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Winner for the slowest growing palm

Palm Hound

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in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Palm Hound

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Which is the slowest growing in your garden? Is it slow because of it's genetics, or because it is growing in marginal conditions?

Is anybody growing Oraniopsis appendiculata? It is supposed to be ultra-slow. I have heard of people with palms that grow not much more than one leaf per year.

Palms are life, the rest is details.

gilles06 Experienced

gilles06

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Hi David,

I have an arenga micrantha and is very slow, only 2 leaves in 4 years...

Ciao.

Gilles06.

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elevation 328 feet

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lowest t° 2009/2010 : 27F

lowest t° 2008/2009 : 33F

lowest t° 2007/2008 : 32F

lowest t° 2006/2007 : 35F

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lowest t° 2004/2005 : 25F

Historical lowest t° 1985 : 18F

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Ah, let me see...

probably Kentiopsis oliviformis.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

alan.oz Contributor

alan.oz

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Would have to be Guihaia argyrata. I don't think I have a marginal climate, it is just slow.

Adelaide, South Australia

Classic Mediterranean climate

Zone 10a, maybe zone 10b

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Oraniopsis for me.

Best 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.

 

 

John in Andalucia Grand Master

John in Andalucia

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Ah, let me see...

probably Kentiopsis oliviformis.

Wal, are they slower than K. magnifica in the ground? I have seedlings of both and my two magnificas are playing statues. :lol:

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Ah, let me see...

probably Kentiopsis oliviformis.

Wal, are they slower than K. magnifica in the ground? I have seedlings of both and my two magnificas are playing statues. :lol:

'Bout the same I suppose, I've only begun growing these about 12 months ago. We need the advice of a long term Kentiopsis grower out there.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Pseudophoenix ekmanii

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

Kim Grand Master

Kim

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In my garden, probably Laccospadix australasica.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Creekside Proficient

Creekside

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Pseudophoenix eckmanii for sure...

Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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Nope, gotta go with Ray on this one. When you are talking 15 YEARS to see a KNEE HIGH palm, Thats slow!

Of the Kentiopsis, the piersoniorum is the slowest by quite a bit. I even bet Wals playing a little tongue in cheek here...

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

Logolight Proficient

Logolight

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I bought a 2 gal. Bismarkia back in June but it hasn't budged since.

Jacksonville, FL

Zone 9a

 

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Alberto Grand Master

Alberto

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For me Serenoa repens is very slow. I read it needs a kind of Rhyzobium that helps it grow in the poor sandy soil were it is native. Is it because of this specific lack that mine are slow or is this normal for this palm?

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Trithrinax brasiliensis, took a long time to get established, but has speeded up in the last few years. Probably about 5 feet tall and 15 years old.

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

buffy Mentor

buffy

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Hi David, I have an arenga micrantha and is very slow, only 2 leaves in 4 years... Ciao. Gilles06.

Dude, yours must be broken. I potted mine in April and have watched two new spears come up since.

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Nope, gotta go with Ray on this one. When you are talking 15 YEARS to see a KNEE HIGH palm, Thats slow!

Of the Kentiopsis, the piersoniorum is the slowest by quite a bit. I even bet Wals playing a little tongue in cheek here...

Not at all Bill, straight as an arrow be I. These guys want a climate and soil fairly specific I think. Either way, they are slow to begin at least, that much I can say. I would love to have that Kentiopsis pack of yours Bill, most impressive indeed. emotion_127.gif

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Davidl Mentor

Davidl

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Pseudophoenix ekmanii is very slow and my Coccothrinax boschiana is not much faster.

David

fiji jim Veteran

fiji jim

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Copernicia macroglossa

Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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