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Rhapidophyllum hystrix


tjwalters

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A few pictures of my second largest needle palm growing in MD, z7a on the northwest corner of the garage.  Planted as a small palm about 12 years ago.

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In the past my largest needle has produced many viable seeds, but in recent years my needles have been producing only male flowers.  This year this palm has produced a few seeds.  Note the old male flowers around the fruits.  Most folks think needles are either male or female, but they can produce male, female and hermaphroditic flowers on the same plant.

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Tom

Bowie, Maryland, USA - USDA z7a
hardiestpalms.com

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That looks great @tjwalters!

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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I was thinking about your great needle palms up in Bowie and wondering how they've done over the years. They look great as ever.

I still plan to get photos of the mutant African oil palm. I'm recovering from a sprained ankle and my husband is out and doesn't want me clamoring around the yard by myself.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Some of the more enjoyable palms in my yard are the tough ones that just "keep on truckin". Mine is starting to get some decent size on it- albeit slow; but the leaves don't get beat up. It's never  looked ratty; it's just a solid palm with steady growth and always looks good.

 

Well done!

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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2 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

I was thinking about your great needle palms up in Bowie and wondering how they've done over the years. They look great as ever.

I still plan to get photos of the mutant African oil palm. I'm recovering from a sprained ankle and my husband is out and doesn't want me clamoring around the yard by myself.

No worries on the photos.  I had to pull a smaller needle out over the summer and pot it up because voles were destroying it.  They also got 5 of my Sabal minor palms before I noticed.  I dug and treated the soil around those and surprisingly all of them came back.  I guess the growing points were deep enough that the voles didn't get to them.

Tom

Bowie, Maryland, USA - USDA z7a
hardiestpalms.com

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15 hours ago, tjwalters said:

Most folks think needles are either male or female, but they can produce male, female and hermaphroditic flowers on the same plant.

Tom, are the seeds easy to germinate?  I collected seeds from a local needle years ago and wondered if I simply failed or if the seeds were not pollinated.  It came from a single palm with no other needles around.  I remember reading some suggestions (from Dick Douglas I think) regarding cold stratification which I followed, but still had no luck.  

Jon

Jon Sunder

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2 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Tom, are the seeds easy to germinate?  I collected seeds from a local needle years ago and wondered if I simply failed or if the seeds were not pollinated.  It came from a single palm with no other needles around.  I remember reading some suggestions (from Dick Douglas I think) regarding cold stratification which I followed, but still had no luck.  

Jon

Not easy, but I developed a method that seems to work quite well.  Posted on my web site: Rapid Germination of Rhapidophyllum hystrix.

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Tom

Bowie, Maryland, USA - USDA z7a
hardiestpalms.com

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