How's it looking for you? Not great for me pickering always does well and carrie has a late bloom fruit set. Otherwise not much in my yard.

Low volume if any this year. Sucks. I've heard others are doing good.

Fairly good here. But no record.

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Small crop for sure this year. Had a weird bloom way back in December which all fell off. Think that screwed things up. Secondary bloom produced a few on the trees now. Fingers crossed that I get any once the squirrels get their fill...

I've got a few mango this year but not a whole lot of any. My lychee tree is loaded right now though. They taste great!

Good volume on my Mallikaa this year.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

yum. I love mallika.

Squirrels have been taking what little mango I have. I've been eating them though.

Valencia pride in our yard is hanging low.

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I've been eating mango every day now for awhile, but this has definitely been a low volume year. Other than the Valencia Pride which is loaded. My neighbors row of VP are loaded.

Wonder why VP is loaded and no others are. ???

There is a HUGE demand for mango right now. If you have any excess on your tree then advertise it and swell them.

This morning at neighbors road side stand they sold 250 pounds of mango at 5 dollar a pound in 20 minutes.

Oops, sell them. But Swell them works on this surfing site!

I have given away around 200 this year.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Late July, I'm still eating mango!

Aug 6th, still eating mango. Almost tired of it. But, beieve it or not eating rosigold. typically rosigold is super early. I did get some early ripening and eating them in June. But, there was a 2nd flowering that extended the season.

The crop was just about ended, so combined a very severe pruning with removal of a deceased Darwin palm. It had been dead for quite a while, and housed a woodpecker nest at the top earlier this year. It was hollow.

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Yea, i never cut back a tree/palm if there is a woodpecker nesting in it, or feeds off it.

Not familiar with a darwin palm. I'm going to see if chatgpt know what one is.

what is a darwin palm?


ChatGPT said:


Here's a look at what's commonly referred to as the Darwin palm - a slender, graceful palm native to rainforest patches around Darwin in Australia.

What Is the "Darwin Palm"?
The term "Darwin palm" actually refers to two distinct palms associated with the Darwin region. One is an ornamental fast-growing palm, and the other is an endangered native species. Here's a breakdown:

1. Carpentaria acuminata - The Ornamental "Darwin Palm"
Commonly known as the Carpentaria palm, it's a slender, fast-growing single-trunk palm native to tropical coastal areas in northern Northern Territory, including near Darwin
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In gardens, it grows up to around 20 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 12 - 15 cm; in lush rainforest areas like Fogg Dam, some specimens exceed 30 m
Wikipedia
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It features pinnate leaves up to 3 - 4 m long and is prized for its elegant foliage and rapid growth
Wikipedia
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Since Cyclone Tracy in 1974, many of these have matured in Darwin's landscape - though their prolific fruiting attracts bats and pigeons, leading to removal in some suburban areas
Wikipedia
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2. Ptychosperma bleeseri - The Endangered "Darwin Palm"
Also known as the Darwin Palm, this is a slender, clumping palm endemic to a few small rainforest patches east of Darwin, within the Adelaide and Howard River systems
DCCEEW
PalmPedia
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It typically grows up to 12 m tall, with multiple slender green trunks (3 - 6 cm wide) and feathery fronds measuring up to 1.5 m long
DCCEEW
PalmPedia
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It flowers during the dry season (April - August), with fruiting from August to December
DCCEEW
PalmPedia
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This rare palm is listed as endangered, threatened by habitat loss, invasive weeds, feral animals, ground-water changes, and fire
DCCEEW
PalmPedia
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Although once regarded as a distinct species (Ptychosperma bleeseri), it has since been synonymized with Ptychosperma macarthurii, the Macarthur palm, based on taxonomic studies
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How ironic that the darwin palm is endangered.

My deceased Darwin palm (Carpentaria acuminata) is largely from around the city of Darwin. It's famed for growing fast, and this one was a seedling from one of two older ones, planted circa 2006(?). The dead one had grown tall enough to have its crown in the sun, and I suspect it became a home for termites. I saw the same hollowness on a hercules-club tree that's now gone.

They grow quite well in southern Florida and may be a risk for invasiveness, though it's not been reported growing wild. Unlike coconuts, areca palms, and Washingtonia.

I should resume posting Nice Shots under my current login. Can't edit the old posts. Need to put up portraits of the maturing palms. Satake palm is flowering, the door-prize Latania is finally getting a trunk, a root spine palm is doing well, and a slow-growing Coccothrinax is big enough, you could mistake it for a Washingtonia with a super-fuzzy trunk.

biodiversity Australia

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Edited: 08/14/2025 at 01:59 AM by Wavewatcher

i've got about 10 carpentarias in my yard. They well over 30 feet tall. Zooming for the sky. No care in the world from me.