At the Sydney Botanical Garden again the other day.

[Steve Mac]

Among so many great palms, here are a few which were stunning in there own way. And don't forget that this is in the middle of winter down here.

Chamaedorea alternans with showy flowering.

 

 

Chamaedorea nationsiana  with showy fruits.

 

Dypsis ceraea with some color, not as showy as some but a lovely bronze, if you didn't know better you might think that it was dieing though. 

 

Dypsis hovomantsina, stunning.

 

Dypsis nodifera very pretty.

 

Pinanga coronata, with their dainty little crown shaped seed packets.

Pritchardia pacifica,   I don't expect this one to live any longer than the coconut that they had here.

 

Sabal minor beautiful blue and no thorns like our horrible native Livistonas.

 

Ptychosperma waitianum simply lovely. 

 

These Lytos are just for Pal, these insigne looking good

And these weddells doing so well that they are throwing seed all over the ground.

     

You are not supposed to pick any of them up either.

 

 

[Monòver]

Thanks!!!

Every palms looks nice and like you tell us, in the middle of Winter.

[Palms4Steve]

Thanks Steve. I am due for another visit to the garden soon.

[Pal Meir]

1 hour ago, gtsteve said:

Among so many great palms, here are a few which were stunning in there own way. And don't forget that this is in the middle of winter down here.

………………

These Lytos are just for Pal, these insigne looking good

And these weddells doing so well that they are throwing seed all over the ground.

     

You are not supposed to pick any of them up either.

 

Thanks so much for the Lytos! 

But as long as I can’t see the real sizes (trunk diameter etc.) and properties (are the leaflets like leather or paper?) of those Lytos I am not sure if the L insigne is not L wendell and the last L weddell might not be a L insigne ……??? 

And it is a pity that you are not allowed to pick up the seeds of the last Lyto; is it not possible to ask at the office of the BG for a permission? 

[gyuseppe]

 can seeds be harvested or is it forbidden?
 

[Steve Mac]

It is forbidden Giuseppe, as in most if not all botanical gardens around the world, I would expect.  If any do grow where they fall they are pulled out and mulched.

The gardens here have been cleaned out extensively, with thousands of seedlings going into the mulcher.

The reason that I was given for the garden not actively growing on from seed was, 'because of the proximity to each other, parentage cannot be guaranteed.'

And also as Pal alluded to, not all of the plants in the garden are even tagged correctly to start with, a lot of the tedious planting and tagging is done by well meaning volunteers.  

But with all of the deficiencies and limitations we still enjoy what we have.

Steve

[Pal Meir]

5 hours ago, gtsteve said:

It is forbidden Giuseppe, as in most if not all botanical gardens around the world, I would expect.  If any do grow where they fall they are pulled out and mulched.

The gardens here have been cleaned out extensively, with thousands of seedlings going into the mulcher.

The reason that I was given for the garden not actively growing on from seed was, 'because of the proximity to each other, parentage cannot be guaranteed.'

And also as Pal alluded to, not all of the plants in the garden are even tagged correctly to start with, a lot of the tedious planting and tagging is done by well meaning volunteers.  

But with all of the deficiencies and limitations we still enjoy what we have.

Steve

The confusion between L weddell and L insigne need not to be the fault of the Sydney BG. Since Henderson’s Palms of the Americas (1995) both species were merged together as L weddell. Therefore the explanation on the label for the habitat as »RJ & ES« was correct for that time. But since Noblick & Lorenzi’s article on The Genus Lytocaryum in 2010 both species got separated again. Now the habitat of L weddell should be only RJ and of L insigne both RJ and ES. — Further an additional problem arose with seeds distributed by RPS in 2014/15: There were seeds sold as L insigne which were actually L weddell.

[Darold Petty]

5 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

The confusion between L weddell and L insigne need not to be the fault of the Sydney BG. Since Henderson’s Palms of the Americas (1995) both species were merged together as L weddell. Therefore the explanation on the label for the habitat as »RJ & ES« was correct for that time. But since Noblick & Lorenzi’s article on The Genus Lytocaryum in 2010 both species got separated again. Now the habitat of L weddell should be only RJ and of L insigne both RJ and ES. — Further an additional problem arose with seeds distributed by RPS in 2014/15: There were seeds sold as L insigne which were actually L weddell.

That happened to me!  I was thrilled with germination, but then the pinnate eophyl signified L. weddell.   

[redant]

Biggest weddells I have ever seen. Funny about the sables, they are everywhere in FL, not a favorite of mine at all and yet I have several species of mean Livistonas I planted.

[Steve Mac]

"  several species of mean Livistonas I planted. "

Yes, I can see the attraction for some people, like Roses and cactus, but for me, just not in my garden. 

And I do love the look of your Avatar, in your garden.