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Ptychococcus ledermannianus

SubTropicRay

By SubTropicRay
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SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Who's growing this palm?  Why is the seed so hard to come by?  

Ptychococcus ledermannianus

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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OK,

Now I'm confused.  Ptychosperma or Ptycococcus?  Ptychosperma ledermanniana is now Ponapea ledermanianna.  Floribunda has seedlings for sale right now.

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

cfkingfish Grand Master

cfkingfish

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Im pretty sure he means Ptychococcus. Ray and I oogled over a nice seven gallon at the sale. It is dainty but elegant, and hard to come by. I have never seen seed or plants for sale.

Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

www.faulknerspalms.com

 

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bgl Grand Master

bgl

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That name is NOT on Kew's list. The only two are P. lepidotus and P. paradoxus.

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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PACSOA also lists P. elatus.

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bgl Grand Master

bgl

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According to Kew that's the same as P. paradoxus.

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

Jason in Orlando Experienced

Jason in Orlando

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P. paradoxus is HOT!

Ray, did you post once before that you are growing or were growing P. lepidotus?  If so, how is/are yours doing?  I've got two here that don't like the summer very much, but they slog through it and don't seem to mind temps near freezing in the winter.  Just curious what anyone else's experiences may be.

Jason

Skell's Bells

 

 

Inland Central Florida, 28N, 81W. Humid-subtropical climate with occasional frosts and freezes. Zone 9b.

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Hi Jason,

My P. lepidotus died last summer during a week in the mid 90'sF.  Finding a replacement has been near impossible.

Ray

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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P lepidotus is a very high altitude Papua New Guinea palm. I'm wondering what cold tolerance these have. Seed is very hard to come by.

regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Hmmmm... no one website appears to have a consensus.  I've never been a huge fan (pun intended) of lumping species.  This is often a result of over simplification.

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KrisKupsch Proficient

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On 3/24/2008 at 2:50 PM, Tyrone said:

P lepidotus is a very high altitude Papua New Guinea palm. I'm wondering what cold tolerance these have. Seed is very hard to come by.

 

regards

 

Tyrone

Thriving in nensw

peachy Grand Master

peachy

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Where I live any high elevation palms from New Guinea do fine.  I get some winter nights down to 0c and minus 3 and 4 have happened over the years. It's frost that takes them out.  Low altitude species usually croak halfway through their first winter outside around here.

Peachy

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I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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