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1st Foxy Lady flower is CA???

pogobob

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My largest foxy lady just dropped a leaf and exposed herself to the public. This palm was planted in August 2003 from a 15 gallon and has grown absolutly crazy for me. It now has about 13 feet of clean trunk and overall height of 25 feet. The base or foot is 58 inches in circumference. This palm is one of the fastest growing palms I have ever planted. I hope it produces viable seed, anyone out there know if this can happen? Here are some shots from today:

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Robert de Jong

San Clemente, CA

 

Willowbrook Nursery

fastfeat Grand Master

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Sweet--very nice! Best of luck on seed.

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

'Home is where the heart suitcase is'...

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Bob- I thought I heard the Aussie guys say they are generally sterile. But I can't remember.... :huh:

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

gsn Veteran

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No CA$H for those seeds, they are sterile! :mrlooney:

Beautiful palm though!

Scott

Titusville, FL

1/2 mile from the Indian River

USDA Zone COLD

Bags Mentor

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Bob,

The foxy lady has to be one of the very best palms for SoCal. Rumor has it that Jeff Marcus has gotten viable seed off of his foxy ladies. I already have a R. Chatham Island that came from your tree. Hopefully I can add a foxy lady some day as well. Aaron

P.S. The waves have been going off in S.D. the past few days.

Encinitas, CA

Zone 10b

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pogobob

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Bob,

The foxy lady has to be one of the very best palms for SoCal. Rumor has it that Jeff Marcus has gotten viable seed off of his foxy ladies. I already have a R. Chatham Island that came from your tree. Hopefully I can add a foxy lady some day as well. Aaron

P.S. The waves have been going off in S.D. the past few days.

Yeah its been good here to! :)

Robert de Jong

San Clemente, CA

 

Willowbrook Nursery

LJG Grand Master

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Bob, the largest I have seen is at Rancho Soledad. It is fat and about 25 feet tall. But no flowers. So you might be the first in CA. I bought some from RSN in 2007 when the had the freeze sale. Got them for a steal but the damn things took 2 years to start growing and recovering. They literally started growing this late summer. Now they are fattening up and growing fast to include opening new leafs in winter. Good SoCal plant in my book.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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No CA$H for those seeds, they are sterile! :mrlooney:

Beautiful palm though!

I hear its been a bit nippley out there in Titsville :lol:

Robert de Jong

San Clemente, CA

 

Willowbrook Nursery

Jeff in St Pete Grand Master

Jeff in St Pete

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Regardless if the seeds are viable or not, that's a beautiful palm Bob!

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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gsn

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No CA$H for those seeds, they are sterile! :mrlooney:

Beautiful palm though!

I hear its been a bit nippley out there in Titsville :lol:

I'm glad our cold weather amuses you BOB!

Scott

Titusville, FL

1/2 mile from the Indian River

USDA Zone COLD

Urban Rainforest Grand Master

Urban Rainforest

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Pogo, Well done bro! She's a hottie :drool::drool: . That is the first one I have seen about to bloom in So Cal but who knows :hmm: That is some serious fast growth rate :blink: .

Stevo

Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Bob, the largest I have seen is at Rancho Soledad. It is fat and about 25 feet tall. But no flowers. So you might be the first in CA. I bought some from RSN in 2007 when the had the freeze sale. Got them for a steal but the damn things took 2 years to start growing and recovering. They literally started growing this late summer. Now they are fattening up and growing fast to include opening new leafs in winter. Good SoCal plant in my book.

I bought the same one from RSN. 1/2 off...good deal. I still have one freeze damaged frond that needs to be shed, otherwise it has grown a whole new canopy of fronds.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Bob- I thought I heard the Aussie guys say they are generally sterile. But I can't remember.... :huh:

Might be for the best actually if this is the case....we don't need any more of us Aussie guys around..............

All the best with the Foxy Lady seeds by the way....

Just north of Cairns, Australia....16 Deg S.
Tropical climate: from 19C to 34C.

Spending a lot of time in Manila, Philippines... 15 Deg N.
Tropical climate: from 24C to 35C.

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Bob- I thought I heard the Aussie guys say they are generally sterile. But I can't remember.... :huh:

Might be for the best actually if this is the case....we don't need any more of us Aussie guys around..............

All the best with the Foxy Lady seeds by the way....

Yeah, we're all sterile over here. Must be the hot weather we get or our strong sunlight. That could be a good thing or a bad thing if you know what I mean.

Anyway, seriously, the foxy ladies appear to be mainly Veitchia arecina X Wodyetia in the US which are sterile, but in Oz, in the main, Foxy ladies are Veitchia joannis X Wodyetia which does produce viable seeds, but not in huge amounts. That's what I've heard anyway. In a few years I'll be able to say for certain. Mine are V joannis X Wodyetia and now have some size and put on about 1 metre of trunk annually. It won't be long and they'll be flowering. Then I need to make sure the flowers hold and then produce seed to maturity.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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deff. is one good looking palm. thats a must in a socal garden. sounds like to first socal flower good growing pogo

happ Grand Master

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No CA$H for those seeds, they are sterile! :mrlooney:

Beautiful palm though!

I hear its been a bit nippley out there in Titsville :lol:

"Titsville" :lol:

I guess there's hope for my foxtail & yes they seem well suited for California.

Los Angeles/Pasadena

34° 10' N   118° 18' W

Elevation: 910'/278m

January Average Hi/Lo: 69F/50F

July Average Hi/Lo: 88F/66F

Average Rainfall: 19"/48cm

USDA 11/Sunset 23

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?MTW

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No CA$H for those seeds, they are sterile! :mrlooney:

Beautiful palm though!

I hear its been a bit nippley out there in Titsville :lol:

"Titsville" :lol:

I guess there's hope for my foxtail & yes they seem well suited for California.

Happ,

Is it the bawdy humour that amuses,or something else? :hmm:

I don't see why foxtails ,or foxyladys wouldn't do good out in southern California, but some have said they don't like CLAY soil?

Scott

Titusville, FL

1/2 mile from the Indian River

USDA Zone COLD

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I heard that they have more characteristic of the mother plant and won't put off foxyladys but I don't know much about it... crossing it with something else would be sweet... or back cross it with a foxtail or lady and try to get more characteristics of one or the other that would be sweet...

Rock

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