Kent, thanks!

you may be doing karoke in that room with the disco thang

What gave it away...the old stereo cabinet, an ironing board, the hammer? 😆 😆

I love the triangles, too, none have shown a heel yet.
The Spindle, which wasn't much larger than one of the triangles a couple of years ago, has grown like mad and is now twice the height of my tallest dypsis.

I had the LED lights on since end December, about 15 hrs a day, on the seedling palms.
Room is kept at about 60 F.
The little palms have definitely responded to the red/blue light spectrum, even though the LED lites were situated farther away than recommended on the internet (about 8 inches).

You're lucky to have that cathedral ceiling for your tall foxtail. 😀 My house ceilings are all 8 feet...darn!

Barb

Barb,

Your Palms look great 8)

Things are starting to grow here again.

Joey starting it's second leaf,
(this is slow, but kept on growing through the cold 😀

a Salacca wallichiana seedling with a new bronze leaf,

And lots of new stems starting on the Cat Palms,

Steve

Steve, thanks!

I had wondered how that Joey was doing...and how you're going to raise the GH roof when it grows its 15-foot long leaves. Looks good. 😆

Nice leaf on that Salacca...only one older leaf that color?
I thought the emerging leaves were the only ones that showed that trait.

Your Cat palm looks good. Is that a second one immersed?
The roots must be spread out all over your pond by now!

You've still got some room in there 😉
...wish I could send you some of my Papyrus, it loves the water too.

Barb

The Salacca tends to open leafs as soon as they emerge, in a week or two, that leaf will be larger & about a foot taller.

Cat Palms are doing good, have a couple that have been growing fully submerged for a couple years now. The roots are growing up out of the containers and then down along the bottom of the tank.
(The fish seem to like the taste of them, but the Palms are winning 😀

How did you start your Papyrus ? Does it overwinter?

Steve

Steve,
I like the idea of bog palms, great for pond and fish environments.
Cataractarum palms would be good choices for people who tend to overwater their plants.

I got the Papyrus at a nursery.
There's not much to look at on mine, basically looks like a tall bunch of weedy grass when it's young.
But I saw John's (okanagandesertpalms) last year...8 feet tall and gorgeous! (the papyrus...not John 😆 😆 sorry John)

Here's the "flowers" on mine:

A non-draining saucer or bowl helps overwinter these indoors. In summer it's into the fishpond if it can handle full sun.

Barb

Barb I used to be 8ft tall and bullet proof depending what I was drinking at the bar.Lol 😆 Those were the days. The papyrus you got will be perfect for full sun and your fish pond the hotter the better . Are you fertilizing them now?

John

John,
Heck of a way to get your attention, huh, John? 😆 😆 😆
I myself had "those days", but thank goodness, memory fades.

I'm guessing papyrus, like some greenhouse-grown palms, will have to be slowly acclimatized to full sun at the fish pond.
Apparently they need high phosphorous fertilizer.
I haven't fertilized it yet.
What do you use?

Barb

Barb I use miracle grow for my Papyrus and they seem to like it. I`ve never done research into what numbers they like ex.12/4/12 and trace elements ect. BTW the bottle palm you picked up for me is doing great. New spear is almost opened now.

John

Sounds like Miracle Gro is a great all purpose/all plant boost.
Your papyrus is 8 feet, so there's no reason for me to try anything else. 😀

We'll look forward to seeing the Bottle Palm's new frond.
Mine is at a standstill (thank goodness)...8 inches from the ceiling 😕
With your high ceilings, you just might have to overwinter mine next year 😆

Thanks.
Barb

All that green kinda cheers a guy up 😀 Nice!

Thanks for the info on the Papyrus, maybe I'll give that a try!

Couple more photos...

New spear on a Astrocaryum,

Salacca,

Not sure which one this is,
(Just sort of popped up next to the Bowenia 😀

The robusta has been slowly growing all winter,

Steve

Steve,
Wow, look at those spines already! 😯

And that Robusta has gotten huge in short order.
Is the GH holding up the palm, or vice versa? 😆

For sheer physical presence, the Robusta's a winner.

Must be wonderful being out in the GH again... 😀

Barb

Thanks Barb!
No more icicles hanging from the roof, and nice to see things starting to grow 8)

Steve

Finally opening up new spears 8)

Week or two later,

This one was planted last Oct/Nov. (end of season sale)
Just starting to show growth.

Seedlings are starting to take off too !

Steve

Fronds keep coming as plants are moved indoors:

Triangle Palm

Spindle:

Jelly palm:

Barb