Pelagodoxa henryana

[Central Floridave]

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[ariscott]

I just picked one up last Christmas in Townsville. Growing well so far.... Now, if only I have enough shade to plant it out....

Regards, Ari

[rozpalm]

Central Florida your picture looks like maybe Hydriastele beguinii, which is not a lover of the cold either.

[Central Floridave]

thanks! Hydriastele beguinii does look like it thru googlin'. So many palms, so many names...not enough brain space!

[bgl]

Peter Pacific,

Thanks for your comment! Encouraged me to venture away from the computer and take an updated photo of some of our Pelagodoxas.

Bo-Göran

[Moose]

Bo - thanks for the updated photo. Those palms are spectacular

Ron.

[Manolitus]

Everyone on this thread,

I don't have the long history on palm talk that a lot of you have so it is really neat to go through some of these old threads.

Some random thoughts:

1) Pely's are absolutely top 5 in beauty when they are 100 % protected like Fairchild's was. Those full un-divided leaves are gorgeous.

2) Bo- there is little doubt that in your palm paradise, EVERYTHING grows faster.......

3) They transplant well. I have had mine for about 5 years now, maybe a little more. One of my original buys when I got the bug. And I transplanted after a few years in the original spot and it showed no signs of slowing down at all.

4) FINALLY- I almost and may still have lost my Pely. The cold this past winter in Miami was one of the worst in about 3-5 years. Here are pictures of what she looks like now. I have hope she might pull through this there is a new little spear poking out.

Thoughts ??????

Manny

[Donald Sanders]

Everyone on this thread,

I don't have the long history on palm talk that a lot of you have so it is really neat to go through some of these old threads.

Some random thoughts:

1) Pely's are absolutely top 5 in beauty when they are 100 % protected like Fairchild's was. Those full un-divided leaves are gorgeous.

2) Bo- there is little doubt that in your palm paradise, EVERYTHING grows faster.......

3) They transplant well. I have had mine for about 5 years now, maybe a little more. One of my original buys when I got the bug. And I transplanted after a few years in the original spot and it showed no signs of slowing down at all.

4) FINALLY- I almost and may still have lost my Pely. The cold this past winter in Miami was one of the worst in about 3-5 years. Here are pictures of what she looks like now. I have hope she might pull through this there is a new little spear poking out.

Thoughts ??????

aloha from the Big Island!

I nearly lost my Pelagodoxa last year when something ate the apical bud. I do not know what it was, the leaves were eaten and the new leaf was deformed. I treated it with everything I could and a new bud appeared and now one year later it looks great. I am surprised how well it came back, several of my friends that grow this here have also expressed to me that Pelagodoxa is not hard to grow. Good luck and from you photos it looks like your palm will be fine.

Don

Manny

[Manolitus]

Thanks Don. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Manny

[garrin]

There a few seeding Pelagodoxa palms in the Hilo, HI, area which are in beautiful condition, but mostly on private properties which have passed on from the original palm enthusiasts to whomever purchased them later on. I have one plant from seed collected at Foster Botanic Garden in Honolulu many years ago. (I hope I don't get into trouble with the park officials for revealing this!) I can say this -- they do not like root competition. I have my one easily germinated one in the ground about 20 feet from a large ficus tree, and in the otherwise perfect location lightwise and temperaturewise, it has put out maybe one or two leaves per year. Nice to have, but not one of my really exciting palms in these conditions!

[Moose]

Thank you for your input. This is a palm that should be grown by my more enthusiats who can accomidate their cultrural requirements.

Ron.

[Gregg L. Friedman MD]

I live in Golden Beach, FL about 750 feet from the Atlantic Ocean in growing Zone 10B-11. Does anyone know if the peladogoxa henryana grows well in extreme Southeast Florida. How much light exposure does it like? Do you know of any nurseries in South Florida that keep this beautiful palm in stock. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, Golden Beach, Florida

[waykoolplantz]

Paul Craft posted some pics a few years ago of his seeding Pelagodoxa in the ground in Loxahatchee so you should not have a problem.

i have one in the ground and one in pool cage here in Hollywood. Both are in partial sun. I did see a nice one being carried out at Jeff Searle,s sale..he probably has more.

[Gregg L. Friedman MD]

I fell in love with this palm when I first saw the large specimen growing in the greenhouse at Fairchild Tropical gardens, in Miami, several years ago. I recently visited Fairchild Gardens again, and the Pelagodoxa henryana is gone. I am not sure if it died? Nobody there was able to tell me. I saw several nice Pelagodoxa henryana north of Hilo at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens. I have one growing outdoors in Golden Beach, FL which is zone 10B-11. It has survived temperatures down to 41 degrees F without and significant damage. By Gregg L. Friedman MD

[quaman58]

Boy, this thread is a trip back in time!

[Hemi]

I had one of these growing in my garden in Coconut Grove Florida for well over 10 years.  Had no damage during the cold winters of 2010 and 2011.  It was probably 8 feet tall with a trunk of about 4 feet.

I am now heartbroken that I lost it this summer.  Not sure what caused it to decline but it started to show yellow leaves and then loose leaves.  Eventually it stopped growing and finally I was able to pull out the spear.

Needless to say I am starting over with a 3 ft juvenile.

I went hunting for a photo.  Best I could find is this one.  The palm is at the far end of the pool right in the middle.  It has a small spindle palm growing in front of it.