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Gaussia princeps

RainForestt Robert

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RainForestt Robert Mentor

RainForestt Robert

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I have about 1 dozen Gaussia princeps in 1 gal pots.  Is anyone else growing this Cuban native?  

Robert

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

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Caribbean Palms

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The best of all Gaussia in my opinion. I had this one for sale.....but couldn't part with it. He's joined his five brothers in my front yard.....

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Mike Harris

Caribbean Palms Nursery

Loxahatchee, Florida USA

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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I had several at my place, but they don't seem to like our climate.

G. maya and attenuata do much better, though not barn-burners.

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Carlo Morici Veteran

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Here are some better pictures taken today.

Thank you Rubén for posing.

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For my experience this species has a problem with cool humid weather. The ones at the Palmetum (dry/hot) are doing fine as you see, but the ones kept in wetter areas of the Canaries don't look that well. They come out of the winter with just one or two leaves. They don't like the humid haze at 60 F/15 C even if the coldest night never goes below 50F/10C. Week after week fungi do their work and blotches appear on the leaflets which are eventually shed, leaving the bare rachis.

Nevertheless I assume that in habitat they take temperatures close to freezing for hours, at least in the coldest years and maybe very light frosts once or twice a century.

I can't remember what happened to the ones in the Mediterranean. I think they died outdoors in Palermo, Sicily (where G.maya survives easily)

Carlo, Tenerife

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