Im not sure about the green and orange thing but if it make fruit its female and if it makes pollen its a male. It looks like you have bought some really beautiful palms. I would keep them tied until the 10 days is up since it doent hurt the plant (but Im not sure how it helps).

Good luck with your new additions!
-Alex

Sure are pretty palms! Where are you located?

thanks for the kind words, i am located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, house is bout a block from the beach.

anybody with care,fertizer or cleaning up trunk advice would be great.

I chatted with one of the gardeners at the Beau Rivage about some of the plants there and he was really helpful. Maybe he can tell you how they get that clean look.
Keeping them tied up for a few days helps to reduce transpiration (water loss through the leaves) until the roots take hold. It's a little extra help and won't hurt them. Good luck with those beauties!

I could definitely tell your by the beach judging by the sand. It must be a very nice area and those palms are really going to give your house a really nice look.
Bill... Thanks for the info on why its tied up because I didnt know that was the reason but now I do!

Good luck!
-Alex

hey tropic zone thanks, actually all that sand is fill dirt i had 20 load brought in because the grade was so low.. and i just had the bulkhead built.. the reason it is sandy because all the rain we had coeuple weeks ago brought the sand in the dirt to top, then it was scorching hot which dried it all out.. but yeah im pretty close to beach. anyway.

should i go ahead and start putting epsom salt and fish emulsion around thes e guys? or wait? ive been watering them everyday. do i need to get a fertilizer or is what i said sufficient? thanks again

i may get a Sago Palm up close the house by the garage, maybe surrounded by 2 Queen palms, i also want to get a tall chinese windmill for the otherside, and have access to some free banana tree sprouts

Oh so its not actual beach sand, well at least you still have the effects of the water to buffer your winter low temps a little bit.
I would start giving them epsom salt once you untie the leaves. Then wait about 2 weeks and fertilize it. Windmill palms and queens are a great idea. I also recommend a silver saw palmetto and musella lasocarpia (not sure of the spelling of the latin name but the common name is a chinese yellow banana). They would look great with larger bananas such as musa basjoo and some cannas and elephant ears. You could probably get away with planting some edible bananas which might fruit for you one day if you keep it protected from getting too much frost.
You have a lot of good room to landscape.

Good luck!
-Alex

thanks alex,

so i went a head a put some fish emulsion out today, and ive decided to leave the palms tied up for more than 10days. im going to wait like a month,

That sounds good!
Good luck!
-Alex