PALMS IN POTS
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Easy Office Palm
by EvanM- 13 replies
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Hi y’all, new to Palmtalk, currently have a Phoenix roebelenii and a Chamaerops humilis in outdoor pots at home (zone 8a, the Phoenix is garaged during winter nights). I’m looking to add a (low-maintenance) office palm to the mix. Office situation is as follows: - One large, east facing window (whose blinds I keep closed, so it’s rather dark). - AC is run at night during the summer, turned off during the day. I don’t run the heat in the winter, but my coworkers run theirs, so my office stays above 60 or so. Is there anything meeting these criteria? If not, what do I need to change? I’ve heard Chamaedorea elegans is pretty rugged, would that be a good plant …
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Pygmy date palm two spears pulled, frond pulled
by ChicagoPalma- 1 follower
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I have three indoor pygmy date palms, two spears pulled and a green frond from the crown, i took a light to see what's going on, it looks all white in there, I think it may have been from cold damage from when it dropped to the 20s in november, it did show signs of growth after that and all the three of them recovered, but two weeks ago or a week I think, I was gonna prune them, but then I realized the fronds on one of the palms looked a bit off on it than the other two palms, and I checked the spears and both two spears pulled, they didn't smell, but they were as deep to the base of the trunk. Yesterday I checked it out, and a green healthy looking on the same palm in …
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Drowning in a Giant Pot
by Frond-friend42- 1 follower
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I noticed in another stream that juvenile palms and other plants get dead from too big of a pot, for some reason. How does this happen. Why does too much pot lead to death. I would think you could still give enough water and....oh....thats it. I think the roots aren't clearing the well watered pot quick enough, and so it has a tendency to not dry out quick enough, and literally "drown" in too big a pot with to high water content. Any other thoughts or theories are welcome of course, as to the negative impact of a too-big pot.
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Dypsis (?) potted inflorescence/seed stalk
by Funkthulhu- 13 replies
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I've had palms in pots for about 10 years now, and I've never had one flower for me. Now I have this pot in my office and it has put out about a half dozen of these stalks in the last few months. Now, when I bought this it was labeled as a Dysis lutescens. But, now that it's popping these out I can't find a picture online to match it. My questions are these: 1. Is this actually a D. Lutey? 2. Are these mature seeds? (i.e. will they germinate) If no to #1, what do I have?
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Hello! I am an avid houseplant keeper and adore keeping indoor potted trees (ficus, bonsai, and fruit trees mainly), but I have never had a palm tree before. However, my coworker was at a greenhouse the other day and was offered several free houseplants, all in various stages of death. Some could be saved and others, unfortunately were too far gone. One of the plants given was a lovely Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta) in a crumbling ceramic pot. My coworker brought all the plants to the office and I have been attempting at reviving each of them, but my palm knowledge is not very deep. I have been doing a bit of research and can't quite decide if it was …
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Germinating seeds
by Lady Gaga- 13 replies
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Hi, I just want or germinate some seeds and I wanted to create some thread where I can post some pics and sometimes maybe ask about your advices. So currently I'm trying to germinate seeds of Phoenix canariensis and archontophoenix alexandrae (I'm obsessed with this one). In the past I tried to germinate many other palm tree seeds, and I was successful with Phoenix canariensis, Washingtonia robusta and archontophoenix alexandrae (but this one died after few days ) I put my seeds 9 days ago into the wet paper towel and into the plastic box, that I put on the heater in my bathroom. The temperature is around 30 degrees. Today i found out, that two of my see…
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Cyrtostachys renda Problems
by AshW- 13 replies
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Hi Guys, I thought I was getting on top of the problems with my lipstick palms, but they seem to be struggling again. After around 6 months of no problems, I noticed a few of the fronds on one palm has started to dry up. Seemed like it is starting at the tip of the fronds and working the way down. I gave one a little "tug" and it pulled completely out. The bottom was brown and squishy. As you can see from the photos, they are looking pretty sad. Any help would be appreciated.
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Brown spot on Chamadorea Metallica!
by RobustaEnvirons- 12 replies
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A week or two ago I bought a Chamadorea Metallica from a seller on ebay. It arrived looking stunning! It still does looks the same. Although, the day it arrived I noticed that it had a small black spot on the trunk on the trunk (where the remnants of an old leaf had been). I asked the seller and they said that it was from when their was a stain on a leaf and it stayed on their too long. And they just should've removed the leaf, but didn't remove it quick enough. So they said its made a stain on the underlying leaf(s). So now the "stain" is spreading and its getting worse. How many leaf layers could a stay like this go through. The seller doesn't know what it could be othe…
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Solitary/single trunk dypsis lutescens.
by PsyPalm- 1 follower
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Hey guys! Over the past year and a half I've been playing around with different methods of growing d. lutescens. Seems like they are kind of Honda Civic of indoor palms in the sense that they are very common and inexpensive, so I started with a few clusters of approx 20-30 small seedlings and split some of them up individually into their own pots as well as some into smaller groups. I'm a big fan of potted palms grown as solitary/single trunk specimens and I wanted to see how d. lutescens would do in that format, especially because I feel like I've never actually seen them grown to maturity as single trunk palms, seems like they are pretty much exclusively grown in clu…
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Germination of palms
by petquack77- 1 follower
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Hey guys I had question about germinating palms. First off I'm currently germinating a few Mexican Fans and Windmill palms . The Mexican fans have sprouted and are slowly growing tiny green green fronds. They are doing okay ,but they thing I notice is I see these little tiny black bugs walking around the soil . What are they? Are they harmful to the palms? How do I get rid of them? Is there anything I could buy online to kill these little bugs with harming the baby palms? These bugs have already shown up so advice on how to prevent them or lectures on what I did wrong doesn't really help at this time. Please let me know and thanks.
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What's wrong with my Kentia palm?
by kentia- 1 follower
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Hello everyone! I bought it about one month ago, had a few totally brown leaves which I've removed from the bottom. I'm watering it once per week after I make sure the first 2 inches of soil are dry. The humidity is low, only 40% (already ordered a humidifier for it), I'm spraying some water on it each morning that I hope it helps. What are these brown/black spots on the stems? Should I worry?
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S.Romanzoffiana can’t wait to be outside zone 2
by Philly J- 1 follower
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Potting Tutorial.. Screens in your drain holes
by Silas_Sancona- 12 replies
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Yesterday in a topic made in the main forum regarding concerns related to critters having access to the drain holes in potted palm / plant specimens, forum member @Gonzer made an excellent point, which, for one reason or another, isn't mentioned much.. but is a very valuable technique for helping to keep soil from slowly eroding from pots, and is a great way to keep out insects or other small animals which can get into the soil. Thought i might add to his point w/ some pictures.. While the topic was concerning Bees accessing the drain holes for a drink, here at least ..and in Florida, insects such as Ground dwelling Cockroaches, sometimes referred to as "Sand Roache…
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Can I get more winter growth from bringing my Palms inside at night and using grow lights?
by Dwarf Fan- 12 replies
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Now that the warm weather is fading in Texas and colder weather and less sunlight is approaching can I bring my potted Palms inside my garage and put them under a grow light at night to achieve faster growth and bigger Palms to put in ground come spring time? Will palms grow more vigorously under a 24 light period consisting of natural sun supplemented with a grow light? Or do Palms need a “dark” or “night” period of at least 6 hours or ? Last question for you guys that use grow lights on Palms indoors what type of lights are you using? Any that are better than others for Palms? Thanks, Dan
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Lodoicea maldivica coco de mer in conservatory
by piping plovers- 4 followers
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Lodoicea maldivica, coco de mer growing in the conservatory at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. It’s grown a lot since I visited years ago. The top frond is pushing up against the glass ceiling. Even at this immature stage, truly gigantic proportions; seems so other-worldly as its scale and proportions have no relation to anything around it or to what most would encounter. The staff horticulturalist mentioned to me that they have plans to raise the glass ceiling to accommodate this specimen.
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Saving my Rhapidophyllum hystrix
by GTClover- 1 follower
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Dividing my Needle Palm Hi PalmTalk friends, I posted this thread http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/30138-can-potted-palms-be-root-pruned/ in 2011 about my Rhapidophyllum hystrix needing to be ‘maintained’ in a ‘smaller’ pot. At the time it was in a 22” pot. Now it’s in a 32” X 20” pot and it’s become too big to maneuver in & out of the house &my husband is in revolt. It was my very first palm & arrived in 2001 in a 2 gal pot from Gerry’s Jungle (not sure if it’s still around). Is there any way it can be divided? It has at least 6 ‘babies’ but the only way I could physically manage the division would be with something like a sa…
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I put my annual seedlings to the sun on the balcony, but unfortunately I burned the leaves. What should I do? I sprinkle her only in the shade.
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Kentia palm unhealthy! PLS HELP :)
by Mira_plants- 1 follower
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Hi all Palm lovers, after doing a lot of research and study online, I still don’t have the complete answers to why my Kentia palm is dying on me. It’s been about 1 year and 8 months the palm is in the same pot as it came from its nursery, I was too scared to repot it, as I’ve heard they don’t like being disturbed. I’ve had spider mites issue for which I used neem oil and it did help, but the palm is getting brown patches now, new fonds look weak and I can’t see any new growth coming? is it time to repot? I recently moved houses and the position of this palm has changed a lot, it gets indirect light whole day. South facing window in Australia and hence not too ha…
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Phoenicophorium Borsigianum as a house plant
by Reynevan- 12 replies
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Hi there:) Anyone has tried to grow Phoenicophorium Borsigianum indoors? I've recently found it on Palmpedia. Seems to be Verschaffeltia look-alike. I wonder how do they germinate and if they could be grown in a pot. Rafal
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my new Lytocaryum hoehnei
by Mohsen- 12 replies
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Just bought a Lytocaryum hoehnei from net... it seems happy but the soil is normal potting soil and it was outside under other trees... I might want to bring it inside or keep it on deck and keep it in pot... @Pal Meir Pal and @Kai , I need your expertise here again : should I change the soil to your formula using Seramis? also I am not sure does it like direct sun like Lytocaryum insigne or not like Lytocaryum weddellianum? what else should I consider for this?
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Large indoor howea forsteriana specimens
by PsyPalm- 1 follower
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Hey guys! I live in Seattle and today I walked through the WA State Convention Center downtown for the first time since covid hit and noticed they completely overhauled the indoor plantscaping and botanical design, a large part of it being the addition of a series of absolutely stunning howea forsteriana specimens. The largest was about 25 ft tall and solidly trunking which was a delight to examine as this is by far the biggest I have ever seen in real life. Just wanted to share some photos on here, I know I'm always looking for examples of larger/more mature howea specimens indoors so I thought some of you might find it fascinating
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sabal palmetto seedling needs
by Honez- 1 follower
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Good Evening, I have about 70 sabal palmetto seeds germinating. I am wondering if anyone knows what the light, water, and fertilizer requirements are for these. I can't seem to find anything for young plants. I am assuming not to fertilize the first few months. Water once the soil is dry. Do they get full sun or should they be in the shade? How old do they need to be so I can fertilize and put into full sun?
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Orchid bark mulch
by Erez- 1 follower
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Hi, I have an indoor majesty palm I repotted a few days ago. (picture) I have a spare orchid bark potting medium - is it a good idea or not to use it as mulch? The pros I thought for it were moisture retention (Israel, 35-40 degrees on many summer days), and the potting mix has 25% perlite so I thought some type of cover might help drafts from blowing them away. Any cons or problems? Thanks
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Fragrant flowering palms in pots
by greenthumb7- 2 followers
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Does anybody know which palm tree that can be grown in pots that give off fragrant flowers? I thought I read someplace before that there were a few, but I don't remember if those growing outdoors were the only ones with fragrance; or if there are dwarf variety; or even a miniature variety that could be kept in pots indefinitely. Any help, and where to purchase one; or more would be very helpful, and thanks.
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Office Squad
by Philly J- 12 replies
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@JohnAndSancho I couldn’t find your office thread my dude I’m sorry. But put them here too The giant ones are not back yet, trying to suck up as much of that last Saskatchewan summer as they can. Updates next week when they begin to overwinter again in their atrium home.
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