Up on the rooftop click click click - palmy Xmas pics 2023

[DoomsDave]

Climbed up on the roof, uuumph! and took Christmas pictures.

Merry Christmas to all and show us yours if you like!

Here’s Jayne Mansfield the Roystonea oleracea by my “garage.”

 

Here’s Spanky the Roystonea regia, getting ready to bomb the BBQ

 

Here is one of my Big Buteagrus Mules, stubborn and cantankerous as ever.

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Kentiopsis oliviformis gaining size.

 

 

Roystonea borenqunenia in backyard.

 

Passel of palms in the northeast corner: Archontophoenix hybrid on right, A tuckeri in center cluster and Chrysalidocarpus (née Dypsis) leptocheilos on the left. Cocothrinax species lower center with silver crown.

 

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Down into the green pit of the front yard, to the west: young teddy bear in center, getting ready for liftoff, I think. Pinanga javana immediately to right above in the picture. 

 

Pritchardtia “lanaiensis” on northeast side of the yard; it’s about 40 feet or 13 m tall.

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Looking to the north side Archontophoenix tuckeri towering on the right, Chambeyronia hookeri off to the left about five or six, not far behind.

 

 

Panting over a closer view of the Chambeyronias. 
 

 

Cluster of Ptychosperma elegans on east side of house.

Closeup of Chambeyronia hookeri watermelon seed cluster.

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Chambeyronia hookeri throwing a redder kinda buried in multi crown chaos.
 

Full Monty blue green palm lower right is Chrysalidocarpus née Dypsis plumosa.

 

Ptychosperma elegans seeds a forming.

 

 

Staring down at Licuala ramsayi right next to Kentiopsis oliviformis.

 

 

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View across the valley.

 

 

 

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Syagrus picrophylla to the southwest

 

various jungle shots

 

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Here’s the redder from a post above, lit by the sun, over the front walkway.

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Here’s Conan aka Shifferbrains, who likes to wander around the garden all agog like the rest of us.

[JubaeaMan138]

Merry Christmas Dave!!!

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Here’s the redder from a post above, lit by the sun, over the front walkway.

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Here’s another picture of the redder by the front door.

 

[Rob123]

Looks amazing! Merry Christmas!

[BayAndroid]

You mentioned an Archontophoenix hybrid, do you know what it is likely crossed with? 

 

My Cunninghamiana, doing very well, as this winter has been kind thus far. 

 

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@BayAndroid 

 

My hybrid is a cross between cunninghamiana and alexandrae. Silver reverses of leaves combined with purple flowers. 
 

Planted as a 32 gallon on July 3, 2003.

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And now to pull out the crying towels and mourn the soon to be if not already dead.

Roystonea borenquenia out front, blooming too, but, nope! 😪

 

And parajubaea cocoides, all fungussed out (is that a word?) so bummed, but that’s what replacements are for.
 

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Here’s Chrysalidocarpus née Dypsis baronii looking awesome out the front door! 
 

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Chambeyronia houialou out my front door.

 

Hedyscepe out the front door too.

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Here’s Chambeyronia macrocarpa Big Homey (TM) ready for an orgiastic colonization campaign.

[D. Morrowii]

Looking good Dave! Merry Christmas!

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Some nice palms it’s always good to see suburbia and the difference in gardens from one neighbourhood to the next 

[Tracy]

20 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Here’s Conan aka Shifferbrains, who likes to wander around the garden all agog like the rest of us.

Conan looks like an Occicat (domestic cat hybrid of Siameese × Abyssinian × American Short Hair).  We have had a few over the years and got our first from a vet in La Habra about 30 years ago.  Where did you get your Barbarian Dave?

A picture of our last one.

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10 hours ago, Tracy said:

Conan looks like an Occicat (domestic cat hybrid of Siameese × Abyssinian × American Short Hair).  We have had a few over the years and got our first from a vet in La Habra about 30 years ago.  Where did you get your Barbarian Dave?

A picture of our last one.

I got Conan from a young couple giving him away through Craigs List down in Orange (the City of) back in the summer of 2018. He was a kitten then, got him neutered soon after. Five minutes after I put him in my home office to keep him away from the other then-resident cats, he kinda blitzed it, including knocking a giant stapler into the litter box. Conan the Destroyer. Shifferbrains was for general impulsiveness. He's about five years old now, still frisky, though not as impulsive as before. He likes to mix it up with the other cats, and survived getting rolled by a car (the vet thought).

He's all agog when he gets outside, just walks around.

[Tracy]

15 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

I got Conan from a young couple giving him away down in Orange (the City of) back in the summer of 2018. He was a kitten then, got him neutered soon after. Five minutes after I put him in my home office to keep him away from the other then-resident cats, he kinda blitzed it, including knocking a giant stapler into the litter box. Conan the Destroyer. Shifferbrains was for general impulsiveness. He's about five years old now, still frisky, though not as impulsive as before. He likes to mix it up with the other cats, and survived getting rolled by a car (the vet thought).

He's all agog when he gets outside, just walks around.

The last two we had were kitten siblings.   They came home and ate every blind chord within a week.  I had a very nice Chamaedorea adscendens in a pot by the front entryway which kept losing leaves until the growth point was chewed to the point of no return.   Never was able to have any indoor plants with them.  They were indoor only so didn't have to worry about them in my garden. 

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9 minutes ago, Tracy said:

The last two we had were kitten siblings.   They came home and ate every blind chord within a week.  I had a very nice Chamaedorea adscendens in a pot by the front entryway which kept losing leaves until the growth point was chewed to the point of no return.   Never was able to have any indoor plants with them.  They were indoor only so didn't have to worry about them in my garden. 

Conan likes his outdoor jaunts, notwithstanding the efforts of my roommate and I to keep him in. Yesterday he chased off what appeared to be a feral cat (someone let out a loud screech). Canned cat food in the evening generally assures he's in by nightfall. He is smart, agile and cunning, but so are the coyotes. His favorite plant food is the weed grass that pops up here and there. He and the other kitties nibble palm leaves when they get the chance, but grass is the favorite green forage.