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. 

Dypsis plumosa flowering.

This corner full of palms 

 

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

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

A flash of red in my shade garden

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. 

Sorry about the photo orientation. 

3 hours ago, Cannonball said:

Sorry about the photo orientation. 

Forgiven if you share the id...

Sabal Yapa first/new frond start opening 

 

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

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.

Glaucum cutting have rooted and starting to sprout.

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 

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 

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

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.

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

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

On 11/4/2025 at 1:40 PM, John2468 said:

Glaucum cutting have rooted and starting to sprout.

Love the haps

My Alexandrea caught my eye as I was leaving for work this morning . It just opened another frond. It seems this year it has accelerated a bit , the crown shaft shed a leaf base and got much thicker! Harry

This afternoon I noticed a bunch of seedlings at the base of a pair of Howea forsteriana in Carlsbad. 

Super nice Kentia , is that a Chambeyronia to the right? Harry

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Super nice Kentia , is that a Chambeyronia to the right? Harry

Good eye Harry.  Yes, that is a Chambeyronia macrocarpa hookeri at the right edge of the photo.  My Pritchardia hillebrandii is just outside the frame on the other side of the Chambeyronia. 

Wallichia disticha male flowerdypsis saintlucei seeds maturing 

 

 Butia capita flowering a lovely purple colour. 

Brahea & red rose 

 

Dark Pinanga caught my eye today, hard to photo when young and shaded.

4 hours ago, Brad52 said:

Dark Pinanga caught my eye today, hard to photo when young and shaded.

What a palm absolutely gorgeous! 

One of my Royals crownshaft 

 

 

 

Generations of rasta...  two separate specimens of the same species on different sides of the garden. 

popping colors today.

 

Another Rasta Man...Chamaedorea tepejilote!

Sabal Yapa frond between several varieties palms fronds 

 

A little stick insect on the Joey leaf got my attention.