So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[happypalms]

Such a beautiful palm and after the rain you can see the glee in them Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana! 

[happypalms]

Chamaedorea Radicalis might be common but they make a statement!

[happypalms]

Chamaedorea rhizomatosa and a Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana. 

[happypalms]

Typo

[bubba]

Phoenix canariensis at Four Arts:

[Hu Palmeras]

🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜

[SeanK]

On 4/30/2026 at 5:19 AM, Husain said:

Some red beauty 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are #2 & #3?

[John2468]

Verschaffeltia growing faster the bigger it gets.

[Brad52]

H rheophytica and Bismarkia today

[happypalms]

Chambeyronia hookeri 

[happypalms]

Dypsis pembana an easy one to grow. 

[Palms1984]

On 4/30/2026 at 4:31 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

I wonder if this is the one they moved last year. I was wondering if that palm survived , they are very root sensitive . I know they have more than one Bizmarkia down there . Harry

No, these were all planted in 2020 into this area.  Here’s a not so good pic of the Bismarckia in the background.  This pic was taken on November 15, 2020. 

[Palms1984]

On 4/30/2026 at 1:13 PM, happypalms said:

Ptychosperma schefferi

How fast does it grow for you?  I’ve read it can grow pretty fast in the ground. 
 

I purchased a Ptychosperma scheferri a year ago.  It had 40 plants in one pot, so I separated them, now I have no idea what do with them all.  😂.    They grow very well outside here in urban San Diego, though. How cold do you get in winter there?  I have maybe 4 or 5 morning low temps of 43 degrees f or 6 degrees c during winter. 

[happypalms]

7 minutes ago, Palms1984 said:

How fast does it grow for you?  I’ve read it can grow pretty fast in the ground. 
 

I purchased a Ptychosperma scheferri a year ago.  It had 40 plants in one pot, so I separated them, now I have no idea what do with them all.  😂.    They grow very well outside here in urban San Diego, though. How cold do you get in winter there?  I have maybe 4 or 5 morning low temps of 43 degrees f or 6 degrees c during winter. 

This one is around 5years from a bare rooted mail order in a 140mm container. I also dug it up once due to a tree that had to be removed. So it’s just really starting to get a move on. Your temperatures won’t hurt the schefferii lows as 2 degrees celsius in my garden. They are tough and moderately paced growing habit. 

[happypalms]

A couple of good collecter palmscocothrinax eckmanii dypsis proceralicuala fordiana

[bubba]

A troop of Licuala grandis at Four Arts:

[happypalms]

A nice variegated rhapis planted beside the good old water tank!

[gyuseppe]

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, bubba said:

A troop of Licuala grandis at Four Arts:

I do believe it’s a troop of monkeys and a stand of palms! 🌱

[happypalms]

Chamaedorea genoformis and chamaedorea metallica tucked away in the understory! 

[happypalms]

A nice Chambeyronia putting on a show at 6.30 on a foggy morning! 

[Palms1984]

16 hours ago, bubba said:

A troop of Licuala grandis at Four Arts:

Those are gorgeous Licuala grandis!  Is the ground dry there?  I thought it needs very moist soil.  
 

I have one growing outside here in urban San Diego.  It has grown exceptionally well here the last two years, even better than my Licuala pelatata ‘Sumawongii’ ; spinosa, and ramsayi.

Do you know if Licuala grandis hybridizes with Licuala peltata ‘Sumawongii’ in Florida?  It came from Florida. 

[Palms1984]

23 hours ago, happypalms said:

This one is around 5years from a bare rooted mail order in a 140mm container. I also dug it up once due to a tree that had to be removed. So it’s just really starting to get a move on. Your temperatures won’t hurt the schefferii lows as 2 degrees celsius in my garden. They are tough and moderately paced growing habit. 

Thank you 🙏 so much for the information!  I planted two in my garden this morning, even though I’m pretty much out of space.  I really do love the tropical look of this palm tree!  Most of my Ptychosperma scheferri are small, only 18 inches (46 cm) tall. 

[Palms1984]

My single-trunked 9 ft (2.7 m) tall Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) lutescens. 

[bubba]

Thank you Palms1984. Because both palms are Licuala's, I guess that they could hybridize. This is an opinion of a non-expert. The soil in the shot is somewhat muckier than it appears in the photo.

Congratulations on your success in San Diego. These are not the easiest here in South Florida. These gardens work very hard to maintain these palms and they are experts. I am just a day trader with a handheld phone, shooting pictures of what I see and look for. As many can testify, my identification attempts are desperately lacking!

[bubba]

Veitchia arecina or Veitchia joannis:

[Palms1984]

10 hours ago, bubba said:

Thank you Palms1984. Because both palms are Licuala's, I guess that they could hybridize. This is an opinion of a non-expert. The soil in the shot is somewhat muckier than it appears in the photo.

Congratulations on your success in San Diego. These are not the easiest here in South Florida. These gardens work very hard to maintain these palms and they are experts. I am just a day trader with a handheld phone, shooting pictures of what I see and look for. As many can testify, my identification attempts are desperately lacking!

Thank you for the information on the soil!  I figured those palms wouldn’t look so good in dry soil.

I’m very lucky where I live here in urban San Diego to be in USDA zone 11a.  It’s amazing the amount of tropical plants and palms which grow to perfection and maturity which “are not supposed to grow here” .  This is why I never make definitive statements about any tropical plants that “can’t grown”.  I’ve been proven wrong too many times. 
 

I’ve been in the IPS since 1984 and am pretty good at identifying palms, but definitely not an expert.  It can be very difficult sometimes to 100 percent id palms, especially the more unusual ones or hybrids.  😎

[Palms1984]

Some of the many Brahea brandegeei blooming in old palm canyon in the western edition of Balboa Park.  I believe this old palm canyon is over 100 years old.  

[happypalms]

The good old foxtail palm. 

[happypalms]

Livistona Australis in the garden. 

[palmfriend]

On 5/3/2026 at 11:59 PM, John2468 said:

Verschaffeltia growing faster the bigger it gets.

Hi there.

Please be careful when repotting it. My one looked the same as yours and I transplanted it into another pot being as careful as possible. I don't know what happened but the color faded soon and then it was over within two weeks...

That was a real loss, I can tell.

However, thank you for posting!

 

Lars

[happypalms]

Pinanga sarawakensis. 

[gyuseppe]

[happypalms]

15 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Nice flowers gyuseppe! 

[gyuseppe]

2 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Nice flowers gyuseppe! 

thanks my friend !

[happypalms]

2 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

thanks my friend !

The climate you have is wonderful for flowers. 

[bubba]

[bubba]

[happypalms]

Dypsis prestonia, they just bigger each new leaf, a fast growing palm!

[happypalms]

Physokentia denisiimaurietiella aculeata A couple of good ones.