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Roystonea Regia in the tropics at 2400 m of elevation, will it survive?


EmZ

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Hey! I just got a young roystonea Regia given that it’s the warmest season of the year here in Mexico City, but I feel insecure about the future of it. I just planted it in a larger pot, and know of a few roystoneas around my area that manage to survive, but it seems like they all got here as adults. Our summers are rainy with highs between 25 and 27 Celsius and lows between 12 and 15 Celsius, with our hottest season being right now (March - June) with highs between 27-32°C and lows between 12-15°C & our coldest season with highs between 18-25°C - lows between 4°C - 9°C, rarely below 5°C. 
 What do you think? 
here’s the plant & some of the roystoneas I’ve found in the city, most of them look extremely ignored and not taken care of, sadly. 
4-BD87-D65-66-A2-4-C3-C-978-F-0945516936

 

4020-A09-A-35-CA-42-C6-9-FD4-2-CA10-F80-
 

the others around, starting by the closest ones to me: 

48-D17-DE5-4484-45-F9-AC7-D-E2-D1441-F5-

 

0406-A12-C-C9-AC-40-C0-A56-C-40-C8-CA5-E
 

0-AE77172-6-A64-4-CAF-9-E6-B-3798-B017-F

40-A7-CE0-C-1-BF2-4095-AFF0-3-DD93-EEBF1

 

 

:)

 

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Those big Roystonea look good to me, especially considering the tiny plots of earth that several of them grow in.  I think your Roystonea should be fine, as long as it has a big enough pot, and adequate water.  Great that you just repotted it into a larger pot.

Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, California.  Vicarious appreciator of palms in other people's gardens and in habitat

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I’m pretty certain it will be fine. Give it plenty of water and nutrient and stand back and watch it explode with growth. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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It will be totally fine. there is some here in Durango at 1884 meters elevation but we are a lot further north. I do know the history of 2 of the Royals in town. They got planted out around 2-3 meter tall, but thin as pencils, then they fattened up for some years before growing more upwards. I have seen photos of Christmas palms even in CDMX.

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