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Kentiopsis oliviformis

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Kentiopsis oliviformis (20 years old)

a nice palm suited even for temperate-warm climates, but little cultivated in the Mediterranean area.

 

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Some information on this species:

https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/kentiopsis-oliviformis/?lang=en

 

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Pietro Puccio

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gilles06 Experienced

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Healthy palm, no weevil?

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elevation 328 feet

distance from mediteranean sea 1,1 mile

lowest t° 2009/2010 : 27F

lowest t° 2008/2009 : 33F

lowest t° 2007/2008 : 32F

lowest t° 2006/2007 : 35F

lowest t° 2005/2006 : 27F

lowest t° 2004/2005 : 25F

Historical lowest t° 1985 : 18F

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@pietropuccio!

Belissimo! Very nice indeed. I didn't think they'd grow in Italy!

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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They’re well suited to Mediterranean climates as long as they are well watered. I have three here in California and they are fast growers. 

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Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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My 3 gallon size seedling in the ground survived 28F plus frost two days in a row 9 year ago, but only a handfull of days each winter are near 32F.  The question is not just ultimate low but length of winter as well.  These are slow to recover and grow as well.

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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4 hours ago, Palmsofengland said:

What’s the lowest temperature people have seen this take?

Mine has taken 26f

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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Thanks to all!

- gilles06, I really hope not.

- Palmsofengland, from different sources around -3 ° C.

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Pietro Puccio

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On 11/14/2019 at 7:17 PM, gilles06 said:

Healthy palm, no weevil?

I really wonder, whether there is any recorded incident of a crownshafted palm having been infested by rpw... 

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Surely Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, I have a photo, but I can't find it, and it is reported in literature that also attacks Areca catechu and Roystonea regia, however you are right :winkie:, the RPW prefers palms with fibers to build the cocoon.
Here are some interesting photos:

https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/rhynchophorus-ferrugineus/?lang=en

Found!

 

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Pietro Puccio

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Unfortunately rpw can kill every palm in one season...

Pietro do you grow royal palm?

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elevation 328 feet

distance from mediteranean sea 1,1 mile

lowest t° 2009/2010 : 27F

lowest t° 2008/2009 : 33F

lowest t° 2007/2008 : 32F

lowest t° 2006/2007 : 35F

lowest t° 2005/2006 : 27F

lowest t° 2004/2005 : 25F

Historical lowest t° 1985 : 18F

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Yes, in the past for 13 years, suddenly collapsed in the summer of 2005, probably a victim of the RPW, then still unknown.

Photo (2004):

 

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Pietro Puccio

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Waow, it was a very nice specimen!

You should use preventiv treatment if you want to keep some of your palm trees.

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elevation 328 feet

distance from mediteranean sea 1,1 mile

lowest t° 2009/2010 : 27F

lowest t° 2008/2009 : 33F

lowest t° 2007/2008 : 32F

lowest t° 2006/2007 : 35F

lowest t° 2005/2006 : 27F

lowest t° 2004/2005 : 25F

Historical lowest t° 1985 : 18F

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16 hours ago, gilles06 said:

Unfortunately rpw can kill every palm in one season...

Pietro do you grow royal palm?

Carlo Morici is currently growing a small one somewhere in Calabria or Sicily.

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On 11/16/2019 at 9:06 PM, pietropuccio said:

Surely Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, I have a photo, but I can't find it, and it is reported in literature that also attacks Areca catechu and Roystonea regia, however you are right :winkie:, the RPW prefers palms with fibers to build the cocoon.
Here are some interesting photos:

https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/rhynchophorus-ferrugineus/?lang=en

Found!

 

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I know of of your past losses reg Bizzie and Loulou... sadly. I have discovered one mistake in the suggested article. Namely that " usually the specimens attacked by the red palm weevil must be at least seven meters tall."

reg Phoenix canariensis. This could be true in the very initial stages the pest expansion, now those bugs are not picky at all. This picture taken past summer. 

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7 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Carlo Morici is currently growing a small one somewhere in Calabria or Sicily.

Yes, I know it, it is in a very sheltered place near Messina (northern coast of Sicily), but I have no recent news of it.

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Pietro Puccio

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7 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

 I have discovered one mistake in the suggested article. Namely that " usually the specimens attacked by the red palm weevil must be at least seven meters tall."

reg Phoenix canariensis. This could be true in the very initial stages the pest expansion, now those bugs are not picky at all. This picture taken past summer. 

 

I fully agree and I pointed this out to the author (an entomologist, not a palm grower), who added "usually".

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Pietro Puccio

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