Barb,

That Bottle Palm seems to have settled in nicely, everything looks healthy & happy 8)
Always nice to see new spears when it's snowing outside!

Here's a couple more.

Bismarckia,

C.I.D.P.,

Dypsis lutescens,

Steve

Steve,
Yes, I just worry about it hitting the ceiling.

Neat how your Bizzie's green spear so quickly turns blue; these are gorgeous palms.

Looks like the CIDP is growing two at once! 🙂

That dypsis' new frond is truly nature at its most beautiful.

Barb

Barb and Steve - nice lookin' stuff you got there. I'll get my camera out this weekend and post some spear photos. I always love seeing other peoples plants this time of year. My Foxtail just opened a nice big frond. Look at it everyday and smile. If it only knew it was 4 hardiness zone removed from its home. Please do not tell it.

Thanks!
Yours are growing too...excellent.
Now get out that camera please.

I don't have a Foxtail, would love to see the new frond, and updated pics of your other stuff.

4 hardiness zone removed from its home. Please do not tell it

It has likely looked outside and knows how fortunate it is 😆

Barb

I took a few pictures Sun Dec 13, 2008 of a few of my larger palms and their emerging and just opened spears (as the case may be). Got more, will add later.

Here is my Mexican Fan Palm. This palm does suprising well inside in a west facing window. no bugs, no browning, no problems .... ever. This palm will throw 2-3 new fronds this winter. This is its 3rd winter inside, it is bascially maintenance free and looks great all winter. Although I recommend you keep your distance from it because it will jab you if you get too close.

Phoenix Reclinata. 3 years old. This is a beautiful plam and relatively maintenance free.

My Wodyetia Bifurcata (Foxtail) palm. Its stands about 7-8 foot tall and has been easy to grow inside. I have had this palm 2 years and it has easily doubled in size. A new spear just opened and you can see its a fairly large spear.
The new spear is the one in front, kind of skinny. It opened two weeks ago. This same palm had a spear that would not open all last winter so I feel kind fortunate that this one opened.

The dreaded cocos nucifera (coconut). Just trying to get it through until springtime. Really I have had no problems with it but it seems to need very high humidity which I just can't provide inside (obviously). For crying out loud I live in Kansas, its winter time , the heats on and its dry even with a whole house humidifier. I do the best I can.

Kent, holy cow has your stuff ever grown this year!

Nice Mexican fan. Three recently emerged fronds and two or three more to come. That's one prolific palm.
That reclinata looks good too, and that Foxtail is superb.
What's a foxtail's potted (mature) height?

Re the cocos, have you got some space for it in the bathroom. Showers = great humidity as long as it's warm.

Your stuff is clean, good colour...well done.
Barb

Thank you Barb. The shower is a good idea , but I am a very modest man, it makes me nervous to shower when others are in the room 😆
I do have a warm air humidifier in the room with the coco and in winter I run it twice a week for 24 hours at a time. It does pretty well.

Not sure of the mature height of a foxtail in a pot. I hope this one slows down because if it doubles in size over the next two years I am in trouble.
At this point I will leave it in the same container (about 15 gallon size) for the next 2-3 years.

Kent,
With your ceiling height you should be able to keep that Foxtail for quite a few years, Let's see how large you can grow that Coconut too 8)

Everything looks great!

Steve

Aw, shucks, the Cocos would look away!
And love you for it.

Barb

At least from this point the days will start getting longer, and hopefully the cold will be a distant memory in a few months .....................

Here's a Rhapis excelsa with a new spear,

And a Chamaedorea metallica too.

Steve

Nice, Steve.

In a few months? 😕
Hopefully sooner.

Barb

Anybody know about these LED boxes?
No pamphlet available at the store re how close to place this thing to plants.

Barb

Here come my 3 Dypsis decaryi:

One frond fully open, here comes another spear:

Spindle palm frond fully open:

This is the 4th time the Bamboo (Reed) Palm has flowered this winter! 😯

A new leaf on the little Sabal mexicana

And here comes a leaf on the Blue Hesper (Brahea armata) palm:

Maybe...just maybe those funny lights are working on the little palms 🙂
Barb

nice work barb. your plants love your little piece of paradise. Great work with dypsis decaryi. Love those palms, I have two of them, fairly small but the heel is starting to get large. I know nothing about the LED lights but if it is working for you let us know. Looks kind of like you may be doing karoke in that room with the disco thang.