happypalms Another day in paradise in the garden

[gyuseppe]

34 minutes ago, happypalms said:

I have heard if such a cross, but why hybrids and all there fuss, yes I understand the ornamental value and hardiness of such desired traits in ornamental horticulture. Yes Mother Nature does create such hybrids now and then. 
But when we interfere with mother nature’s ability, well we all know what happens if we watch science fiction movies! 

Richard check your email, I sent you a message

[wimmie]

Nice, Richard, but let's make this a Chameadorea topic. I show you all one of my only two split-leaved metallica's. Anyone views on why these split-leaved metallica's are so scarce? Even in the trade overhere in Holland where they sometimes have hundreds of metallica's, you'll find only a few split-leaved plants! And I like them a lot!😎🌴  

[Phoenikakias]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

It’s still a wallichia densiflora to me, life is confusing enough for me,  and they go along it changing names just to confuse me even more! It would live for you in sunny warm Melbourne, but you would need to plant it on your roof they take up a bit space width wise!

As is for me triangle palm still Neodypsis decaryi!

[tim_brissy_13]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

It’s still a wallichia densiflora to me, life is confusing enough for me,  and they go along it changing names just to confuse me even more! It would live for you in sunny warm Melbourne, but you would need to plant it on your roof they take up a bit space width wise!

The two I got from you a couple of years ago are doing well, although very slow. Probably not photo worthy yet but they’re attractive even as seedlings. 

[Harry’s Palms]

6 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

As is for me triangle palm still Neodypsis decaryi!

I hear you! I made the update once to Dypsis Decaryi but I’m not changing name tags ….AGAIN! I am not a botanist but I know the botanical names of all my palms . I find that most visitors to our garden don’t really care . When I identify the palm , they ask “ what’s the common name!” Some of my friends are convinced I’m making up these names Cyphophoenix , Chrysalidiocarpus , Archontophoenix ,  Dypsis , Rhopalostylus and so on. 
      “ Harry , you really need to get out more !”    Harry😎

[realarch]

Hey Tim, you may look at staying small and slow growing as a benefit with this palm. I’ve had one for years and it requires regular maintenance, more so than most other palms in the garden. Energetic clumper with rather sharp serrated leaf edges that can actually give paper cut like ouchies. It’s no small mass of vegetation either. Attractive plant though, but depending on your climate, give it lots of room.

Tim

[happypalms]

On 1/13/2026 at 9:47 PM, wimmie said:

Nice, Richard, but let's make this a Chameadorea topic. I show you all one of my only two split-leaved metallica's. Anyone views on why these split-leaved metallica's are so scarce? Even in the trade overhere in Holland where they sometimes have hundreds of metallica's, you'll find only a few split-leaved plants! And I like them a lot!😎🌴  

The one metallica that is very rare. I have heard of them before, never seen one, and apparently those that have them know they are rare. They are hard enough to get seeds from in the first place, let alone the split leaf form. One day I might come across one! 🌱

[Tyrone]

On 1/12/2026 at 6:48 PM, happypalms said:

A lovely trio of tenellas one boy and two girls, both hand pollinated and with a bit of luck a few mature seeds next season. 

Well done getting them to set seed. I once had a couple of tenella given to me by Jason Cox of Kamipalms fame. I left them in my Perth shadehouse when we moved down and explicitly told the tenant to leave the water on at the shadehouse. Well I might as well have been talking to a fridge magnet. He turned it off and by the time I found out virtually everything in there was dead including my cute tenellas. I was furious. He was evicted and we sold the place soon after. A low point in my life. 

[happypalms]

18 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Well done getting them to set seed. I once had a couple of tenella given to me by Jason Cox of Kamipalms fame. I left them in my Perth shadehouse when we moved down and explicitly told the tenant to leave the water on at the shadehouse. Well I might as well have been talking to a fridge magnet. He turned it off and by the time I found out virtually everything in there was dead including my cute tenellas. I was furious. He was evicted and we sold the place soon after. A low point in my life. 

A man with his priorities so far out of whack deserves to be eveicted, fancy doing that to blokes greenhouse! He won’t be renting of me in a hurry. They were easy to pollinate and the timing for flowering was perfect. I will throw a couple seeds your way!🌱

[happypalms]

Once upon a time I would have jumped at a 1000 baronii, now I have that many iam not even bothered with them. How we change our palm fashions. Time, room to grow and cost of growing them, all factors in not being interested in growing them. Spoilt for choice I say! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Are you talking about not harvesting the seeds ? I can understand if you already have mature specimens in your collection. You have so many other palms already sprouting and perhaps others to yet acquire , it makes sense. Harry

[happypalms]

On 1/13/2026 at 9:30 PM, gyuseppe said:

Richard check your email, I sent you a message

No worries I will do! And why where at it here’s a few new pics of the Chambeyronia both flowering together. Except this time the bees are working both palms, the hookeri and macrocarpa! 

[happypalms]

On 1/15/2026 at 5:36 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

Are you talking about not harvesting the seeds ? I can understand if you already have mature specimens in your collection. You have so many other palms already sprouting and perhaps others to yet acquire , it makes sense. Harry

Yes I don’t want them, I have bigger fish to fry do to speak, to many to grow just not interested enough in them. Good news I have a home for them already in sunny Tasmania with a request for them, @Jonathan can have as many as he wants! 
Richard 

[Tyrone]

Ideal for Tassie and the cooler climates. 

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Ideal for Tassie and the cooler climates. 

Be a good one for you as well in WA🌱

[Tyrone]

4 hours ago, happypalms said:

Be a good one for you as well in WA🌱

Yep. Grows well done here in southern WA. Bit of a tougher grow up in Perth. They like the cooler weather better I’ve found. 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Yep. Grows well done here in southern WA. Bit of a tougher grow up in Perth. They like the cooler weather better I’ve found. 

Just look at the latitude of Madagascar, no wonder they grow well here in my climate dypsis varieties! 

[gyuseppe]

4 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Yep. Grows well done here in southern WA. Bit of a tougher grow up in Perth. They like the cooler weather better I’ve found. 

 

31 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Just look at the latitude of Madagascar, no wonder they grow well here in my climate dypsis varieties! 

my dear friends, I can't grow dypsis here, but I can grow the chamaedoreas!😄

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

 

my dear friends, I can't grow dypsis here, but I can grow the chamaedoreas!😄

This variety of dypsis might be worth a try for you gysuppe!

[PalmBossTampa]

I know the feeling. I see massive clumps of saw palmetto seeds here in my day to day.   I used to see ten thousand dollars. Now i see 10,000 hours ! 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, PalmBossTampa said:

I know the feeling. I see massive clumps of saw palmetto seeds here in my day to day.   I used to see ten thousand dollars. Now i see 10,000 hours ! 

Gone are the days of germinating everything you could get your hands on in the way of seeds! 
Its own popularity pushed it out of fashion, along with the help of  new varieties of palms coming along. 

[Nico971]

I have many failure with D Baronii. I get to 2/3 leaf seedling but they rapidly die. I live in pure tropical climate. Maybe to much humidity?

[happypalms]

With some good rain about I can’t help myself I gotta plant a palm or two. A nice trio of houalouensis should see the garden has a bit of a tropical look. And it’s time to get a few gracilis throughout the garden in those little viewing spots where they can’t get lost in the jungle, being a great container palm they will easily go into those small spaces left around the garden. 

[happypalms]

Dypsis palms just keep on giving in the beauty department, always something colourful with a dypsis. dypsis basilonga dypsis prestoniadypsis saintlucei 

[Harry’s Palms]

The few I have tried are doing well here so far . Although some are now Chrysalidiocarpus. Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

Nice to be planting , especially when the ground is moist . Harry

[happypalms]

23 hours ago, Nico971 said:

I have many failure with D Baronii. I get to 2/3 leaf seedling but they rapidly die. I live in pure tropical climate. Maybe to much humidity?

Strange how this happens for you, only suggestion is try less water perhaps, they are a very tough dypsis. Maybe as you say just to hot. 

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Nice to be planting , especially when the ground is moist . Harry

Iam starting to miss my planting expeditions. Summer I hold of on the plantings, you just don’t know how dry it can get with the high temperatures and for how long g it will stay dry. 
Richard 

[Tyrone]

You’ve had some good rain over there. Enjoy. 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, Tyrone said:

You’ve had some good rain over there. Enjoy. 

Summer rains the best for the garden, it’s like a tropical paradise. Curse winter the palm growers enemy! 

[happypalms]

You don’t see many rivularis around the gardens, iam sure there out there. A fantastic small medium palm, easy to grow and a nice bit of colour and an interesting leaf shape, well worth growing! 

[happypalms]

22 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

The few I have tried are doing well here so far . Although some are now Chrysalidiocarpus. Harry

It’s the small dypsis variety’s that are of interest to me now, those understory dypsis that are up there with chamaedoreas in beauty. I love chamaedoreas but the small dypsis genus has some absolutely stunning varieties leaving chamaedoreas behind! 
Richard 

[donpachino1983]

Very nice 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, donpachino1983 said:

Very nice 

Dypsis varieties are some of the most beautiful palms, especially the true small dypsis ones. 

[happypalms]

A welcome bit of summer rain never goes astray. 
The garden certainly appreciated it. 

[gyuseppe]

Richard, it never rains here in the summer.

[happypalms]

2 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, it never rains here in the summer.

If we are lucky it can flood in summer here. 
Any amount of rain is welcome in my summer!

[Harry’s Palms]

Yes , rain is always welcome for my garden as well . Summer rain is rare here . I remember a July rain event that lasted a couple of hours , with rain accompanied by thunder and lightening. Harry

[happypalms]

Yep at again buying more plants, or doing a bit of trading nothing beats the barter system. A few good ones and throw in a Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana and a nice anthurium claudiae with a zingiber sp and you have the perfect recipe for the tropical look, and why not I say! 

[Tropical Toni]

oooh where did you get Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana?