So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[Brad52]

15 minutes ago, realarch said:

Hey Brad, yup, the mottling is normal and an attractive trait.

Tim

Reminds me of some bamboo species I used to grow, desirable for that trait - thanks for the info Tim. 

BTW any idea what my dark bumpy  palm above is, is it a Veitchia?

 

[realarch]

Brad, looks like V. arecina to me. The color and patterns on V. arecina are so much nicer than V. joannis, IMO, but I do love those droopy leaves on the later. Veitchia vitiensis is my absolute favorite though.

Tim

[Brad52]

45 minutes ago, realarch said:

Brad, looks like V. arecina to me. The color and patterns on V. arecina are so much nicer than V. joannis, IMO, but I do love those droopy leaves on the later. Veitchia vitiensis is my absolute favorite though.

Tim

Thanks Tim!  Sorry for hijacking the what caught your eye thread folks!

[Brad52]

I had formed the impression that my Itaya was very slow growing, now 3 years from a small pot but about a month ago I discovered that it was barely in the ground.  Today it caught my eye that it seems to be forgiving me for not fixing it sooner.

[palmfriend]

Hi,

I made a short stroll through the garden and found this flowering J. altifrons....

😜

The Hibiscus flower dropped right into the young palm...

 

Lars

 

[mnorell]

Speaking of Hibiscus...

My Hibiscus tiliaceus (Talipariti tiliacea) is loaded with buds and has been busting out with these beautiful blossoms the last few days. What a great tree for the Palm Springs area...it always looks wonderful, happy with its big, glossy leaves, never bothered by sizzling (123F) summer heat/sun, nor from temps down toward the freezing mark. Never blanches in the heat, never yellows or purples (anthocyanins) in the cold. Just a beautiful, wonderful thing to my eyes, and I'm oh so glad I planted it. 

And an honorable mention...Bauhinia x Blakeana making a very nice mid-winter show as well!

 

[Harry’s Palms]

It has been warm here and I have been out watering and picking up debris from the Santa Ana winds that blow everything around. I hadn’t noticed before but the ground orchid is coming up early this year. 

[Brad52]

Pride of Burma flowering in these choking drought days 

[Okkidoggi]

After the morning rain, these tiny palms are looking pretty sweet!

From top to bottom: Pinanga sp, Calyptrocalyx pachystachys, variegated Areca cathecu, Licuala thoana, Licuala maculata (or Lanonia dasyantha?), and a not-so-variegated Licuala grandis. 

[Okkidoggi]

What catches your eye? The pinnate leaves of Dypsis and Pinanga, or the palmate leaves of Licuala and Joey?

[SeanK]

17 minutes ago, Okkidoggi said:

What catches your eye? The pinnate leaves of Dypsis and Pinanga, or the palmate leaves of Licuala and Joey?

✓ Licuala et Joey

[Brad52]

Today Obi Island, Stingray and friends caught my eye.

[Palmiz]

Saw this coming home this evening, while sitting at the red light I look up and see this.

[Brad52]

Today Pinanga and friends caught my eye…

[redant]

Areca catechu seeding again. Shocking for my zone.

[Tracy]

Well not actually today, but yesterday afternoon before the storm arrived,  this no ID Pritchardia species was really catching my attention.  It is getting very full and the trunk has significant girth.  It was planted in an elevated narrow long brick planter which I hope continues to contain it as it grows. 

[realarch]

Socratea exorrhiza, emergent stilt root. 

Tim

[Billy]

4 hours ago, Tracy said:

this no ID Pritchardia species was really catching my attention.  It is getting very full and the trunk has significant girth.  It was planted in an elevated narrow long brick planter which I hope continues to contain it as it grows. 

Beautiful, Tracy. Looking like Chambeyronia oliviformis to the right of the Pritchardia? More or less how much space did you leave between the two? My guess is ~6'. I've always admired your big one on the Ashbury side but don't recall noticing the other one until seeing this photo.

[Tracy]

2 hours ago, Billy said:

More or less how much space did you leave between the two? My guess is ~6'. 

I think that sounds right Billy, but when the rain stops I'll check and send you a pm.  I have a third C. oliviformis adjacent to the walkway on Kurt & Mary's side too.  They are a great grower that stays contained in its air space well, which is why I added the other two years after planting the one along Ashbury.

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, realarch said:

Socratea exorrhiza, emergent stilt root. 

Tim, those roots are so cool looking.  They remind me of some sort of reptile or mammal as opposed to a plant.

[Foxpalms]

Roystonea regia/The Cuban royal palm growing in Marrakech Morocco.

[D. Morrowii]

Caryota ophiopellis getting snakey 

[realarch]

Clinostigma savoryanum, always looks great.

Tim

[Tracy]

This Cryosophila stauracantha attracted attention during a break in the rain.  It has been slow growing so while not an ankle biter by nature, is filling that role for now.

[realarch]

3 hours ago, Tracy said:

This Cryosophila stauracantha attracted attention during a break in the rain.  It has been slow growing so while not an ankle biter by nature, is filling that role for now.

Hey Tracy, good on you for growing Cryosophila in SoCal. I’d never thought of that possibility and it looks good.

Tim

[Brad52]

The new neighborhood for my Brassiophoenix caught my eye today.  For Where’s Waldo fans there are 2 Brassiophoenix and a Heterospathe leaf visible.

[Hilo Jason]

This solitary lutescens-type palm always catches my eye

[redant]

This was from seed from my Phoenix sylvestris, not sure if it mixed with anything. It's in the shade as most of my palms are, really looking beautiful. Love hate relationship with Phoenix

[palmfriend]

Hi,

boot came off from this seed grown D. album var. aureum...

...and...

Second flowering attempt - but this time it looks promising.

 

Lars

 

[Harry’s Palms]

I was at Disney California Adventure and spotted this Triangle Palm behind a wall. It looked like it had a few seeds but I was unable to get to the Palm. Harry

[Hilo Jason]

Chrysalidocarpus Hovomantsina Hybrid, bright white crown shaft after a leaf drop 

[redant]

Peaches anyone? Bactris gasipaes fruiting again. One mean palm.

[redant]

Arenga pinnata, sugar palm, trying to have billions of babies.

[ellidro]

10 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Chrysalidocarpus Hovomantsina Hybrid, bright white crown shaft after a leaf drop 

Holy smokes! Gorgeous palm. Hovo’s are slow in California yet one of my favorite palms when I visit Hawaii. Maybe a Hybrid would be better here. Looks a lot like ambositrae.

[realarch]

2 hours ago, redant said:

Peaches anyone? Bactris gasipaes fruiting again. One mean palm.

Doug, from what I’ve read on this board over the years about Areca in Florida, that is amazing!

Tim

[realarch]

8 minutes ago, ellidro said:

Holy smokes! Gorgeous palm. Hovo’s are slow in California yet one of my favorite palms when I visit Hawaii. Maybe a Hybrid would be better here. Looks a lot like ambositrae.

I agree Jason, that is beautiful. Trunk looks similar, but those leaves are so different. 

Tim

[redant]

3 hours ago, realarch said:

Doug, from what I’ve read on this board over the years about Areca in Florida, that is amazing!

Tim

We have been on a string of very moderate winters. The building boom all over FL , IMO is one of the big reasons. This palm had burnt to the ground in 2010, I said good riddance and then it came back lol.  It's a beautiful palm but you can't touch anything on it but the seeds. 

[Hilo Jason]

My previous post showed a Hovomantsina hybrid. My true Hovomantsina caught my eye this weekend when a leaf fell and revealed its first flower.  Planted 6 years ago from a 15 gallon pot. This is in my Hilo garden at 500 feet elevation. 
 

 

[Billeb]

11 hours ago, ellidro said:

Holy smokes! Gorgeous palm. Hovo’s are slow in California yet one of my favorite palms when I visit Hawaii. Maybe a Hybrid would be better here. Looks a lot like ambositrae.

Totally thought the same thing. Like a huge Ambositrae in every characteristic. Awesome whatever mix it is. 
 

-dale 

[Hilo Jason]

11 hours ago, ellidro said:

Holy smokes! Gorgeous palm. Hovo’s are slow in California yet one of my favorite palms when I visit Hawaii. Maybe a Hybrid would be better here. Looks a lot like ambositrae.

True Hovo’s are slow here too, at least to get to a good planting size. I was fortunate to find some large 10 and 15 gallon sizes when I first moved here. They were probably 10 years old already so I got a nice head start on them. 
 

I can see the Ambositrae resemblance you mentioned. Although I’m pretty sure Floribunda didn’t have any flowering Ambositrae yet when I bought this. So who knows what this could be crossed with. Lots of potential options.