Trying to find space for more palms 

 

Dypsis louvelli showing up the rest of the garden. 

17 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

My observation on the Chambeyronia Hookeri is that they seem to be more robust . The new red fronds that are shown here @happypalms and @tim_brissy_13 both seem to be larger than the more common C. Macrocarpa that I have seen. The C. Hookeri I got seeds from in Ventura , California is not only different in crown shaft coloring , it is like a Macrocarpa on steroids! I have only seen a couple of them so I don’t know if it is truly a bigger palm or just the ones I’ve seen. Harry

They are more solid and robust looking and a different colour new leaf in comparison to macrocarpa, a good healthy macrocarpa you can’t go past though for the glory they are known for! Here’s a nice pic of a macrocarpa. 
Richard 

On 2/9/2026 at 7:17 PM, happypalms said:

A stack of dypsis onilihanses seeds to give away! Weeping form of course. 

Yes please! You know they love the cold...

White triangle

13 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Yes please! You know they love the cold...

Will be in touch, but you gotta turn that thermostat up in the refrigerator on the apple isle! 

A few chamaedorea seeds on there way!chamaedorea plumosa chamaedorea adscendens chamaedorea metallica

New spear starting to open on my Hyophorbe lagenicaulis. Not bad for mid February 

A couple of winners! lanonia dasyanthaGeonoma PanamaRoscheria melanochaetes 

On 2/16/2026 at 3:09 PM, Husain said:

Trying to find space for more palms 

 

That’s a task that will never end, trying to find space for more palms!!!

Today it caught my eye that I could take a photograph of my palms when it’s raining and see the raindrops in the photograph.  

 

 

 

Chambeyronia hookeri, variegated rhapis ayanishiki. 

I noticed the beautifull Laccospadix australasica' s new leaf

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Removed a couple of old leaf sheaths this arvo.  

A cracker of a Chambeyronia hookerii.

Kentiopsis oliviformis really starting to hold onto more leaves with a bit of age and attention.

And finally a ptychosperma nicolai finally pushed through the ferms. 

The things you do to collect a few maxima seeds, climbing ladders for ips members! 

This gang of Syagrus romanzoffiana enjoying some late winter warmth and sunshine

I was cleaning bananas for spider mites - I mean there's just nothing I can do, there's 10 butted up against each other under the better lights - anyway, I hack off any dusty leaves or wherever I see webbing cuz who cares? It'll grow back in like 3 days. 

 

Anyway, I missed and decapitated this Mekong Giant and I guess I hit it in the exact right spot, because within literally hours it was pushing this new leaf. 

On 2/21/2026 at 11:03 AM, happypalms said:

The things you do to collect a few maxima seeds, climbing ladders for ips members! 

What happened to the new growth in the Lepido's?

tulips, spring begins

6 hours ago, wimmie said:

What happened to the new growth in the Lepido's?

The new flush it was extremely hot and when they were flushing, 40 degrees Celsius in the shade. They do grow native to my area but that’s more so in the wet scelorphyl  forest. 

Pigaffeta is definitly the less frustrating palm to grow. A little less than a year from seed. 

Sabal mauritiformis with the dypsis  saintlucei in the background followed by a chamaedorea adscendens that’s 26 years old with a young kerriodoxa elegans.

Two lots over caught my eye today.

Today I noticed how conveniently located my coconuts are on this tree.

Gonna do a little sideways here. Was walking. Sancho and we ended up on the backside of the field where we used to have a trailer, and these are what's left of the trunks of 2 massive oak tree trunks that came down in one of the many, many tornadoes we had during Hurricane Katrina. 

 

The pictures aren't the greatest but I'm in shorts and slides. We literally watched these trees rocking back and forth for hours not knowing which way they were gonna fall. Logging companies and roofers made BANK right after that.

One of my Royals 

 

 

Licuala ramsayi ready to make a mess!

 

Just a trio of Chamaedorea radicalis  getting around the garden. 

    @happypalms  No matter how many of these pop up around my garden and grow into lovely palms , I never get tired or them. Their versatility is welcomed . Sun , shade or anything in between , they thrive . 
      Those are beautiful . All them look quite “ happy”. 
                        🌴 Harry🌴

6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

    @happypalms  No matter how many of these pop up around my garden and grow into lovely palms , I never get tired or them. Their versatility is welcomed . Sun , shade or anything in between , they thrive . 
      Those are beautiful . All them look quite “ happy”. 
                        🌴 Harry🌴

Yes they pretty good for that tropical look around the garden. And an easy palm to grow and lots of seeds available, in fact a species of chamaedorea thay are often overlooked and underrated by collecters just because there common. I love them. 
Richard 

Everyone’s cold hardy favourite the tough old Arenga engleri. 

Not palms but got my attention while watering the palms on the side of the house where my wife’s Tillandsia wall is . Tillandsia go hand in hand with the tropical effect to show off the jungle created by the palms. Harry

First up is this guy . It’s been the companion to this Howea for years and is blooming for the first time. I do not know the names of these , but I have two of this variety . The other one has bloomed every year but this is a first for this one..

I have a whole bunch of these and give them away from time to time .

looking very nice with a bit of Spanish Moss that has taken up residency with this clump. Harry

@Harry’s Palms has been watering so why not let the elephant have a bit of a bath!

Latania new frond

 

 

Another Chambeyronia anyone! 

Marojejya darinii and a nice little dypsis lantzeana seemed to have liked the summer we just had! 

What caught my eye today was a whole stack of kerriodoxas looking pretty good! 

Sabal Yapa & Brahea (when blue meets silver)