Chamaedorea adscendens.

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

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

C saintelucei fresh trunk caught an eye.

Pseudophoenix vinifera at Mounts:

Chamaedorea elaitor 

lilium yellow bruse

Livistona rigida, thanks @Jonathan👍🎁

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

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

52 minutes ago, happypalms said:

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

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

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. 

Caryota mitis

 

 

Tall skinny Thrinax radiata in the bright:

Upskirt to show seeds:

Pinanga maroon crownshaft. 

A bit of special attention for the basselina glabrata getting planted, 
 

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.

On 5/13/2026 at 10:29 AM, bubba said:

Pseudophoenix vinifera at Mounts:

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

Tim

Tim,

I was shocked to find this unlabeled older specimen at Mounts in the back! There are actually two side by side:

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:

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.

Tim

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...🤷‍♂️

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

 

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

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

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.  

Three great palms getting my attention roscheria melanochaetes chamaedorea adscendens, linospadix monostachya and kerriodoxa elegans carpoxylon macrospermum 

Down in Key Largo:

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. 

Calyptrocalyx elegans 

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 . Harry

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.

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 . 

🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜🗿

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 . Harry

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.

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.

Car shot on Phoenix canariensis:

Royals as the sun goes down:

A nice young dictyosperma conjugatum. 

55 minutes ago, happypalms said:

A nice young dictyosperma conjugatum. 

 

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