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So What Caught Your Eye Today?

The Gerg

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happypalms Grand Master

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Chamaedorea adscendens.

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happypalms Grand Master

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A nice Chambeyronia in the greenhouse and a beautiful archontophoenix out in the garden. 

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happypalms Grand Master

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Looking at the outer edge of the garden, in there is a whole world of joy 

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C saintelucei fresh trunk caught an eye.

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Pseudophoenix vinifera at Mounts:IMG_2087.thumb.jpeg.7421a762efae1722b3c3126a8178faeb.jpeg

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Chamaedorea elaitor 

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Livistona rigida, thanks @Jonathan👍🎁

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An absolute perfect chamaedorea adscendans. They don’t get any better than this beauty!

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Actually what did catch my eye today was a 🌈 I love Australia 🇦🇺 

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Palms1984 Proficient

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52 minutes ago, happypalms said:

An absolute perfect chamaedorea adscendans. They don’t get any better than this beauty!

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That is absolutely beautiful!  I’ve never seen one with such shiny leaves.  You must get a lot of rain and high humidity there.  

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16 minutes ago, Palms1984 said:

That is absolutely beautiful!  I’ve never seen one with such shiny leaves.  You must get a lot of rain and high humidity there.  

It’s just in a perfect microclimate. Rainfall transforms my garden, I get  around 1800mm a season give or take, that and irrigation. 

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Caryota mitis

 

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Pinanga maroon crownshaft. 

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On 5/12/2026 at 8:38 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

I don’t understand putting so many Livistona Chinensis in one pot. The trunks , eventually , get pretty big . Some retailers sell palms in community pots that should have been separated at the seedling stage. Both those would be better grown as singles. Harry

I agree. More money for the grower as singles, two, or threes for houseplants. I haven't seen Livistona for over ten years up my way.

I have ONLY seen Spindles as singles. I wonder if one would survive outside in PHX near the house, under canopy.

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That is quite the specimen, I’d brake for a second look.

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bubba Grand Master

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Tim,

I was shocked to find this unlabeled older specimen at Mounts in the back! There are actually two side by side:IMG_2088.thumb.jpeg.5b06f6cb15c710e7d768582a6521666c.jpeg

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1 hour ago, bubba said:

Tim,

I was shocked to find this unlabeled older specimen at Mounts in the back! There are actually two side by side:IMG_2088.thumb.jpeg.5b06f6cb15c710e7d768582a6521666c.jpeg

Keith, I remember how blown away I was how beautiful the Psuedophoenix and Copernicia were when I attended the 2014 Miami biennial. Thanks for posting those photos.

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9 hours ago, SeanK said:

I have ONLY seen Spindles as singles. I wonder if one would survive outside in PHX near the house, under canopy.

They absolutely can survive planted in the ground, in Phoenix, if sited correctly. (Think microclimate) Here's one I had grown from seed that was in that spot for several years. Also had a bottle palm in the ground for about 20 years before our brutal summer of 2020 took out both of them...🤷‍♂️

 

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Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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A lot of red, with 5 hokoeri in a row! 

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Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana, not to worried about the cool wet conditions. 

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Palms1984 Proficient

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On 5/14/2026 at 3:03 AM, happypalms said:

It’s just in a perfect microclimate. Rainfall transforms my garden, I get  around 1800mm a season give or take, that and irrigation. 

Wow!  That’s a tremendous amount of rain!  That’s 7 times more rain than San Diego.  That’s almost as much rain as upper Kalihi Valley, a district of Honolulu where I am originally from.  

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Three great palms getting my attention IMG_2666.thumb.jpeg.1310763535bad5a53c67d147f0f271aa.jpegroscheria melanochaetes IMG_2725.thumb.jpeg.4ffbdcc071c4c830d50e2b8684d19713.jpegchamaedorea adscendens, linospadix monostachya and kerriodoxa elegans IMG_2726.thumb.jpeg.5b1250e7fe6811611c19153c3aa1c783.jpegcarpoxylon macrospermum 

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17 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

Wow!  That’s a tremendous amount of rain!  That’s 7 times more rain than San Diego.  That’s almost as much rain as upper Kalihi Valley, a district of Honolulu where I am originally from.  

Yet the area I live in is dry sclerophyll forests. Last years big wet season in one area got 3000mm in total.  There are microclimate pockets in my area and I guess one of those is my property. 

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Calyptrocalyx elegans 

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My little Cyphophoenix Nucele has been in the ground 11 months and it is opening its second frond. This one takes a while for the frond to fully open . Harryimage.thumb.jpg.25925c77e9b4fe56c2d54cd771589cc6.jpg

On the right side is the frond that opened about 5 months ago , much larger than the other fronds . The lower , yellowing frond will be trimmed off after the new frond fully opens.image.thumb.jpg.91bfac11d0d2e9e47c01e67e4ec2f66e.jpg

this view clearly shows how each frond is getting noticeably larger with wider leaves. I guess it’s happy in a spot that only sees a couple of hours of morning sun . This is a palm I had never heard of , so a bit of a gamble . I am expecting similar growth habits to Chambeyronia . 

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Tracy Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

My little Cyphophoenix Nucele has been in the ground 11 months and it is opening its second frond. This one takes a while for the frond to fully open . Harryimage.thumb.jpg.25925c77e9b4fe56c2d54cd771589cc6.jpg

On the right side is the frond that opened about 5 months ago , much larger than the other fronds . The lower , yellowing frond will be trimmed off after the new frond fully opens.image.thumb.jpg.91bfac11d0d2e9e47c01e67e4ec2f66e.jpg

this view clearly shows how each frond is getting noticeably larger with wider leaves. I guess it’s happy in a spot that only sees a couple of hours of morning sun . This is a palm I had never heard of , so a bit of a gamble . I am expecting similar growth habits to Chambeyronia . 

The Cyphophoenis nucele will grow to be a beautiful specimen Harry.  Mine has several years of growth ahead of yours so is a nice preview of what to expect.

Separately,  what caught my eye in the garden this morning were some flowers in different states of development.   First on a Burretiokentia koghiensis,  then some blue and red orchids growing adjacent to each other.   Cleisocentrum gokusingii (merrillianum) are the blue flowers and fragrant Maxillaria tenufolia is the red flower.

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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Royals as the sun goes down:IMG_2596.thumb.jpeg.2cfd5d69ceb1fbc43b040afa58becc93.jpeg

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A nice young dictyosperma conjugatum. 

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55 minutes ago, happypalms said:

A nice young dictyosperma conjugatum. 

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Beautifull. Will this palm handles the direct sun with the heat in the 40s during summer?

 

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