So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[happypalms]

A nice little chamaedorea caught my eye and said plant me in the garden so I did, iam so happy I listened to this little chamaedorea now! 

[gyuseppe]

Richard, don't you know what species it is?

[happypalms]

6 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, don't you know what species it is?

These ones I recently did a post as to what variety they were. And it was either genoformis and tenella. Iam leaning towards a fat leaf tenella as there are two forms.

[gyuseppe]

ok Richard thanks

[happypalms]

A nice Pinanga disticha complete leaf got my attention, not just for its beauty but for the fact it survived winter and temperatures down to 3 degrees Celsius, iam impressed! 

[realarch]

On 8/20/2025 at 9:23 PM, happypalms said:

A nice Pinanga disticha complete leaf got my attention, not just for its beauty but for the fact it survived winter and temperatures down to 3 degrees Celsius, iam impressed! 

Spectacular!

Tim

[realarch]

Look up! Gladly, so inspirational. 

A pair of Crysalidocarpus prestonianus. 

Tim

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, realarch said:

Look up! Gladly, so inspirational. 

A pair of Crysalidocarpus prestonianus. 

Tim

One thing I will say is you got the goods in Hawaii, now where’s my passport and that ticket to Hawaii it must be around here somewhere! 
Richard 

[realarch]

9 hours ago, happypalms said:

One thing I will say is you got the goods in Hawaii, now where’s my passport and that ticket to Hawaii it must be around here somewhere! 
Richard 

Always room for one more palm enthusiast. Pack light, it’s always warm. 

Tim

[happypalms]

30 minutes ago, realarch said:

Always room for one more palm enthusiast. Pack light, it’s always warm. 

Tim

Thanks, I will pack my suitcase full of palms then. Seeing as it’s not cold i will have more room for palms then! That way I will have more room to bring home a suitcase full of seeds, seeing as Tim couldn’t because they won’t grow in his sunny warm place! 
Richard 

[realarch]

Geonoma interrupta, gifted to me a few years ago from ‘mike in kurtistown’, a vigerous grower. 

Tim

[realarch]

Veitchia subdisticha grove. 

Tim

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, realarch said:

Veitchia subdisticha grove. 

Tim

That kinda makes my archontophoenix maxima grove look like a bunch of weeds, as usual Hawaii has the goods 🌱👍

[realarch]

Richard you make me laugh. A bunch of weeds is a bit harsh. 

Oh, and I can’t believe I misspelled ’vigorous’. Oy!

Tim

[tim_brissy_13]

On 8/25/2025 at 10:32 AM, realarch said:

Geonoma interrupta, gifted to me a few years ago from ‘mike in kurtistown’, a vigerous grower. 

Tim

That is so nice.  Most of my G interrupta have perished even in my unheated greenhouse protected from frost. One or two survive but not looking like these are feasible for temperate climates that get down to freezing. With looks like that I’m not surprised!

[realarch]

Thanks Tim. I’m sure some species of Geonoma are a bit hardier because of their natural habitat, sounds like this one is not. The leaves are very delicate and thin which doesn’t bode well for cold, direct sun, and drought. 

This palm also gets some height to it and I keep having to cut the taller canes out. 

This is a huge genus, seems like there must be a few candidates for your climate. 

Tim

[ASHCVS]

The velvety seed pod of Vonitra perrieri

 

[realarch]

17 hours ago, ASHCVS said:

The velvety seed pod of Vonitra perrieri

 

Andy, one amazing palm. Looks like this one is becoming quite the specimen. I saw one at Floribunda that blew my mind. 

Tim

[happypalms]

On 8/26/2025 at 11:08 AM, tim_brissy_13 said:

That is so nice.  Most of my G interrupta have perished even in my unheated greenhouse protected from frost. One or two survive but not looking like these are feasible for temperate climates that get down to freezing. With looks like that I’m not surprised!

Send up to happypalms retirement garden Tim! 

[happypalms]

On 8/26/2025 at 11:02 AM, realarch said:

Richard you make me laugh. A bunch of weeds is a bit harsh. 

Oh, and I can’t believe I misspelled ’vigorous’. Oy!

Tim

Luckily the palm police department didn’t pick that spelling mistake up, dont let happen again you know what there like🤣

[happypalms]

Some nice skittles in the form of Cham radicalis seeds!

[Harry’s Palms]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

Some nice skittles in the form of Cham radicalis seeds!

Mine are not far behind , but still green . This year seems to be quite fruitful! Harry

[SeanK]

On 8/21/2025 at 3:23 AM, happypalms said:

A nice Pinanga disticha complete leaf got my attention, not just for its beauty but for the fact it survived winter and temperatures down to 3 degrees Celsius, iam impressed! 

A bit of caveat here. They may be okay at 2° or 3° in the greenhouse, but there is no frost in there, right? Outside it's a harsher environment.

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, SeanK said:

A bit of caveat here. They may be okay at 2° or 3° in the greenhouse, but there is no frost in there, right? Outside it's a harsher environment.

I have some protected spots in the garden, that would be warmer than the greenhouse due to thermal mass from rocks and a concrete tank and not as exposed as the greenhouse. I would be confident in planting one in the garden. No frost either, also each season seems to getting warmer due to climate change than 20 years past. 

[realarch]

Pinanga coronata ‘blunt leaf’. Not really sure of the name or possible variant. Pruning this clumping palm keeps it well behaved. 

Tim

[Brad52]

Pinanga maculata crown shaft catchified me eye today.

[happypalms]

Little dypsis faneva, absolutely flawless in my climate! 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, realarch said:

Pinanga coronata ‘blunt leaf’. Not really sure of the name or possible variant. Pruning this clumping palm keeps it well behaved. 

Tim

Is that a colchistema front left?

[John hovancsek]

This was a rescue but not it is a beautiful palm

[realarch]

12 hours ago, happypalms said:

Is that a colchistema front left?

It’s a Crinium, they call it Queen Emma here. 

Tim

[realarch]

That’s a a beautiful Chrysalidocarpus basilongus John.

Tim

[Palms1984]

While walking in Normal Heights, San Diego, Ca. yesterday afternoon, this beautiful royal palm caught my eye.  It was a very warm, humid day with remnant rain showers coming in from Tropical Storm Juliette.  This is why the picture is so dark and cloudy.

[realarch]

Dypsis poivreana.

Tim

[Brad52]

22 hours ago, John hovancsek said:

This was a rescue but not it is a beautiful palm

Beautiful palm!  What cha doin wit dat chicken wire John?

[Tracy]

On 8/15/2025 at 9:19 AM, Tracy said:

It was the sound that attracted my attention this morning.   The humming of bees informed me that the flowers on the Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus inflorescence were opening.  The color goes from a yellow to a deep golden shade of yellow when the flowers open.

The flowers have been opening, then falling like a light spring shower.  So the shed has drawn my attention to the cycad below it, the victim of the golden showers 🚿. 

[happypalms]

15 hours ago, realarch said:

Dypsis poivreana.

Tim

Would the real poiveana stand up please! Iam going home and taking my bay ball with me, so no one can play. That poiveana is a true horticultural specimen you’re not  playing fair 🌱

Richard

[Mazat]

During a short walk by the lake, we discovered these two.

[Husain]

This variegated Royal

 

 

[Tracy]

My wife's favorite palm is our Caryota gigas.  It is probably the most commented on palm in our Carlsbad rental's garden.  It caught my attention when I was over there today. 

[knell]

Archontophoenix purpurea …