Ravenea xerophylla for trade

[PalmGuyWC]

I was reading in Palm Talk that R. xerophylla has become very scarce and there may not be any seeds available for years. Large specimans are now hard to find. I have a 10 gal. size that I've owned for about 5 years, and the plant must have been aprox 10 years old when I got it. I don't think it will grow outside in my harsh, wet, cold winter climate. I have adobe clay also, so I think it would be a death sentance to plant outside. I would like to see the palm growing in a nice warm, well drained place in S. Calif. I have babied this plant for 5 years, so I'd like to see it grow to its potential. Mine has been grown outside but overhead protection in the winter. It should be "climate hardened." I'm only interested in seeing this palm go to S. Calif. where it probably came from in the first place.

I'd like to trade it for a good sized Beccariophoenix Alfredii. E mail me at PalmGuyWC@aol.com. I would like to know for sure that your Becariophoenix is a true alfredii, not the low land, nonwindowed Becariophoenix.

Dick