Areca macrocalyx red

[Bill Austin]

[PalmatierMeg]

So gorgeous!

[Palms Brisbane]

Absoultely stunning!

[John hovancsek]

So beautiful 

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Wow!  First dibs on seeds! 

[KDubU]

They are beauties!

[Kim]

Bill, your good luck to have all red! Of my three, one is always green. Nice shot of beautiful palms.

[realarch]

A stellar garden palm, not too big and not too small……..just right.

Tim

[redant]

 stunning

[palmsOrl]

This thread inspired me to finally order one.  I will treat it like Cyrtostachys renda, but less wet.

[palmsOrl]

Just how cold sensitive are these?  About on par with Cyrtostachys renda?  Do they like wet soil or just evenly moist soil?  Also, do they prefer part or mostly shade or can they handle full sun as small plants?  Thank you.

-Michael

[PalmatierMeg]

Very cold sensitive, very cool sensitive. I wouldn't expose them to temps under 50F. I kept a 5g alive for 6-9 months before losing it. I tried twice more with smaller specimens that survived only a few months. They didn't live long enough to show a red cs. I would not expose them to full FL sun - I kept mine under shade cloth on the back lanai. If I had another one today I might stash it in the jungle all summer with the Howeas and the Cham tuercks because I wonder if FL's non-stop summer swelter might be too much for it. This is a prima donna palm of the first order.

[palmsOrl]

Meg, thank you for the tips.  That was kind of the impression I was under, but I didn't know the heat would bother it too.  Sounds like a special project of a palm for sure.  More sensitive than C. renda to cold and possibly can't take our summer heat.  Hmmmm...well worth a try for such a beautiful palm.

[Brad52]

If I click my heels and try really hard I can see a hint of red on my wee one.

[Kaname-kun]

Mine do fine here in Fort Lauderdale.

 

[Johnny Palmseed]

39 minutes ago, Kaname-kun said:

Mine do fine here in Fort Lauderdale.

 

Wow that looks great! Is that under a cypress tree?

[Kaname-kun]

Yes, a huge bald cypress. Maybe receives some residual warmth and protection from it? We have 4 giants in our back yard that create our canopy.

[realarch]

Jeffery, you have a nice one.

These are so variable color wise and intensity of the red hues. Those growing in shade are taller and thinner, those in sun are a bit more robust and shorter. Makes sense, of course. 

Tim

[PalmatierMeg]

On 6/21/2021 at 5:05 PM, Kaname-kun said:

Mine do fine here in Fort Lauderdale.

 

That is a stunning palm. If only.......

[John of Ponce]

On 6/19/2021 at 4:13 PM, PalmatierMeg said:

Very cold sensitive, very cool sensitive. I wouldn't expose them to temps under 50F. I kept a 5g alive for 6-9 months before losing it. I tried twice more with smaller specimens that survived only a few months. They didn't live long enough to show a red cs. I would not expose them to full FL sun - I kept mine under shade cloth on the back lanai. If I had another one today I might stash it in the jungle all summer with the Howeas and the Cham tuercks because I wonder if FL's non-stop summer swelter might be too much for it. This is a prima donna palm of the first order.

I agree with this statement that they are very cold sensitive. I lost all mine with a cold spell that happened whrn I was out of town. They died at 40 degrees .

[Hilo Jason]

On 6/19/2021 at 5:33 PM, Brad52 said:

If I click my heels and try really hard I can see a hint of red on my wee one.

I see it too, and hopefully the red will increase on it.  I have one that looked like yours a year ago and is slowly starting to show more red as it drops more old leaves.   I really need to add some more soil and mulch around the base of this one.  It's growing in mostly cinder since that is what was already in this planter and I never mulched it like the rest of my yard.  

[Brad52]

I have a palm that is a cross of this guy with the dwarf form of A catechu, not sure what to expect.

[realarch]

Brad,I have one of those too, so far it’s looking pretty plain. No color at all.

Tim

[Brad52]

To my very untrained eye, the red seems to look like the catechu and seems to have short petioles so the cross seems like it will be a short palm?  Oops, sorry, I'm hijacking a post here so never mind!

Edited July 9, 2021 by Brad52

[palmsOrl]

My Areca macrocalyx "red" is really taking off.  I wasn't sure about the substrate I planted it in but this moderately hot, humid, wet summer must be to its liking as it is already putting out its first pinnate frond.