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Satakentia liukiuensis Indoors?


PsyPalm

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Hey guys!  An Etsy nursery I've bought from in the past just listed these young Satakentia liukiuensis for sale:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/969459303/satakentias-palm?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=lipstick+palm&ref=sr_gallery-1-21&organic_search_click=1&frs=1

I'd never heard of this palm until I saw their listing and I'm thinking about picking one up to grow in my Seattle apartment.  I wanted to see if anyone here has had success growing this palm indoors or just people's experience with it in general.  It seems like a really stunning palm, at this young age it looks a bit similar to howea forsteriana which I am a complete sucker for, and the deep purple crownshaft on the mature tree is extremely unique and appealing.

Thanks in advance!

Loch

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Worth a shot IMO. Palmapedia says they like consistent temperatures day-night so if you can keep it humid enough, maybe it'll be happy. 

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20 hours ago, PsyPalm said:

@JohnAndSancho pulled the trigger!  I'll keep this tread updated with how it does indoors 

Coolsies. I wanna see how that Weddellanium looks when it shows up too. :shaka-2:

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This Satakentia seedling (from Iriomote island) was 2 yr old on the photo below. I kept it at my university office about 10 years, till it died from spider mites because of the dry air on the window sill …

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My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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2 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

This Satakentia seedling (from Iriomote island) was 2 yr old on the photo below. I kept it at my university office about 10 years, till it died from spider mites because of the dry air on the window sill …

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Pal thanks for sharing, I love your vintage photos!  I just got my s. liukiuensis in the mail a few days ago, I'll post a pic to this thread soon:)

Loch

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