How does this bottle palm survive?

[palmsOrl]

I saw this at a local nursery in Punta Gorda and it leaves me wondering.

[aztropic]

Kinda the same thing with this date palm...  Original damage was caused by the 1989 deep freeze. This palm is still alive and growing 30 plus years later.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

Edited May 16, 2022 by aztropic

[Looking Glass]

9 hours ago, palmsOrl said:

I saw this at a local nursery in Punta Gorda and it leaves me wondering.

 

Shows you how well these grow in Florida.   Don’t even need a trunk to produce double spears. 

[bubba]

Holy palm. Skinny date!

[kinzyjr]

It's a wonder the Hyophorbe lagenicaulis can produce any fronds.  It must have about 1 sq. in. of live trunk left.

[JohnAndSancho]

That's the Samuel L. Jackson of palms. 

[DreaminAboutPalms]

Here’s what Filifera trunks look like after seeing close to zero, multiple times in the case of a few.

winters in Texas have been rough the last decade or so… other than first pic with trunk constriction all others looked noticeably better prior to 2010

 

 

[James B]

No words for the bottle palm. At least they don’t get tall enough to crush someone beneath them because it’s one tropical storm away.

And I had no idea Washingtonia could take close to zero. That’s crazy. I thought they bottomed out around 15-17 degrees. Must be a new record.

[DreaminAboutPalms]

13 hours ago, James B said:

No words for the bottle palm. At least they don’t get tall enough to crush someone beneath them because it’s one tropical storm away.

And I had no idea Washingtonia could take close to zero. That’s crazy. I thought they bottomed out around 15-17 degrees. Must be a new record.

In dry conditions they are far cold hardier. There are Washingtonia in New Mexico in Alamogordo that have survived below zero