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So What Caught Your Eye Today?

The Gerg

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gyuseppe Grand Master

gyuseppe

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2 minutes ago, Mazat said:

the white one is zephyrantes candida 🤔

wow, thirty 🤗, they love your climate

I show yours also Sabine, she loves (so special) flowers 🤗

 

yes Tom

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GIUSEPPE

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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That Pseudophoenix is gorgeous!

Hope no ox rhino beetles over there…

 

 

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tim_brissy_13 Grand Master

tim_brissy_13

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Something a bit different caught my eye: An aerial root on Chamaedorea tenella ‘Veracruz’ dislodging a lower frond still trying to grip on. 
 

I’ve only got these 2, both 3 years old from seed very generously given by @palmtreesforpleasure . Both have just started flowering and are both female. 

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Tim Brisbane

Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

Rarely Frost

2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Something a bit different caught my eye: An aerial root on Chamaedorea tenella ‘Veracruz’ dislodging a lower frond still trying to grip on. 
 

I’ve only got these 2, both 3 years old from seed very generously given by @palmtreesforpleasure . Both have just started flowering and are both female. 

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Looking good Tim  10 points of for the weeds, and an extra 5 points of for not controlling such a dangerous out of control weed the good old pop weed. So a happypalms score of 85/100, you can do better next time! 🤣

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Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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The girth of the trunk on my Caryota gigantic in Carlsbad.   It is on a slope so will be very fun to remove after it flowers eventually. 

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Mazat Veteran

Mazat

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1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Looking good Tim  10 points of for the weeds, and an extra 5 points of for not controlling such a dangerous out of control weed the good old pop weed. So a happypalms score of 85/100, you can do better next time! 🤣

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Mazat Veteran

Mazat

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33 minutes ago, Tracy said:

The girth of the trunk on my Caryota gigantic in Carlsbad.   It is on a slope so will be very fun to remove after it flowers eventually. 

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A wonderful trunk and, at the same time, a very large diameter.
Oh yes, Tracy. Regarding the effort involved, I can still remember well when the four of us had to dig out our CIDP, which was only 2.5 meters high in comparison, in 2022 after a severe storm in winter and about

-9 degrees celsius / 14.9 degrees fahrenheit, after the protective structure had been completely destroyed and the palm tree had frozen to death. and the ground was (is) flat.
Otto simply lifted out the already wide trunk as if it were a toddler, well, he is built like a well-trained American/British professional heavyweight boxer...
The roots reached deep, and it took us about three hours to get it done, and we were exhausted. Then came the great frustration, and Sabine cried as if her best friend had died... Ralf and I were too exhausted, while Otto remained calm and was still fit.

 

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Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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This more caught my ear than my eye.  I was at the BBQ below it and heard something overhead to see the old leaf falling and getting partially stuck in the Ravenea glauca.   That sound triggered my eyes to it.   Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos. 

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Hilo Jason Grand Master

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5 hours ago, Tracy said:

This more caught my ear than my eye.  I was at the BBQ below it and heard something overhead to see the old leaf falling and getting partially stuck in the Ravenea glauca.   That sound triggered my eyes to it.   Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos. 

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Nice!  Has it flowered yet?  If I remember correctly, it seems like these take awhile to flower in California?  

Hilo Jason Grand Master

Hilo Jason

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Chrysalidocarpus Basilongus are almost glowing right now 

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Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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24 minutes ago, Hilo Jason said:

Nice!  Has it flowered yet?  If I remember correctly, it seems like these take awhile to flower in California?  

Still no inflorescence with over 12 feet of ringed trunk.  They definitely hold out here in California. 

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Hilo Jason Grand Master

Hilo Jason

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34 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Still no inflorescence with over 12 feet of ringed trunk.  They definitely hold out here in California. 

Wow, that is interesting, I wonder what causes the delay there?   Seems like the climate is good for them.   Yours looks perfect! 

 

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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7 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Chrysalidocarpus Basilongus are almost glowing right now 

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 Beautiful now I know why I have 80 seedlings, thanks for the confirmation!

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realarch Grand Master

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Awww Jason, you beat me to it. Looks like the time for C. basilongus to exhibit a growth spurt. Such an interesting palm. Yours are looking stellar.

Tim

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Hilo, Hawaii

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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3 hours ago, realarch said:

Awww Jason, you beat me to it. Looks like the time for C. basilongus to exhibit a growth spurt. Such an interesting palm. Yours are looking stellar.

Tim

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You’re ones are taller so you must sit and stare at your ones longer🌱

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happypalms Grand Master

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Variegated lanonia dasyantha got a little eye attention today! 

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tim_brissy_13 Grand Master

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25 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Variegated lanonia dasyantha got a little eye attention today! 

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Amazing! I remember not that long ago when you posted it as a tiny seedling. Looks like it’s growing well and quickly!

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Tim Brisbane

Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

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2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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4 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Amazing! I remember not that long ago when you posted it as a tiny seedling. Looks like it’s growing well and quickly!

Dasyantha absolutely love my climate and soil, another couple of years and she’s going in the ground in a special place, one that’s in a nice viewing spot, preferably by the door. It would be a shame to auction of such a rare beauty if I dont have a spot for it I might have to auction it off to the highest bidder any idea of a reserve price🤣

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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6 hours ago, happypalms said:

Variegated lanonia dasyantha got a little eye attention today! 

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That certainly is something special. I’ve heard Tim, the other Tim, has deep pockets. 

Tim

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Tim

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realarch Grand Master

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20 hours ago, happypalms said:

You’re ones are taller so you must sit and stare at your ones longer🌱

Richard, it does get a lot of eye time and in addition, spirited conversation. 

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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2 minutes ago, realarch said:

That certainly is something special. I’ve heard Tim, the other Tim, has deep pockets. 

Tim

Is that Tim the enchanter of Monty python, all Tim’s are welcome especially deep pocket Tim’s, and more if there enchanting!

Richard 

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happypalms Grand Master

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3 minutes ago, realarch said:

Richard, it does get a lot of eye time and in addition, spirited conversation. 

Tim

Iam sure it does! Oh Tim the enchanted one!

Richard 

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sgvcns Experienced

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I took a sucker of my Pinanga densiglora.

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But there is hope 

 

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sgvcns Experienced

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Next action is to start digging the donor palm. And many more. Planning to move in 18 months or so to a smaller place.20250814_165847.thumb.jpg.a132fdbf641aa0c886c1e740f525bc51.jpg

Dug my Zamias this week. Monday to Saigon has slowed me down,in a good way. Lanonia manglaensis country beckons. 

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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15 hours ago, sgvcns said:

Next action is to start digging the donor palm. And many more. Planning to move in 18 months or so to a smaller place.20250814_165847.thumb.jpg.a132fdbf641aa0c886c1e740f525bc51.jpg

Dug my Zamias this week. Monday to Saigon has slowed me down,in a good way. Lanonia manglaensis country beckons. 

Good luck Steve, moving to a smaller place In Australia or to Asia?

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Hydriastele dransfieldii, firecracker of an inflorescence.

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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A recently donated mapu that got planted in the Coffs Harbour botanical gardens got a look in today. As part of the future conservation project. 

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sgvcns Experienced

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7 hours ago, realarch said:

Good luck Steve, moving to a smaller place In Australia or to Asia?

Tim

Closer to the city in a small cottage. Suburb of West End. This place is huge living by myself. 

It will be an interesting process figuring out what to take. The Zamias alone would fill a garden.

Something for 12 months time. PACSOA sale for the surplus.

This time next week I'll be on the way to the Kon Tum region...

Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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It was the sound that attracted my attention this morning.   The humming of bees informed me that the flowers on the Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus inflorescence were opening.  The color goes from a yellow to a deep golden shade of yellow when the flowers open.

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Urban Rainforest Grand Master

Urban Rainforest

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That is a big infloresence! Should get alot of seed off of that one. Lookin good!

Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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47 minutes ago, Tracy said:

It was the sound that attracted my attention this morning.   The humming of bees informed me that the flowers on the Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus inflorescence were opening.  The color goes from a yellow to a deep golden shade of yellow when the flowers open.

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Tracy, almost larger than the palm. Does that mass of flowers have a scent? Mine flower all the time, but are now thirty feet up and out of nose range. 

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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7 hours ago, realarch said:

Tracy, almost larger than the palm. Does that mass of flowers have a scent? Mine flower all the time, but are now thirty feet up and out of nose range. 

Tim

I will have to check Tim.  Mine is within proximity to smell but I haven't noticed.   Perhaps the close proximity of other plants has smothered the scent for me. 

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JohnAndSancho Grand Master

JohnAndSancho

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I'm pretty sure this hybrid is Waggy x Princeps, but check out the color even at this size. This one is gonna be a beauty. You can already see the blue at this size. IMG_20250815_203706.thumb.jpg.4286a6cd42a5b9044f5f735f225171ff.jpg

 

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Tracy Grand Master

Tracy

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On 8/15/2025 at 10:11 AM, realarch said:

Tracy, almost larger than the palm. Does that mass of flowers have a scent? Mine flower all the time, but are now thirty feet up and out of nose range. 

Tim

Went out and checked but I don't smell anything.   Here is what caught my eye when visiting my Carlsbad rental this morning. 

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happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

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A nice benga dawn caught my eye today! 

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Brad52 Mentor

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realarch Grand Master

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There you are Brad, the Cyphophoenix is getting big. This dry spell is getting concerning.

Tim 

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

Harry’s Palms Grand Master

Harry’s Palms

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This caught my eye as I was spending the morning in the garden. IMG_4618.thumb.jpeg.830274fd3cffea9108a1144e12534872.jpeg

A praying Mantis on one of my cycads! Harry

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