Phoenix Roebelenii Palm Repotting Work_Dec 2017

[Kris]

Dear Friends,

I welcome you all to another palm re-potting work,This time the palm is Phoenix Roebelenii palm this one had come to me from Bro.M@x,Italy few years back.And this palm's leaf is not soft but is little rigid and tempered to be a true form.i.e could be a Hybrid Pygmy palm.Only on planting in the ground one could be sure as it puts its trunk.Since this palm was growing in a mineral water bottle for quite sometime thought i should give this palm a new pot for it to grow freely.

For those who want to see how this palm looks when its big,here's a link given below for you to see those lovely visuals...there you can also see few fine hybrids of this variety.

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Phoenix_roebelenii

And for those interested in these seeds and want to know how to germinate this palm,Here is the link :

http://rarepalmseeds.com/pix/PhoRoe.shtml

From the following post you will have visuals of that re-potting work,And the climate here is very pleasant for all palm related maintenance work. 

Love,

Kris.

 

 

[Kris]

Now let's see the Hero of this thread :

This is the pot which will house this palm for few years :

Tool and instruments needed for the operation,And the Doc is about to operate..

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This is how it looks after the operation..

Now to the digging work and removal of few weeds that had grown in the pot

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The palm is gently lowered into the pit to see all is well 

Btw. I never disturb the roots as to free the entangled root,But allow nature do its job.Due to this my palms never skip a beat.And the floor area of this pot is layered with coarse grade perlite so red/fire ants don't breed in there.A close-up view !

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[Kris]

While refilling the pot once again,we mixed the dug up soil with neem mulch,seaweed granules and perlite :

The pot is flooded with water to help remove the air pockets surrounding the new palm and old soil medium..

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Once the water has drained,the top layer appears to have lowered and the palm's roots were visible needing some soil top-up !

After adding some soil this how the palm finally looks at its new home 

Love,

Kris.

More updates in the coming months...