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Borassus flabellifer


chris78

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An nursery had about 8 of these palms that they got from a collector. They couldn't fine interested buyer, so he gave me a deal, $30 each.

Until I bought these palms, I never real had them on any want list, but who could give up a good deal on palms you don't find every day.

From what I read they are on the size scale of Bismarckia palms, and second to coconuts in importance  to the people of Asia...

Info on its cold tolerance range from "not cold hardy outside of zone 10" to have recovered from temperatures as low as 18F to 20F

Has anyone has any first hand experance with this palm?

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Phoenix Area, Arizona USA

Low Desert...... Zone 9b

Jan ave 66 high and 40 low

July ave 105 high and 80 low

About 4 to 8 frost a year...ave yearly min temp about 27F

About 8 inches of rain a year.

Low Desert

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Cool Mtn climate at 7,000'

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Chris,

In the spring of 2001,a friend of mine brought me back 5 seeds of Borassus flabellifer,with all the fruit still attached,from Vietnam.They looked alot like mangos.(How they made it thru customs I have to wonder) I planted them all in pots and after a year of nothing,I started to dump out the pots only to find that they had sprouted and grown alot of roots-just no top growth yet.I repoted them(3 out of 5 had sprouted) and they broke ground later that year.5 years later,mine look to be a year behind the ones in your pic.I planted one out in the ground this spring so it hasn't seen an unprotected phoenix winter yet.If it dies,I still have 2 backups to try with before I give up!

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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These guys are reliably hardy to zone 9b, and are grown throughout central Florida up into the colder Orlando suburbs.

Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

www.faulknerspalms.com

 

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Chris,

As Aztropic indicates, these are pretty slow growers. My guess is that yours are probably at least 5-6 years old from germination. And $30 each is a great deal!

I have a few, and my largest one was purchased from Garrett Webb's nursery, Kalaoa Gardens, on the Kona side of the island. That was 3 years ago. Garrett brought back seeds from the IPS Biennial in Thailand in 1998. I don't have a photo (on file) of mine, but this is a sister plant that Garrett has planted at his nursery, where the weather is VERY sunny, hot and dry. Photo was taken at the HIPS meeting there in June 2006. The palm is probably 7 ft tall or so. In comparison, mine is about half the size, and I'm convinced the difference in growth rate is because of the much drier and hotter weather at Garrett's location. I think these palms will love your heat!

Bo-Göran

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Thanks all for your infomaton, I planted the largest one in full sun today. It will have full hot sun and flood irragation every two weeks.....

Aztropic,  yes I read that they send more growth down first before you see any top growth, I hope your Borassus does fine. Good luck. I know the plants they sold me been outside through a few winters.

Christian, I am glad to hear they do fine in zone 9b, thanks.

bgl, thanks for the photo of the young tree, I seen large ones in books but not a smaller one, they look great and they have an nice color around the leaf base.

Ken, I am sorry my photos are not the best, I know I need a better camera. I grow quite a few Sabal palms and the leaf on these Borassus feel quite different on the underside. Plus the seed was still attach and was the size of a very small mango.

Phoenix Area, Arizona USA

Low Desert...... Zone 9b

Jan ave 66 high and 40 low

July ave 105 high and 80 low

About 4 to 8 frost a year...ave yearly min temp about 27F

About 8 inches of rain a year.

Low Desert

Phoenix.gif

Cool Mtn climate at 7,000'

Parks.gif

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