Another trip to Cistus Design Nursery

[Chester B]

Hadn't been up here for a while so snapped a few pics when I was there.

Dicksonia antarctica

6' tall Yucca rostrata with bloom spike

This Cycas revoluta is absolutely enormous - over 6' around and tall

Brahea - protected

 

Butia - protected

Lots of little Acuba

 

 

[Chester B]

This is either a Fortunei x Waggie or a Takil.  The pictures simply do not show the the size of this palm and the massive girth on the trunk.  Based on pure mass this is the largest Trachycarpus I know of in this area.

 

Lots of rare stuff for sale

Big Schefflera delayvii - close to 8' across

 

[Chester B]

Regular T. fortunei in the jungle

Big Eucs here too

 

[JasonD]

On 6/3/2019 at 10:37 AM, Chester B said:

This is either a Fortunei x Waggie or a Takil.  The pictures simply do not show the the size of this palm and the massive girth on the trunk.  Based on pure mass this is the largest Trachycarpus I know of in this area.

 

Lots of rare stuff for sale

Big Schefflera delayvii - close to 8' across

 

 

The Trachycarpus at top is definitely a waggie. Sean Hogan has pointed it out to me there as such. Trachycarpus takil has leaves somewhat larger than T. fortunei, with much more evenly divided segments than T. fortunei. Also, the leafbase fibers of Trachycarpus takil are grosser and much less "furry" than those of T. fortunei (and thus T. fortunei 'Wagnerianus').
Palms of the World, McCurrach's wonderful 1960 palm tome, led us astray, unfortunately, with a photo showing a waggie but labeled as a takil, onto a path that still confuses folks. 

Altogether, Trachycarpus takil looks a lot like T. oreophilus / T. ukhrulensis, and not at all like T. fortunei 'Wagnerianus'.

[JasonD]

Also, thank you for the vicarious visit to Cistus!

[Chester B]

On 6/14/2019 at 6:03 PM, JasonD said:

The Trachycarpus at top is definitely a waggie.

Good to know thanks.  I've seen tall waggies but they had tiny little fronds and were kinda ridiculous looking.  This one is a very robust tree.