Photos of my garden

[Brian]

Seems like PalmTalk has been a bit slow lately and since I don’t post that much I figured now is probably a good time to post more. So here are a few photos of some palms in my garden. We just came out of the rainy season so most look pretty good at this time.

First up is C lanceolata and S yapa to the right. 

A group of H lagenicaulis

Another group but of H verschaffeltii

This Pritchardia beccariana got planted last year and replaced a coco palm that got hit by lightning. You can still see the cut off truck of the lightning victim.

[Brian]

Here are 2 Allagoptera arenaria planted in the corner of the house. I finally got them to produce seed which are just starting to germinate.

P sargentii also producing a bit of seeds.

Serenoa repens which replaced another one that got too big and out of control. 
C proctorii 

Pinanga javana. This one is too exposed to the sea breeze but is hanging in there.

Carpoxylon macrospermum. This one has grown well in this climate.

[Harry’s Palms]

Super nice garden and palms. Is the Lanceolata a clump or separate individual stems? I understand that sometimes they clump. Harry

[Brian]

Itaya amicorum, I really like this one but it probably needs to be in a more protected area.

A big clump of Walichia siamensis

Caryota zebrina. This one deserves more then one photo.

C crinita with C leptocheilos

 

[Brian]

2 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Super nice garden and palms. Is the Lanceolata a clump or separate individual stems? I understand that sometimes they clump. Harry

Thanks Harry. The lanceolata is clumping although it only clumped at an early age.

Here is a photo of the base.

[SCVpalmenthusiast]

Beautiful garden, it does seem slower here. Probably due to the holidays. What’s the hardest thing you’ve encountered growing palms?

[Brian]

32 minutes ago, SCVpalmenthusiast said:

Beautiful garden, it does seem slower here. Probably due to the holidays. What’s the hardest thing you’ve encountered growing palms?

The hardest thing I’ve encountered growing here is the salt breeze. We get some hard west wind days that really wreck havoc on the garden.

 

[Harry’s Palms]

1 hour ago, Brian said:

Thanks Harry. The lanceolata is clumping although it only clumped at an early age.

Here is a photo of the base.

Thank you . Mine is still in juvenile stage , I’m hoping to get a few stems like yours , although it will be a while here . It seems to be moderately fast as it gets going . It has only been in the ground a little over a year . Harry

[Brian]

14 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Thank you . Mine is still in juvenile stage , I’m hoping to get a few stems like yours , although it will be a while here . It seems to be moderately fast as it gets going . It has only been in the ground a little over a year

If I remember correctly mine started to clump at a stage a little more developed then yours is currently  at. Nice palm and beautifully grown!

[Brian]

Moving on to some Licualas. Most I’ve lost the names to but this one is L spinosa.

Unknown Licuala. I just noticed it has some ripe seeds I need to plant.

Another unknown Licuala

This one is seriously overcrowded by a Heleconia. 
Unknown Licuala 

This one probably gets too much sun. 
That’s it for now. I’ll see if I can post a few more palm photos this afternoon. Thanks for looking!

[Harry’s Palms]

Stunning! Harry

[Darold Petty]

4 hours ago, Brian said:

Here are 2 Allagoptera arenaria planted in the corner of the house. I finally got them to produce seed which are just starting to germinate.

 

 

 

How long was the germination period ?  I obtained very fresh seed several months ago, but no results so far.  I do use bottom heat and my greenhouse temperature is 50-80F.  Thanks

[Brian]

48 minutes ago, Darold Petty said:

How long was the germination period ?  I obtained very fresh seed several months ago, but no results so far.  I do use bottom heat and my greenhouse temperature is 50-80F

They took about 3 months in a community pot before the first spear started to show. 

[Darold Petty]

Thanks ! 

[Brian]

A few more photos of my palms. The first is Coccothrinax crinita sp. brevicinis

Dictyosperma album

Ravenea hildebrandii in the middle of a few Encephalartos 

Here’s an unknown Dypsis with a Wodyetia and A alexandrae in the back ground 

Arenga hookeriana clump. It’s hard to keep these looking good here. 
A clump of Hydriastele rostrata (?)

The moon raising over C. decaryi. I just noticed the new fronds look bad. Not sure what’s going on but hopefully it recovers. I’ve already lost 2 of these. 

Moquitos are coming out. I’ll continue posting a few more photos in the morning.

 

[Urban Rainforest]

Your garden looks amazing Brian!

[Brian]

20 minutes ago, Urban Rainforest said:

Your garden looks amazing Brian!

Thanks! 

[Harry’s Palms]

When I posted my C. Decaryi a while ago , I was told they struggle and usually fail in the humid Hawaii climate. It is arid here most of the year and mine are 25 years old or so , doing well. Nice , nonetheless. Some very nice palms in your collection. They all look very nice , hopefully the Triangle will pull through. Harry

[Billy]

Garden looks amazing. Not a bad view looking down on the point either. Saludos a Flaco y Mario. 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

It's hard to believe that this is in Mexico.

[idontknowhatnametuse]

9 hours ago, Brian said:

Here are 2 Allagoptera arenaria planted in the corner of the house. I finally got them to produce seed which are just starting to germinate.

Are you going to sell them? I would like getting one, I live in northeastern Mexico.

[peachy]

The crinita and sargentii are dream palms for me.  I am told that here they would take 30 or more years to reach the size of yours. You have some magnificent examples of the slow growing stuff that I would loved to have grown if my life expectancy had allowed it.

Peachy

[mnorell]

9 minutes ago, peachy said:

The crinita and sargentii are dream palms for me.  I am told that here they would take 30 or more years to reach the size of yours. You have some magnificent examples of the slow growing stuff that I would loved to have grown if my life expectancy had allowed it.

Peachy

Peachy, it is never too late to put something in the ground and enjoy it while it's small. Best to do that rather than fuss and fret and put it off forever when it could have been growing up the whole time you had your knickers in a twist over it. It might surprise you and grow quickly just because of your all-encompassing love of it! I grew P. sargentii in the Florida Keys (granted, it's native there) and it wasn't all that slow. Once it has one ring of trunk you get all the whiz-bang effect of that trunk against the powdery crownshaft, and it isn't really that far away until you get to enjoy that treat. I have one here that I bought as a 1gal, put it in a 3gal pot and a year or so ago threw it into a crowded, shady area within reach of the sprinklers and sort of forgot about it. Today I hacked my way back to it and it suddenly has a frond pushing five feet tall! (That's what shade will do for you sometimes.) Now I assume it has rooted into the ground there and so I have to make a worrisome decision on what to do with it. But really they aren't as slow as everyone in the cooler zones may experience, as long as you get some stretches of good hot days about 30C or so, with warm nights...I think you have those conditions in greater Brisbane, am I right?

[Aloha Palms]

Awesome garden, Brian. What part in Michoacán is your property?

[happypalms]

Beautiful collection great to see, and you know what you can make as many posts as you like, let’s see more of this lovely garden with a million dollar view! 

[peachy]

5 hours ago, mnorell said:

Peachy, it is never too late to put something in the ground and enjoy it while it's small. Best to do that rather than fuss and fret and put it off forever when it could have been growing up the whole time you had your knickers in a twist over it. It might surprise you and grow quickly just because of your all-encompassing love of it! I grew P. sargentii in the Florida Keys (granted, it's native there) and it wasn't all that slow. Once it has one ring of trunk you get all the whiz-bang effect of that trunk against the powdery crownshaft, and it isn't really that far away until you get to enjoy that treat. I have one here that I bought as a 1gal, put it in a 3gal pot and a year or so ago threw it into a crowded, shady area within reach of the sprinklers and sort of forgot about it. Today I hacked my way back to it and it suddenly has a frond pushing five feet tall! (That's what shade will do for you sometimes.) Now I assume it has rooted into the ground there and so I have to make a worrisome decision on what to do with it. But really they aren't as slow as everyone in the cooler zones may experience, as long as you get some stretches of good hot days about 30C or so, with warm nights...I think you have those conditions in greater Brisbane, am I right?

Most of the palms I can get now are ebay or mail order so I have a big shadehouse packed with tiny seedlings that are so slow growing and very labour intensive.  This year we had a freak winter hail storm that blew tiny hail under the roof then an extreme heat wave instead of spring and 50% of my small stuff died.  I would buy both of those gorgeous palms if available in a plantable size.  My garden is only 4 years old and miniscule so space is at a premium so I go for things now to make it look like a garden.

[Harry’s Palms]

@peachy I remember starting over after selling my house in 1997 in order to buy this house with a lot less gardening space , no greenhouse , canopy  or shade house and very little room in comparison. The plus was a micro climate here on a south facing hill with a fantastic view of the valley and city below. I was 43 when we made the move and starting over with the 7 year old collection seemed daunting. I had so many potted palms from the old house and several died , it is discouraging but hang in there . It won’t be long before we take over @happypalms with sneak attack ….still plotting and working on my Australian accent! 😂Harry , a Brit with American roots. 

[Brian]

16 hours ago, peachy said:

The crinita and sargentii are dream palms for me.  I am told that here they would take 30 or more years to reach the size of yours. You have some magnificent examples of the slow growing stuff that I would loved to have grown if my life expectancy had allowed it.

Some stuff that they claim is slow can grow much faster in the right conditions. I’ve found that crinita is actually pretty fast here for a medium sized palm and they start looking good while still fairly small.

This particular crinita is only 14 years old.

[Brian]

Here is a Areca macrocalyx and a C leptocheilos

 I bought these seeds as C. arenarum but I always had my doubts if that’s what it was. It’s still a very impressive palm.

It’s hard to get a good photo of it in this lighting and space

[Brian]

This Aiphanes aculeata came from seeds I gather from Jardim Botânico in Rio de Janeiro. It looked much better there than it does here. 
Kentiopsis oliviformis. These grow very well here. I got a few of them in the garden.

Another one of my favorites C. Pempana

Got to go. I’ll post a few more this afternoon. Thanks for looking!