copernicia macroglossa

[epicure3]

Has anybody tried this palm here? It is a very interesting palm. Not sure if I would qualify it as good looking or not. Just curious.

[BS Man about Palms]

I have a small one that would barely classify as a 1 gal. It has struggled since green house removal 9 months ago or so..

Bill

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

I had nursed one along for a few years in a 5 gal, then planted it out this spring...it promptly croaked. I also lost a Cop. Fallaense (15 gal, in the ground) to the heavy rains two winters ago.

On a happy note, my Cop Baileyana is quite happy, and has pushed three leaves this year.

I think you would be even further handicapped near the coast...they love heat. The few I still have in pots that were languishing have perked up in this summers heat.

[Greg in Lake Forest CA]

This may actually grow here provided you can find one with some size.  DO NOT buy a seedling, at least for me, brutally slow, in 4 years, they're still tiny seedlings, good for about a leaf a year.

Here's a plant on Oahu.

[Walter John]

Some from Darwin bot gardens

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

And for those who just can't wait...try Furcraea Roezlii. Click on the pick of Beddinghausii for full effect

http://translate.google.com/transla....&u=http

AKA Beddinghausii, Longeava, etc..

Very fast, too

[MattyB]

Nice substitute Steve.

[elHoagie]

For what it's worth, I purchased one that was bursting out of a liner about 2 years ago.  I immediately put it into a 5 gallon pot and put it in the warmest spot in my greenhouse.  It's put on about 4 leaves since then, and is starting to fatten up a little at the base (maybe 1cm diameter).  It's slower than the C. fallaense that I have growing right next to it, but not by too much.

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

(MattyB @ Aug. 11 2006,13:08)

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Nice substitute Steve.

Not for the gardener challenged by lack of sq ft, for sure...but a beauty.