Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
PalmTalk

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
SUPER IMPORTANT - MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PALMTALK - PLEASE READ

WELCOME GUEST

It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

guest Renda04.jpg

City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane

Jonathan Haycock
Jonathan Haycock
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

Featured Replies

Don't think I've created a thread on this garden before so I'll start documenting its palms, commencing with a some that stood out over the weekend. 

Can’t help but admire this island of Adonidia merrillii each time we walk past.

IMG_6780.jpeg

IMG_6781.jpeg

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 3
    • Author

    My son loves peeling spent leaf bases, as do we all.

    Carpoxylon macrospermum

    IMG_6789.jpeg

    IMG_6790.jpeg

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 3
    • Author

    Chamaerops humilis 'Vulcano'. 

    IMG_6804.jpeg

    IMG_6803.jpeg

    IMG_6802.jpeg

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 3
    • Author

    Both these Pigafetta elata looked terrible after planting last year, but are really starting to come good now.

    IMG_6806.jpeg

    IMG_6808.jpeg

    IMG_6807.jpeg

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 3
    • Author

    One of my favourites, Dypsis scottiana. Shame to see some have been vandalised, but this one is doing well.

    IMG_6810.jpeg

    IMG_6814.jpeg

    IMG_6813.jpeg

    IMG_6812.jpeg

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 4
    • Author

    I'm told this is Calyptrocalyx hollrungii. Such a pretty palm.

    IMG_6822.jpeg

    IMG_6820.jpeg

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 5
    • Author

    Clinostigma samoense is no slouch.

    That's it for now folks. I'll update this thread with more palms in due course.

    IMG_6823.jpeg

    IMG_6825.jpeg

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    • Like 4

    Great pics , thank you. Harry

    • Like 2

    Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing! I'm surprised to see such a health Pigafetta in Brisbane! That must be close to their southern limit in Australia! 

    I'm always up for learning new things!
    3 hours ago, kylecawazafla said:

    Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing! I'm surprised to see such a health Pigafetta in Brisbane! That must be close to their southern limit in Australia! 

    I thought so too but recently saw a pic of a huge healthy one in Nimbin, NSW. Didn’t look like it was zone pushing at all but I haven’t heard of any further south that that. 

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

    •
    • Like 1
    • Author
    3 hours ago, kylecawazafla said:

    Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing! I'm surprised to see such a health Pigafetta in Brisbane! That must be close to their southern limit in Australia! 

    Thanks Kyle. I'm aware of healthy mature Pigafetta elata in SE Queensland, both on the Sunshine and Gold Coasts. I imagine they'd be ok well into Northern NSW, perhaps as far down as Coffs Harbour? Pigafetta filaris is a totally different story, as it appears too tropical in its requirements. 

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    3 hours ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

    Thanks Kyle. I'm aware of healthy mature Pigafetta elata in SE Queensland, both on the Sunshine and Gold Coasts. I imagine they'd be ok well into Northern NSW, perhaps as far down as Coffs Harbour? Pigafetta filaris is a totally different story, as it appears too tropical in its requirements. 

    My filaris seedlings havent stopped growing yet with the 12-15 degree mornings. Im praying i can sneak a couple through winter. There are some mature ones on the sunny coast im told. 

    • Like 1
    • Author
    9 hours ago, Booyong ridge said:

    My filaris seedlings havent stopped growing yet with the 12-15 degree mornings. Im praying i can sneak a couple through winter. There are some mature ones on the sunny coast im told. 

    Mine all died last winter (87 seedlings 🥲). Do you know whose garden the mature P. filaris are growing in? Based on what others in PACSOA have told me, it’s highly unlikely there are mature P. filaris in SE QLD, but I’d love it to be true.

    For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

    Create an account or sign in to comment
    Go to topic listing

    Account

    Navigation

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.