How about a Snowfire Hibiscus?

Damn near poked me in the eye with that color!

One evening just sitting outside thinking how cool it might be to go to a tropical island, but why? I’m already in one! (The house is way in the background.)
 

Hi, 

I got a nice contrast I think...

Young Bizzie and...

...its Chamby buddy close by....😉

 

Lars 

 

The deed is done!

Her she is cleaned up and repotted. I brought it over to a friend’s house the other night and he should have it planted by now. Will post photos when it’s in the ground. 

A livistona in front of a Roystonea.

First ring of trunk peeking through on Dypsis Robusta 

 

Red leaf

Here's a Bismarckia I started from seed. Showing some amazing color.  So proud of my baby bizzy. 

Areca Catechu pushing a new leaf

Some Sabal Yapa and Sabal Gretheriae seedlings pushing a new leaf too

My coconut with a very nice light-green color on it's new leaf

The main inspiration for my most recent purchase…..a nearby Chrysalidocarpus (?) leptocheilos. An absolute stunner with what I’m guessing is Chrysalidocarpus baronii to the left. Sorry for the bad lighting. 

Oooh, this wasn't here yesterday. 

 

My big indoor trunking C. Cataractarum is flowering again. Also another pic of the full plant with my Monstera photo bombing 

Rasta color inna di yard! Red yellow and green Nothing too special but it did catch my eye when I got home from work.

Cocos nucifera on the canary Islands Europe at 28n. It has a few coconuts on it as well

A big pinanga disticha and to the left p. Aristata

Completely not palm related, but a very awesome very very orange Chevy....

 

And, you know you're in Texas when there's an empty box for a shotgun by a hotel trashcan. These def caught my eye. 

During a walk through of my garden today I noticed several new spears coincidentally all opening at the same time. This warm and humid fall weather has these palms still growing full speed ahead despite the slightly cooler nights and shorter daylight hours. This might be the most spears I’ve seen opening at once since starting my garden about two years ago. 
 

-Veitchia arecina

-Dypsis pembana

-Foxylady #1

-Dypsis leptocheilos

-Foxylady #2

-Dypsis lanceolata

-Archontophoenix cunninghamiana “Illawarra”

 

 

Areca vestiaria cranking out the seed.

Tim

This image taken moments ago, early winter in SF,    Rhopalostylis baueri v. cheesemanii, grown from a four inch pot size.  

The first Butia in my collection flowering! 😁

This one I planted about 7 years ago from a 3 gallon, don't recall how old or how long it was in that pot though.  This like all my Butia will parent stock for hybridization project with the Syagrus varieties in my collection. 

Beccariophoenix alfredii next door to @quaman58 no where near trunking and already throwing an inflo. These palms are monsters! Beautiful but scary big!

happy jubaea and volcano after the rain

6 hours ago, Billy said:

Beccariophoenix alfredii next door to @quaman58 no where near trunking and already throwing an inflo. These palms are monsters! Beautiful but scary big!

Here's my biggest Alfreidii. Think it'll catch up in a year or 2? 🤣 8" pot for reference and it's heavy so it's pushing roots.

I forget the scientific name, starts with a P. But a Money Tree. I've never seen them sold as solo plants, always multiples braided and I think they look so tacky. This was 5 plants braided and then it went to 3 and then 2 and then 1 as the others all died. Anyway it's pushing a few new leaves in a few spots and that makes me happy. C. Cataractarum and L. Weddellanium photobombing. 

Saw these Livistona victoriae a couple of days ago

I was doing some after Nicole yard clean up yesterday and noticed some striking colors on this H. indica. A little wind whipped but otherwise looking good. 

On 11/13/2022 at 7:29 AM, Daryl said:

Saw these Livistona victoriae a couple of days ago

Thanks Daryl,  habitat shots are the best !  

I second that Darold! Probably should start a thread, ‘Only Palms in Habitat’ . 

Tim

Hello Daryl!

This was a gift from a friend that collected the seed in Madagascar. He said the parent plant was like a solitary Dypsis Lutescens, but very robust. He gave it to me with a tag on it that said “Dypsis sp. Column” as a reference to the size of the trunk. Very colorful palm!

 

Just a moment of sunshine 

Edited November 19, 20223 yr by dalmatiansoap

chambeyronia houilou surprised me with the color of its winter leaf.  I didnt expect it would be so colorful, but I I like it better than my hookeri's recent leaf.  First the C. M. hookeri, then C. Houilou houilou

Did not know what this was until Master Tracy’s thread:

Solid spear on my uncle’s watermelon Chambeyronia macrocarpa. Looking forward to seeing it open up soon.

Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) Robusta hybrid in the process of splitting multiple times. 

 

Palmy shot taken late afternoon on Thanksgiving: