Red Ptychosperma

[Tropicgardener]

I bought this little Ptychosperma today, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it....... It was labeled as Ptychosperma macarthurii. The plant on the right of the pot is definitely P. macarthurii....... The red one on the left is a Ptychosperma but I have never seen any that were red like this (apart from red new leaves).

[Pal Meir]

Could it be Pt. lineare? http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Ptychosperma_lineare

[sgvcns]

Andrew

Buy every plant available!!

Then hunt down the children.

Hope they all live for the better good

Steve

[Tropicgardener]

16 minutes ago, sgvcns said:

Andrew

Buy every plant available!!

Then hunt down the children.

Hope they all live for the better good

Steve

Steve, that was the only one like that there........ I checked them all !!!........ Came from BigW garden shop in Airlie Beach.

[Hammer]

Wow! A thread I will follow with great interest. 

[Zeeth]

Very interesting! It should be interesting to see if it keeps the coloration into adulthood.

[PalmatierMeg]

Nice palm!

[Richie]

Great score Andrew , never seen a red macarthurii before  , you must be getting quite a collection in your shadehouse now .

[Jeff Searle]

My best thoughts are two fold. First, as this palm gets larger, it will out grow the red coloring, but possibly still produce a new red leaf if it does so already. And as far as I know, there's not a species of Ptychosperma that produces it's offspring all showing this red. But I do hope it holds some good color as it gets large. Please keep us informed down the road.

[Pal Meir]

It looks a little bit like this Pt. lineare; photo by @pilou: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/28222-ptychosperma-lineare/

[Neil C]

Pretty sure that most Big W palms in Qld come from lizard mountain nursery in Yeppoon. Give the owner a call, he might be able to shed some light on this mystery. Sure is a nice looking palm.

 

Regards Neil

[Tropicgardener]

4 hours ago, Neil C said:

Pretty sure that most Big W palms in Qld come from lizard mountain nursery in Yeppoon. Give the owner a call, he might be able to shed some light on this mystery. Sure is a nice looking palm.

 

Regards Neil

Yes true but lately the Airlie Beach store has been getting a lot from Fitzroy Nursery too...... I doubt that I would get much of a response, they would have sent it on without even looking at it.

 

[Tropicgardener]

5 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

It looks a little bit like this Pt. lineare; photo by @pilou: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/28222-ptychosperma-lineare/

Interesting colouration there Pal......... I think that is unusual for P. lineare too........ All of the ones I have grown have been green.