Actually, that name change is still controversial. The species of concern is still considered a member of the genus Beaucarnea more often than Nolina. I don't...
According to the Kew Monocot Checklist, http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do, the accepted name is still Beaucarnea. Nolina recurvata is listed as a synonym....
You're right. Both names are synonymous. I just assumed that 'Nolina' was the new name since my Sunset book listed it as so. It seems that the Scientists...
NEXT MEETING PSSC Saturday, September 22nd in Del Mar and Poway Our September meeting will be on Saturday, Sept. 22 in north San Diego County and features...
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Ed and Board, Sorry, I will not be able to make the next meeting. Leland...
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Hi my name is John Strazicich. I live in American Samoa. I took a trip to Western Samoa and found some palms there in the deep forests. One is Solphia...
Hi John...Got your "E Mail" and i can't figuer out a way to see your pictures...I pressed every-button i could find....Oh well ....nice to hear from you...bye...
John, that "palm" is actually a cyclanth (which is a type of aroid) similar to the Panama hat plant (Carludovica palmata). You can see the characteristic...
hi bud, i know i tried opening the pic folder before i sent in the post and it worked. i know the other gentleman who responded to the post knew what it was ...
Hello, My name is Ann. I live in Panama. I have Dwarf Royal Palms that are about 6 feet tall. We are in the rainy season here and soil has washed around the...
Ann my name is Bud...Ilve in southern California....I think that you should dig outaround the trunks and remove the 4 inches to the original depth and join the...
Jody, While the inflorescence of a cyclanth looks somewhat like that of an aroid, it is not an aroid. George Yao Metro-Manila At 9/15/2007 06:49 AM, you wrote:...
Thanks for pointing that out, George. Do you agree that the plant in question is a cyclanth? ... From: George Yao To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Thanks Bud. I'll dig them out. I have been a member of this Palm Society for quit some time. I may live in Panama, but it does not mean that I speak Spanish...
Jody, I am not an expert in cyclanth, but it does look like a cyclanth to me. While I am also not an expert in aroids, it is a group of plant I studied a lot...
I have seen Carludovica in habitat in Panama and Honduras, so I know that genus occurs in Central America. The photos of the unknown plants in Samoa look so...
Group, It's this Saturday in the Del Mar/Poway area. Rain or shine, it will happen. If you're the worrisome type, bring an umbrella. See you there. Phil ...
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Hi friends, I have made some photos during a recent visit in Malaysia. I am very interested to identify most of them and in so doing I would like to confirm...
Jimiant, The photos look to be of Livistona rotundifolia. Paul _____ From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palmsociety@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
The Weekly Dirt - 09-25-07For those of you who know (or know of) Mardy Darian, you may find the third story from the bottom insteresting. Also, here is a link...
How does one germinate foxtail palm seed? I have big red seeds that are beginning to drop off several flower bracts. How do I plant them? In what media? Do I...
Hi Jerold You may likely get messages about this from others, but here you go! Advice may vary from others, provide you my experience with a recent batch of ...
Jerold- I've found them to be very easy to germinate. They even start germinating in storage in 3 or 5 gal pots (that's pots full of seeds). The fruit rots...
I can 2nd this - I know "someone" who forgot and left about two dozen seed submerged in a bucket of rain water from Sept. to March. He then threw the seed...
My mule palm (Queen Palm/Pindo Palm) hybrid has been setting seed for the past few years. It has always been dry little berries that were of no consequence in...