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Lytocaryum itapebiense

Pal Meir

By Pal Meir
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wow, quite slow but the important thing is they're healthy. hope they speed up with age.

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»Conservation:—Much of the area has been converted into pasture. The area is unprotected and owned by cattle ranchers, who annually torch their pastures, burning deeper into the adjacent forest with each burn cycle, threatening the forest where this palm grows. The only known population is extremely threatened with only a few plants left in the wild. Most of the known plants were removed to save them from the expanding pastures. This species grows well as a potted plant and continues to flower and fruit more vigorously in a pot than it does in the wild. Therefore, ex situ conservation is a potential conservation strategy, and recent successes in germinating the seed have sparked new hope for the species (C. A. Guimaraes, pers. comm.). Nevertheless from our current knowledge, it is classified as Critically Endangered, CR B2ab(i, ii, iii, iv, v); C2a(i, ii); D.« (Noblick, Larry R. 2017: A revision of the genus Syagrus (Arecaceae), p.122)

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Yes, it seems the species now depends on lunatics like us for it's survival. Loony or not, I'm confident we can grow our little seedlings into happily flowering and seeding plants. Maybe we need to set up a future pollen exchange program in order to make sure we don't inbreed them too much...

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Pal Meir Grand Master

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15 hours ago, Kai said:

It's looking very good! I'm surprised that they stay strap leafed longer than weddellianum.

When you look at this older photo taken by @caixeta in 2011 (as “L insigne”) you can see that L itapebiense will grow a couple of strap leaves before it goes pinnate:

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Pal Meir Grand Master

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And today again the newest issue of the Itapebi Monthly: What has happened in the Itapebi world in May 2017? :huh: The palms N°1601, 03 and 02 are pushing their 4th leaf since 9, 10 and 21 May resp. and N°1608 finally showed its 2nd leaf on 27 May! :D

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Here's my contribution...

My little seedling is having a hard time keeping up with the others but every little sign of growth is greatly appreciated.

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The 2nd leaf is out. It is what I call a "recovery leaf". With a magnifying glass I believe I have spotted the tip of leaf #3.

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This is the sad story of a shipment by DHL (Deutsche Post) for a distance of 160 km by car for a parcel weighing 0.8 kg and a postage of 18 Euro: Even after FIVE days the parcel is not delivered. :rant: Should it get delivered on Monday tomorrow (???) :unsure: it would have taken 6 days = 144 hours for 160 km / 100 miles, unbelievable ……… And I am very anxious if the small seedling N°1608 will still be alive ……… :(

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1 hour ago, Pal Meir said:

This is the sad story of a shipment by DHL (Deutsche Post) for a distance of 160 km by car for a parcel weighing 0.8 kg and a postage of 18 Euro: Even after FIVE days the parcel is not delivered. :rant: Should it get delivered on Monday tomorrow (???) :unsure: it would have taken 6 days = 144 hours for 160 km / 100 miles, unbelievable ……… And I am very anxious if the small seedling N°1608 will still be alive ……… :(

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With your packing skills and current outside temperatures, I think the seedling will be fine. I've had barerooted plants underway for over 2 weeks and still survive.

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