I have been asked to announce the First International Date Palm Symposium in Iran (coming up in September 2005) to date palm researchers and enthusiasts...
Dear Group - I will be in the Los Angeles area in a couple of weeks to take photographs of date palms in landscaping. Thus far I have had suggestions of the...
There is a house on the ocean side of PCH (Pacific Coast Highway -- AKA US Route 1) in Malibu a few miles north (actually west as the coast faces more or less...
Talking of dactyliferas, they now seem to be be more or less hardy in southern England. There are quite a few canariensis which have been planted for several...
The entrance to Ontario Airport has 100's of date palms planted. They light them up at night; it is a great sight to see. Ontario Airport is Located in...
Hi Ron; Did you ever find the Queen palms seeds? Still none here in San Diego, although I have seen a few trees where the fruit is turning toward mature seed...
Hello everyone. Glad to see that there is a chat group for palms. I joined the IPS in the mid eighties and enjoyed going to the palm sales in south florida...
It's my understanding that this palm has a shallow root system and may be prone to uprooting during strong wind storms. Does anyone have any knowledge of a C....
Dennis, Just get in your rental car and drive; they are practically everywhere in commercial and even residential landscaping. There are quite a few in the...
I went through Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne last year. Only one of my several C. mitis came down. My C. no and C. gigas have a significant lean....
New member. Palm novice. Live lower North Carolina coast on mainland on a bay less than one mile from sea, between Oak Island and old Bald Head Island, which...
I believe I saw on educational TV, that some female archaeologist has recovered from a tomb, ancient Egyptian date palms; and is growing then? What is the...
Do all the palms withstand hurricanes near the coast in the same way? How do palsms withstand the wind storms? Don't most palms have short, shallow roots? Do...
Hi Jim, The oil from palms is a big food item. Jelly is made from the fruit of Butia capitata. Heart of palm is a delicacy (from many varieties). Wine can...
How about sago (sometimes spelled sego) starch from the trunks of various palms and how about palm hearts or palm cabbage as in Bactris gasipaes or Euturpe...
... some eat heart of palm. also felled palms get grubs growing in them, in some places like the Amazon, and these grubs are relished. hermine [Non-text...
To all of the above; add the Bactris gasipaes, "peach palm" which tastes much like chestnuts and is so treated in much of Central and South America. The oil...
Hello to the Palm Group, Paul and I wanted to remind everyone of the up coming Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale being held at the L.A. Arboretum on August ...
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I have made a list of some edible palm fruits etc. Further research a fine challenge for an investigator. For those in the tropics, why not make a collection...
We ran an article about edible palms in Tropical Visions that some will find interesting. Here's a link to the issue: http://www.quisqualis.com./Cover01.html ...
Both the male and female inflorescence on my Pygmies are now exposed, and I was wondering if there is a technique (similar to cycad hand pollination) to...
Hi! Friends: I live in Oklahoma. I am looking for Sable Palmetto Bald Head Island Form, I know that Gary's Nursery carrys it. He does not do mail order, pick...
FYI: The Edible Palms report is from a bulletin put out by the Miami-Dade Extension a few years ago. Larry, Parkland Fla. ... From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com...
Sylvain! Dutch Vandervort here in Ventura, CA. I have spent a winter in Lawton, it was 1950-51 and it was COLD. I would steer you towards Rapidophyllum...