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So What Caught Your Eye Today?

The Gerg

By The Gerg
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Brad52 Mentor

Brad52

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5 hours ago, realarch said:

Hey Brad, which Pritchardia is that?

Tim

Tim I have 3 and don’t know what any are!

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Hmmm Brad, we’re going to have to see if we can ID them.

Latania loddigesii, a young one, looking rather stellar lately.

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

Matt in OC Grand Master

Matt in OC

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On 4/24/2025 at 10:12 AM, realarch said:

Hey Brad, which Pritchardia is that?

Tim

Viscosa? It's amazing!

sgvcns Experienced

sgvcns

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C metallica had it's most fruitful flowering. Another infructescence 20250429_120730.thumb.jpg.608753285f96621d95f88f1f4e5426ad.jpgwith similar seed set.

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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Pretty well much my little socratea rostrata caught my eye today, after all the great rainfall I think she’s had a good drink  

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Here’s another Pritchardia whose ID I’m not sure of. I thought it was P. beccariana, which I guess it could be, but not sure. A nice layer of lepidia on the abaxial side and stiff deeply divided leaves. 

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Hilo, Hawaii

John hovancsek Veteran

John hovancsek

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C. Nucel and b. Grandiflora 

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SoFlo Contributor

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Norton Sculpture Garden - Had no chance to get away from my group. Will have to return.

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Jonathan Veteran

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A cute little tree frog hanging out in a Lepidorrachis, and a nice late autumn flush on a Howea f.

 

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

Harry’s Palms Grand Master

Harry’s Palms

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One of my larger Tilandsia is blooming. Very sweet smell to this one. Shown against a Rhapis Excelsia for relevance. HarryIMG_4427.thumb.jpeg.92bd553e06f42494977b007efccc7375.jpeg

I have several of these in different varieties. This is my largest one .

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Tracy Grand Master

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A leaf came off my Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus a couple of weeks ago, and I noticed that another is peeling back.  Now it is decision time since the leaflets are green, do I leave it?  Do I remove it down to the crownshaft so it doesn't destroy something underneath when it crashes down?  For now, I'm waiting a little longer but will probably follow the first path since I don't want it to damage plants below.  Sometimes what catches our eye can be thought provoking or provide a dilemma.

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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My Pinanga blue seed sp certainly has a nice bit of colour to it catching my eye. 

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Brad52 Mentor

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Today I noticed palms that don’t like how dry it’s been here, have one dead and more like these.

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realarch Grand Master

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3 hours ago, Brad52 said:

Today I noticed palms that don’t like how dry it’s been here, have one dead and more like these.

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Oh man Brad, been a tough first half of the year so far. No losses here thanks to actually having a bit of soil and maybe more moisture due to elevation. Hang in there dude, a month from now we’ll wonder if the rain will ever stop.

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Hilo, Hawaii

richnorm Grand Master

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54 minutes ago, realarch said:

Oh man Brad, been a tough first half of the year so far. No losses here thanks to actually having a bit of soil and maybe more moisture due to elevation. Hang in there dude, a month from now we’ll wonder if the rain will ever stop.

Tim

Yep, hang in there!  We had a horribly dry summer and I was getting really worried but now the lawns are back to growing 3 inches a week!

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Brad52 Mentor

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1 hour ago, realarch said:

Oh man Brad, been a tough first half of the year so far. No losses here thanks to actually having a bit of soil and maybe more moisture due to elevation. Hang in there dude, a month from now we’ll wonder if the rain will ever stop.

Tim

But we just came out of our rainy season!

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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What caught my eye today was my lanonia magaloni and a beautiful Chambeyronia hookerii and a nice Howea bellmooreana. 

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Tracy Grand Master

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A fuzzy attractive new spear pushing up on a Chrysalidocarpus robustus.

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Billy Mentor

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My Howea belmoreana showing some nice color. 

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Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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2 hours ago, Billy said:

My Howea belmoreana showing some nice color. 

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You will continue to be happy with planting this palm.  They thrive in our climate. 

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Tracy Grand Master

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Tikiman

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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14 hours ago, Tracy said:

Tikiman

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Classical beautiful, there’s a great mind behind that thought. Love it!

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Dypsis poivreana catches my eye almost everyday.

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Hilo, Hawaii

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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18 hours ago, realarch said:

Dypsis poivreana catches my eye almost everyday.

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I bet it does. I have around 6 in the collection but as usual nothing that impressive, must be a Hawaii thing where palms grow at the speed of light.

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Richard, thanks. Nice little palms, almost elegant in habit. These have been lightly clumping palms with only one or two additional stems which slowly wither away after starting out healthy. All the energy seems focused on the main stem. They do produce viable seed and germination rates have been good.

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Hilo, Hawaii

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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7 minutes ago, realarch said:

Richard, thanks. Nice little palms, almost elegant in habit. These have been lightly clumping palms with only one or two additional stems which slowly wither away after starting out healthy. All the energy seems focused on the main stem. They do produce viable seed and germination rates have been good.

Tim

Interesting they produce suckers then die of. I wonder if that is a survival mechanism, for when the main stem is either broken or dies of age?

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palmfriend Grand Master

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Hi,

after sitting in a spot for two, three years with probably too less water I pulled it out half year ago and placed in an area 

of my garden where the soils dries out... The result is remarkable and I am glad that I made the move:

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What a beauty it turned into.

 

Lars

 

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palmfriend Grand Master

palmfriend

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1 hour ago, palmfriend said:

Hi,

after sitting in a spot for two, three years with probably too less water I pulled it out half year ago and placed in an area 

of my garden where the soils dries out... The result is remarkable and I am glad that I made the move:

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A. tiandria

What a beauty it turned into.

 

Lars

 

Oh, I am sorry! 

The most important word is missing:

It was supposed to mean, that the palm is now placed in a spot where the soil NEVER dries out.

 

regards 

Lars 

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John hovancsek Veteran

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I love this palm

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Brad52 Mentor

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Today it caught my eye that plan B of a Pinanga privacy screen has failed like plan A of a coffee screen failed.  Plan C must include more drought tolerant plants and likely will not be palms…

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Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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The flower spathe on a Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae caused the leaf base to split and drop today exposing the entire spathe.  I am not hopeful it will open before it too falls off.  What really caught my attention was the latest leaf that is opening.   The adaxial side of the petiole between the new leaflets is as fuzzy reddish brown as anything I have seen on Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos or rufescens. 

I haven't seen this before with either specimen before.   This clearly has taken time to develop the feature. 

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

Harry’s Palms

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A new frond for my Chambeyronia Mcrocarpa . Not much red yet but just a hint of flame. This palm has responded well to more water and a bit of organic fertilizer. HarryIMG_0749.thumb.jpeg.5cbb3b4b9e527f6eaa638e7c9b7f8ade.jpeg

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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16 hours ago, Brad52 said:

Today it caught my eye that plan B of a Pinanga privacy screen has failed like plan A of a coffee screen failed.  Plan C must include more drought tolerant plants and likely will not be palms…

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Time to bring out the golden canes hey. 

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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Another batch of seed in the mail got my attention today. 

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Jadd Correia Experienced

Jadd Correia

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Chambeyronia macrocarpa hookeri looking really nice in my back garden. I think the color is getting deeper and bolder with each new leaf! 

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

Harry’s Palms

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Mine started getting less coloring when it broke through the canopy into full sun. Harry

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

Harry’s Palms

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The frond has opened now . This is about all the color this one gets , still nice HarryIMG_0753.thumb.jpeg.3b5734c909fe5813e8dd45f225f55fbb.jpeg

‘Had to get on a ladder but got a pic . From below it is mostly dark green. 

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Husain Mentor

Husain

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My royal palm from the top of my house 

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Brad52 Mentor

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On 5/9/2025 at 11:43 AM, Brad52 said:

Today I noticed palms that don’t like how dry it’s been here, have one dead and more like these.

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Couple more its too bloody dry recently 

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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On 5/18/2025 at 12:56 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

The frond has opened now . This is about all the color this one gets , still nice HarryIMG_0753.thumb.jpeg.3b5734c909fe5813e8dd45f225f55fbb.jpeg

‘Had to get on a ladder but got a pic . From below it is mostly dark green. 

There comes a time in man’s life when he has to admit it’s time to give up climbing ladders 🚁🏥

Richard 

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