Couple of Copernica, yaray, hospita

[happypalms]

A couple nice Copernina growing along nicely. Pretty sure they were a purchase when the world was locked up. So slow growing that’s for sure. But interesting as far as seedlings go especially the yaray. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Some palms take so much patience . They just meander about , slowly . Each new frond or leaflet is a gift. Harry

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Some palms take so much patience . They just meander about , slowly . Each new frond or leaflet is a gift. Harry

Some are agonising slow, But as they say good things come to those who wai!

Richard 

[aztropic]

On 6/11/2025 at 3:19 AM, happypalms said:

Some are agonising slow, But as they say good things come to those who wai!

Richard 

Here's a blue yarey I grew from seed I collected from habitat in Cuba,2014. Slow but steady. 😄

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[happypalms]

41 minutes ago, aztropic said:

Here's a blue yarey I grew from seed I collected from habitat in Cuba,2014. Slow but steady. 😄

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

Beautiful palm and in a nice setting as well. I take it by the look of the cactus with its in almost full sun in a warm place. When I think of Arizona it’s a desert to me. 

[sonoranfans]

8 hours ago, aztropic said:

Here's a blue yarey I grew from seed I collected from habitat in Cuba,2014. Slow but steady. 😄

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

great looking palm Scott!  Looks very happy in the arizona desert!

[sonoranfans]

Those hospita look different than mine did.  Cultural differences can make these palms look different I guess.  This seedling was greenhouse grown in florida.  I upsized the 4" pot by cutting the bottom out, splitting the pot, and planting it in a bigger pot.  After one grow season I removed the split pieces of the 4" pot.  They were painfully slow for me.  8 years later its 4' tall and starting to grow more quickly.  I tried to put one in the ground and it got dry shocked, too much drainage not enough consistent moisture.  That one today is just 2' tall.  The one pictured was kept it in a pot upsizing to 15 gallon before planting 4 years ago.

 

 

[Harry’s Palms]

8 hours ago, happypalms said:

Beautiful palm and in a nice setting as well. I take it by the look of the cactus with its in almost full sun in a warm place. When I think of Arizona it’s a desert to me. 

A lot of Arizona is desert but in the northern part of the state is an area that is quite large and includes tree lined rivers , streams and greenery . It is a diverse environment. I have never lived there but visited and explored a bit . It is beautiful. Harry

[sonoranfans]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

A lot of Arizona is desert but in the northern part of the state is an area that is quite large and includes tree lined rivers , streams and greenery . It is a diverse environment. I have never lived there but visited and explored a bit . It is beautiful. Harry

yes true, I lived there 10 years.  Elevations over 5-6k are much cooler and common to the northern/northeastern part of the state.   Green alpine pastures are in the East along the continential divide.  I vacationed in Greer to escape summer heat, its elevation of 8500' was all green withy elk grazing and temps never over 75 degrees F.  Most of the population lives in the lower desert where it gets very hot, 30 days a year exceed 110F in a  typical year at elecations below 2000 ft.  It gets too cold for most palms above 2k feet elevation.  That yarey of Scotts is in the heat zone where things cook in the summer.  It takes effort and part day sun to keep most palms happy there.

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

A lot of Arizona is desert but in the northern part of the state is an area that is quite large and includes tree lined rivers , streams and greenery . It is a diverse environment. I have never lived there but visited and explored a bit . It is beautiful. Harry

I just think of cactus and vast open spaces like Australia, except we don’t have native cactus. The only one we have that is a major weed is the prickly pear cactus a big mistake letting that one into the country. The geography of the Americas has always  fascinated me, which I acredit to yogi bear, Donald Duck and the porky pig show he’s our favourite ham!

Richard

[happypalms]

1 minute ago, happypalms said:

I just think of cactus and vast open spaces like Australia, except we don’t have native cactus. The only one we have that is a major weed is the prickly pear cactus a big mistake letting that one into the country. The geography of the Americas has always  fascinated me, which I acredit to yogi bear, Donald Duck and the porky pig show he’s our favourite ham!

Richard

Oh and the road runner of course beep beep that poor coyote he never did catch him!

Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

Coyote kept Acme in business by buying all those traps, gadgets and anvils! BEEP BEEP! Harry

[sonoranfans]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

Oh and the road runner of course beep beep that poor coyote he never did catch him!

Richard 

The north rim of the grand canyon elevation is ~7500', is mostly spruce forests, eagles, and never even hits 80F.  Climate zones vary wildly with elevation.  I used to drive 1 hr from my place to the mogillion rim and watch temps go from 110F to 80F.  Nowhere I know of can you change from hot desert to cool pine forests in a one hour drive like arizona.  

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Coyote kept Acme in business by buying all those traps, gadgets and anvils! BEEP BEEP! Harry

All I knew was that my money was on the coyote. Gosh he took a beating, yet he still purchased another acme gadget for another hit in head!

Richard 

[happypalms]

37 minutes ago, sonoranfans said:

The north rim of the grand canyon elevation is ~7500', is mostly spruce forests, eagles, and never even hits 80F.  Climate zones vary wildly with elevation.  I used to drive 1 hr from my place to the mogillion rim and watch temps go from 110F to 80F.  Nowhere I know of can you change from hot desert to cool pine forests in a one hour drive like arizona.  

Did you ever catch a glimpse of the road runner? It’s amazing what we got shown of the  Americas as kids it was all about geography right down to old faithful and general Sherman, I loved social studies at school. But it was the Brady bunch who put the Grand Canyon on the map in my day!

[sonoranfans]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Did you ever catch a glimpse of the road runner? It’s amazing what we got shown of the  Americas as kids it was all about geography right down to old faithful and general Sherman, I loved social studies at school. But it was the Brady bunch who put the Grand Canyon on the map in my day!

I Saw coyotes, pronghorn antelope, elk, rattlesnakes, and eagles, never a road runner in 10 years.

[Harry’s Palms]

We have quite a few Road Runners dashing around the neighborhood . Harry

[sonoranfans]

10 hours ago, happypalms said:

Did you ever catch a glimpse of the road runner? It’s amazing what we got shown of the  Americas as kids it was all about geography right down to old faithful and general Sherman, I loved social studies at school. But it was the Brady bunch who put the Grand Canyon on the map in my day!

SHould you or anyone you know go to see the grand canyon, go to the north rim, not the south rim where 90% of tourists go.  THe north rim is wild and has aspen and spruce forests plus growth on the canyon walls.  Northy rim is 1500 feet higher in elevation and has a different vegetation zone, plus the  extra height gives better views!

[happypalms]

19 hours ago, sonoranfans said:

I Saw coyotes, pronghorn antelope, elk, rattlesnakes, and eagles, never a road runner in 10 years.

We have a bird here called a Curlew  that looks slightly similar to a road runner. 

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, sonoranfans said:

SHould you or anyone you know go to see the grand canyon, go to the north rim, not the south rim where 90% of tourists go.  THe north rim is wild and has aspen and spruce forests plus growth on the canyon walls.  Northy rim is 1500 feet higher in elevation and has a different vegetation zone, plus the  extra height gives better views!

It’s on one of wish list locations, I shall make my way to the north nothing like a bit of local knowledge for holiday away from the tourist traps.