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RIP Ravenala madagascarensis - Traveler's palm

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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My big Ravenala madagascarensis appears to have croaked. Died. Gone Norwegian Blue.TM

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doranakandawatta Grand Master

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What happened suddenly?
Beetle? roots issue?

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Really full garden Grand Master

Really full garden

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I have never seen them just die like that.Certainly without sending up new suckers.

El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Good question.

It had suckers, which I removed.

It just went into sudden decline.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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11 hours ago, Pip said:

Oh thats unfortunate. But it makes more room for palms

Well, true.

I hope the salty crying towel makes good fertilizer . . . .

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2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Well, true.

I hope the salty crying towel makes good fertilizer . . . .

looks like butch is gonna get a new friend..?

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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 There is a little green on it so hopefully there's still hope you maybe come back a little or pup.  I don't think something like that I can die of old age.  Maybe it's just waiting for warmer weather.  Did you save one of the suckers hopefully? 

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1 hour ago, Kevin S said:

 There is a little green on it so hopefully there's still hope you maybe come back a little or pup.  I don't think something like that I can die of old age.  Maybe it's just waiting for warmer weather.  Did you save one of the suckers hopefully? 

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That's a buggar mate.......... She was a beauty :(

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That was one of the nicer ones in So-Cal, in all modesty. Nice, wide fan of leaves. I don't get much wind, so they don't shred like in other places.

But, I'll find something to plant there . . . . :)

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Wow. Saw this less than a year ago and it looked fantastic. Sorry, Dave. I'd be curious to what did it in. Mine seems to be pretty trouble free and fast.

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Dave, 

You are scaring me. Didn't think a big one like yours would do that. Hoping mine doesn't suffer the same fate.

Two years ago.

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Walt Grand Master

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All I can say is I would be saddened had that been my Traveler's palm. I have three clumps of them. My largest one is about the size of the one you lost. The first time I ever saw a traveler's palm in person was on the Caribbean island of Dominca, when my wife and I and six friends took a Carnival cruise to the Caribbean. I was in awe of the big one I saw down there. This was long before I ever moved to Florida. In my 9b location, I didn't think they would grow here. In fact when I moved here in 1997 I only saw two traveler's palms. One was a solitary one about the size of yours growing up in town (Lake Placid, Florida). The other was a big clump growing at a lakeside (where it's warmer at night) property.

There was absolutely no availability of traveler's palms in my county, but one day our Home Depot got some in -- and I snatched some. Lo and behold they grew for me, but did get some frost damage, and in January of 2010 and again in December of 2010 were totally defoliated. But since then they haven't been hurt. I made this video yesterday and uploaded it to YouTube tonight,, in case anyone in this thread wants to see it (I don't plan on posting it as a stand alone topic).

 

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1 hour ago, Walt said:

There was absolutely no availability of traveler's palms in my county, but one day our Home Depot got some in -- and I snatched some. Lo and behold they grew for me, but did get some frost damage, and in January of 2010 and again in December of 2010 were totally defoliated. But since then they haven't been hurt. I made this video yesterday and uploaded it to YouTube tonight,, in case anyone in this thread wants to see it (I don't plan on posting it as a stand alone topic).

 

It is amazing what these plants can come back from. The two stumps on in the pic below are travelers along what what I think is a bottle palm:

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Apparently the one on the left died, but despite looking terrible in 2011 the one on the right looks pretty good today:

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Walt Grand Master

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Well, December 2010 killed two bottle palms. My biggest one was about the size of the one in the pic you posted. The other one was smaller but well trunked. That's it for me with respect to trying to grow bottle palms. I do have a nice spindle palm that gets no protection from me. It's planted in a semi sheltered area. No problem at all the past few winters, but it was planted in 2011, so it missed the December 2010 11-day cold spell.

I wished I had thought of it before I made my traveler palm video, as I could have added lots of still pics showing its size when planted and also when it was totally defoliated. I guess the traveler's palm are fairly tough plants, your pic pretty much proves that. And my biggest traveler's palm saw very low 20s in December of 2010, and it came back strong.

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