Walking Stick Palm / Linospadix monostachya

[el-blanco]

One of my favorite palms.... Walking Stick Palm/Linospadix monostachya.  I bought this from Louie Hooper 15 or so years ago.  It does not keep a robust crown like it use to.  Never an issue with this palm and a great grower.  The orchid I attached has been there for some 10 years as well.  It has never bloomed (?).  Has never set seed.  Any of you in Lo Cal have one that has seeded?

 

JW

[Darold Petty]

I have a clump of this species, it started as three stems, but  after about 20 years one stem died.  Two remain. My two palms seem to flower constantly yet almost  never make seed.

  I do have 4 seeds now, the first in 25 years !   

[PalmatierMeg]

I love this little palm but it doesn't like my hot, humid climate. I did buy an adult one from Jeff Searle 10 years ago and managed to keep it going for a couple years but it finally succumbed.

[realarch]

Nifty little palm, and after seeing them in habit in Australia, just had to have one. Found an old specimen that had been growing in a pot for 20 some years and convinced the owner to sell it to me. Planted it out and it slowly declined and died, but not before seeding. I got two seeds to germinate and so far surviving in 1 gal. pots. Hope tp keep them alive.

Tim

[Tyrone]

They seem to be happier growing on the south coast for me than up in Perth. They struggled up there in summer. My first I ever got was from a nursery in the Albany area. A palmy person not far from me in Albany let me take some seed off his and they all came up. I think this species likes it shady very moist and humid but without any excessive heat. Much over 30C or dry hot winds with hot nights do a number on them. They seem to hate hot afternoon sun as well, so light morning sun is probably best.

[Daryl]

The trick with them is 'no full sun', In fact, no sun at all. Keep the soil moist and cool and they grow well. They are only found in habitat here in the mountains, and their greatest populations are on the higher mountains, where it is substantially cooler than the lowlands. They still grow well here though, and tolerate high temperatures and humidity. Just keep them in full shade in a humid, moist corner of the garden.  My single plant of this species in the old garden fruited almost continually, and the fruit are the real feature of this palm.

Daryl

 

 

Edited July 17, 2018 by Daryl

[Daryl]

[Tyrone]

So dark cool and moist to probably wet is the answer then.

[realarch]

Thanks for the great photos Daryl.

Tim

[Daryl]

Habitat photos...

[Daryl]

 

[el-blanco]

Great photos everyone.  Thx

[Tyrone]

16 hours ago, Daryl said:

Habitat photos...

It's pretty dark in there. Gotta plant more huge butressed root trees in the yard and plant the lino's right under them. 

[sandgroper]

And you can eat the fruit from them.

[KrisKupsch]

Great info Daryl, just my 2 c...they do occur in the lowlands, there’s some in the reserve at northern end of Steve Irwin Way and it can be found here in my home town in the lowlands but yes your correct, the mountains are rife with them. Some areas Linospadix dominates.

Darold if yours has more than 1 stem ie clumping then it isn’t Linospadix monostachyos (note name change)...this species never clumps.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2018 by KrisKupsch

[Darold Petty]

Mine is correctly named, it was 3 plants in one pot, about 15-20mm trunk diameter.  Thanks for the tip about the species name !