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One input I would like to make to Alexander is that as that tree ages and begins to set seed, there are folks that would like to try the seeds out to see if any come out true to the parents expression. The Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society seed bank would be a good place to donate future...

What's interesting, is that the photo of the alfredii taken in habitat is taken from GP2. That's copyrighted material. The guy has brass-un's for lifting from that book. I guess the upside is that if this guy is hawking these palms to inexperienced people, we might learn more of the plants...

Hey Bepah, I hope there will be pictures of in ground palms that are exceptional for your area. No pressure of course but I do love to look at pretty palms! How did those Beccariophoenix spp. fair through your winter?

I think I have a picture of a cat around here somewhere. If I find it I'll post it fo-sho.

The cat palm is a great palm for indoor growing and is such because it can take the tough conditions of the not so great indoors. The one problem I've encountered with them as houseplants here in Florida is the presence of pathogenic fungi taking hold of the soil and slowly killing the palm...

Scott, I looked through all of my various sources for our area and came up with nothing. I looked in Plant Finder to no avail. I even looked at Botanics as Phil had mentioned and they currently are not listing it. I tried Redlands as well. If I come across any three gallons I will give you a shout.

Hi Scott, If I remember correctly the CFPACS site has some info on this species with regard to culture in Central Florida. Phil's input seems enough though. I plan on getting seeds of this in this year, so I should be long in the tooth when I can appreciate these in their glory. There's a nice...

I bought a book a couple of years ago called The Miniature Palms of Japan, by Yoshihiro Okita and J. Leland Hollenberg. It covers the practice of kannonchiku and shurochiku. Some folks take serious stock of such cultivation. Anyway Scott, when you have enough divisions it might be worth checking...

At $20.00+ per quart, why not. Maybe the plants that aspirate the fumes will be insurable to subfreezing temps then!

I was hoping that by my blowing twenty something bucks on this stuff and doing a report on it's performance or lack of performance, that others wouldn't rush out to use stuff like this to help protect their plants. I will post more pics from the nursery this week to show what I believe to be...

Here's a link to a series of photos of what happened to the fruit and spice park in the Redlands area of Dade county, during the most recent freeze on 01/10 and 01\11\2010. http://www.flickr.com/photos/94556645@N00/sets/72157623268669994/

Hi Kenamac, I'm sure there are some that could give you a more precise answer but we can start with mine. The Cocos form or expression in the location you are seeing them is probably determined by basic nutrition and water availability. There are other factors such as cultivar type or dwarfism...

Here is a brief and very informal article on some initial results of my use of Freeze Pruf. Please feel free to add any results you may have with this product. I would like to have as much data about this product as it relates to palms before anyone rushes out to buy this product in hopes of...

Scott, you are certainly right about that. It's all relative, which is one reason why I tried to put a positive spin on things a few posts back. But I was sincere when I said that I am sorry for your loss. You; like many of us invested quite a bit of time and attention to your garden and it is...

Scott, after all of your photos, maybe you should disregard my pep talk and just find a more appropriate hobby for your area. Are you in a cold basin or what gives? You seem to be doing worse than most people. Sorry for your troubles. I still stand by my keep plugging away mantra but there are...

A friend of mine who has been growing palms and tropical fruit trees in Florida for nearly forty years has a great analogy for dealing with RARE unprecidented events like this one. If you can see yourself spending $20.00 on cut flowers and you will enjoy them while they are pretty, knowing full...

Another interesting facit of this weather event. Is the fish kills. The reef fish were washing up in droves this week. Puffer fish, clown fish. And in the lagoon, hard head cats, Snook and black mullet among others.

"I am trying Freeze-Pruf on some of my more cold sensitive plants, that might rather be growing in a half-zone warmer (in my case Zone 7b) than my climate. Believe it or not, I have 2 species of palm in my Zone 7a Delaware backyard: Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm) and Sabal minor (Dwarf...

I just got back from Fairchild "Tropical" Gardens tonight. They were not spared the wrath of this spell either. Even Key West took 42f. today. That's one degree above their all time low. Miami Airport read 36f. today. I still had a great time at Fairchild and will be posting an article on the...

Dean, being the eternal optimist, I agree with you. We will gain a lot of valuable information from this event. If February isn't too cold we should come out okay. I began bleating about the NOAA climate models back in October and the latest El Nino update calls for even more below average...