DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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   hi first post

   January 7, 2009 by wowow

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   hi first an hopefully not last post feel free to move this thread if in wrong place i am a Brit Pakistani i go to Pakistan every few years i want to know if it is possible to grow a coconut palm in Pakistan(z10b, longitude 32 where i come from) the problem is that is very dry for most of the year it will be watered a lot of water, but only once in a day so only the mid-lower roots will remain moist/wet for a whole day, will this be enough, one last thing about the cocos palm will it tolerate extreme heat near 45C at the absolute peak of summer i also want to know if i can grow phoenix rupicola in London i read some freeze damage data on it, but there were no ment…

   

   Last reply by Musi, January 17, 2009
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   My drive to work includes an infected Coconut

   January 10, 2009 by TikiRick

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   For weeks now, I have been driving by this coconut palm growing in a field alone. It is surrounded by grass and weeds and it first caught my attention when it started dropping it's seed prematurely. This is one of the first signs of lethal yellowing....abortion of premature seeds. Secondly, the lower fronds began to yellow. Frond by frond, it was in a steady decline to the textbook sign of Lethal Yellowing...the fronds holding at 10:00 to 2:00. These pictures were taken about 6 weeks following when I first noticed the seed abortion. I will probably take another 4 weeks or so until the entire remaining fronds are dead and the crown collapses. Unfortunately, we sti…

   

   Last reply by bubba, January 17, 2009
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   Seedlings that grow much faster than their peers

   January 15, 2009 by Musi

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   I have started experimenting with different types of palm seeds, mostly the phoenix genus. But what I noticed there is always a big difference in growth between a few seedlings from the same specie, some germinate easily and grow very fast and other germinate very difficult and their growth is much slower. Does this also mean these seedling will also become faster growing palms later in maturity or will the slower ones just catch up?

   

   Last reply by BS Man about Palms, January 17, 2009
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   Jeff Searle, calling Jeff Searle

   January 16, 2009 by Tad

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   Jeff, while I am sure your wrapped up at the TPIE show, I did take time from hanging out at my subtropical palm paradise and while prowling around I found an old palm journal in a super fat stack of amazing ultra original palm journals from as far back as vol. 1 issue 1. seems to me you mentioned you were looking for a certain lil some something, ring me up and let me know if this floats your boat!! meanwhile I will be lounging in my armchair basking in the glorius spring like weather we have here in The magical RIO GRANDE VALLEY, which is in TEXAS, and while not as palmy as south florida or madagascar is still a really swell place to lounge in a big comfy armchair …

   

   Last reply by Tad, January 17, 2009
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   Need Palm ID_Please !

   January 16, 2009 by Kris

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   Dear Friends Recently i purschased this palm along with a red flowering desert rose,each costing me about a dollor.i wish to know the ID of this palm,i hope i donot have this already in our garden collection. And it has black thorns in its leaf fronds.. here is a still of that whole fan palm along with that Adenium plant seen near by ! Here is the close-up of that palm's leaf.. Thanks & Love, Kris

   

   Last reply by Kris, January 16, 2009
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   Pruning palm roots before repotting

   November 18, 2008 by titus

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   Hi, I just achieved from a nursery: 2 Roystonia 2 Phoenix Can. 2 Washintonia Robusta Sizes aprox.: 11 FT Palms will be located in pots on a terrace of our Penthouse, so full sun and/or shade available (we live in Caracas, Venezuela, South America) My cuestion is: as the palms were deliverd in rather small pots I noticed that their rootsystem has been developed following the shape of this narrow pot and leave hardly space for good soil around them. So can I prun the roots of the palm before transplanting them into bigger pots (4 FT high, 3 FT wide) I would be very pleased to read yr opinions. Thanks in advance, Regards, Titus

   

   Last reply by Jimmypalmen, January 16, 2009
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   What palms grow alongside Plectocomia himalaya?

   January 12, 2009 by richnorm

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   Plectocomia have very distinctive seeds but a stray one from a batch of 100 was like an olive stone but black. It has turned out to be a monocot but what are the most likely candidates? Some sort of phoenix perhaps? cheers Richard

   

   Last reply by richnorm, January 16, 2009
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   Adonidias

   January 15, 2009 by edric

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   Little green tree frog, hiding in the Adonidia Merrellii, enjoying the hose water, no doubt, Ed

   

   Last reply by quaman58, January 15, 2009
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    Palm ID

    January 13, 2009 by PalmatierMeg

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    Hello Palm Lovers, Please help me ID a palm I've been watching at ritzy Cape Harbour here in Cape Coral. The seeds are large - larger than Adonidia - about 2" long & 1" wide. At first glance the palm might be mistaken for Adonidia but the fronds are much more relaxed (and considering CH would not let a Christmas palm sully its hallowed grounds). So, is this one of the Veitchias? Which one? Or is it something else? Following are pics of it, hard to get because it was crowded behind other vegetation. Your verdicts, please?

    

    Last reply by Walter John, January 15, 2009
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    New Avatar

    January 14, 2009 by PalmGuyWC

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    Dear Friends, I'm posting this topic here since my new avatar does have some signifance. First, THANKS TO DEAN for insearting it. Dean, you will skip through Pearly Gates for all of your good deeds. The palm is a Jubaea which I estimate is about 45 years old. It was a 5 gallon size when I planted it, and it must have been about 7 years old then. I have 4 Jubaes and this is the only one that has bloomed. It's been blooming for about 9 years. Patrick Schafer has been cross polinating it almost from day one when it first starting blooming. For any of you who recieved any hybrids from Patrick that is half Jubaea, this is the mommy tree. This is probably the most domi…

    

    Last reply by PalmGuyWC, January 15, 2009

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    Trithrinax brasiliensis x Trithrinax acanthocoma

    January 15, 2009 by kelen

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    Here in south of Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil, I see only Trithrinax brasiliensis (blue leves with end of the pinas double and soft to the touch) form in natural habitats but in cultivated place I only see Trithrinax acanthocoma (more robust form from north Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná), I already think that they was robbust form when cultivated in good soil but I have some seedlings growing different. What you think about this? They are two different species?

    

    Last reply by Nigel, January 15, 2009
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    Foxtails

    January 15, 2009 by edric

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    A few, of nine total, out of fifty something, that I started from seed, that I managed to find a spot for in my yard, I've given away, and usually helped plant another dozen nearly this large, six and a half years old from seed now, and doing great, Ed

    

    Last reply by Kris, January 15, 2009
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    Palm ID

    January 14, 2009 by street124

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    Last reply by Kris, January 15, 2009
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    Bit of this bit of that 1 2

    December 13, 2008 by Walter John

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    Bountiful and bodacious here in downtown Brisbane. Here's a bit of this bit and a bit of that to keep you warm as instructed. Dypsis onilahensis is at it again this year, let's see if she holds it on this time for a crop. After the removal of a poor growing palm and the trimming of a hedge, this is now the immediate scene from my back deck. The mini majestic and those cycads are now in full view.

    

    Last reply by Walter John, January 15, 2009
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    Visited Jonathan's Palm haven by the sea !

    January 6, 2009 by Tassie_Troy1971

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    Hi everyone , i went down to Jonathans on Sat for his "PALM NERD EVENT" at South Arm about 4o min drive from me. Adam ,a friend of Jons was there as the cycad specialist ! Jon has 23 acres and an awesome custom home with unique rammed earth and timber construction . He had about 38 species he has germinated including all the lord Howe Island palms., and some very nice Chamaedorea tepejilote growing in his huge polytunnel /shadehouse. A great afternoon waqs had by all ! I bought off John : sabal palmetto , washy filifera, ,Phoenix dactylifera,butia capitata, livistonia australis and a queen . A great day was had by all !

    

    Last reply by Jonathan, January 15, 2009
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    Dying/dead leaflets

    January 13, 2009 by Walter John

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    Okay, I know I've overposted lately and the board has had some weird threads of late, it's been a real multi-cultural, multi-faceted board this one, that's why I love it. In keeping with the latest trend of unusual threads/posts, here's one I'm sure will take you aback. I was down in the garden taking some pics of my Carpoxylon macrospermum and Dypsis prestoniana (see other thread) when I noticed the colours on the dying leaves around the place and for some reason at this particular time of day, I thought the yellows and browns actually looked appealing. I know, I've lost it here big time, and on top of the Tintin tale (no, I wasn't taking drugs), I expect the white coats…

    

    Last reply by Kostas, January 15, 2009
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    Phoenix reclinata x canariensis

    December 16, 2008 by buffy

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    Max in Rome was kind enough to send some seeds of this cross to me recently. I started to think about this hybrid, and I'm guessing the individual trunks are probably hardy to between 16F-18F. Just a guess. What I'm really wondering: is this suckering hybrid similar to other cold hardy suckering palms, that are root hardy down closer to 10F. So even if I have a tough freeze event, I may only need to cut the old trunks down and wait twenty years for the new ones to grow. Just curious. Any thoughts on trunk hardiness and root hardiness?

    

    Last reply by kristof p, January 14, 2009

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    How Much $$$ Is Too Much For Water?

    January 10, 2009 by Paul The Palm Doctor!

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    Here in South Florida (western Pembroke Pines; SW Broward County where I live,) we've accumulated (if you can call it that!) about .35 inches of rain water in three months. I had installed many seedling palms (and other tropicals like bananas, gongers, tropical fruiting & flowering trees, etc.) after Hurricane Wilma left her "calling card." Our city is participating in the SFWMD watering restrictions, as are cities throughout the region. The "restrictions" on hand watering is fairly liberal; much more so than it is pertaining to grass irrigation with automatic sprinkler systems. I have essentially needed to hand water since September and the city's water usage r…

    

    Last reply by sonoranfans, January 14, 2009
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    Another palm ID

    January 13, 2009 by PalmatierMeg

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    I suspect this might be a Ptychosperma but which one? Back in November I collect black fruit from a palm at CH that forum consensus decided was a Ptychosperma of some sort. This palm has the same deeply furrowed seeds as the black fruit but this one's fruit is red. I picked some from it on New Years Eve but it was night and I didn't have my camera. Last weekend I returned and picked more and took pictures. The fronds looke very arched and formal, like the infamous Adonidia but the fruit says it isn't. The fruit is round, about 1/2". Here are the pics.

    

    Last reply by gsn, January 14, 2009
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    Combating yellowing in Lytocareum

    December 30, 2008 by edbrown_III

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    I am having a difficult time with this species --- the leaves are prone to total yellowing -- what is the secret more iron more magnesium or pottasium. I am treating with 3 parts potasium to 1 part magnesium and I have added Iron nite--- will this do the trick or is it very slow to arrest this. Whats the advice of folks who grow this species regualarly and sucessfully? Best regards, Ed

    

    Last reply by Phil, January 14, 2009
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    A few pics from a recent trip to Eleuthera, Bahamas

    January 11, 2009 by Hilo Jason

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    First off, I just wanted to say hi. I am a new fish here to Palm Talk. I've been reading it (and learning from it) for quite some time and figured it was time to sign up and participate. For those attending the PSSC Banquet later this month, I look forward to meeting you there in person. Below are just a few pics from a trip my wife and I made this past November to Eleuthera, Bahamas. I hope you enjoy them. A beautiful sunset (not photoshopped at all!) with a group of Pseudophoenix sargentii's. These had at least 8-10 feet of trunk on them! Some really nice looking Wodyetia Bifurcata. I only hope mine will look like this one day (I have 7 small guys in my…

    

    Last reply by Paul The Palm Doctor!, January 14, 2009
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    Fungus gnats ate my Potato Chip Palms

    January 11, 2009 by John in Andalucia

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    I have many Chamaedorea seedlings in community pots on the bench, slowly sprouting. Fungus gnats in my greenhouse usually do no more than crawl around until they land on a sticky bug trap. I also have 30 or so Chamaedorea tuerckheimii seedlings that I thought I would give extra care by potting up individually, and putting the pots into a plastic box, covered with another plastic box for extra humidity, and hopefully to keep any gnats out. Well, they got in and have nibbled the emerging tips from my germinated seeds that were starting to sprout. The cleanly severed tips are lying on the soil next to each seed. About ten seedlings attacked so far, and I can't believe t…

    

    Last reply by The Germinator, January 14, 2009
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    Parajubaea

    January 12, 2009 by freakypalmguy

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    I have four Parajubaea, supposedly all torallyi. Three are all in the strap leaf just starting to form their first split leaf and one is on it's 4th fully pinnate frond. The oldest most pinnate has fronds that are completely covered in a rust colored tomentum and the other three are completely void of tomentum. Are these different palms? Palm one without tomentum

    

    Last reply by osideterry, January 13, 2009

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    North East Texas Palm Grove

    January 12, 2009 by millic

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    I wanted to post a few pictures of a wild Palm Grove I found this weekend in East Texas just outside of Longview. I know it's not too exciting for most of you, but the area is fairly far north and not known for any palm trees at all. These also may be slightly farther north than the ones Tony talks about here, Dallas Palms, but not by much. I thought I had caught a glimpse of these a few years ago while driving, but didn't stop and confirm their existence and not been able to see them again. I figured I was just imagining them, but my wife saw these yesterday and yelled at me "Hey, there's the palms!" She didn't complain too much while I asked her to walk through the…

    

    Last reply by Big Tex, January 13, 2009

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    Big Trouble for South Texas

    January 12, 2009 by oliver

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    I have noticed quite a few dead Queen palms in addition to some Phoenix which were not typically affected by the disease that killed all of our CIDP's.(ie roebelenii) If this new disease is really going to knock out all the queen palms, then some of you local nurserymen and landscapers stand to make some big bucks replacing them all. This is the first one that has gone on me personally. I noticed it looking bad about 6 months ago, but there have been a few others in the hood that have done the same thing.

    

    Last reply by JimR, January 13, 2009