Phoenix Reclinata Palm planting work _ Yr 2014

[Kris]

(Phoenix Reclinata Palm planting work year 2014)

Dear Driends,

Here is a video of Phoenix Reclinata Palm planting.And stills of it will be uploaded when time permits.

Love,

kris.

[palmislandRandy]

It's nice to see you back to "work".

[Kris]

Now lets have those visuals...

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Love,

kris.

[Kris]

Dear Randy nice to hear from you and also thanks for the encouragement.

[Phoenikakias]

Kris, do you use native soil as backfill or you brought new more fertile soil? I see that you have also removed all stones from the soil you have dug out. I am not sure whether this is beneficial in every case!

[Kris]

Dear Konstantinos,

During the recent plantings the soil that was dug up was once again used as refill.We ammend soil only for Date palms,CIDP,Washies as these palms like drier feet(Dry root region).

And in this video at the background you see various soil and granite rocks those were got while digging this hole,since in this place we planted a fairly big sized Blue hasper palm.Which eventually died due to wet tropical rainy season,coastal humidity and less sunshine due to the surrounding dicot trees.We have chopped and reduced the size of those dicot trees just to be safe with our new palm plantings.photos of those will be upload later.

Love,

kris.

[Phoenikakias]

Dear Konstantinos,

During the recent plantings the soil that was dug up was once again used as refill.We ammend soil only for Date palms,CIDP,Washies as these palms like drier feet(Dry root region).

And in this video at the background you see various soil and granite rocks those were got while digging this hole,since in this place we planted a fairly big sized Blue hasper palm.Which eventually died due to wet tropical rainy season,coastal humidity and less sunshine due to the surrounding dicot trees.We have chopped and reduced the size of those dicot trees just to be safe with our new palm plantings.photos of those will be upload later.

Love,

kris.

I think that you shoud have used rather another drainig material for Brahea armata instead of rocks. On my Brahea armata I have used a thick layer of gravel up to the surface and little plant looked like it loved it from the the very first moment it got outplanted. Not that you would have avoided failure by necessity, just a better start...

[Sutter Bob]

Nice work and a beautiful specimen.

[Kris]

Dear Konstantinos,

Your Suggestion fully taken.If i plant a Brahea Armata Palm again i will try what you have said and thanks.

Dear Robert Burky,

Thanks for visiting.

Love,

kris.

Edited January 15, 2014 by Kris

[Jeff Searle]

Kris,

You rock!!! Thanks for sharing your video with us all.

Also, how's married life treating you? I hope great!!

007

[Kris]

Kris,

You rock!!! Thanks for sharing your video with us all.

Also, how's married life treating you? I hope great!!

007

Dear Double O Seven.

Thanks very much and its a pleasure having you in our threads.

And about my married life,we are all doing fine.But free time is what is lacking at the moment.But its far better than living a lonely life.

Here is a still of my family,though not recent...

Wish you and your family a happy Newyear.

Love,

kris.

Edited January 17, 2014 by Kris

[Palmdude]

Nice happy video

[Kris]

Dear Rob Norwood

Thanks for visiting and for your comments.

love,

kris.

[Kris]

Here's a old link of this palm how it grew up !

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/19711-palm-maintenance-workyr-2009/

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[Phoenikakias]

Kris, very nice link above about the history of this plant. I always love growth history of palm specimens But I see that you have changed your opinion over the years, since you had been thinking at first that it was a hybrid (reclinata x CIDP). I have also read the link to Dave's Garden about this kind of hybrid, and I admit that a doubtlesly reclinata hybrid of mine has also CIDP in it according to this description.

In the pics below my hybrid

So far so good one may think, but I backcrossed it with another female reclinata of mine

Below pic of my reclinata

... and one of the offsprings has already bloomed at a very, very, very young age and its male inflorescence was identically fragrant like the one of a dactylifera (male hybrid does not have fragrant flowers)!!!!! Admittedly I am not familiar with genuine reclinata's male inflorescences, but if they are not fragrant then the identity of original Phonix spss involved in my hybrid or even the purity of my female reclinata become questionable...

[Phoenikakias]

Here are pics of the 5 offsprings I have outplanted (three together and another two together). The plant in the first pic has produced the fragrant male inflorescence. Out of the five specimens only one has already started suckering.

Kris, I am sorry if I have extended topic excessively, but I hope you find my information somehow useful!

Edited February 22, 2014 by Phoenikakias

[Kris]

Thanks Konstantinos,

You have given lots of useful information to me and others who are visiting this thread...And nice visuals too.Glad you are following my threads & posts.

Lots of love,

kris.

[Kris]

Update..

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[Phoenikakias]

Not very a spectacular growth rate, but we should not forget that you also push the envelope ... to opposite direction!

[Kris]

Jan 2018 update :- Their is not much growth but its growing in shade of a dicot tree and damp location....Its alive !

There are few pups but once this palm puts out a hardened trunk,Iam going to trim and keep it solitary.

Here is a link for those who want to see some mature specimens of this palm variety :

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Phoenix_reclinata

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Edited January 12, 2018 by Kris

[Phoenikakias]

Reclinata belongs to the Phoenix spp, which are tolerant of wet conditions. Yours looks softer than when it had been put in to ground! Amazing how growing conditions affect appearance. Thanks for the stills.