Palm Maintenance Work.Yr_2009

[Kris]

Dear Friends

This gives me immense pleasure to meet you all through this lovely thread,where i have tried to give step by step illustrations for those who are new to palm growing..And each time,i try to improvise new methods which are most apt for our hot tropical climate having high coastal humidity influence.So the medium is constantly kept as porous as possible for easy drainage of excess of water..

Today iam going to show you how to plant or repot a Phoenix Roebelenii x Dacty.And the germinated seeds came from brother M@x.And my sincere thanks to him for those germinated seeds & for his time. http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/uploads/emoticons/emoticons_smilie.gif' alt=':)'> And these palms happen to be one of my favouriate palms,Since iam a phoenix fan.. Here is a link to the Phoenix roebelenii /Pygmy Date Palm regular form.

And by the way if any one growing this lovely hybrid palm & if you have some stills to share kindly post,so that i can know how this palm would actually look when its big & maturing ?

In the following post there are visuals and are mostly self explinatory,so you wan't find much of a problem to understand the standard planting procedure..

Thanks & Love,

Kris

[Kris]

Let's have some visuals..

A Close-Up !

Here is a still of the palm & its future home,the new pot !

Now the PalmDoc is about to operate...

A close-up of the root development..

Finally this is how it looks...

Thanks & Love,

Kris

[iamjv]

Nice work Kris. That phoenix should like all that room for it's roots and the well draining soil... Jv

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Kris, new to the palm growing world or not, it is always great to see your "Palm Maintenance Work" threads.

Rusty

[freakypalmguy]

Great visuals as always Kris. This is cross I am going to try this year. Also I am going to try to cross roebellini with canariensis.

Matt

[Xavierdlc61887]

Great visuals as always Kris. This is cross I am going to try this year. Also I am going to try to cross roebellini with canariensis.

Matt

just jokeing here .....compare it to a great dane(canary) to a chihuahua(pygmy) hehe just kidding should be interesting....post pics when u get seeds and some germinated

Edited February 7, 2009 by Xavierdlc61887

[freakypalmguy]

Great visuals as always Kris. This is cross I am going to try this year. Also I am going to try to cross roebellini with canariensis.

Matt

just jokeing here .....compare it to a great dane(canary) to a chihuahua(pygmy) hehe just kidding should be interesting....post pics when u get seeds and some germinated

that's a funny visual.

[iamjv]

I actually have a rob X canary cross and it's a nice palm..... it has a roby sized trunk yet canary like fronds just way smaller in size... it has taken low 20s with no damage at all. Jv

[freakypalmguy]

I actually have a rob X canary cross and it's a nice palm..... it has a roby sized trunk yet canary like fronds just way smaller in size... it has taken low 20s with no damage at all. Jv

I would love to see some pics of that one JV.

Matt

[gyuseppe]

friend maximus told me that in Naples Botanic Gardens, saw a beautiful phoenix Roebelenii x Dacty.

[iamjv]

Matt, I'll see if I have one in my pile of pics... if not, I'll take one this afternoon when it's brighter outside. Jv

[iamjv]

Ok Matt, I couldn't find the shot from last yr so here is a couple from today... Jv

[freakypalmguy]

Ok Matt, I couldn't find the shot from last yr so here is a couple from today... Jv

Nice JV, you can really see that is not full blooded P. roebellini. It looks like a miniature canary. Has it suckered yet? How is it's speed of growth? Was it a roebellini mother or canary?

Thanks a bunch for the photos.

Matt

[iamjv]

Hey Matt, don't have any info on the parents of this palm.... my guess - the mother was a roby pollinated by a canary. It hasn't suckered and probably won't. I am hoping it'll stay a single trunk. Jv

[M@ximus]

Hey Matt, don't have any info on the parents of this palm.... my guess - the mother was a roby pollinated by a canary. It hasn't suckered and probably won't. I am hoping it'll stay a single trunk. Jv

I think that Your guess is right!! Great palm JV!!!!!

Remember to collect some seeds for friends , especially for one in Italy

Best M@x

[iamjv]

Thanks M@x! This palm hasn't bloomed yet so I don't know if it's male or female.... hoping it'll be female as I'd like to cross it with a couple of other phoenix. Speaking of seeds, I should be going on a phoenix seed collection trip later in the month... you will be first on my list for distribution! Jv

[Kris]

Thanks friends for your encouragement & interaction...

Love,

Kris

[Kris]

Latest Updates !

Thanks & Love,

Kris

[Exotic Life]

Nice one Kris,

I do also got some nice hybrid seeds from M@x not long ago, they have been sowed now.. so it's waiting what they gonna do.

Robbin

[Kris]

Dear Robbin

Nice to hear from you buddy.. And all the best with those seeds.

thanks & love,

Kris

[Kris]

Here's an update...

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[GTClover]

Latest Updates !

Thanks & Love,

Kris

Thank you Kris this is a great series for a newby like myself! Hope I get to this point of re-potting my new babies!

Susan

[Kris]

Dear Susan

You are welcome and iam glad it was of some use to you..

Love,

kris

[Kris]

Here's a video update !

Love,

kris.

[gyuseppe]

I have some Roebelenii x Dacty.

I can not wait to become great

[Enzo]

I have some Roebelenii x Dacty.

I can not wait to become great

Hello Giuseppe, which is the origin of yours Roebelenii x Dacty?

I also have one that comes from a friend near Rome.

Greetings

[gyuseppe]

in Botanical Garden of Naples! There are many species of hybrid phoenix! There are 3/4 phoenix Roebelenii x Dacty

only this year that I have not had time to go and pick some seeds.

This also comes from Botanical Garden of Naples :

is either a roebelenii x reclinata or roebelenii x canariensis

the photo and two years ago,now and very large