Splurging on Palm Purchase

[avanza]

My biggest splurges were a $200 K.Oliviformus and $165 for a C. Baileyana. My usual limit is around $40 but I'd been wanting a Bailey (actually I wanted a Fallaence but don't have the $500 to spend so the Bailey was the next best thing, with all of the promiscuity in the genus maybe I have some Fallaence genes in there somewhere)

I'm happy I bought them even though there was a certain amount of guilt involved in both purchases.

cool mate

[LJG]

I wouldn't worry about how it looks now. It might take three years before it really sets in. But it will. Just have to be patient. It is a nice palm.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Wow, old bump from this thread I started in 2008. Has time flown! As expected, all the younger queen palms planted beneath the big expensive one have caught up or passed it up in height. I have great canopy there now and have lots of shade tolerant palms and plants under them now. The big challenge now though, is all the fruit drop and seedlings from fruit I don't get cleaned up in time. Since then, my palm purchases have been on the smaller side with one and five gallon specimens ruling.

[KennyRE317]

lanceolata will get over 15', i think it'll get to 10' pretty quickly. mine's been getting alot of sun for the last year and a half and was getting adjusted until the heatwave which gave it a little burn but mine's in full all day sun with absolutely no shade

[KennyRE317]

most i've paid was $150 for a single palm and i did that twice

[humangenomaproject]

Kenny,

How much bigger than 15 foot will the Lanceolatas get?

Thanks,

Jason

[sleazius]

The 7' rupicolas (or hybrids) I'm looking at are A$750 each, its the transport and the crane to get them into position which is the real cost. Easily the most expensive palm purchase I'll ever make (providing I do it).

Edited September 22, 2014 by sleazius

[Darold Petty]

Do it !!

I imported 3 plants of Geonoma undata from NZ in year 2000. It was a pricey transaction, but (to my knowledge) I am the only person in California with two adult plants of this species.

The most I have spent on one palm was $1000 USD for a Howea forsteriana in a 30 inch box. My tiny patio is overlooked by my neighbor's window above one very exposed corner. This palm was an instant fix for that sightline, and money well spent.

[rick]

Thanks for bumping this post Moose...makes me feel a bit better. I prefer to buy small but Ive splurged twice paying $200 each for a tunking Coccothrinax crinita and a large Carpoxylon macrospermum. Both didnt make it. The carpoxylon came out today

[KennyRE317]

Kenny,

How much bigger than 15 foot will the Lanceolatas get?

Thanks,

Jason

hard to say but i saw one in my city that's gotta be about 30' tall, i'll see if i can find photos but like with all palms listed height is all just estimates and they'll always continue to grow until they die. once they get to a certain point though they slow down alot or just don't get much height with each frond like they do when in the just trunking stage. if you look at smaller or medium palms that are real tall check the top rings and you'll notice they get significantly closer together

[Capnrey]

Thanks for bumping this post Moose...makes me feel a bit better. I prefer to buy small but Ive splurged twice paying $200 each for a tunking Coccothrinax crinita and a large Carpoxylon macrospermum. Both didnt make it. The carpoxylon came out today

Makes me sick when that happens. How frustrating.

[Moose]

Thanks for bumping this post Moose...makes me feel a bit better. I prefer to buy small but Ive splurged twice paying $200 each for a tunking Coccothrinax crinita and a large Carpoxylon macrospermum. Both didnt make it. The carpoxylon came out today

Makes me sick when that happens. How frustrating.

Its true - kill a one gallon Carpoxylon macrosperma and you can live with it. (Except back when they were very hard to come by and cost $$$$$, I speak from experience). If it survives and flourishes, then you have a very cool palm that you didn't have to break into your child's college fund or your 401(k) plan to acquire.

[junglegalfla]

Recently,larger palms for instant gratification like this lipstick. At the old garden, a 4' foxy lady.

[jfrye01@live.com]

$150 for a 4' Windmill, followed by $125 for 5' Sabal mexicana, followed by $85 for 4' Butia

And just today, $75 for a 4' Sabal "birmingham"...have high hopes for this one!!

Edited September 24, 2014 by jfrye01@live.com

[junglegalfla]

Some larger foxy ladies.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Some larger foxy ladies.

Wow, those are really nice!

[NorthFlpalmguy]

I have seen folks buy T. fortunei by the dozens at $300 a palm so you guys aren't too bad! I think I once paid $40 for a really nice character trunked P. roebellini. I mostly trade for my personal palm collection so I do not see it as paying !