happypalms More palms in pots

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, how much stuff! I absolutely have to come and steal it all from you! But thinking about it, it wouldn't make sense, many species are more tropical for my climate.😥

That’s an easy fix to a problem , a holiday home in the subtropical climate, imagine the garden you could have!

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, Mazat said:

wonderful, Richard 🤗

A couple more plants and you’ll soon have your grow room looking the same!🌱

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23 hours ago, Mazat said:

🤗

Hopefully you will gill that grow room and be doing the same thing! 

[Mazat]

29 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Hopefully you will gill that grow room and be doing the same thing! 

Thank you very much, Richard 🤗. I (we) will do (our) my best 🌴🌈

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, Mazat said:

Thank you very much, Richard 🤗. I (we) will do (our) my best 🌴🌈

Grow from seeds to get the rare varieties that are not always available! 

[peachy]

I have been trying to get repotting done but the extreme heat lately affects me badly. Today was bearable so a few were done, others just topped up with soil and now there are only a couple of hundred left to go !  I need a potting bench but  have absolutely no space to put one.

Peachy

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, peachy said:

I have been trying to get repotting done but the extreme heat lately affects me badly. Today was bearable so a few were done, others just topped up with soil and now there are only a couple of hundred left to go !  I need a potting bench but  have absolutely no space to put one.

Peachy

Merry Xmas my possum, the more you repot the more you have to water them, and that’s a full time job in this unbearable heat touching the 40s in temperatures!

Ive come to the conclusion we both need a gardener asap! Any suggestions? 
Richard 

[happypalms]

A bit of the personal collection potted up on a nice summer afternoon, so a few more for the garden! 

sommiera affinisRaphia  farinafera pholidiocarpus macrocarpus dypsis lanceolata Arenga porphyrocarpusiguanura sanderianumZamia standelyi 

[happypalms]

The best bit about pots is you can garden anywhere you want too, so why not spruce up the deck! Chuck a few joeys in and a licuala along with a Crysophilla and a rhapis and you have an instant garden! 

[happypalms]

A nice bit of variegation coming through on the Adonidia. A good sign at a young age, promising sign of things to come, that is if winter doesn’t has its say time will tell! 

[PalmsInBaltimore]

It's great to be able to enjoy palms at that size and be able to arrange them however you like until they get much bigger! 

[Harry’s Palms]

I keep some palms in pots for a portable garden effect. It is nice to have a few that can be added to an outdoor space like a front porch or under the pergola with the orchids. Change them out occasionally for a fresh look. I keep them under the mature palms in the garden and rotate. Harry

[happypalms]

@gyuseppe this ones for you keep an eye out for those craftwork beads! 

[gyuseppe]

Oh, what a lovely surprise, Richard! Thank you, and that's too little.
I haven't seen you write for a couple of days. I was worried, and this morning I sent you a message.

[happypalms]

Some nice summer seedlings just perfect for potting up in the warm weather. Now’s the perfect time for those tropical seedlings, heat and humidity certainly help tiny seedlings, I might as we’ll take advantage of the warm weather iam sure winter will be a different story! 

[Harry’s Palms]

A nice bounty of seeds that don’t show up that often. Harry

[Jonathan]

They only germinate south of latitude S40...like a lot of species, lol!

[gyuseppe]

10 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

They only germinate south of latitude S40...like a lot of species, lol!

Hello friend Jonathan, they germinate very well here too!, since I had about 60 of them, but unfortunately they all died, now thanks to Richard I will have this species again

[happypalms]

On 1/7/2026 at 12:14 AM, gyuseppe said:

Oh, what a lovely surprise, Richard! Thank you, and that's too little.
I haven't seen you write for a couple of days. I was worried, and this morning I sent you a message.

Your welcome, you gotta have some time away from palms, the damm things consume a chunk of my time, so a bit camping to get away from it all was needed! 

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

A nice bounty of seeds that don’t show up that often. Harry

Another rare one from the garden, and the best part is there free, no phyto certificate Cee no postage fee and best off all no customs fees and headache that goes with them. It’s a win win situation for me at least! 

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, Jonathan said:

They only germinate south of latitude S40...like a lot of species, lol!

How can that be I had some germinate not long ago at latitude 23 how weird, oh hang a minute I had them in the freezer so that must be the trick, how silly of me, I think they will germinate for you then, isn’t your climate the same as a freezer! Or the same as Manitoba! 🤪🤣

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2 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Hello friend Jonathan, they germinate very well here too!, since I had about 60 of them, but unfortunately they all died, now thanks to Richard I will have this species again

He’s telling porky pies gyuseppe, leading us down a path of deception. I actually think he wants to buy your seeds from you. Tell him $50 a seed that will slow down faster than a frosty morning in winter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @Jonathan

[gyuseppe]

7 hours ago, happypalms said:

Your welcome, you gotta have some time away from palms, the damm things consume a chunk of my time, so a bit camping to get away from it all was needed! 

Yes Richard, it's actually cold here now and I'm a bit away from my garden, you did well to take some time off for you and your Jodie, and I was worried, I hadn't seen you write for a few days on the forum, and I had sent you a message,I thought you were in hospital for your hernia

[gyuseppe]

7 hours ago, happypalms said:

He’s telling porky pies gyuseppe, leading us down a path of deception. I actually think he wants to buy your seeds from you. Tell him $50 a seed that will slow down faster than a frosty morning in winter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @Jonathan

Richard, I have known Jonathan for many years, he is not as bad as he seems, I once sent him some seeds, but unfortunately they were destroyed by customs, but Jonathan sent me livistona seeds a few years ago, so he is a good guy

[Phoenikakias]

10 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Hello friend Jonathan, they germinate very well here too!, since I had about 60 of them, but unfortunately they all died, now thanks to Richard I will have this species again

I was about to give to you seeds also from my plants. Never mind...

[Jonathan]

6 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, I have known Jonathan for many years, he is not as bad as he seems, I once sent him some seeds, but unfortunately they were destroyed by customs, but Jonathan sent me livistona seeds a few years ago, so he is a good guy

Haha, no I'm not as bad as I seem! 

I was just joking with Richard about the germination but the joke might have been lost in translation. 

[gyuseppe]

36 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Haha, no I'm not as bad as I seem! 

I was just joking with Richard about the germination but the joke might have been lost in translation. 

Yes, Jonathan, translators can sometimes play tricks on you! Richard once said, "Never trust a translator," and he was right. Anyway, Jonathan, you're one of my best friends on this forum.

[happypalms]

Some good results with some new seedlings potted up a while back. They are loving the summer heat! 

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On 1/1/2026 at 8:33 AM, PalmsInBaltimore said:

It's great to be able to enjoy palms at that size and be able to arrange them however you like until they get much bigger! 

I used to rent years ago. I would relate minature rainforest gardens with all the container plants, if you had move just simply t acc ke your plants. And it was always fun recreating a new garden. 

[happypalms]

On 1/6/2026 at 3:02 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

I keep some palms in pots for a portable garden effect. It is nice to have a few that can be added to an outdoor space like a front porch or under the pergola with the orchids. Change them out occasionally for a fresh look. I keep them under the mature palms in the garden and rotate. Harry

It’s a fun way to garden, and you can always arrange them to your liking on the patio! 
Richard 

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On 1/8/2026 at 4:49 PM, gyuseppe said:

Richard, I have known Jonathan for many years, he is not as bad as he seems, I once sent him some seeds, but unfortunately they were destroyed by customs, but Jonathan sent me livistona seeds a few years ago, so he is a good guy

Good old Aussie humour, send an Australian overseas and nobody can understand us they say we talk to fast and our slang, well let’s say they never understand that. What I was saying gyuseppe was as Jonathan said lost in translation, or just a bit of teasing for fun it’s an Australian thing, @Jonathan does live in a freezer though and they are a funny bunch them Taswegans. They get up to stuff that us mainlanders would never do, but jokes aside we are all friendly people. I might have to send some craft work beads down to him now to appease the palm gods! Or just sell him some seeds $50 bucks a pop🤣🦘

[happypalms]

21 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Haha, no I'm not as bad as I seem! 

I was just joking with Richard about the germination but the joke might have been lost in translation. 

We both know what we are talking about, it’s them crazy Italians who talk with their hands and can’t understand our slang and humour 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 

[gyuseppe]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

We both know what we are talking about, it’s them crazy Italians who talk with their hands and can’t understand our slang and humour 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 

Well yes, while we talk we make hand gestures! You should see my wife making hand gestures while she talks, it would make your head spin! I'm used to it.

[Mazat]

On 1/6/2026 at 11:14 AM, happypalms said:

@gyuseppe this ones for you keep an eye out for those craftwork beads! 

🤗👍

[Mazat]

20 hours ago, happypalms said:

Some good results with some new seedlings potted up a while back. They are loving the summer heat! 

Wonderful Richard 🤗. Here ☔🌪️☀️🌦️⛈️

[ZPalms]

I'm the opposite pots = more care and having to arrange storage for them when its cold because them coming inside with gnats just isn't happening ever again 😂

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Mazat said:

Wonderful Richard 🤗. Here ☔🌪️☀️🌦️⛈️

It’s mid summer temperatures here, with a heat wave down south in southern parts of the states with temperatures hitting 44 degrees Celsius in some areas! 

[Mazat]

6 hours ago, happypalms said:

It’s mid summer temperatures here, with a heat wave down south in southern parts of the states with temperatures hitting 44 degrees Celsius in some areas! 

Wow, here 2.5 C 🤔

[happypalms]

15 hours ago, ZPalms said:

I'm the opposite pots = more care and having to arrange storage for them when its cold because them coming inside with gnats just isn't happening ever again 😂

I made the mistake of getting more pots, I planted most of what I had in the ground, then I had brainstorm why not grow palms. 
Now I don’t know how many pots I have, at least I can I leave them out in winter is one bonus I guess!

[Harry’s Palms]

OK , Richard , I’ll be right over to pick some up!😂 Those look nice , I could possibly plant them by Spring. It’s a good thing we are an ocean apart , you would never be rid of me and my wallet would be empty . At least my garden would be full. Harry