Texas Palms

[MarcusH]

On 4/7/2026 at 4:48 PM, Xenon said:

Hobby has always been palmy

 

Occasionally I run into these unicorn 2021 survivor queen palms.  Look at how fat that trunk is , definitely helps insulate. (And how neglected it is lol) Again showing the genetic variability of queens...some are just naturally more robust with thicker trunks ...and more cold hardy 

 

 

I find it impressive that it survived 2021 but let's be honest,  this is one ugly mofo.  Any Butia you didn't like on the pictures that were posted on here looks a gazillion times better than this Queen .  The car in the background is cool though.  

[MarcusH]

On 4/7/2026 at 7:22 PM, SeanK said:

Somehow, the queen looks as ratty as the rest of the property 

It's a Texas thing. There are some houses like that in my neighborhood.  No HOA!!!!  A lot of people are lazy here.  

[Xenon]

1 hour ago, MarcusH said:

I find it impressive that it survived 2021 but let's be honest,  this is one ugly mofo.  Any Butia you didn't like on the pictures that were posted on here looks a gazillion times better than this Queen .  The car in the background is cool though.  

I didn't offer any commentary about its looks, just that it's there and alive. Obviously, it must have looked a thousand times better in the past in order to be able to grow such a fat trunk. Hopefully it regains its former glory, it has good genetics 🌴

[Robert Cade Ross]

Visited the motherland this week. 
 

The smaller fruiting coconut is from a ditch that was collected by a lady in homestead Fl 5 years ago . receives no love from the owner .
 

second the largest coconut that has managed to evade the 2021 Texas palm massacre lol over on port Isabel if anyone wants the exact address message me . 
 

across the same street I found a yard with 3-4 young cocos that looked really great the lady who lives there mentioned her husband collected all the cocos that washed ashore and they sprouted! 
 

 

other pics are of various parts of the valley for whatever reason palm talk won’t let me insert individual Info per pick so if yall have questions I’ll answer what I can haha . #Zone10A-BTexas

[Austinpalm]

Good pix of my yard.  Thanks!  Wish I had not been out of town for work that day.  Maybe next time.

[Chester B]

@Xenon Did you happen to see the weeping Chamaerops at Hobby?  In that mass planting there is one in there and it looks fantastic.

[Xenon]

4 hours ago, Chester B said:

@Xenon Did you happen to see the weeping Chamaerops at Hobby?  In that mass planting there is one in there and it looks fantastic.

Will keep an eye out next time 

[MarcusH]

On 4/8/2026 at 9:26 PM, Robert Cade Ross said:

Visited the motherland this week. 
 

The smaller fruiting coconut is from a ditch that was collected by a lady in homestead Fl 5 years ago . receives no love from the owner .
 

second the largest coconut that has managed to evade the 2021 Texas palm massacre lol over on port Isabel if anyone wants the exact address message me . 
 

across the same street I found a yard with 3-4 young cocos that looked really great the lady who lives there mentioned her husband collected all the cocos that washed ashore and they sprouted! 
 

 

other pics are of various parts of the valley for whatever reason palm talk won’t let me insert individual Info per pick so if yall have questions I’ll answer what I can haha . #Zone10A-BTexas

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No questions ....we're friends on Facebook I see where you are and what you're doing lol. Wish I could just be on a roadtrip to explore palms like you guys do. I drove through Homestead to Key Largo few years back.  The palms in South Florida are all amazing.