Jump to content
IPS 2025 SAVE THE SPECIES - Please Check It Out - Click Here For Video & Info ×
Monitor Donation Goal Progress of SAVE THE SPECIES - Click Here ×

  • WELCOME GUEST

    It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

    Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

    PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

    guest Renda04.jpg

Introducing myself

Nico971

By Nico971
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

 Share

Recommended Posts

Nico971 Collaborator

Nico971

Posted
Posted

Hi everyone ! Since I get precious advices and great pictures from old post I though I should introduce myself. 
I live in Guadeloupe, French West Indies. I have bought my house 3 years ago with a totally virgin garden, and have been planting since. I am lucky to have nice weather for palm tree, and have been able to have 40+ species. Most of them a young, started from seedling, or even from the seeds. 
Here are some pictures of my garden, hope you like it. 

IMG_7801.jpeg

IMG_7802.jpeg

IMG_7803.jpeg

IMG_7804.jpeg

IMG_7809.jpeg

IMG_7808.jpeg

IMG_7810.jpeg

IMG_7812.jpeg

IMG_7816.jpeg

IMG_7817.jpeg

IMG_7820.jpeg

IMG_7823.jpeg

IMG_7824.jpeg

  • Like 31
  • Upvote 3
PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

Posted
Posted

Welcome to PalmTalk. What a beautiful garden. I visited Guadeloupe about ten years ago. In public areas I was disappointed that all the palms were non-native usual suspect species. All the islands had the same problem. I never got to visit any private gardens to see the good stuff.

  • Like 2

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Nico971 Collaborator

Nico971

Posted
  • Author
Posted
1 minute ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Welcome to PalmTalk. What a beautiful garden. I visited Guadeloupe about ten years ago. In public areas I was disappointed that all the palms were non-native usual suspect species. All the islands had the same problem. I never got to visit any private gardens to see the good stuff.

Thanks ! You are right, we are even getting to a point of native species population collapse. You need to really know where to look for. We have native Syagrus Amara, Aiphanes minima, Prestoea Montana, and Geonoma. But luckily some private collectors keep them alive. Also since some species are protected, it’s illegal to take the seeds, which lowers even more the possibility of preservation.

Chrismas palm everywhere 😂

  • Like 3
PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

Posted
Posted

Chrismas palm everywhere 😂

 

One of weediest palms in the tropics - straight from Asia. In 2004 Hurricane Charley wiped out the vast majority of Adonidia in Cape Coral. What survived didn't flower or set seeds for 2+ years. What a blessing.

  • Like 3

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Harry’s Palms Grand Master

Harry’s Palms

Posted
Posted

Very nice garden . Thank you for sharing. Harry

  • Like 2
Barry Proficient

Barry

Posted
Posted

Very beautiful gardens, impressive that you have only had 3 years to get to where you are at. Never been to Guadeloupe, but would like to some day!

  • Like 1
Nico971 Collaborator

Nico971

Posted
  • Author
Posted
3 hours ago, Barry said:

Very beautiful gardens, impressive that you have only had 3 years to get to where you are at. Never been to Guadeloupe, but would like to some day!

Thanks ! Coconut and Lutecens were already there. But it grows fast 😁

  • Like 1
Kim Grand Master

Kim

Posted
Posted

You have some really nice looking young palms. I look forward to updates as they grow for you. Welcome!

  • Like 1

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

happypalms Grand Master

happypalms

Posted
Posted

Nice garden I can see your very passionate about your gardening job well done 👍 

  • Like 2
Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

Posted
Posted

Welcome to Palmtalk!

I love the international nature of the IPS/Palmtalk. 

You have definitely been busy planting and have some choice sections.

Keep posting please.

  • Like 1

Cindy Adair

  • 1 year later...
Nico971 Collaborator

Nico971

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Hi palm lovers 
A little update more than a year later. Haven’t been posting since a baby just arrived in the family, but the garden is still growing. Hope you like it. The plus side of tropical weather : it grows fast ! The down side is every hurricane season you pray for not getting everything on the grownd. 

IMG_6677.thumb.jpeg.c39514c2dbde6a3d6683db53e708188e.jpeg
IMG_6676.thumb.jpeg.2b566d0b61f078fa4b29476248ce55da.jpegIMG_6680.thumb.jpeg.a66b314c139a6041b8c5fd873ff82ae9.jpegIMG_6678.thumb.jpeg.5ed7291d0e4d2b55325989a95891aead.jpegIMG_6679.thumb.jpeg.854f334aebbdefdb5f0a4847de1c2a3f.jpegIMG_6682.thumb.jpeg.71a7e7be856837c50ce46b0541b66610.jpegIMG_6681.thumb.jpeg.6b34cd418062d6b0bf4cffa58b564435.jpeg
 

Joey magnifica : 1/2 leaf a year 😅 slow even in the tropics

IMG_6634.thumb.jpeg.88d4d8d0d8fbc24ab62f4ba05f9bcdf2.jpeg
 

Areca macrocalyx : fast one ! And starting to show some redish color

IMG_6547.thumb.jpeg.7de8a461a0b68907bff5803975767d89.jpeg
9C36E472-1107-42A1-A34D-E2E2F61E137A.thumb.jpeg.488d7f37f98abfeaa73e90b0b3f646db.jpegIMG_6443.thumb.jpeg.b2b9cf30e3e577f96f11aa012c5b17c2.jpeg

carpoxylon also a fast one : 2 years old

IMG_6411.thumb.jpeg.46e30b4dd79332e3696911cc3ef7f047.jpeg
 

and the fastest of them all : pigaffeta filaris : 6 mouths from seed !!!

IMG_6409.thumb.jpeg.d5289e4692611a5e4e50189443033d9b.jpeg

IMG_6379.thumb.jpeg.0e89285d98e8d020069552bb18325d02.jpegIMG_6258.thumb.jpeg.eac4fc62225740c7773a9c04a76948b0.jpegIMG_6257.thumb.jpeg.255a2a279e1e5cb7988451394901661e.jpeg

the latest great success: dictyocarium lamarkianum: 10/10 success germination. Hope they will tolerate the weather here. Maybe too hot. 
IMG_5867.thumb.jpeg.e81b7e9c90bed5292e5a22ddd70210c0.jpeg

mauritia flexuosa : feets in the water 

IMG_5814.thumb.jpeg.54c7e22789142b9f576f9c9106a68ad0.jpeg

and my 3 years old baby mapu :

IMG_5809.thumb.jpeg.fc55296100129d23e3cc0c0e20a1df3d.jpeg

on the grownd of all they are some geonomas, calyptrocalyx and Chamaedorea growing 🥰

  • Like 9
Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

Posted
Posted

Beautiful collection and excellent growth!


Congratulations on your new baby too!

I am jealous of your Dictyocaryum sprouted seeds as that one is still on my “wish list”. 

It looks like you garden on slopes which help drainage, but presents challenges that I share. 
Do you have any particular palm pests/diseases there?

 

 

  • Like 1

Cindy Adair

Than Grand Master

Than

Posted
Posted
On 12/14/2025 at 2:04 PM, Nico971 said:

Hi palm lovers 
A little update more than a year later. Haven’t been posting since a baby just arrived in the family, but the garden is still growing. Hope you like it. The plus side of tropical weather : it grows fast ! The down side is every hurricane season you pray for not getting everything on the grownd. 

IMG_6677.thumb.jpeg.c39514c2dbde6a3d6683db53e708188e.jpeg
IMG_6676.thumb.jpeg.2b566d0b61f078fa4b29476248ce55da.jpegIMG_6680.thumb.jpeg.a66b314c139a6041b8c5fd873ff82ae9.jpegIMG_6678.thumb.jpeg.5ed7291d0e4d2b55325989a95891aead.jpegIMG_6679.thumb.jpeg.854f334aebbdefdb5f0a4847de1c2a3f.jpegIMG_6682.thumb.jpeg.71a7e7be856837c50ce46b0541b66610.jpegIMG_6681.thumb.jpeg.6b34cd418062d6b0bf4cffa58b564435.jpeg
 

Joey magnifica : 1/2 leaf a year 😅 slow even in the tropics

IMG_6634.thumb.jpeg.88d4d8d0d8fbc24ab62f4ba05f9bcdf2.jpeg
 

Areca macrocalyx : fast one ! And starting to show some redish color

IMG_6547.thumb.jpeg.7de8a461a0b68907bff5803975767d89.jpeg
9C36E472-1107-42A1-A34D-E2E2F61E137A.thumb.jpeg.488d7f37f98abfeaa73e90b0b3f646db.jpegIMG_6443.thumb.jpeg.b2b9cf30e3e577f96f11aa012c5b17c2.jpeg

carpoxylon also a fast one : 2 years old

IMG_6411.thumb.jpeg.46e30b4dd79332e3696911cc3ef7f047.jpeg
 

and the fastest of them all : pigaffeta filaris : 6 mouths from seed !!!

IMG_6409.thumb.jpeg.d5289e4692611a5e4e50189443033d9b.jpeg

IMG_6379.thumb.jpeg.0e89285d98e8d020069552bb18325d02.jpegIMG_6258.thumb.jpeg.eac4fc62225740c7773a9c04a76948b0.jpegIMG_6257.thumb.jpeg.255a2a279e1e5cb7988451394901661e.jpeg

the latest great success: dictyocarium lamarkianum: 10/10 success germination. Hope they will tolerate the weather here. Maybe too hot. 
IMG_5867.thumb.jpeg.e81b7e9c90bed5292e5a22ddd70210c0.jpeg

mauritia flexuosa : feets in the water 

IMG_5814.thumb.jpeg.54c7e22789142b9f576f9c9106a68ad0.jpeg

and my 3 years old baby mapu :

IMG_5809.thumb.jpeg.fc55296100129d23e3cc0c0e20a1df3d.jpeg

on the grownd of all they are some geonomas, calyptrocalyx and Chamaedorea growing 🥰

I think I'm gonna cry.. 

My garden is 9b. My plants think it’s 11a. We don’t talk about it

Nico971 Collaborator

Nico971

Posted
  • Author
Posted
3 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

Beautiful collection and excellent growth!


Congratulations on your new baby too!

I am jealous of your Dictyocaryum sprouted seeds as that one is still on my “wish list”. 

It looks like you garden on slopes which help drainage, but presents challenges that I share. 
Do you have any particular palm pests/diseases there?

 

 

Thank you 😇

I got the seeds from the latest offer of RPS. Super fresh, germinated in about a week ! was not expecting such great success. I’m gonna try plant some in my father garden in higher altitude than mine.
My garden is on different levels, I love that you can still see over your palm even went they star a trunk. 
 

I almost lost my Bismarck this summer. The spear rotted. And was full of maggots. But I guess it was from the excess of rain more than a pest. I poured fongicide and cover the top with plastic. It survived and gave me new leaves. 

We have yellowing of the coconuts, and some of them died. But some stay yellow for many years and keep on producing leaves. 

lately many Pritchardia died in a few weeks and I have no idea why.
 I’ve never seed a rhino beatle or palm weevil. Lets hope they never cross the sea 🙏

Nico971 Collaborator

Nico971

Posted
  • Author
Posted
3 hours ago, Than said:

I think I'm gonna cry.. 

Did I do something wrong 😇?

Than Grand Master

Than

Posted
Posted
22 minutes ago, Nico971 said:

Did I do something wrong 😇?

You shouldn't have posted these photos... some of us are in zone 9 😭

You have an amazing amazing amazing garden! 

My garden is 9b. My plants think it’s 11a. We don’t talk about it

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing



  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...