So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[Tracy]

Last night the old leaf on this Rhopalostylis came off and I couldn't help noticing the spathe and spadix this morning.   The spathe must have popped open and dropped overnight. 

[happypalms]

Dypsis plumosa flowering.

[Husain]

This corner full of palms 

 

[tim_brissy_13]

Fresh crownshafts and growth rings on Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus. Love the colours on the thing, and the fact it’s still alive down here!

[Harry’s Palms]

4 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Fresh crownshafts and growth rings on Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus. Love the colours on the thing, and the fact it’s still alive down here!

Lovely colors . I’m afraid mine is a few years from trunking but growing well . Was that a double when you planted it ? I know these can sometimes clump . Harry

[Josue Diaz]

A flash of red in my shade garden

[tim_brissy_13]

6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Lovely colors . I’m afraid mine is a few years from trunking but growing well . Was that a double when you planted it ? I know these can sometimes clump . Harry

Hi Harry yes it had two stems when planted 5 years ago. Was just about to start trunking at that time. 

[Cannonball]

[Cannonball]

Sorry about the photo orientation. 

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, Cannonball said:

Sorry about the photo orientation. 

Forgiven if you share the id...

[Husain]

Sabal Yapa first/new frond start opening 

 

[happypalms]

Another flower spathe on the Cham hookeri, hopefully I get a few seeds to set. 

[Brad52]

Yesterday I managed to muster up the fortitude to go for a short walk on part of the property and see how the drought affected things,  looks like the little Areca stilt palm died along with six or seven others out right but other things look pretty amazingly well considering what they’ve been through.

[John2468]

Glaucum cutting have rooted and starting to sprout.

[realarch]

Well, well, well, first flowering for my Lemurophoenix. A few weak prior attempts but, finally. Planted as a 3 gallon back mid 2008 from Bo Lundkvist stock. That seventeen years has gone by like a rocket.

Tim 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, realarch said:

Well, well, well, first flowering for my Lemurophoenix. A few weak prior attempts but, finally. Planted as a 3 gallon back mid 2008 from Bo Lundkvist stock. That seventeen years has gone by like a rocket.

Tim 

The older we get the better our palms look!

Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

16 hours ago, happypalms said:

The older we get the better our palms look!

Richard 

Ain’t that the truth! Also , when we plant smaller palms , we realize how special those 25 year old palms we planted years ago are. 
   @realarch that is a beauty, I love the coloring. Harry

[gyuseppe]

[Cannonball]

On 11/4/2025 at 2:38 PM, Tracy said:

Forgiven if you share the id...

😂 . I believe it to be Chrysalidocarpus Albofarinosa but I'm neither a botanist nor certain. I have four of them two solitary and two clumping. This particular one is shorter in leaf spacing and quite coarsely ringed, the others quite smooth but I haven't worked out if this is merely situational.

[happypalms]

A nice little dypsis procera worthy of a bit of attention. 

[RiverCityRichard]

Chrysalidocarpus Lanceolatus slowly throwing a red frond has caught my eye this week