A fantastic palm to have in the garden, it grows at a nice medium pace, so a good one to get in as a pioneer palm. The more they grow in my garden the more I like them. Almost a dypsis saintlucei look about them only broader leaflets. A wonderful palm well worth growing. 

If you’re after a couple nice hardy easy to grow understory palms then the lanonia genus are the ones to get. The magaloni takes the cool weather well along with its cousin the dasyantha and the mottled look about them, the poor man’s mapu they say. Both are growing well in my garden. The hainensis are still seedlings and have that typical licuala look about them. But that will change over time. There wonderful palms to have in any collection well worth growing, just add water! 

My previously unkillable Lanonias and Licualas were all casualties of the heat wave/ drought of the last few weeks.  Only the big Ramsayii, Grandis and Elegans survived outside. Lanonias and Licualas are among my favourite palms not just because of their lovely appearance but also their toughness for my climate which naturally made me love them even more.

Peachy

I always overlooked this species as I was told they are a clumping variety. If they remain a single trunk type then I might have to rethink my decision about them.

36 minutes ago, peachy said:

I always overlooked this species as I was told they are a clumping variety. If they remain a single trunk type then I might have to rethink my decision about them.

I do believe there as single as a bachelor at the dances. 
I highly recommend one for you, which I have for you at the next pacsoa show! 
Richard 

53 minutes ago, peachy said:

My previously unkillable Lanonias and Licualas were all casualties of the heat wave/ drought of the last few weeks.  Only the big Ramsayii, Grandis and Elegans survived outside. Lanonias and Licualas are among my favourite palms not just because of their lovely appearance but also their toughness for my climate which naturally made me love them even more.

Peachy

What they dried out that’s not fair, if it’s not one thing it’s another usually the cold is the enemy, but this time moisture and lack of it. Cheer up I will put one dasyantha on Santa’s list for you, if you promise to be a good girl! 
Richard 

Actually both my Dasyanthas came from you a couple of years ago.  My other happypalm treasure, joey on a stick, is hanging in there for the moment and with luck will stay healthy.

It is too late for me to be good. It would put me at risk of going to heaven where I wouldnt know anybody.

 

 

Men are always single at dances unless their spouse is with them !

I have had a double for over a year and they are very slow in my climate. Only one new frond per plant since planting them . The leaflets are large for the petiole when juvenile and we have wind here , so I tie them up so the petiole don’t break . I am in zone 10a with no frost where they are planted . Harry

A little over a year ago I brought these home 

This is just after I planted them

The leaflets are very large with fragile petiole

opening a new frond earlier this year.

Tied up and keeping the large leaflets from catching the wind and breaking off the fronds that seem to take a year to form. Harry

Mazat, if you must, buy seeds from RPS. Buy some tropical ones and some cold-resistant ones. You'll have a lot of fun that way. And I suggest you also buy the packets with tropical and cold-resistant seeds. Come on, my friend, those seeds are waiting for you.

On 10/29/2025 at 11:12 PM, Hu Palmeras said:

Princeps is the king of the Trachys and tolerates the cold very well. That's why I'm germinating them. And they take an enormous amount of time to germinate. One seed took me 4 months to germinate, and then I have to wait up to another year for more seeds to germinate. These Princeps are waiting for you!

They are slower than a wet week, you did well to get one to germinate in 4 months. 

On 10/30/2025 at 5:20 AM, Mazat said:

That's a good idea, Richard.
We'll do that. Thank you very much for the advice.

Get a few Geonoma or Pinanga seeds as well for that grow room you have. 

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

Get a few Geonoma or Pinanga seeds as well for that grow room you have. 

Richard, in that case, all palm species are good for both types of families, right?

Well, thank you very much for your advice. We will see which ones are available.

Come on Mazat, those seeds are waiting for you, my friend. That rainforest is coming your way. I wish you all the best, Mazat. And buy those Princeps. Germinate them on a heat mat at 30 degrees Celsius. The heat will then drop to approximately 25 degrees when it reaches the substrate. That's a good temperature.

If you grow Laccospadix from seed does it stay true to type? Ie does the non clumping seed stay non clumping ?

 

On 10/29/2025 at 9:20 AM, realarch said:

Saw this Crysalidocarpus onilahensis ‘weeping form’ at Floribunda a few months back. Stopped me, and everyone else, in our tracks. 

Tim

Wow!!!

Butch

7 hours ago, Shirepalm said:

If you grow Laccospadix from seed does it stay true to type? Ie does the non clumping seed stay non clumping ?

 

I haven’t had first hand experience just yet, but yes. All reports are that they stay true to type. 

10 hours ago, Shirepalm said:

If you grow Laccospadix from seed does it stay true to type? Ie does the non clumping seed stay non clumping ?

 

Yes they stay single and non clumping! 

On 10/29/2025 at 9:20 AM, realarch said:

Saw this Crysalidocarpus onilahensis ‘weeping form’ at Floribunda a few months back. Stopped me, and everyone else, in our tracks. 

Tim

Jeff and Sujin never do anything half way. 🤩

23 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Come on Mazat, those seeds are waiting for you, my friend. That rainforest is coming your way. I wish you all the best, Mazat. And buy those Princeps. Germinate them on a heat mat at 30 degrees Celsius. The heat will then drop to approximately 25 degrees when it reaches the substrate. That's a good temperature.

Thank you very much, my friend Hugo, for your wishes. 
To be honest, I'm much more nervous than I was when I was assigned to the wrong weight class by the substitute coach in the amateur kickboxing tournament, instead of up to 75 kg, from plus 85 kg, and faced a 1.93 m tall, 111 kg colossus and lost by just a few points—even though I had a headache afterwards. ..
or when I played soccer myself or in the regional final with the 14-year-old juniors as coach...
We hope everything goes well, the countdown is on and the bus arrives at 2 p.m.

 

Come on, Mazat friend. We all need a good, hard blow. Richard, Giuseppe, John and Sancho, Dave, Harry, and Konstantinos. It would do us a world of good. And above all, it would wake us up and revive our good health.

These two buds are about as close to flowering as my Vonitra has come.  I'm still waiting for it to show a flower spathe, let alone an open one exposing the spadix and flowers.  I can barely reach the bottom leaves when they die to trim them and have to either use long pruners or get out a step ladder.

 

2 hours ago, Tracy said:

These two buds are about as close to flowering as my Vonitra has come.  I'm still waiting for it to show a flower spathe, let alone an open one exposing the spadix and flowers.  I can barely reach the bottom leaves when they die to trim them and have to either use long pruners or get out a step ladder.

 

Well that’s one place orchids would grow best in all that fibre! 

Thanks for the replies. A really great looking palm. I wonder why not more widespread 

3 hours ago, Shirepalm said:

Thanks for the replies. A really great looking palm. I wonder why not more widespread 

The Howeas got all the attention over the years. A few landscapers in the early days used them a bit, but now all the common palms are the go only collectors know how good they are now! 

How old are your palms?  How much cold or coolness do they tolerate?

Cleaning the gutters and roof as you do living in the bush. Taking a few minutes to admire the garden canopy. It’s a jungle out there and the understory I packed with a lot of understory plants of all sorts of varieties along with the palm collection. 

39 minutes ago, Palms1984 said:

How old are your palms?  How much cold or coolness do they tolerate?

I started my nursery 5 years ago when the world was going to end. Temperatures get down to 2 degrees Celsius, no frost but the area 15 minutes away can get minus 1. And iam about 15 kms away as far as the crow flies from the ocean, so a little ocean influence. 

My Ptychosperma schefferi seeds have germinated. They look very similar to Pinanga coronata. Now I'm waiting for the first leaf to appear. I think their germination is adjacent, like Archontophoenix.

A zip line would be perfect! Nice canopy view. Harry

Time to dig out the rhapis, most people would love to have a variegated rhapis of this size in the garden. It just wasn’t working in this corner of the garden. It needed a renovation and with so many top rare palms wanting that prime viewing spot just outside the door. The decision was made renovate now, there are other variegated rhapis around in the garden and chamaedorea elegans. I still have more elegans to remove and draceana. A nice group planting of some Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana or a group planting of some dypsis louvelli or whatever takes my fancy, iam sure I won’t have any shortage of something exotic in the greenhouse! 

16 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

A zip line would be perfect! Nice canopy view. Harry

Wanted one for years. And I actually know how to do it, those orchard netting skills come in handy! 
Richard 

How beautiful, my friends! Can't the Celtic or Gaulish spirit thrive in the tropical world? It's their new natural habitat, a jungle where the Celtic spirit now also dwells. And what's more, it can be found all over the world.

Good job digging those out . They should survive , it looks like you are saving them for relocating later. Harry

12 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

How beautiful, my friends! Can't the Celtic or Gaulish spirit thrive in the tropical world? It's their new natural habitat, a jungle where the Celtic spirit now also dwells. And what's more, it can be found all over the world.

Either way it’s a palm paradise out there!

11 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good job digging those out . They should survive , it looks like you are saving them for relocating later. Harry

Time for them to go, iam going to sell them later on to a landscaper. Iam over rhapis clumps in the main garden beds like bamboo in the end they just keep on taking over the garden.

Richard

On 11/3/2025 at 1:59 AM, happypalms said:

I started my nursery 5 years ago when the world was going to end. Temperatures get down to 2 degrees Celsius, no frost but the area 15 minutes away can get minus 1. And iam about 15 kms away as far as the crow flies from the ocean, so a little ocean influence. 

Wow!  I wouldn’t think it would get so cold at your latitude, especially so close to the ocean.  Here in urban San Diego I typically only have two or three morning lows of 43 degrees f (6 degrees c) during winter.  
 

Do you have any experience growing Ptychosperma schefferi or salomonense?

 

I really enjoy all the exotic palms you post and grow at your nursery.  It must be exciting to trial so many genera, species of palms.  When I originally joined the International Palm Society in 1984, it was very difficult to even find the common (now) Ptychosperma elegans. Back then rarer palms had to purchased or bid on at the Palm Society meetings’ sales and auctions.  

If I were there , I would do you a favor and take those off your hands. You would never have to worry about them , they would be well looked after!🙂Harry

I even divide and relocate my plain ole non-variegated Excelsia . This one came from my garden last year and is now enjoying life down the hill in the shade of a large Butia and Brahea. I could put that one you don’t want right near it ! It’s just a matter of thousands of miles between us, hmmm. Harry

A nice new red leaf on the rosea. I can see what this palm is in such demand. Such a beautiful colour. Planted a few months ago  a positive bit of new growth is encouraging for a bit more watering. 

A nice cool day, well not hot more like it. So time to plant a few more palms in the garden, a nice saintlucei for a bit of tropical affect, a kentia and a foxtail for a bit canopy cover in the tough spots. And a Areca warhbo in the shade for a bit of understory bling until it gets a bit taller. It’s still a good time for planting palms just add water.