Who else in Texas has one of these?

[oliver]

Got this one from Phil I believe about 3 years ago in a 5 gallon. Was a little slow at first, but is one of my fastest growing palms in the past 2 years - at least 7 or 8 new fronds per year right through the winter. It has seen 34 degrees for 6 hrs or so with only a little bit of leaf yellowing. It gets the runoff from my pool deck and the ground is always very wet - in fact when we actually get some rain, it is sitting in standing water for a couple of days at a time. This is a great palm for South Texas!

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Wow Oliver, very nice!

I just stopped at my parent's place on the way home and saw theirs is about the same size.

Keep up the good work! Wonder who else has them in TX?

[epicure3]

I would love to see more pics of palms in South Texas and also the Houston area. We never get enough posters from TX.

[Davidl]

Oliver is that a Carpoxylon macrospermum ? It looks good

[oliver]

Yes David - it is a Carpoxylon. I have 5 or 6 of them in the ground and most are doing very well. And epicure, we have a few avid palm collectors in deep South Texas (where the climate is totally different than Houston) but not too many on this board. Our climate here in Brownsville is kind of a combination of South Florida and Southern California. We do have very hot summers like Fla, but we don't get as much rain. Since I have been here (14 yrs) I have only seen the temp drop below 32 once, and that was associated with the only snow that this area has received in at least 100 years. Within 4 hours of the snow, the sun came out and it warmed into the 70's. We are growing quite a few quasi tropical things such as coconuts, Bismarkias and Veitchias. I'm sure after global warming is reversed, that we will get a wicked cold front and all of them will die, but for now we are having fun.

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[LauraAnu]

Great looking carpoxylon. It is good to see these can survive the heat. Do you think this is due to all that water this particular palnt is getting?

Laura

Edited October 25, 2009 by LauraAnu

[oliver]

I think that this particular one is growing faster than the others because of the water, but I have several others that don't get nearly as much water and they are doing reasonably well also. We had a particularly hot summer this year and I did not lose any of the Carpoxylons although I did lose a lot of others which basically just cooked. (Burretiokentias and Arecas to name a few)

[LauraAnu]

Thanks. I will be on the lookout for available seeds.

Laura

[epicure3]

Maybe you can post some pictures of your other palms and plants. Would love to see them. Your Carpoxylon is very beautiful.

[bubba]

Oliver, Great Carpoxolon! It is great to see all of the Tropicals that grow in the Rio Grande Valley. I agree that more pictures of things like your Coconuts and Royals and all the other suprises would be great!

[iamjv]

Epicure, you can always see plenty of south & central Texas palms at PSST , go to the previous meetings page. Jv

[MattyB]

That's absolutely amazing growth. I have a Carpoxylon, that was a 5 gallon from that same batch of Phil's 3 years ago, and it's only 2" at the base and stands 18" tall. What the heck?

[oliver]

I think the high hunidity and heat along with the fact that this one is getting tons of water are helping. I have a few others around the yard and they are only half as big. This one also gets full, blazing, all day sun. I'll try to get around and take some pictures of some other stuff.

[Xenon]

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I'm dying to know if this Carpoxylon is still alive.

Jonathan

[DoomsDave]

Great Carpoxie!

They'll not grow for me at all.

Hmm. Be wary of the Blue Northers. When they come, there is nothing to stop them, between you and the North Pole.

[Dypsisdean]

I would venture a guess you have the largest on the mainland outside of So. Florida. Good job. It bodes well for eventual success in SoCal.

[markincorpus]

I have nothing quite that cool...YET

[Xerarch]

Ok, I know this already got bumped once, but I'd still like to know if this is still alive, anyone know?

[oliver]

That one died of unknown causes (likely a rhinocerus beetle) but I have another one that is almost as big and survived the ice storm of 2010. Only 1 out of 6 of my coconuts survived that storm.

[Zeeth]

How about an updated picture? Also one of the coconut survivor!

[oliver]

I will take some pics and post them later today.

Oliver

[realarch]

Looking forward to the update, that Carpoxylon looks great! Can't imagine what it looks like now.

[Xenon]

[Xerarch]

Too bad about the one that died and the cocos but it's also encouraging about the ones that survived 2010. Can't wait to see updated pics!