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Livistona chinensis


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I wonder if this seed is viable? They were really blue/blackish in color.

This specimen was on Lithia Pinecrest Rd. & St.Rd.60 in Brandon, FL.

I look forward to my two footers reaching this size! :)

~LCA.

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They look like they will be viable to me, given the size and shape of them.

I have seen them somewhat more blue than that though.

Joe Dombrowski

Discovery Island Palms Nursery

San Marcos, CA

"grow my little palm tree, grow!"

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They look hot to trot, as they used to say, back in prehistoric times . . . .

be prepared to wait a while before your little ones get that large. Figure another 20-30 years. They're slow, unless someone corrects me (I'm talking California growth rate)

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thats a nice one.

I got a nice 5 gallon for $5. 4 individual plants in it. its going on my south side.

they are probably faster when not planted as multiples as they compete for water and nutrition.

seeds germinate easily when fresh.

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

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thats a nice one.

I got a nice 5 gallon for $5. 4 individual plants in it. its going on my south side.

they are probably faster when not planted as multiples as they compete for water and nutrition.

seeds germinate easily when fresh.

Frito separate yours!

Another year, and you'll have a lot more palms, and more palms are always better than fewer, yes? Like more dollars, euros, marks, yen, kwan, etc. etc.

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this puppy is pretty rootbound, you know how they are at Lowes with the roots circling the bottom of the pots. looks like medusa hair in there.

I like them multi planted. long as I throw tons of 'nutes' on it and flood it in warmer months she'll do good!

speaking of multi planted chinensis, all I ever see is mature SINGLES, however I only ever seen them sold as multis with godonlyknows how many seeds per pot.

anyone have a mature multi planted chinensis so I can see what I am getting myself into?

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Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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They look hot to trot, as they used to say, back in prehistoric times . . . .

be prepared to wait a while before your little ones get that large. Figure another 20-30 years. They're slow, unless someone corrects me (I'm talking California growth rate)

Dave, based on the ones I have seen down here, that is 10 years growth in Louisiana, 15 at the worst.

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this puppy is pretty rootbound, you know how they are at Lowes with the roots circling the bottom of the pots. looks like medusa hair in there.

I like them multi planted. long as I throw tons of 'nutes' on it and flood it in warmer months she'll do good!

speaking of multi planted chinensis, all I ever see is mature SINGLES, however I only ever seen them sold as multis with godonlyknows how many seeds per pot.

anyone have a mature multi planted chinensis so I can see what I am getting myself into?

Luke, I am disappointed with the multi planted chinensis I am growing. The 5gal pot had 5 plants in it, all about the same size. Planted the group in ground in 2001. One became dominant and quickly out grew the other 4. Today the dominant palm has 11' of trunk, 2 trunks @ 1.5' and 2 @1'. I think to get a good multi look one will need to plant singles spaced in a group at least 1.5' apart. Scott

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They look hot to trot, as they used to say, back in prehistoric times . . . .

be prepared to wait a while before your little ones get that large. Figure another 20-30 years. They're slow, unless someone corrects me (I'm talking California growth rate)

Dave,

how fast are they growing in Californian conditions? here we have cool summers and long winters. on avarage they grow only 3 new fronds a year....

the other Livistona's like L. australis, L. nitida, L. decora are much faster.

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nope, no picture....but there are multi headed L. chinensies.

recently Kev spence posted a picture of such a L. chinensies on the EPS forum...

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it looks like the trunk hard to see in the rear is becomming more dominate. This photo is over a year old I will need to get an updated one to see how it has progresded.

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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Here's a picture I took several years ago of a multiple planting of L. chinensis near my folks' old house in Oviedo, FL:

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It's hard to tell from the picture, but there are at least 5 palms in that clump. The one on the right and the one on the far left are about the same size. There is one set back from those two between them that is a bit smaller. If you look closely, you can see some fronds near the base on the left and right sides, and those are from two smaller trunks.

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Sorry for possible derailing this but I'm wondering if green seeds will germinate like is a case in Phoenix sp.?

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10 hours ago, dalmatiansoap said:

Sorry for possible derailing this but I'm wondering if green seeds will germinate like is a case in Phoenix sp.?

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I collected green seeds like in the photo from a tree here in the town. They always over trim this tree so I didn't want to wait in case I wouldn't find any. I cleaned the seeds and I planted them around April in the pots in just normal soil from my garden. Almost all of them germinated (about 70) but I let only about 15 to grow. I grow them in full sun but I try not to let the soil dry out because they fry badly in our hot summers. When they are bigger they should establish in the sun better just like the tree I collected them from.

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On 10/10/2020 at 9:10 AM, Stelios said:

I collected green seeds like in the photo from a tree here in the town. They always over trim this tree so I didn't want to wait in case I wouldn't find any. I cleaned the seeds and I planted them around April in the pots in just normal soil from my garden. Almost all of them germinated (about 70) but I let only about 15 to grow. I grow them in full sun but I try not to let the soil dry out because they fry badly in our hot summers. When they are bigger they should establish in the sun better just like the tree I collected them from.

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How long did it take to get to this size?

Yes it's me Hortulanus 😂

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1 hour ago, Hortulanus said:

How long did it take to get to this size?

They were grown from seeds in 2017, so a bit more 3 years to get to this size.

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40 minutes ago, Stelios said:

They were grown from seeds in 2017, so a bit more 3 years to get to this size.

That's quite fast imo!

Yes it's me Hortulanus 😂

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2 hours ago, Hortulanus said:

That's quite fast imo!

And I was affraid is a bit slow. That gives me hope to see them trunking in the nearest future.

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9 hours ago, Stelios said:

And I was affraid is a bit slow. That gives me hope to see them trunking in the nearest future.

I'm positive about that. If they are not slowing down then it shouldn't take much longer!

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On 2/14/2009 at 2:29 PM, Guest LeftCoastAngler said:

I don't think I've seen any full grown multi-trunks of the chinesis.

Anyone got any pics of a larger multi-trunked one?

 

~LCA.

I have some doubles that have developed trunks.

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