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Obi island getting sexy, Pinanga looking bright, and a 4 year C pembana as I recall…

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Brad52 Mentor

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Macarturii and Ponapea as well.

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

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@Brad52 do I spy a Bletilla blooming ? I have some here but they only bloom in Spring . Nice palms too! Yes , very nice . Harry

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1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

@Brad52 do I spy a Bletilla blooming ? I have some here but they only bloom in Spring . Nice palms too! Yes , very nice . Harry

The orchid?  They pop up all over the place but I dont think in this photo, I think the pink is a bromeliad flower.

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This one , lower right hand corner . Harry

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Brad52 Mentor

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1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

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This one , lower right hand corner . Harry

Ah, yes!  Thought you meant in the Ponapea photo!

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A nice little tray of some Johannesteijsmannia magnifica anyone! 

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Husain Veteran

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A little insect on the Yapa frond got my attention

 

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

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This sunrise ,  as I gaze through the fronds of our Howea , caught my attention! We are expecting a rain storm tomorrow and we are at the leading edge of the storm , creating a fire in the sky. HarryIMG_1046.thumb.jpeg.0cbf0e2e60a71c72206104b73349e309.jpeg

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On 11/12/2025 at 10:37 PM, Husain said:

A little insect on the Yapa frond got my attention

 

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A praying mantis and it’s the only insect you want to come back as a female! She eats the male after mating, bit of a tough love thing! 

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This isn't really beautiful or anything but seeing how much I can squeeze in these storage bins is nice. Top water the bananas and let everything else bottom water and soak up the fertilizer runoff.

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Glaucum getting bigger!!

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This is one of two Becarriophoenix alfredii which caught my eye today at the San Diego Zoo.

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Palms1984 Proficient

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Newly planted Licuala species at the San Diego Zoo.  There’s 14 new Licuala palms planted in this area. 

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@Palms1984 I really need to make another trip down to San Diego . I rarely go without visiting and spending a full day at Balboa Park and the zoo. Any update on the recently moved Bizmarkia? Harry

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A nice little linospadix minor in flower 

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Brahea Clara

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San Fernando Valley, California

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Out in the garden after the rain and a lovely surprise, Dypsis utilis putting on the red show. 

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Another Chambeyronia hookeri in flower, and a few seeds on the lytocarum weddlianum. 

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Iguanura wallichiana var. major. 

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A few nice Satakentia at a nursery in Homestead, Florida.  Needless to say I walked out with a 5-gal to take back to South Texas!  😉

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Nice fat Carpoxylon at the same nursery.  

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Triple-headed Hyophorbe lagenicaulis at Montgomery Botanical Center.

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After 4 days of a rain . Maybe a break with more on the way. More than just a silver lining. Deep watering for our palms in Southern California . HarryIMG_4528.thumb.jpeg.9306f8a242a025eb9d218cfa18f74504.jpeg

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Lights are crooked because I haven't untied their power cables yet. I sat on this table just to make sure it was solid and I'm about 210 pounds. I stood on it hanging lights. I think it can handle some seedlings. Now that it's done I found all the extra braces I had tucked away for it. 

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 😑 Whoops. Wrong thread. 

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2.5ft still going, getting concerned about its stability.

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Mazat Grand Master

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On 11/13/2025 at 10:45 PM, JohnAndSancho said:

This isn't really beautiful or anything but seeing how much I can squeeze in these storage bins is nice. Top water the bananas and let everything else bottom water and soak up the fertilizer runoff.

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Also beautiful, John 👍🤗

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Mazat Grand Master

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After 4 days of a rain . Maybe a break with more on the way. More than just a silver lining. Deep watering for our palms in Southern California . HarryIMG_4528.thumb.jpeg.9306f8a242a025eb9d218cfa18f74504.jpeg

Wow 👍 amazing 

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Like Harry, I was drawn to the site of a rainbow 🌈 visible from my walkway, looking west.  Unfortunately, to get to the end of this rainbow,  I would need to dawn my wetsuits and paddle out to find it.  After all the pollution runoff, I will wait a couple of days before returning to the ocean.  The palms lining my walkway were also a draw for my eyes.

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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@Tracy Very nice! I love the gate you have , the palms are beautiful. Somebody beat me to the pot of gold! ( stinking leprechauns ) . Too cold to paddle out up here , even with a 3/3 Psycho. Harry

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@Tracy Very nice! I love the gate you have , the palms are beautiful. Somebody beat me to the pot of gold! ( stinking leprechauns ) . Too cold to paddle out up here , even with a 3/3 Psycho. Harry

There are some who are still swimming in Lake Constance, with an air temperature of 5 degrees Celsius and a water temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius at the moment.
Yesterday, I saw people ranging in age from 20 to 85, and everyone we spoke to said they had been doing it for a long time and had gotten used to the much colder water in winter... We were once in water at 13 degrees Celsius, but it still felt cold.

 

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3 hours ago, Tracy said:

Like Harry, I was drawn to the site of a rainbow 🌈 visible from my walkway, looking west.  Unfortunately, to get to the end of this rainbow,  I would need to dawn my wetsuits and paddle out to find it.  After all the pollution runoff, I will wait a couple of days before returning to the ocean.  The palms lining my walkway were also a draw for my eyes.

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Wonderful, Tracy. It's always worth going out, whether you're feeling less fit or not. It's great, it encourages you to move and observe.

A huge villa with lots of palm trees, a large yard, and a garden with many flowers was recently sold by the owner. By local standards, it has a yard of about 800 square meters with a direct view of the lake. He said he was moving into an apartment because he was 86 years young, emphasizing the word “young.” The new owner had a huge house built that looks like a multi-story garage. Okay, he left the palm trees, but otherwise everything is concrete... With the best will in the world, it looks awful, and the best is yet to come: he even blocked the view of the lake, which means he has to go up several floors to see the lake at all...
The residents said it was a man of about 28 who had received a huge inheritance...

 

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