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Moss on palms


Kumar

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I wonder if it is common for moss to grow on palm trunks. My brick walls are overrun with the stuff and the stem of my royals have turned a bright shade of green. Please add more images!

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Kumar

Bombay, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 23 - 32 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 3400.0 mm

Calcutta, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 19 - 33 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 1600.0 mm

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Not a problem in So Cal.... :)

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

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Kumar, here is a photo I took yesterday at a restaurant on the beach.

Moss covered Attalea rostrata trunk

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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It is pretty common in high rainfall areas. I think a shot of copper will get rid of it if you don't like it.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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It is pretty common in high rainfall areas. I think a shot of copper will get rid of it if you don't like it.

I love the moss. It grows for three to four months and covers a couple of light patches on the stems which were the result of a slight termite attack a year ago. By October it dries and falls off in crusts. Some palms are espcially moe prone to it - esp those with small dents and grooves like royals and borassus. glossy stems like areca and dypsis seem to be immune.

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Kumar

Bombay, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 23 - 32 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 3400.0 mm

Calcutta, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 19 - 33 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 1600.0 mm

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Here's some photos of royals and alexs near Nambour (at the Big Pineapple) with that look. Does this mean that the air is clean ?

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Wow, look at that lil' red Daihatsui Applause, what a ripper !

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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My Brahea armata has a lot of moss on the trunk, which apparently is not good.

Regards Andy.

Bangor, Norin Iron Zone 9a Min temp normally around -3 Degrees C, rarely -6C. Only 2 x -2.0C so far, verging on 9b this year. No snow or Frost this Winter. Several just subzero's this year, lets hope it stays this way. Normally around 5C to 10C + in winter, with lots of wind & rain. Summers usually better, 20C to 25 C occasionally 25C to 28C, also quite humid being a coastal town

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I love it as well. It is a sign of the area being hot and wet. Good for growing most palms.

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

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My Brahea armata has a lot of moss on the trunk, which apparently is not good.

Regards Andy.

Andy,

Given that B. armata prefers dry conditions, I too would think not. full sun and limtied water is the key to success with these. Since they do not move well, you might try to find a way to improve the condtions where it is.

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

"Its always exciting the first time you save the world. Its a real thrill!"

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