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It’s so BIG!

DoomsDave
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Sitting in my home office yesterday in the middle of one of those Eternal Zoom Conferences when I hear this sudden crash thud and see a shadow across my nearby window.

it turned out to be an abscised leaf from my watermelon hookeri. Okay, not big like a royal but still big. 

Maybe you have palms and/or parts of same with unexpectedly large size?

 

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    It's not mine and not exactly unexpected but certainly BIG!  😆  Spent frond from a young Lodoicea maldivica.

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    Jon Sunder

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    I have a friend a few blocks away had the same thing happen that happened to @DoomsDave. A Chambeyronia frond dropped and made a frightening sound . I can see how that can happen , they have a large frond and a self cleaning crown. Harry

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    That’s a chunky Chamby frond Dave! Here’s a 28 foot P. torralyi frond stretching across my entire front lawn area that I just removed the other day. 
     

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    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

    zone 10a/9b

    sunset zone 16

    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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    2 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

    That’s a chunky Chamby frond Dave! Here’s a 28 foot P. torralyi frond stretching across my entire front lawn area that I just removed the other day. 
     

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    Holy what a beauty 😮

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    10 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

    That’s a chunky Chamby frond Dave! Here’s a 28 foot P. torralyi frond stretching across my entire front lawn area that I just removed the other day. 
     

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    Oh yeah. Let dry out and it makes great kindling in the Pyromania Fireplace.

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    3 hours ago, Fusca said:

    It's not mine and not exactly unexpected but certainly BIG!  😆  Spent frond from a young Lodoicea maldivica.

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    I thought this species needs purely tropical conditions to survive. Is this specimen in Texas?

    Zone 9b: if you love it, cover it.

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    1 hour ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

    That’s a chunky Chamby frond Dave! Here’s a 28 foot P. torralyi frond stretching across my entire front lawn area that I just removed the other day. 
     

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    Good Lord, man. 

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    OK I’ll play along . These don’t fall on their own like Dave’s Chambey frond or Jim’s super long frond , but last time I cut an overhanging Obtusa frond ( hanging over a neighbor’s driveway) , it took almost an hour to cut it up in order to dispose of it! I had to drag the frond out into the street to cut it up . HarryIMG_1002.thumb.jpeg.29b7dbe855286644f92ea388ac2e437d.jpeg

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    8 hours ago, Than said:

    I thought this species needs purely tropical conditions to survive. Is this specimen in Texas?

    No, this palm is in a private garden in south Florida.  It's quite rare in cultivation.

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    Jon Sunder

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    Nobody has made a "that's what she said" joke yet. What's happened to us? 

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    On 12/3/2025 at 7:07 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

    Nobody has made a "that's what she said" joke yet. What's happened to us? 

    A lady visitor to my garden said that about the royal.

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    Spanky is getting ready to drop one, right above the BBQ grill.

     

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    Have been to busy to walk the jungle finally got some time and found these fronds!!!

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    On 12/3/2025 at 12:15 AM, DoomsDave said:

    Sitting in my home office yesterday in the middle of one of those Eternal Zoom Conferences when I hear this sudden crash thud and see a shadow across my nearby window.

    it turned out to be an abscised leaf from my watermelon hookeri. Okay, not big like a royal but still big. 

    Maybe you have palms and/or parts of same with unexpectedly large size?

     

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    Dave, do you have royal pythons - Python regius ?

    They are very sweet animals, unless you take their food away when they don't eat it and just leave it next to them. It only hurt a little, like tiny needles—acupuncture 🤭

    Official Climate Update: Subtropical Microclimate (Cfa) | 36-year mean: 11.76°C (incl. -0.3K offset) | ~2,100+ annual sunshine hours Bresser solar-vent. Station @ 1.70m since 2019 (Stachen, CH)

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    8 hours ago, Mazat said:

    Dave, do you have royal pythons - Python regius ?

    They are very sweet animals, unless you take their food away when they don't eat it and just leave it next to them. It only hurt a little, like tiny needles—acupuncture 🤭

    No snakes like pythons here in California. At least not that I know of.

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    On 12/3/2025 at 10:07 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

    Nobody has made a "that's what she said" joke yet. What's happened to us? 

    I thought of it but I view us as "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", so I kept quiet.

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    29 minutes ago, SeanK said:

    I thought of it but I view us as "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", so I kept quiet.

    This is probably the only group on earth with "society" in the name where I'm accepted. So I'll say it. 

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    3 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

    This is probably the only group on earth with "society" in the name where I'm accepted. So I'll say it. 

    😍😂

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    Caryota maxima when they fall they hit hard, they don’t call them maxima for no reason at all! 

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    Urens are pretty max when they fall over.

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    5 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

    Urens are pretty max when they fall over.

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    A Porta Power and a couple rachet straps and a tree - well, a different tree - and that van is just fine. 

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    32 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

    Urens are pretty max when they fall over.

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    I’ll say it god oh mighty! 

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    Neighbors probably thought it was just another California earthquake! Harry

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    12 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

    Urens are pretty max when they fall over.

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    A little rubbing compound and that'll be just fine...

    Butch

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    13 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

    Neighbors probably thought it was just another California earthquake! Harry

    Took the power out to the whole neighborhood - on Stupor Bowl Sunday Eve!

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    6 hours ago, Butch said:

    A little rubbing compound and that'll be just fine...

    Butch

    Also a good excuse for a Hellcat swap while you're in there. 

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    6 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

    Took the power out to the whole neighborhood - on Stupor Bowl Sunday Eve!

    You must have been quite popular, after that? Harry

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    16 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

    You must have been quite popular, after that? Harry

    If it was the year the Saints got robbed and the Rams ended up in the Super Bowl it was much deserved. 

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