My dypsis utilis, young and old both got a comparison look. Or vonitra. 

My Christmas palm frond kissing the ground 

 

Puya mirabilis in bloom

Latania opening a new frond 

 

The grand old Bismarck palm. 

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

The grand old Bismarck palm. 

Richard I had Bismarckia, but it died in January 2017 when we had the greatest frost ever recorded.

 

Red leaf on this Archontophoenix "Teracarpa" (it's a hybrid from Jungle Music Nursery). 

Freshly pruned Howea forsteriana (Kentia palms) by a church in Hillcrest, San Diego, California.  

One of my Coconut palms caught my eye today 

 

While walking the dog this morning we were getting a sprinkling of rain and I looked over yo see the rainbow and this Roystonia (i believe regia).  With about 12" rain per year on average,  we don't see rainbows often, nor are Roystonias very common. 

I hope this isn't a rerun, I never remember what I posted where. 

 

Orinoco banana pup I just potted up like 8 days ago, had literally zero roots when I got it from @5am. 

 

 

Time to (very delicately) pluck these jokers out and put them in some of that 100 pound mass of coir and perlite I just mixed. 

A little dypsis species anyone!

My red spicata coconut palm caught my eye today 

 

 

Teenage pregnancy...first time for this little Butia yatay!

This caught my eye ! From my hospital room after hip replacement. Harry

‘Some nice slender Bungalows

This one is gonna be a little different and I deserve applause. I went to the blue big box store and they've got a rack of bananas for $15. This one had multiple pups and I didn't buy it. Same with elephant ears. I used to look at plants for size and overall health, now I look for multiple plants. They also had a clearance majesty with 2 7 foot plants that looked great that I didn't buy. Please clap because I am literally running out of room unless I get a sugar mama. 

 

 

Baby toad hiding in the Cibotium.

On 10/17/2025 at 8:22 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

This caught my eye ! From my hospital room after hip replacement. Harry

‘Some nice slender Bungalows

Laying in bed and you still chasing palms🤣 the medication was good hey Harry. Richard

Chambeyronia hookeri about to flower! 

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Laying in bed and you still chasing palms🤣 the medication was good hey Harry. Richard

So good!! Harry “ palms are my life “ 

@happypalms I didn’t realize that the spathe on C. Hookeri was blonde as well. It blends right in! Harry

4 hours ago, happypalms said:

¡Chambeyronia hookeri a punto de florecer! 

Very cool my friend Richard🌴🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜💪💪

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

@happypalms I didn’t realize that the spathe on C. Hookeri was blonde as well. It blends right in! Harry

The green macrocarpa next to it is about to put out a spathe, they both do it at the same time. They call it the blonde flamethrower for good reason. 
Richard

28 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Very cool my friend Richard🌴🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜💪💪

They don’t get any better than blondes! 

That's right, dear Richard. You said it.

This coconut palm from my garden caught my eye

 

Nenga banaensis and a lovely Japanese variegated rhapis ayanishiki. 

My red spicata coconut palm caught my eye today  

 

My Latania caught my eye today  

 

Just about to open . This Chambeyronia Macrocarpa will be in full display in a few days . Harry

Pritchardia pacifica opening a new frond 

 

Cocothrinax eckmanii doing well, 25 years old with no attention at all just left to its own. 

The Chambey opened! Seems faster these days . From spear to open 2 days  max. A bit of red leaf showing . Never gets old , to me. Harry

‘In full sun the red doesn’t seem to last as long . I get maybe 3-4 days .

In contrast , this much younger palm took 3-4 weeks to fully open . Cyphophoenix Nucele. This is the first frond since planting it earlier this year. So far a very hardy palm , I’m not too worried about winter with this one. Harry

On a brief trip back to the mother land, this mature Phoenix canariensis growing on the coast at Middleton on Sea, West Sussex caught my eye.

Oraniopsis appendiculata git a little attention after I walked past it. 

These  royal palms caught my eye today.  They were very small palms in 2010 without trunks. They’ve grown very fast over the last 14 to 15 years.  Photo taken in La Mesa, CA. on October 23, 2025. Unfortunately, two trees have fronds that have been butchered because of the power lines and poles. 

A nice variegated Japanese rhapis zuikonishiki, and the hookeri flowering away. Got my attention again. 

After 3 years a batch of 100 Brahea sarukhanii seeds from RPS had done nothing. I had basically given up on them. Then this caught my eye today…