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Rhopalostyllis sp Chatham Islands


Alberto

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Rhopalostyllis sp Chatham Islands is very fast growing palm compared to Rhopalstylis sapida . This latter I also have growing here. They survived practically unscathed a freeze that killed some of my highland Euterpe edulis and killed also a mature Chamaedorea costaricana.

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Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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10 hours ago, Alberto said:

Rhopalostyllis sp Chatham Islands is very fast growing palm compared to Rhopalstylis sapida . This latter I also have growing here. They survived practically unscathed a freeze that killed some of my highland Euterpe edulis and killed also a mature Chamaedorea costaricana.

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They are awesome Alberto - how big were these when planted out and how old are they ?

Do they have tree canopy in Winter / or exposed to frosts ?

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They are 7-8 years old from seeds. I cultivated them in pots and planted out very young  (+- 1 feet high).  They are growing below canopy of some native trees like "aroeira" (brazilian pepper) and others.

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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20 hours ago, Albey said:

Hi Alberto

How fast would you think Chatham island nikau is compared to other species - like Butia / Queens ?

Compared to a Butia they are slow.and compared to a queen, they are slugs :-)

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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On 2/15/2016, 1:40:14, Alberto said:

Rhopalostyllis sp Chatham Islands is very fast growing palm compared to Rhopalstylis sapida . This latter I also have growing here. They survived practically unscathed a freeze that killed some of my highland Euterpe edulis and killed also a mature Chamaedorea costaricana.

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how cold did you get?

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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The minimum until today was -5ºC. 

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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On 19/02/2016 20:55:35, Pal Meir said:

-5°C ?! And your Lytocaryum weddellianum and L. insigne did survive too?

I had a lot of seedlings of L. weddelianum planted out in dense forest that grew up. After some years of growth , some died with the freeze and others survived.I don´t know how much the temperature dropped inside the forest...... L. insigne weren´t planted out at the time, but i suspect they are cold hardier then L. weddlianum,

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Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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On 19/02/2016 21:14:13, Darold Petty said:

Alberto, here is what your palm will look like in a few years!

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Wow!!!! Incredible!!!!

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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