PALMS IN POTS
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Please post pics of your potted Syagrus weddelliana 1916 (= Microcoelum weddellianum 1956 = Lytocaryum weddellianum 1944 = Cocos weddelliana 1871)! — At present I have only three year young S weddelliana (of course all grown up from seed), because my (hundreds upon hundreds) older ones didn’t like my several world trips and other journeys … — But at first I’ll post the oldest pic of a Cocos weddelliana WENDL. from 1871, and then a photo of my “working” place as it looks like today:
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Almost 10 years ago, in 2006, I received some Lytocaryum weddellianum seeds in my mailbox. I just had to grow this species because when I was a kid I once had a small seedling and had grown attached to it for the short time it lived. As an 8-year old I simply overwatered it by adding a bit of water every 5 minutes or so. About 15 years later I went searching for this little plant, but it was nowhere to be found. As it turned out the species used to be sold by the 100's in the late '80 s in many gardencentres in the Netherlands, but now it seems to have just disappeared. After searching many gardencentres throughout the country, I decided to try to find some seeds as a las…
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This is for fun and I know this will probably most likely end in the death of the tree but as an experiment I'm gonna go ahead and give it a grow and see how long I can keep it alive, I picked up a coconut from the store and will start germinating it today and will post updates here.
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Everyone got fed with filtered water, a drop of Super thrive, and 1/3 strength Alaska Fish Emuslion today minus the seed pots. They got water and positive reinforcement. L. Chinesis, D. Lutescenens, c. Cataractarum, Queen Palm, 2 Majesties, a C. Macrocarpa that I'm not sure is still alive, and W. Robusta that I finally took the Xmas lights off of. Probably gonna restring the Xmas lights tonight just because I'm bored.
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Please post your experiences with growing Chamaedorea tuerckheimii in pots, your comments to soil mix, watering, light requirement, humidity, growth rate, fertilizing, deficiencies, pests, etc. Though I don’t have much experience with this species yet I’ll start with my seedlings just germinated in 2015 during last autumn. The seedlings are in 8x9cm clay pots, the soil “mix” is 100% pine bark 2-8mm (only in one case mixed with a bit coir Kokohum®). As the seedlings are still very tiny I water only a bit, until water comes out of the draining hole. The water I’m using is carbonate free, acidic from a fountain in SW Germany (Odenwald). The palms stand on a desk in a li…
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Hey everyone. Most of you know I’m up north. Southern Ontario. Love the hobby and am an avid coco- nut! I have been doing all kinds of germinating experiments. And just growing experiments. Up to date my palm room has been very dry due to. Obviously furnace is on. Second basement is cool so i have heat running 24/7. (Oil radiator ) room always kept in mid to upper 70s. So my very first coconut. Which was a store bought germinated is now over a year old. It has had its ups and downs. It was easy the first 6 months when it was small to keep it humid and warm. During the summer it did well here. Daytime temps of 31c and humid and we get 15 hours of daylight in summer m…
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Some pics of 12 palm species grown up in containers in Germany. (1) Before & after 2 years: Howea belmoreana 2011 & 2013 Lytocaryum weddellianum 2013 & 2015 (2a) Before & after 3 years: Ptychosperma macarthurii 2003 & 2006
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Growing Cocos nucifera (Coconut) in marginal climates outside the tropical monsoon, in subtropical, Mediterranean type climate, methods used 1 2 3 4 5
by Maltese coconut project- 5 followers
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This discussion is regarding growing Cocos nucifera (Coconut) outside the bracket between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn where climate is less ideal. Everyone is invited to share their data, experiences, methods, techniques used and results. The aim of this topic is to learn from and hopefully help each other by sharing the knowledge
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I was reading in the forum different recipes for our palm soil mix. The palmtalkers are using peat moss, perlite, Seramis, veemiculite, pine bark, etc. With different proportions and mixes. Tell us your recipe and its advantages. I am using this soil mix: 50% pine bark, 25% gross peat moss and 25% baked clay. This is my common mix. It has good drainage and air circulation. My palms grows fast and i can water a lot in summer and feed. And in Winter it is not too moist. For loving water palms, for example Archontophoenix, my mix is 50% peat moss, 25% pine park, 25% baked clay. For other palms with root rot problems or dry soil lovers, like Dyps…
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Mississippi Squad 1 2 3 4
by JohnAndSancho- 140 replies
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I guess it's time for an update. I lost my job in January, lost my car, lost my apartment. Depression hit me really hard. Really hard. Not going into details, but if a friend of mine didn't happen to catch a layover in Texas, I wouldn't be here. He rented me a U-Haul to help me get back to my family's house in Mississippi. I wasn't in the greatest mindset, and I left most of my palms and plants in the apartment. I brought my spindle, C. Plumosa, my L. Weddellaniums, a couple snake plants, a Mangave, and my BxLyto. Everything else was left in the apartment and donated to the staff. They must be happy, because they didn't charge me for breaking the lease or not …
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Cyrtostachys renda indoors 1 2 3
by Zeeth- 4 followers
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I haven't got one yet, but I'm thinking about getting a Cyrtostachys renda seedling to grow in a pot outside and take it in for the winter. Should I only take it in when temps get below 50, and back out as soon as it heats up, or should I just take it in all winter? How much sun, how much water, will it even survive long with the low indoor humidity? Thanks, Keith
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Filibusta Growth 1 2 3
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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I'm gonna start posting growth of my filibustas here! These were from yesterday August, 19th, 6:00pm, 2021! The oldest strap leaf seems to be dying back I think and most of them are working on their 5th leaf.
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Indoor Squad 1 2 3
by JohnAndSancho- 82 replies
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Since I never know what order my pics are gonna post in, here's some new growth photos with tags. Big Cat Garfield pushing 3 new leaves like the champ he is. Please shame me for not splitting up the C. Elegans yet because some of them are getting fat. Time to celebrate by buying some C. Benzeii and more Howeas while Jungle Music has them on sale.
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Here is the stunning Rhapis palm that I take care of inside the store I work for when Im not traveling. It gets lots of ambient light and amazing air circulation. Its hard to get a decent photo without climbing on the fridge as my office is on the other side of the building, but photos from below are just as nice: General Rhapis appreciation thread
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Who Grows Washingtonia In Pots? 1 2 3
by PalmTreeDude- 4 followers
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Does anyone grow Washingtonia in pots? If so, do they ever get to big (especially W. robusta)? I am wondering how these palms do in pots, I know a lot are sold in pots, but grown in pots for long periods of time?
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Rhapis multifida clustering or multiple seeds 1 2 3
by David_Sweden- 80 replies
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I've been thinking about getting a Rhapis multifida since in some pics it looks beyond beautiful and should do nicely without any direct sun in my apartment. And a few months ago I thought I was in luck when I saw this being sold in Germany: However I didn't really like the look of it, despite having all those stems. Too much stems too little leaves I think, for my apartment but probably nice outdoors. But now a thought crossed my mind: Could it be that this is not true clustering, that they have planted several seeds to save time? Or have they cut off unhealthy fronts to a too large extent? For comparison here are some pics I found of astonishing specimens:
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Seeds from the beach, lots. 1 2 3
by Dartolution- 3 followers
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Hey Guys, I went down to Panama city beach and stayed at a resort for an extended weekend and while there came across quite a lot of palm seeds at the resort. The place was covered in palms, mostly sago, sabal, and butias, some others as well. Anyway, While down there, a storm washed probably thousands of what appear to be germinated sabal seedlings on shore. I collected a handful of them, wrapped them in a wet napkin, placed them in a zip lock bag, and brought them home. Here the sabal seedlings are from the beach: What are the chances of these guys making it if I plant them again? I also picked up 10 sabal seeds that …
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Licuala grandis 1 2
by Saara- 1 follower
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Hi! I got this licuala grandis about a week ago, 94cm tall, 21x23cm in a pot. I can see one leaf turn a little yellow. And I made one hole more in the pot and I see root rot. I need probably have to change soil. What soil mixture shoud I use? Something like seramis, kokohum, a pine bark? Should I cut off all the root rot? Should I change all the soil off (everything around roots)? Will this die if I touch the roots? I do not know how sensitive this plant is. Thank you!
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The soil mixes the pros use 1 2
by David_Sweden- 4 followers
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I thought it might be interesting to gather some information about what the pros use: Tobias Spanner, the owner of Palme Per Paket, published the book "Das Palmen-Kulturhandbuch" 1999. He recommends these soil mixes: 30% {60%} Peat based soil mix or limed peat (pH 6) or coconut substrate (e g "Kokohum") 20% {10%} fine lime-free clay soil or loam 25% {15%} quartz sand 0-4mm 25% {15%} other mineral for drainage: pumice, perlite, vermiculite, LECA, Lavalit (crushed lava stone), Seramis (porous clay granulate from Germany), stone wool (such as rockwool) Up to 15% {20%} of pine barch humus or loose compost may be mixed in The figures with…
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New digs going up 1 2
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I guess this fits in this category?
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Verschafeltia splendida and/or Hydriastele (Siphokentia) beguine as a houseplant? 1 2
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Has anyone been successful growing Verschafeltia splendida and/or Hydriastele (Siphokentia) beguine as a houseplant? I was visiting a Florida nursery this week to see about purchasing Pelagodoxa henryana seedlings…until I was completely distracted by potted palms I’ve never seen before: Verschafeltia and Hydriastele (Siphokentia). Stunning foliage on these two. I decided to research these prior to buying. Additionally, as I am flying back to frigid New England soon, the logistics were not in my favor. The smallest Verschafeltia measured over 36” (too tall for carry-on dimensions). I thought about Fed-Exing them home, but then saw that temps in Rhode Island would be …
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After many years of longingly running through the list of palm species at Floribunda, somewhere around April of this year I finally decided it was time to place an order at Jeff an Suchin’s amazing company. I had read so much about it and only good things, so this was going to be the place. On my own I couldn’t reach the minimum order for foreign (non-US) of 300 USD so I placed an appeal on a Dutch / Belgian forum for exotic plant “freaks”, like myself, to join in with the order. This way we could also make the transportation, phyto-certificate, custom/tax costs, and all that a bit more affordable if we would just split the costs. It didn’t take very long before the fir…
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Help reviving indoor Licuala grandis 1 2
by PsyPalm- 2 followers
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Hey all, I have a recently acquired l. grandis that's not doing well and I was hoping for any tips to keep her from dying. I received it in the mail from FL four days ago (I'm in Seattle) and has been declining since arrival. The first picture is the first day it arrived and unboxed (I just put it in the sun to take the picture, it doesn't get sun on the leaves regularly). The second two are from this morning. Fronds that were green are now brown and very crispy and the fronds seem to have all closed back up, gotten skinnier. It's next to a west facing window that gets lots of bright light but the sun never hits the palm directly. My home is kept at 65% humidity via…
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A Coconut in London 1 2
by John in Andalucia- 2 followers
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I've finally succumbed and bought myself a Malayan Red Dwarf variety, very reasonably priced on eBay at $36 inc. shipping! It appears the seller shaved both sides of the nut to fit it in the shipping box, although I imagine that making the sides more porous by doing so, expedites the emergence of roots? I can see roots starting to poke through on both sides already. My mix as follows (roughly in equal parts): Seramis / 2 - 7 mm pine propagating mulch / Coir I'm using rainwater in my mix. This is in keeping with my 'grow box' seedling cultivation, whereby I've been using only steam evaporated distilled water; too expensive for a coconut, so rainwater se…
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Growing Seedlings Indoors 1 2
by BeyondTheGarden- 1 follower
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Last year, I lost a couple Sabal palmetto seedlings for no apparent reason, while Jubaea, Phoenix canariensis, and Butia continued to grow under the same conditions. They were all in a south facing window sill getting mostly indirect light (not much direct light up here in the winter). I'm guessing the Sabals didn't like the low humidity? I know it's hard to believe but I've got more palms this year than last year (how does that happen?), and I would like to grow some indoors rather than in the cool greenhouse, where it's too cold for much growth to occur. I believe all of the following palms like high humidity, and I don't know how they will do indoors; Arc…
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