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Here are some of my thoughts on the subject: Tens of thousands of plant and animal species are vanishing all over the world... and no one cares. No one talks about them on forums and sadly very few people, if any, would miss them. Then there are Wodyetias and the Siberian Tigers of this world. There are hundreds of them. We talk about them and we care. We talk about Wodyetias a lot because they're on every corner in many tropical and sub-tropical places. But whatever the reason - it helps. It puts it on the map. It has a better chance now. I would like it very much for Hyophorbe amaricaulis to become more abundant. Somewhere a good person in me wants it to happen for the noble reasons of preserving it's islands biodiversity. Then there is a selfish person inside of me that wants it saved, so that I can plant it one day. Which one do you think is more motivated? There is a much stronger chance that people on this forum would donate money to a project that saves Wodyetias, than to a project that saves some Unknowislandus remotus somewhere. Why? Because people here have seen it in cultivation. Not much money would be available for preserving the habitat of the Siberian Tiger, if they wouldn't be trapping those things and sticking them in the middle of the Bronx!One Hyophorbe amaricaulis is left in the wild, none in cultivation (and that wild part is debatable btw. it's in habitat but I've heard opinions that it might have been human planted). Now let's examine a reverse scenario - none in habitat, 100 in cultivation. Would the species be better of and have a brighter future?Animals disperse seeds. It's only natural. We're all animals. If the seagulls can do it, then so can we! The only difference is that humans can apply logic to it, so basically if we have a reason, we do a much better job.Cultivation introduces species into anthropogenic biomes, which eventually they would need to get adapted to in order to survive (whether we like it or not). No species can afford to stay away any longer

Jason, have to agree with Jonathan, moving this post would give it better exposure, and hence perhaps a resolution to your problem.... .....but your problem is immediate, right now, so just a stab at it... Pile snow on top of your Rapidophylum, as much as you can find, at least for now...32 degrees it can handle, and snow will insulate it from lower temps. I would recommend against trying to increase it's micro-clime in huge increments, at least in the short term. without the added application of crown fungicides-bactericides.. Best of luck..it's too early for a postmortem, don't give up hope just yet..... Rusty