r/palmtalk

These ones in the atrium at Gaylord Palms are so mesmerizing! Anyone know the species and origin? Probably Madagascar if I had to guess.

This palm, which I believe to be a king palm, was here well before I moved in. While it has no problem producing fronds, they all happen to be clustered on one side and the tree doesn’t look “normal.”

Is this the result of prolonged wind damage? Or is the tree diseased?

When I moved into this house five years ago, the trunk of the palm tree seemed to go straight into the ground. Now the roots in right side as shown in the picture seem to either be disappearing or not growing?? The first three pictures show the right side of the palm tree. The fourth picture shows the left side which seems to be normal.

I really enjoy imagining palms of the future like for example in the year 3000. I imagine palms expanding their native ranges north, new palms evolving in our warming world, etc. Even if this is mostly fantasy and probably nothing similar to this will ever come to be, I still gain joy in doing this. I'm an amateur artist and hope to one day have enough time and skill to make my own artwork like this but until then I will be using my own imagination along with the help of AI. I also like imagining future states like the Appalachian Confederation being in what is now East Tennessee and Western North Carolina and other Appalachian regions. West Tennessee becomes it's own state in my imagination. Maybe hundreds or thousands of years in the future will allow new palms to evolve or current modern palms to expand their ranges north into the Upper South and Appalachian regions considering the rate of global warming?

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its a florida sabal palm but not sure if these are seeds or a parasite

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Enjoying East Sun.

Hi! I just had one of these palm trees installed. The guy who installed it said I should leave the fronds tied up for 5 days. When I looked on Google it said leave them tied for 30 days. I’m in Central FL~ temps are high 90’s. What do you guys suggest?

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis variegted

25 years ago I bought these guys they were one gallon foxtails I didn't have a pool at that point if I would have known I was going to have a pool I would have never planted them but I still enjoy them, had to buy a 27 ft pole saw to make sure I can get the seed pods out as soon as they're available to cut off

I'm assuming this one is a goner but in the hope that it can be saved I'm reaching out to ask if anybody has any tips. This morning I found a bunch of these nubs I don't know what else you call them, playing on the ground near the bottom of the tree and it seems like what would happen if it was a fence and it had termites.