Happy thanksgiving — What palm are you most thankful for?

[TropicsEnjoyer]

Wishing a happy thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. If you don’t, well have a blessed day anyway. I thought it would be interesting to ask everyone what palm they are most thankful for, not sure it’s that cliche to ask but why not. 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

My Bactris major. It has grown a lot in less than a year.

[aztropic]

I have 2. Hemithrinax and Pseudophoenix. Both species seem to thrive under Arizona desert conditions, and both are small and slow growing palms that are easily managed in smaller yards and gardens.

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[Harry’s Palms]

I love all my palms and I am thankful they continue to grow. Today my Rhopalostylus Baueri Cheesemania opened another frond , I am thankful it has done so well! Harry

‘This palm is growing very quickly since I planted it about a year and a half ago.

Nothing spectacular , just steady growth .

[Rick Kelley]

After a miserable drought for most of 2025, rain finally returned to East Hawaii in mid October. All my wilted tropical plants are gradually recovering. No matter how much it rains, I'm always thankful for more. Months of cloudless blue skies is a disaster when you live on a small island, or even a Big Island. Always thankful for my monster Metroxylon amicarum planted 12 years ago from a waist high 5 gallon. Fingers crossed the coconut rhinoceros beetle never attacks.

[ZPalms]

All my dudes, hope they all make it through the winter smoothly 🤠

[Billeb]

6 hours ago, Rick Kelley said:

After a miserable drought for most of 2025, rain finally returned to East Hawaii in mid October. All my wilted tropical plants are gradually recovering. No matter how much it rains, I'm always thankful for more. Months of cloudless blue skies is a disaster when you live on a small island, or even a Big Island. Always thankful for my monster Metroxylon amicarum planted 12 years ago from a waist high 5 gallon. Fingers crossed the coconut rhinoceros beetle never attacks.

Wow!! That is killer. @realarch has a massive Metroxylon. Yours looks great planted all alone so you can see its grandeur. 
 

-dale 

[PalmBossTampa]

Thankful for the little baggies of Coccothrinax crinata brevicrinus seeds from Fall CFPACS meeting ! I’ve had bad luck over time germinating Coccothrinax species but these are almost all germinated . Tricky time of year keeping heat (momentum )going . They germinated on water heater in pure chunky perlite and  I want to keep that little root going after the bag. Some are all natural and taking evening cold but warm days. Some are in a closet to stay warmer at night. Another tray yet I’m greenhousing the liner tray.

Mostly thankful though for the folks to share my experiences with and to gain knowledge from 😎

[sonoranfans]

Difficult question but with a full moon at night, I'd say my 25' Copernicia Fallaensis wins.  Its currently recovering from hurricane milton so he is a before picture.

 

[BayAndroid]

My Chrysalidocarpus Decipiens. It survived me digging it up and transplanting it when I moved back in April. 

It did really well! I attribute it to me digging as much of the root ball as I could. I actually broke my shovel in the heavy clay soil, trying to get it out. 

 

[Kim]

I am very, very thankful that my Tahina #1 is still alive. This photo is how it looked 12/29/2022. All those leaves browned seemingly overnight. They were cut off and the palm was treated with an anti-fungal. For a long time it sat with a single leaf slowly decaying, and I was sure it was dead. That left a small hole in my heart. But experience has taught me to be patient. I refused to cut down the palm.

Perhaps 18 months later, the tip of a spear appeared emerging from the center of the palm!

By June of 2024 there was a strong, fat spear undeniably gaining height, but reluctant to open. I marked the spear and occasionally measured the progress. Slow at first, then gaining speed during rainy periods. Even as recently as March 2025, the new spear was only partially open, but now at last, the new leaf has spread, gathering sunlight, feeding the palm. It is still a sad sight, but it's alive! Well worth celebrating, and I am very thankful. 

 

 

[Fusca]

7 hours ago, BayAndroid said:

I actually broke my shovel in the heavy clay soil, trying to get it out. 

Great palm!  I've done that to a shovel moving a palm before... 🤣

[TropicsEnjoyer]

On 11/27/2025 at 6:13 PM, Rick Kelley said:

After a miserable drought for most of 2025, rain finally returned to East Hawaii in mid October. All my wilted tropical plants are gradually recovering. No matter how much it rains, I'm always thankful for more. Months of cloudless blue skies is a disaster when you live on a small island, or even a Big Island. Always thankful for my monster Metroxylon amicarum planted 12 years ago from a waist high 5 gallon. Fingers crossed the coconut rhinoceros beetle never attacks.

That palm is monstrous, but also very beautiful. I’ve never seen it before, interesting that it’s the only non monocarpic plants in its genus. Does it require very tropical climate? 

[Rick Kelley]

Metroxyolon is very popular in East Hawaii despite its size. I don't see many posts about this species on PT outside the very wet tropics. The one in the photo is just a toddler. They get 80-100 ft tall and could be a major hazard to property if it were to blow over in a storm. Much more massive than a big royal. They are super thirsty, so unless you get at least 100" of rain a year, they probably would not survive. My typical rainfall is around 140"/year (4m). Humidity is a fairly constant 70% year round. No idea about cold tolerance, but probably none. Because of its height, it might be very susceptible to lightening strikes. Fortunately, Hawaii gets very little lightening.

[Jim in Los Altos]

That’s kind of a tough question being that I appreciate all the palms in the garden. My Chrysalidocarpus decipiens would at the top of the list being that it’s taken nearly twenty years to get to where it is today. The other species that is special to me is not because it’s rare. It’s because the groves of them I gave created massive canopy in just a few years and remain an integral part of the garden.  That would be Archontophoenix cunninghamiana and ‘Illawara.’
 

 

 

[SeaLaVie]

Beccariophoenix Alfredii.  Backdrop to a lot of horseplay.  This was yesterday, it witnesses a lot