happypalms Another day in paradise in the garden

[BayAndroid]

16 hours ago, happypalms said:

Here’s a few of my chambeyronia macrocarpa and hookeri  I have in my garden they are around 20 years old there so beautiful in any situation hookeri seem to grow faster than macrocarpa in my area 

From every account I've read, Hookeri is a faster grower. Great palms you have there! Huge! 

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, apriliarider15 said:

Hopefully that variegated one keeps it up. Such I cool little palm. I'm looking to try a couple in zone8b/9a just to see if they'll handle our winters

From what I read and understand they are pretty cold tolerant easy to grow just water them definitely give them a go in your area 

[happypalms]

16 hours ago, Merlyn said:

Nice collection!  I just heard about this palm last year, and now have 12 of them.  I recently planted the first one in a spot that gets AM sun and full PM shade.

Yes there a new palm to me as well I imported around 1000 seeds from China they nearly all germinated in the post before they got to me 

[John hovancsek]

I have a group of them to hopefully produce seed one day. They have flowered but not produced yet

[realarch]

On 7/20/2023 at 11:47 PM, happypalms said:

My lanonia certainly had a hail bashing but survived well there easy to germinate and grow water and I don’t fertilise them it helps with keeping the mottled colour i even managed to get a variegated one fingers crossed it stays true and doesn’t revert the odds are against it I might get lucky they certainly are cold hardy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ether 

The variegation on this seedling looks more like Raphis than Lanonia. The leaves look different as well. Actually lucky if the off seed got mixed up in the batch. There are ‘ super mottled ‘ Lanonia which are very attractive, almost ‘mapu ‘like. They exhibit the mottling as seedlings and the ones in the garden have maintained this trait for many years now. 

Tim

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, realarch said:

The variegation on this seedling looks more like Raphis than Lanonia. The leaves look different as well. Actually lucky if the off seed got mixed up in the batch. There are ‘ super mottled ‘ Lanonia which are very attractive, almost ‘mapu ‘like. They exhibit the mottling as seedlings and the ones in the garden have maintained this trait for many years now. 

8 hours ago, realarch said:

The variegation on this seedling looks more like Raphis than Lanonia. The leaves look different as well. Actually lucky if the off seed got mixed up in the batch. There are ‘ super mottled ‘ Lanonia which are very attractive, almost ‘mapu ‘like. They exhibit the mottling as seedlings and the ones in the garden have maintained this trait for many years now. 

Tim

Nice if it is a raphis I shall keep a very close eye on this seedling I don’t remember any seed’s being different it is possible they got mixed up but I can only hope either way raphis or lanonia I want it to stay variegated cheers 

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, John hovancsek said:

I have a group of them to hopefully produce seed one day. They have flowered but not produced yet

Nice little group of lanonia hopefully they set seed for you I have good luck with my chuniophoenix nana using a little artist brush to help pollinate helping the insects out worth a try 

[happypalms]

Just another day working in the garden being a palm collector it never ends planting new varieties and searching for new varieties it’s an amazing hobby I only had a picture in my mind when I planted my garden no plant designs just landscaping with a picture in my mind as to what I wanted to achieve I think it has turned out pretty good as with any garden it’s forever changing 

[peachy]

I love the king parrots, you're so lucky. All I ever get are crows and bats, but then for an old witch like me, I guess it suits. I do feed the wild double bar finches and they hang around all day.  What is the palm with the pink flowers ? I've never seen that colour before.

Peachy

 

[happypalms]

4 minutes ago, peachy said:

I love the king parrots, you're so lucky. All I ever get are crows and bats, but then for an old witch like me, I guess it suits. I do feed the wild double bar finches and they hang around all day.  What is the palm with the pink flowers ? I've never seen that colour before.

Peachy

 

Hi peachy the Palm with the pink flowers is a pinanga coronata 

[peachy]

That is very pretty.  I am so far behind the times lately,  is Lanonia a new name for Licuala ?

Peachy

[peachy]

3 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Hi peachy the Palm with the pink flowers is a pinanga coronata 

Oh right. The one I had in the old garden never flowered

Peachy

[happypalms]

11 minutes ago, peachy said:

That is very pretty.  I am so far behind the times lately,  is Lanonia a new name for Licuala ?

Peachy

I have read  they changed the name from licuala to lanonia dasyantha these photos where taken this afternoon 

[peachy]

Oh I thought they looked like dasyantha but the new name threw me.  I paid a small fortune for one back in my more affluent days and it couldn't croak on me fast enough ! Whether or not it was a dud or my murderous hands I never found out.

Peachy

[happypalms]

2 minutes ago, peachy said:

Oh I thought they looked like dasyantha but the new name threw me.  I paid a small fortune for one back in my more affluent days and it couldn't croak on me fast enough ! Whether or not it was a dud or my murderous hands I never found out.

Peachy

I find them easy as seedlings and the bigger ones I have just love water with good drainage 

[tim_brissy_13]

1 hour ago, peachy said:

That is very pretty.  I am so far behind the times lately,  is Lanonia a new name for Licuala ?

Peachy

Hi Peachy, I believe Lanonia dasyantha used to be known as Licuala radula back in the day. Licuala as a genus still well and truly exists, there are still many Licuala species. Lanonia only has around 10 I think. Some were formerly Licuala and most from Vietnam I think. Some Lanonia species are proving to be relatively hardy. I’ve got L dasyantha, L magalonii and L calciphila in Melbourne, although all are still small seedlings. 

[Jadd Correia]

Amazing. These are some of my favorite palms. I love the jungle garden look as well.

[flplantguy]

One of my favorite palms.  20 years and still close enough to admire is nice too!

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, Jadd Correia said:

Amazing. These are some of my favorite palms. I love the jungle garden look as well.

Thanks I planted a few in groups of three they look so good in group planting’s yes the jungle look is new to me in Australia we refer to the jungle as the rainforest unless Tarzan comes swinging out on a liana vine I will stick with the rainforest look for now 

[peachy]

21 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Hi Peachy, I believe Lanonia dasyantha used to be known as Licuala radula back in the day. Licuala as a genus still well and truly exists, there are still many Licuala species. Lanonia only has around 10 I think. Some were formerly Licuala and most from Vietnam I think. Some Lanonia species are proving to be relatively hardy. I’ve got L dasyantha, L magalonii and L calciphila in Melbourne, although all are still small seedlings. 

Those last two I have never heard of before.  My memory is getting so bad they will put me in cage soon.  I do remember L. radula from somewhere, I know I had one at some stage.

Peachy

[happypalms]

15 hours ago, flplantguy said:

One of my favorite palms.  20 years and still close enough to admire is nice too!

Yes chambeyronia are on my favourite list that is until sabinara magnifica came along there are so many new palms out now compared to 20 years ago thanks to the internet 

[peachy]

22 hours ago, happypalms said:

I find them easy as seedlings and the bigger ones I have just love water with good drainage 

Aha she said .... my old house was on a slope and water ran off faster than I could pour it on.

Peachy

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

On 7/22/2023 at 12:26 PM, apriliarider15 said:

Hopefully that variegated one keeps it up. Such I cool little palm. I'm looking to try a couple in zone8b/9a just to see if they'll handle our winters

If this were true I will be in the market for these, as I have more shaded spots then full sun in my new garden 

T J 

[Xenon]

21 minutes ago, OC2Texaspalmlvr said:

If this were true I will be in the market for these, as I have more shaded spots then full sun in my new garden 

T J 

Mine is doing great, went in the ground Dec 2021. I haven't tested it below high 20s w/canopy (it's easy to protect) but easy grow, no fuss otherwise. I suspect it might even come back from the ground from the rare deep freeze, the bud stays at ground level for a long time and it also makes suckers (mine does). 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

11 minutes ago, Xenon said:

I suspect it might even come back from the ground from the rare deep freeze, the bud stays at ground level for a long time and it also makes suckers (mine does). 

Sounds like a winner now where to find some haha 

T J 

[Looking Glass]

I just had one pop the other day.   The color is good but doesn’t seem to last long for me.  

After just a day or two the color starts to green, and pretty quickly is lost.  

The good news, is after 2 years, they are starting to have the slightest bit of sun tolerance for me.  Now just burning a little, up instead of having a near death experience at the idea of sunlight exposure.  

[barefoot_yankee]

Here's a couple pics of one of mine....

[Jadd Correia]

Just poppin! 

[happypalms]

I purchased 10 hedyscepe seeds got 7 out of 10 not to bad baggie method no bottom heating temperatures around 15 to 20 degrees all germinated in around 3 months howea speacies are growing everywhere around my area I will most likely plant them in a cool area in my garden southerly aspect in Australia potting soil is fine pine bark river sand perlite mix they are very rare in my area which is odd considering they grow just of the coast near port Macquarie 30 years growing palms and I have only ever seen two for sale (I purchased) at local markets 

[Darold Petty]

Congratulations, the eophyll, (first leaf)  will be fully pinnate and about 8-10 cm wide.  

[Tyrone]

Good find, and don’t give up on the other 3. They may still come up. 
 

Yes, these are ridiculously rare even here in Australia. They’re more common in New Zealand and Southern California due to some seeding stock over there. Lord Howe Island are not interested in selling seed or seedlings which is a big shame. 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Good find, and don’t give up on the other 3. They may still come up. 
 

Yes, these are ridiculously rare even here in Australia. They’re more common in New Zealand and Southern California due to some seeding stock over there. Lord Howe Island are not interested in selling seed or seedlings which is a big shame. 

Yep rarer than hens (chicken) teeth as they say I have not given up on the 3 others can take up to 12 months 

[happypalms]

Even rarer in Australia is the Oraniopsis appendiculata they take the cold temperatures down to 2 degrees and the the heat up to 43 degrees drought tolerant and so slow this one in my garden is around 20 years young I did manage to buy another not long ago (thanks Justin) 

[Tyrone]

Would love to get my hands on one of these. I was able to visit 10m tall trunked ones in habitat in 2005 in the Atherton table lands. Unforgettable and ancient. 

[realarch]

Thanks for the thread Richard, you don’t hear about this palm often enough, and Tyrone, I can only imagine what the species looked like in habitat. 

They do pretty well here in the cool tropics of East Hawaii and are moderate growers. I planted one way back in early 2010 from a three gallon pot.  I’ll try a post a photo later on today. No trunk yet, but already has quite a presence. 

Tim

[tim_brissy_13]

I’ve got one, maybe from the same batch/source? Looks nearly identical in development. This photo was a couple of weeks ago when I potted it up. Only 1/8 seeds so far though. 

[KrisKupsch]

drought tolerant ? Not so. It might survive but they hate dry and hardly ever grow if dry. 

it’s a palm that adores a lot of water and will grow in water. Likely would survive -5C too. 
 

nice post 

[peachy]

I was able to get my mitts on 2 of them years ago but although I tried my hardest, I lost them in a heatwave.

Peachy

[happypalms]

17 minutes ago, peachy said:

I was able to get my mitts on 2 of them years ago but although I tried my hardest, I lost them in a heatwave.

Peachy

The dreaded heat wave I lost a Johannesteijsmannia Altifrons this year in our first hot week after all the rain we had drying the leaves to a crisp not sure how my hedyscepe will go a cool spot with lots of moisture I guess 

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I’ve got one, maybe from the same batch/source? Looks nearly identical in development. This photo was a couple of weeks ago when I potted it up. Only 1/8 seeds so far though. 

Hi Tim did you get your seeds from David