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Stan Walkley’s palm garden, Rosemount, SE Queensland

Jonathan Haycock
Jonathan Haycock
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Always a treat to visit Stan and Jane’s place on the Sunshine Coast. The collection of palms and cycads is incredible, and they always put on a lovely spread for PACSOA.

Stan’s Tahina spectabilis has a trunk almost as girthy as a Jubaea. It’s a close call between this and the specimen at Townsville’s Queens Garden for the largest in Australia, but I reckon Stan might just have it.

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    Gorgeous Satakentia liukiuensis.

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    Personally not a huge fan of Phoenix hybrids, but this one is rather nice. Appears to be P. roebelenii x P. rupicola (or reverse). 

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    Fruiting Lepidozamia hopei.

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    Keep Licuala peltata var. sumawongii out of wind and they look as good as this.

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    Jubaea chilensis once again proving it loves growing in the sub-tropics, given the right conditions.

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    A Syagrus that had us all stumped. 

    S. tessmannii was suggested, but that is a synonym of S. sancona (according to Kew), which is way more plumose. Whatever it is, it’s lovely.

    Keen to know what others think.

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    An F2 Butyagrus nabonnandii, most likely back crossed with Syagrus romanzoffiana. Developing a pretty stocky trunk.

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    A victim of their own success in the tropics. So common, not a single soul stopped to admire these stunning palms.

    Bismarckia nobilis.

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    I’ve only seen one specimen larger than this in Australia (Mark Daish, Babinda). My own seedlings are almost through their second SE QLD winter without skipping a beat so they certainly have some toughness to them.

    Sabinaria magnifica.

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    Mesmerising form of Copernicia hospita.

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    Photos do not do this palm justice. It simply blew me away and is now on the wish list.

    Vonitra perrieri.

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    Certainly lives up to its namesake. Also tough as nails and thrives in full sun. 

    Cyphophoenix elegans.

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    Chrysalidocarpus sp. Orange Crush never fails to impress.

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    Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis.

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    Copernicia fallaensis.

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    Copernicia baileyana.

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    A tiny fraction of what was growing in this amazing garden, but that’s it for now folks, hope you enjoy the thread. 

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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    25 minutes ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

    A Syagrus that had us all stumped. 

    S. tessmannii was suggested, but that is a synonym of S. sancona (according to Kew), which is way more plumose. Whatever it is, it’s lovely.

    Keen to know what others think.

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    I have some 40 foot Sancona specimens in Panama and they dont look like this , this is far tighter in the crown

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    1 hour ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

    A Syagrus that had us all stumped. 

    S. tessmannii was suggested, but that is a synonym of S. sancona (according to Kew), which is way more plumose. Whatever it is, it’s lovely.

    Keen to know what others think.

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    Wild guess..amara ?

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    31 minutes ago, KrisKupsch said:

    Wild guess..amara ?

    It could be and was suggested by someone on the day, but for me it just seems somewhat tighter in the crown than S. amara. 

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    Has it developed a foot yet ? Mine are quite tall, and the foot is quite broad, 

    On 7/1/2024 at 8:58 AM, Jonathan Haycock said:

    Photos do not do this palm justice. It simply blew me away and is now on the wish list.

    Vonitra perrieri.

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    Awesome! I remember seeing photos of V perrieri at Floribunda and thinking I’d love to try to grow one. Didn’t realise they were in cultivation in Aus and looks like this one is mature. Great to see!

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

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    9 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

    Awesome! I remember seeing photos of V perrieri at Floribunda and thinking I’d love to try to grow one. Didn’t realise they were in cultivation in Aus and looks like this one is mature. Great to see!

    I’m told it hasn’t set fruit yet Tim, but I’ll try to get some seed if it does. 

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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    My son and I visited Stan and his lovely wife (Jane) last Sunday. As with many sub-tropical/tropical botanical gardens, one tends to spot something new each visit due to the vastness and diversity of palms. This time it was Phoenix roebelenii “Mekong”. The original wild form of the cultivated species.

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    The main purpose of the visit was to drop off a Butia x Jubaea F2 hybrid seedling (sourced from Giardino Garibaldi, Palermo, Sicily last December) and some Crytostachys hybrid seed from RPS. As a thank you, Stan gave me this wonderful Cyrtostachys renda "Orange crownshaft", which will reside in our lounge until spring. My wife is not keen on house plants, but thankfully she liked this one. 

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