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Phoenix roebelenii
by chris.oz- 5 replies
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Here are some Pigmy Dates growing in a hotel lobby. Sun grown ones I have seen often have thicker crowns, with more leaves, but the crowns are far more dense That is a stark contrast with these shade grown ones with foliage more like Lytocaryum than sun grown Pigmy dates. Perhaps the more open crown is due to petiole elongation, reaching for the sun, but I am surprised that shade grown ones dont actuall generate more leaves. Also I was under the impression that Phoenix roebelenii does not grow well at all in low light.... however these look good to me !
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Germinating Licuala grandis
by FossilNypa- 2 replies
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Hi, I have received some Licuala grandis seeds, but don't know which is the best method to sow them. Would it be fine with the plastic bag method?
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Seed Germinating Containers
by Palm Guy- 4 replies
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Hi all, Just want to know what containers some of you might use to sow your palm seeds? I'm currently using somewhat tall plastic cups (about 6'' deep) enclosed in a plastic bag for 100% humidity and have had success with these however I'm considering buying more durable 'rootrainers' pots. Anybody have experience with these and do you think they're worth importing? I know that some palms do require some depth for optimal growth so I want to make sure I get the right size for some of the more deep rooted palms. Thanks, Mike
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A couple recent photos--the dry yard
by NCpalmqueen- 23 replies
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Golly, it has been hot and dry here in NC. We may get some of tropical storm Barry tonight. Here are just a couple of my early summer, rain thirsty gardens. Part of my back yard. The blue plant is Nolina nelsonii. In front of Nolina is Sabal uresana. Part of my newer mini botanical garden. How many small palms are squeezed in here?
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Moving a Wallichia disticha
by madagascarbob- 1 reply
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Has anyone dug up and moved a Wallichia disticha ,I've got two one looks great and will stay put the other has never looked that good and is in a prominent spot .Should I dig or get out the chain saw?
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Travelers Palms.
by GREENHAND- 22 replies
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Last week we went to Playa on vacation one of the first things i spoted were these travelers palms, i was amazed at there beatuy.
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Sabal ID.
by NorCalWill- 7 replies
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Can anyone identify this Sabal? I've had it for about 15 years in a container, and put it in the ground 2 years ago. It is slow slow slow growing. It was maybe a foot and a half tall when I got it, and now it is about 4' tall. It came through a several cold frosty Winters completely unharmed. The leaves are dark green, with a very subtle bluish tinge closer to the base on the newer ones. It has a traveling trunk, meaning it seems to have left the spot where it originally sprouted from and moved north about a foot. It doesn't really have much of a trunk, just leaves coming out of an area. Right now it is getting ready to bloom, and it gets black berries.
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Butia purpurascens
by mppalms- 3 replies
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Around a year ago, I picked up a few Butia purpurascens seedlings, which are still in pots. They survived the winter and are growing (very slowly) again. Has anyone grown this palm to maturity? What does it look like? Any thoughts about hardiness (e.g., relative to B. capitata)? Over-all height? Trunk diameter, etc.? Thanks in advance.. Jason
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Really sick Licuala ramsayi
by ron@springhammock- 12 replies
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I think I'll give up on trying to grow these guys. I've bought several over the years and they always end up the same. It starts with the older leaves browning out and eventually the whole palm goes. I don't have the same problem with Licuala peltata, grandis or spinosa but I just can't seem to grow ramsayi. Leu Gardens has a nice one in the ground so climate isn't really a factor. Of course these happen to be my favorite Licuala species. One of them is trying to make a recovery, but it's not going to make it unless I can figure out the cause. Any and all opinions and suggestions would be appreciated.
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Do Palms have bark ?
by aussiearoids- 2 replies
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Trees have a layer of bark , but what about palms ? This Foxtail has had some slight damage to the trunk over the years , and is still growing well . Lots of lichen and moss on it , like most plants here in the wet tropics . Seems to be a layer only a few mills thick . There must be a name for this layer , what is it ?
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I have obtained new confidence
by corkycory- 0 replies
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today i was doing my weekly kentia shell cracking, ya know sitting,craking, thinkin (eww sounds like im on the crapper.. ??? anyways). Ive been doing this periodically over the last couple weeks. So any way i was thinking to myself about possibly giving up, not paying too much attention to the seeds. Then this particular seed i OVERcracked it and spilt it down the middle thru the seed. I open the whole seed up then out of curiosty i look and to my suprise i see a little white root growing and then i go crazy start dancin,jumpin etc. . I mean it may not seem like much to some of you guys but it really gave me some new confidence that i needed because i was on the brink …
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P. hillebrandii
by Surf Guy- 8 replies
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Should I cut the older fronds off or leave them on? It seems that the petioles on the new fronds are short. Any opinions or experience? Thanks Mike
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Palmtalk Reaches 1000 Members
by Palmarum- 21 replies
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One thousand Forum members at almost the one year mark since the "Big Do-Over". Has it really been that long? Time flies when you talk palms... Ryan
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scientific names or 'common names'
by Palmy- 24 replies
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I know the majority of people on this board, and probably every palm meeting, uses scientific names rather than common names. I am curious at how many people know practically every palm by the scientific name? I also am curious to know how many people know how to spell them. If I was to use the scientific name more often and yet have mistakes would that be ok? The mistakes will be somewhat major, but its kinda annoying looking up in the books every time I need a name or looking on the web. Or... Do you think looking every time will actually make me learn it? Just a curiosity question. Thanks Here are some palms which I somewhat know vaguely. There are tons of mistakes…
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is the mother important
by palmtreesforpleasure- 9 replies
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When there is a cross, i think the female palm is named first which sex does the offspring most resemble, male or female? regards colin
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Living Tikis
by osideterry- 15 replies
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I know some saw this image on my "Travel Log" thread, but more people populate this venue. Anyone else seen this before?
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Some Irrigation Questions 1 2
by MattyB- 41 replies
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Hey ya'll. I don't know if this belongs in this forum but here goes: I need to figure out how to irrigate my lot which is about 80-90 feet wide and goes down a rather steep slope about 500 feet. I was planning on running a PVC main all the way down along the property line. My water pressure is about 90 psi. What diameter pipe should my main be? Then I was planning on installing those electronic timer activated valves at regular intervals all the way down the hill so I could tap in and plumb stations as I landscape down the hill. How far a run can the low voltage timer wires be run down the hill to the valves and still function? I figure running a lot of wire i…
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Why is my Bizzie "Bronze"? 1 2
by BS Man about Palms- 42 replies
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I can't figure out why, but my Bismarkia has "bronze" fronds. Definately not the Green variety, but a long way from that silver or blue. Don't know if these pictures do it justice. They were that color within a week of opening, and they aren't "crispy". So, I'm not sure, you can see another just starting to open, and thats the color they started.
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Pic's from Guayaquil Ecuador
by Davidl- 16 replies
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Strange hybrid
by TikiRick- 7 replies
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I was given a gift of a seedling that I was told was a cross between Zombia and Coccothrinax. After growing a bit and sinking that bad boy into the ground, it is getting up in size...but no characteristics of a Zombia at all. It is about 9 foot overall now...not yet showing clear trunk. No spines, no clustering, nothing. Has anyone ever heard of this cross, and if so, what do you know about it??
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How much Dalconil can I? Should I use? I got two kentias that have really have a good chance of pulling through but don't want to over do it with the fungicide. Anyone got some tips?
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Allagoptera
by quaman58- 3 replies
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Hey all, Prior to the freeze I'd been very fortunate and had lost only a couple palms. But one of them was a 2 gallon one of these that grew for a while, then slowed down to a crawl, and then just died. Here's a pic I posted last year of the unexplained demise..(Pulled spear) Anyway I heeded someone's suggestion to find a bigger one for sale. Lo and behold, as I was wandering about Phil's nursery (in the cycad section at that), I heard a barely audible noise that sounded like "buy me; buuuuuy meeeee". So I pulled away a couple cycad fronds and this Allagoptera-gone-pinnate was staring at me. Naturally I had ask my wife, "Can I keep him?". Now I just don't want …
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A Beautiful Palm
by calyptrocalyx&licuala freck- 27 replies
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Start off with something a bit easier. Regards Mike.E.
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somewhere Palmy
by Bilbo- 1 reply
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Well we are all off to CR in a while. I have been authorised to issue Directives for Operational Order and act "on my own initiative" huh and treble huh indeed! All I want to do is just look at the palms - I am just a simple guy who enjoys art, ballet, classical music, and opera (Esp. Wagner) See you guys in CR ; for me it will be the first time on the S.American mainland Regardez Juan
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Your new palm acquirements 1 2
by Walter John- 40 replies
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At a closing down sale in a nearby nursery I picked up these two great condition Normanbyas for $20 a pop in 250ml pots.