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Satakentia liukiuensis


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150cm tall plant in 2 gallon container inside my greenhouse.  Very minor damage after 33F.

Jack Sayers

East Los Angeles

growing cold tolerant palms halfway between the equator and the arctic circle...

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Small one gal size plant in ground under the canopy of a King palm.

No damage... Official Modesto temps 23f... My garden temps 26f.

Jeff

Modesto, CA USDA 9b

July/August average 95f/63f

Dec/Jan average 55f/39f

Average lowest winter temp 27f

Record low temp 18f

Record high temp 113f

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  • 3 weeks later...

(Jeff in Modesto @ Feb. 03 2007,12:13)

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Small one gal size plant in ground under the canopy of a King palm.

No damage... Official Modesto temps 23f... My garden temps 26f.

Jeff

This does not make sense. Satakentia liukiuensis handled 26 degrees? Is there anyone else with data on these?

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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Don't know what doesn't make sense about what I said?

Anyway, here is a pic today. It is still small but wasn't covered this winter.

Jeff

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Modesto, CA USDA 9b

July/August average 95f/63f

Dec/Jan average 55f/39f

Average lowest winter temp 27f

Record low temp 18f

Record high temp 113f

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About a five gallon plant with mulch around its growing point. No problems at all after 2 nights at 32f the 2nd night had frost as well. It is planted under limited canopy of a Delonix regia.

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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Two Satake palms, each around 6 feet tall (with taller spears) without canopy protection. Both are somewhat shaded in winter (north side of house).

The temperature, under a clear sky with a slight breeze, fell to freezing about 9:30 pm and remained at 31-32 degrees F until falling to about 30 at dawn (temperatures are from the airport, about a mile away. My neighborhood has lots of trees, so may have been a degree or two warmer).

Both Satakentias suffered burning on the younger leaves. The spears seem undamaged. Palms in the yard, with full exposure to the sky, that suffered no apparent damage include Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, A. tuckeri, Carpentaria, Dypsis decaryi, Thrinax radiata, and Dypsis "fine leaf".

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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The satakes look no worse a day later (low temperature last night was 33, surprisingly without frost). I'm reminded that these palms have suffered sunburn damage in the summer. I suspect that the cold damage may be as much from dry conditions as from the mild freeze.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Leaf damage spread a bit over the past several days. Some leaves were hard hit, others untouched.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Not too bad Dave. Thanks for the pic.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Oddly, most of the damage was to one of the two plants. The larger of the pair suffered damage to just one leaf. Damage is similar to what the neighbors' Dypsis lutescens suffered.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Both of the Satakentias have burning on most of their leaves after two nights, each with about nine hours of freezing temperatures. The colder night got down to 28 degrees [-2.2 C], twice, at the nearby airport. An adjacent Archontophoenix tuckeri has modest leaf burning (most leaves untouched). A. cunninghamiana, Carpentaria, Coccothrinax x Zombia, Dypsis plumosa, D. decaryi, and Thrinax radiata appear untouched. A coconut palm across the street is badly browned.

I expect the Satakentia leaf damage to spread and worsen over the next week, as it did last year.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Browning hasn't spread much since the freeze, but tissue death makes things look worse. The spears seem fine.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Dave,

Are you in southern part of Vero?, I lived in VLE/ close to 95, and cant seem to grow anything here because of the freeze. I dont have any overhead protection and all my palms get toast and eventually perish. Pretty soon Im gonna be pushing daisys.. I wish I could see your yard one of this day.

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I'm near the airport. The yard has partial oak canopy, which seems protective even when a freeze brings lots of air movement and temperatures are supposedly pretty uniform across broad areas. We were supposedly only barely warmer than Orlando thanks to all the northwesterly wind.

It's been interesting to notice how royal palms fared well near the coast, but not around I-95. Coconuts are badly toasted near my house, but look better near the beach. I bet satake palms would do well at the beach, especially if planted on the south sides of buildings and/or in areas with good live oak canopy.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Here's one of mine, fried from 26 F (-3 C), followed by 28 two weeks later. Photo was taken in January after the full extent of damage was apparent. They are both exposed to the sky. I strongly suspect they would have fared better under partial oak tree canopy. A young oak is growing in their direction.

This Satakentia will soon be unfurling a partly-damaged new leaf. Unfortunately, it and the one next to it were just recovering from last year's damage, so I doubt that they have resources for a quick recovery.

[To the rear and right of the Satakentia is a leaf-burned Archontophoenix tuckeri]

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Here's the same Satakentia from a slightly different angle, October 19, 2011.

It looks poised to fully recover if the upcoming winter is mild. The nearly full-sized leaf unfurling is encouraging.

The Satakentia visible in part on the right is nearly fully recovered. It only has a couple of damaged leaves.

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Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Here's the same Satakentia from a slightly different angle, October 19, 2011.

It looks poised to fully recover if the upcoming winter is mild. The nearly full-sized leaf unfurling is encouraging.

The Satakentia visible in part on the right is nearly fully recovered. It only has a couple of damaged leaves.

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And here's that other one. The two are almost certainly siblings, from the same batch of seed:

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This one has nearly completed restoring its crown.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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  • 2 years later...

I knew these were pretty tough, but I didn't know that they were THAT tough.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Here's my Satakentias this past summer. There has been some browning of leaves, possibly related to what seems to be a nutrient problem in the bed to the rear. The palms have been putting out new leaves regularly, and I think the browning problem may solve itself this coming summer. We had a balmy winter with no significant damage in the yard, except to some very tender heliconia leaves.

I doubt that these palms will prove hardy in our climate in a time frame of, perhaps, 20 years.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Was that a Jeff bump??

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."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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  • 2 years later...
On 2/1/2010, 7:22:09, Alan_Tampa said:

Toast at 26F. Will see how it recovers.

 

Alan

Did yours ever come back?

Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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51 minutes ago, Alan_Tampa said:

Nope, that was the end of that!

Sorry to hear that. :(

It sounds reasonably cold tolerant, but if it didn't survive for you I'll just cross it off my list. 

Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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That was a bad winter,  I've been meaning to try one again.  I had it for 7 years before winter got it, not too bad. Don't cross it off yet!

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Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

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