Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana, dypsis pembana, sabinara magnifica, three great palms.

Dypsis poiveana.

On 6/8/2026 at 2:35 AM, happypalms said:

Thanks, but it’s those lucky Hawaii growers, and a lot of other peoples gardens that have beauty off their own. One thing I do know is we all share the love of palms, some of us a little more crazy about them than others. I myself are one of those crazy palm lovers who just love gardening. Every gardening has his or her own style of gardening!

Hawaii has a very nice tropical climate and for the most part very good soil. Where I’m from originally, Kalihi Valley, it rains almost every night. All the tropical plants thrive without needing any water.

I wish San Diego had more rain!

A few germination successes for some rare species caught my eye:

Syagrus harleyi

Syagrus campestris

Syagrus cataphracta

Pritchardia waialealeana

A spathe standing at attention on a Burretiokentia hapala.

With the wee people standing guard. Harry

1 hour ago, Palms1984 said:

Hawaii has a very nice tropical climate and for the most part very good soil. Where I’m from originally, Kalihi Valley, it rains almost every night. All the tropical plants thrive without needing any water.

I wish San Diego had more rain!

If it was me I would move back to Hawaii and live in palm paradise!

8 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

A few germination successes for some rare species caught my eye:

Syagrus harleyi

Syagrus campestris

Syagrus cataphracta

Pritchardia waialealeana

Iam impressed @tim_brissy_13 And that propagation medium looks familiar 👍you got some bargaining material there @happypalms 🤣

A nice Chambeyronia and the Geonoma atrovirens seems to ok in cold wet conditions (for now) still not freezing conditions to kill palms yet, but they will come sooner than later those 2 degrees celcius mornings.

A nice bit of colour on the archontophoenix new leaf

Different light gives different results, a nice chamaedorea klotzshciana certainly looks good in a bit of different lighting.

22 hours ago, happypalms said:

If it was me I would move back to Hawaii and live in palm paradise!

Iam impressed @tim_brissy_13 And that propagation medium looks familiar 👍you got some bargaining material there @happypalms 🤣

Make me an offer I can’t refuse 🤣

29 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Make me an offer I can’t refuse 🤣

Chuck those rare cold tolerant palms at you and the world is my oyster! 🤣😂🤣😂

Adonidia merrillii

A lot catches my eye in the garden and today it was. Bactris gassiapaes Dypsis basilonga Chamaedorea metallica

This lot lot also got my attention. Howea fosteriana chamaedorea radicalislinospadix minor

The jungle got my attention!

Polyandrococus caudescens

Dypsis poiveana

Fishtail

Chamaedorea adscendens flowering after five years. So it takes about 5 years from seed for them to flower!

That’s fairly young but not uncommon for Chamaedorea . Good looking palm. Harry

New leaf on an Alocasia Cuprea Red Secret. The camera does this color no justice. It's so shiny and metallic.

Here's another. This Blue Java banana pup has some DETERMINATION. It's going to Texas once it bulks up.

Red latania

Couple of chamaedoreas. Falciferegenoformis

Chamaedorea woodsoniana spathes opening. This palm has to be a contender for greatest crownshaft:trunk diameter ratio 🤣

Chamaedorea nubium first spathes. This could probably also go in the ‘Gettin’ the Ring’ thread.

Sabal minor first lot of ripe fruit it’s produced.

This caught my eye at my friend’s house. He says it’s Coccothrinax barbadensis. It’s an 8 or 9 year old plant from a gallon. I remember when it was very small and it’s grown very fast.

Another palm from my Palm Society friend who lives a few miles from me. He’s not sure what Pritchardia species it is, but the trunk looks typical of P. minor. R

This is the last palm that caught my eye at my Palm Society friend who lives a few miles from me. It’s a nine year old Licuala ramsayi. It may be getting a little too much sun.

Heterospathe barfordi seedling.

Bismarkia and White Triangle

Brahea Clara

Itaya today, with Pinanga looking smart…

Dypsis rivularis new leaf looking pretty good!

Iguanura Wallichiana

I was out walking my dog and the monoculture of this home I walk by frequently caught my eye.

Someone once got a deal on them or they had a favorite. They used to have some Livistonia chilensis mixed in but removed them a few years back. They do have an ocean and beautiful horizon view, so I understand the preference for low growing palms.

Leaf drop on Archontophoenix myolensis revealing some nice crownshaft colour. I still can’t quite capture the colour in photo for A myolensis crownshafts. In person it has a prominent aqua hue.

This view

Arenga westhoutii.

Dypsis poiveana and a container grown kerriodoxa elegans with a few nice black petioles.