South American socratea rostrata, Geonoma bondaria seedlings

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Two of the finest palms from South America definitely worth having. Germinated the bondaria and they have been slow as seedlings. And the socratea purchased a couple of seasons back. The socratea show a little cool tolerance surviving in the ground and in the greenhouse. Two palms worth growing if you can track them down! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Those look lovely . So many palms but so little room here. I am getting hard pressed to find spots in my wee little slice of earth. Harry

‘Most of my near quarter acre is very steep and home to palm root eating gophers!

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On 12/28/2025 at 4:33 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

Those look lovely . So many palms but so little room here. I am getting hard pressed to find spots in my wee little slice of earth. Harry

‘Most of my near quarter acre is very steep and home to palm root eating gophers!

Nice little slice of earth if you ask me. Fantastic view palms and dont spot a friendly gopher or two! You need cycads on that hill, tough reasonably fast growing,  and are cool tolerant a lot of cycas species. And if you’re lucky they won’t be gopher food. 
Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

Yea , only one cycad down there so far. They grow so slowly , except for the large Dioon in the front yard. Maybe a Zamia or something , the Zamia Furfuracea in front seems to grow well. I would like at least one more Livistona to keep the Australis and Chinensis company. I have about 13 palms down there now that have survived the gophers ( I have lost more than that!) and one Cycas Revoluta . Harry

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7 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Yea , only one cycad down there so far. They grow so slowly , except for the large Dioon in the front yard. Maybe a Zamia or something , the Zamia Furfuracea in front seems to grow well. I would like at least one more Livistona to keep the Australis and Chinensis company. I have about 13 palms down there now that have survived the gophers ( I have lost more than that!) and one Cycas Revoluta . Harry

Try and get some cycas thourasii, taitugensis, lepidozamia perrofskyana, ecepharlotis all these varieties are super tough die hard varieties, Zamias are tough but require a bit of planning in regards to location. Or if that fails plant a stack of what already is down there to get that jungle look happening. 
Richard