edited March 5, 20233 yr by Brad52

Calyptrocalyx hollrungii-2  #1 died after a few months.  This is bout 2 years old from 1 gal pot.

 

Blinding Areca macrocalyx in the morning sun .

Tim

Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos with clivia.

New spear on my largest Beccariophoenix alfreddi has some cool purple color.

I saw that we just had a Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos post, so why not one on it's closely related cousin, Chrysalidocarpus lastelliana.  Hard to beat the intense color at this stage in growth. Unfortunately, in East Hawaii these get very tall so the colorful crownshaft is eventually lost in the canopy.  That is a baby Beccariophoenix alfredii lurking in the background.  From posts I've seen on PT, I bet both of these species would do well for many folks on the mainland.

And here is a green anole waiting for some tasty insect to be attracted to the flowers of this Areca vestiaria.   Every single plant on my property has its own hungry anole patrolling for bugs.  I never need to spray insecticide.  The lizards do all the work.  I don't think Hawaii has any native reptiles. The anoles are one of thousands of introduced species, but as far as I can tell they are not causing any harm.  Maybe an empty ecological niche just waiting to be filled?  There must be billions of them on the island.  Even with the dangerous predators hiding everywhere, the flowers still get pollinated.  In six months this clump will be covered with brilliant red fruit to match the crownshafts.  It's strange that such an incredible palm has almost no commercial value locally because it reproduces so prolifically.  Every palm garden in Hawaii has several these and LOTS of potted seedlings to give away to visitors.  It's like growing squash in the vegetable garden.  Too bad this species is a challenge on the mainland.

 

I have posted this palm before but it always impresses me with its colors.

C. macrocarpa

 

Lars

 

This topic always brightens my day! Thanks everybody!

Not sure if these photos are repeats, sorry.

Welfia regia

 

Baby Chambeyronia 

15 hours ago, Rick Kelley said:

I saw that we just had a Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos post, so why not one on it's closely related cousin, Chrysalidocarpus lastelliana.  Hard to beat the intense color at this stage in growth. Unfortunately, in East Hawaii these get very tall so the colorful crownshaft is eventually lost in the canopy.  That is a baby Beccariophoenix alfredii lurking in the background.  From posts I've seen on PT, I bet both of these species would do well for many folks on the mainland.

And here is a green anole waiting for some tasty insect to be attracted to the flowers of this Areca vestiaria.   Every single plant on my property has its own hungry anole patrolling for bugs.  I never need to spray insecticide.  The lizards do all the work.  I don't think Hawaii has any native reptiles. The anoles are one of thousands of introduced species, but as far as I can tell they are not causing any harm.  Maybe an empty ecological niche just waiting to be filled?  There must be billions of them on the island.  Even with the dangerous predators hiding everywhere, the flowers still get pollinated.  In six months this clump will be covered with brilliant red fruit to match the crownshafts.  It's strange that such an incredible palm has almost no commercial value locally because it reproduces so prolifically.  Every palm garden in Hawaii has several these and LOTS of potted seedlings to give away to visitors.  It's like growing squash in the vegetable garden.  Too bad this species is a challenge on the mainland.

 

Areca vestiaria grows very well in South Florida.

Just got this little guy - d. rosea. What color!!! Caryota ophiopellis 

Good morning,

Rain season is about to start but the sun still shines through the clouds...

C. macrocarpa

 

Lars

 

This Areca macrocalyx is such a colorful palm and a fast grower. 

Tim

Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

A couple of beauties Tim. Those Dictyocaryum are something else! Wish I could grow one..

Chrysalidocarpus decipiens crownshaft