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Would you have spent $5.00 on this palm?


TikiRick

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I came across this interesting plant yesterday while at a closing palm nursery. I thought is was a Rhapis of some sort, but I am not sure. Is it a cultivar of Rhapis excelsa cv. 'nana'??

Regardless, when I asked the price and he told me $5.00 I was not so concerned with the species....I knew it was something I didn't have in my collection. It was growing in deep shade in the shade house, so I would assume that it will do well indoors with indirect light.

Does anyone know this species? What are it's requirements?

I thought $5.00 was a steal! :rolleyes:

It is in a 7 gallon container and stands about 28" tall overall.

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It even had, what I consider, reasonably large seeds on it. My hand for scale.

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Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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Wow Rick!!

What a find and a steal. It looks like a Chuniophoenix nana. It looks like a well grown plant too. Give it a lot of shade. In Calif. that plant would go for big $$$$.

Dick

Richard Douglas

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Tom,

You beat me to the draw. I agree.

Dick

Richard Douglas

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Rick - it may be a Rhapis robusta :unsure: . There was more than $5.00 in soil, containers and fertilizer involved to get it to that size, not accounting for labor and time taking up room in the shade house. You got an outstanding deal :drool: !

You should leave it inside :greenthumb: , your crotons may get jealous and gang up on it if you planted it outside. :lol:

Best regards, :)

Ron.

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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I agree with Moose. My first impression when I saw the first photo that it was a Rhapis. Still a good deal as Moose says although not as good if it were a C. nana that size.

Ron

Wellington, Florida

Zone 11 in my mind

Zone 10a 9a in reality

13miles West of the Atlantic in Palm Beach County

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Rick - same cultural requirements as Rhapis excelsis. B) Should be fabulous as an interior palm. :greenthumb:

Ron. :)

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Good find Rick!

5 bucks is a steal!!

Orlando, Florida

zone 9b

The Pollen Poacher!!

GO DOLPHINS!!

GO GATORS!!!

 

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but too much is never enough!!

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Shaaaa wingggggggggg. Very nice score Rick.

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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That was a steal, indeed.

It does look like a Chuniophoenix nana. If it is, those seeds will turn into what look like orange gumballs at maturity.

Keep it in the shade . . .

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you have the rest us us drooling at your palm Rick! Nice find! a $5 7gallon anything (insert your weed palm here) is a great deal!

:drool::drool::greenthumb:

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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Rick, steal of deal. Hope my C. nana seedling looks like that someday.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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I thought I bought every last one...I must have missed that one! I think they were actually calling them "Rhapis nana" or something like that.

Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

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Definitely a Chuniophoenix nana or the old name humilis. $5???!!! awesome deal!!!

Rhapis are INDOOR palms ???? I have some $5 mystery palms here too. It seems to be the going rate for something they cant put a name to. I have 2 sabal somethingorothers, a fan palm that wont stop growing, about 3 metres now and no sign of slowing up, and a feather palm that is finally starting to resemble a Carpentaria. I wont bother to mention the forest of mystery $5 bamboos.

Peachy

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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John - looking at the leaf tips in Rick's photos. They are pointed as are Rhapis robusta. The PACSOA link shows blunt leaves in their photos. I am not a palm biologist nor palm professional, just a hobbyist. It is the pointed leaves that lead me to indentify the palm to be Rhapis robusta. Chuniophoenix nana? It could be, I can't say with certainty. :unsure:

Either species, Rick got a great deal. :greenthumb: I am sure Rick would like to know what it is for sure.

Best regards, :)

Ron.

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Hi Ron,

I have a couple of C. nana seedlings for comparison. They're younger than Rick's plant by a few years, but comparing his plant to a similar sized Rhapis robusta, they don't look that similar, however I won't dispute your opinion. Rhapis robusta at this age appears to have uniquely "scooped" leaves, with no juvenile, flat leaves.

Here's what I'm talking about: http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/es/pix/RhaRob.shtml

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John - looking at the leaf tips in Rick's photos. They are pointed as are Rhapis robusta. The PACSOA link shows blunt leaves in their photos. I am not a palm biologist nor palm professional, just a hobbyist. It is the pointed leaves that lead me to indentify the palm to be Rhapis robusta. Chuniophoenix nana? It could be, I can't say with certainty. :unsure:

Either species, Rick got a great deal. :greenthumb: I am sure Rick would like to know what it is for sure.

Best regards, :)

Ron.

Here's a Fairchild herbarium sheet showing the pointed leaves of C. nana. I think some of the leaves in the PACSOA photos do not look pointed because there are several leaflets still joined, or they have been damaged. Since C. nana is self-fertile (Rhapis is not), and this lone plant had fruit, I'm sticking with C. nana for now. We should know for sure when the fruit matures. :)

Tom

Bowie, Maryland, USA - USDA z7a
hardiestpalms.com

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Well done. You don't get anything for $5 over here......except from my garden. :)

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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nana nana

nana nana

hey hey hey

good buy!

;)

Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

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Tom & John - you have me convinced. :greenthumb: Thanks for your imput and information, it is well appreciated.

Hey Rick, your deal is even sweeter than I tought!

It appears that the consensus is that you acquired a 7 gallon Chuniophoenix nana for $5.00.

Thief :drool: !

Kindest regards, :)

Ron.

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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A steal at $5.00!

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Yippee!

Folks, in the spirit of American business and capitalism....

I now have a 7 gallon Chuniophoenix nana for sale for only $50.00!

(Just joking!!)

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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Rick,

You couldn't pry that Chuniophoenix out of your fingers for any amount of money. (Not joking!) I can't believe you got it for 5$. The grower must not have known what it was. If you plant it outside, put it in a visable shadey spot, and don't ever let it dry out. The first time I saw one, I thought it was some kind of Rhapis, but the ripe red fruit was a give away.

Dick

Richard Douglas

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No, I don't think they knew just what they were, as they were tagged something like "Rhapis dwarf sp. nana", or something similar, I don't remember exactly. Before I saw them, I had asked where their Chuniophoenix nanas were, but they didn't know what I was talking about. It's very easy to confuse them with Rhapis - even side-by-side, the stems, leaves and hastulas (or lack of) are very similar.

Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

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Rick, If you got it where I think you did, they are definitely Chuniophoenix nana. I gathered a few 3 gal ones before" the one in the know" left the premises. I would have gotten the 7 gals too except we were full to the brim with interesting unnamed Dypsis and Cycads. Good score.

Betty

There is always enough room for another palm!

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Betty - private message me. I got to know what I missed :crying:

Ron. :)

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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