Fusca 2,874 Report post Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) I saw this needle palm clump yesterday at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Anyone see something unusual? Edited September 21, 2021 by Fusca 3 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teddytn 1,360 Report post Posted November 14, 2021 I thought these 2 to be very unusual. The trunk was 4 feet tall and had to be 10 feet overall. Varigated needle “moonshine” 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvillePalmer 19 Report post Posted November 23, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 6:46 PM, teddytn said: I thought these 2 to be very unusual. The trunk was 4 feet tall and had to be 10 feet overall. Varigated needle “moonshine” Where was that 4' tall trunked needle? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teddytn 1,360 Report post Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, LouisvillePalmer said: Where was that 4' tall trunked needle? At Plant Delights nursery in Raleigh, NC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigfish 348 Report post Posted November 28, 2021 On 9/20/2021 at 7:46 PM, Fusca said: I saw this needle palm clump yesterday at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Anyone see something unusual? It’s hard to tell from my phone, but are a couple of the leaves variegated? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fusca 2,874 Report post Posted November 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bigfish said: It’s hard to tell from my phone, but are a couple of the leaves variegated? You're close. Actually there are two different leaves from two different palms. I didn't realize that the lighting of the original pic made it so hard to see the volunteer seedling growing in the clump. I took another photo today from another angle. 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjwalters 322 Report post Posted December 4, 2021 On 11/28/2021 at 5:11 PM, Fusca said: You're close. Actually there are two different leaves from two different palms. I didn't realize that the lighting of the original pic made it so hard to see the volunteer seedling growing in the clump. I took another photo today from another angle. Are you thinking this is a needle palm? This looks like Livistona chinensis or something similar. Note the costapalmate leaf and armored petiole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fusca 2,874 Report post Posted December 4, 2021 24 minutes ago, tjwalters said: Are you thinking this is a needle palm? This looks like Livistona chinensis or something similar. Note the costapalmate leaf and armored petiole. That was my whole point. The Livistona chinensis volunteer is growing within the clump of the suckering needle palm. You can see the Livistona to the right with about 6 leaves and the rest of the clump is the needle with about 25 leaves that are only half the size of the Livistona's leaves. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
