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So What Caught Your Eye Today?

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in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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2 minutes ago, knell said:

no worries, i have thousands of photos to post. if you would like to see my old archive, i used to post on instagram every day https://www.instagram.com/palm.gallery/

 

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Ravenea musicalis… if the fruit is ripe, you have to open them carefully, as they have almost certainly sprouted inside, even the small fruit like this one

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Orania palindan

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Orania disticha

Yes, I have you as a friend. I've been doing this for a few months.

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    Nice little dypsis lantzeana got my attention this morning.

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    This year my Pritchardia gained some height. Now I don’t have to trim it so close . For a few years the fronds would be overhanging a pathway right at face level . It is now overhead. Looking up at the new , opening fronds caught my eye. HarryIMG_0957.thumb.jpeg.3e2c22a01e2be510d80643aaa71fa9e4.jpeg

    ‘This was so very small when I planted it next to my house in about 2000 or so. Nice to look up and know I won’t have to trim healthy fronds in order to walk down my pathway. It is starting to form a full canopy , blending with a large C. Lutescens on the other side of the path. 

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    Beautiful Pritchardia Pacifica, Harry. Congratulations, my friend.

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    netting this P. henryana fruit to catch it when it finally decides to drop

    Floribunda web jockey / garden gnome

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    Hi there,

    I have posted in another thread this one before but no one reacted - no offense, folks(!) -

    but I can't stop admitting how beautiful this still young fella already is....

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    Rhopaloblaste elegans 

    I have got two of them and absolutely no trouble except some snail bites here and threre - I am looking forward to get 

    them (hopefully) growing up.

     

    Lars

     

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    Very cool my Friend.💪💪🦜🦜🦜

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    When Latania decided to open two fronds at a time 

     

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    21 minutes ago, Husain said:

    Cuando Latania decidió abrir dos frondas a la vez 

     

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    That latania looks beautiful. Very good photo. Congratulations, friend.

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    double b, Bentinckia and Balaka

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    Floribunda web jockey / garden gnome

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    the color on these immature Livistona fruit

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    Beautiful fruit on the Bentickia.

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    21 hours ago, knell said:

    double b, Bentinckia and Balaka

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    Hey Knell, what is the species of the Balaka?

    Tim

    Tim

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    2 hours ago, realarch said:

    Hey Knell, what is the species of the Balaka?

    Tim

    my favorite, streptostachys ♥️

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    IMG_8965.thumb.jpeg.f0939d20cee65085a841f4cf44e107b6.jpegPinanga densiflora

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    D. bosseri

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    Manicaria triple fruit

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    You have spectacular palm trees in Hawaii.

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    the climate helps, but this is the result of a lot of passion, effort and commitment from Jeff, Suchin, and Bill for as long as i have been alive

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    We’re lucky to have you posting photos on Palmtalk @knell! 

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

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    7 hours ago, knell said:

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    Manicaria triple fruit

    I’ll have to do some research, is Manicaria related to Phytelephas? Man, a lot of similarities between the seed. 

    Tim

    Tim

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    different subfamilies so not as close as one would think, if you squint hard enough there are convergent traits all over Arecaceae

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    Joey magnifica

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    Nephrosperma

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    Cyphosperma

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    more Chrysalidocarpus notovobontsira, featuring a moth model that is thankfully not an Opogona

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    tokoravina

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    Nanner, not a palm - but this thing just came in the mail last Saturday, I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday when I took it out of its plug pot. Already opening a new leaf. Lowkey scared to see what it does when it gets in the sun and I start fertilizing and giving it compost if this is what it's done in 3 days with basically no roots under a 5 watt bulb. IMG_20250919_202150.thumb.jpg.55664493a6cc0e61bc050cad3b81f412.jpg

     

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    mananjarensis

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    On 9/19/2025 at 12:22 PM, knell said:

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    more Chrysalidocarpus notovobontsira, featuring a moth model that is thankfully not an Opogona

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    tokoravina

    “Notovobontsira“ hah, I like it. But then what is it?  Not sure if we’ll ever know!

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    Areca tunku

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    3 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

    “Notovobontsira“ hah, I like it. But then what is it?  Not sure if we’ll ever know!

    it will hopefully be another carlsmithii, leucomallus, robustus, hankona, etc

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    Brahea Super Silver really starting to look the part now. 
     

    Germinated in 2017 so about 8 years from seed to actually silver. It’s a rewarding palm to grow and goes through a nice transition from green to aqua/blue to blue/silver.  

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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.

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    Spectacular, my friend, your Super Silver Brahea. I germinated some. I think I'll have to germinate more. How old is your Super Silver?

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    who can guess this ID?

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    Hedyscepe

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    Sabal Yapa

     

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    On 9/21/2025 at 12:43 PM, tim_brissy_13 said:

    Brahea Super Silver really starting to look the part now. 
     

    Germinated in 2017 so about 8 years from seed to actually silver. It’s a rewarding palm to grow and goes through a nice transition from green to aqua/blue to blue/silver.  

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    Fantastic specimen, Tim.
    Unfortunately, we had only seen two specimens in the wild, and that was several years ago in southern Switzerland in Ticino.

    Official Climate Update: Subtropical Microclimate (Cfa) | 36-year mean: 11.76°C (incl. -0.3K offset) | ~2,100+ annual sunshine hours Bresser solar-vent. Station @ 1.70m since 2019 (Stachen, CH)

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    On 9/18/2025 at 5:22 PM, knell said:

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    Lovely, who be this?

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    8 minutes ago, Brad52 said:

    Lovely, who be this?

    Ravenea xerophila 🤩

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    Phytelephas tenuicaulis, female inflorescence. 
    Tim

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    Tim

    Hilo, Hawaii

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