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Lepidorrhachis mooreana in bud, Oakland, California

JasonD

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Also at the Lakeside Palmetum in Oakland today I saw the first ringed trunk of Lepidorrhachis mooreana and an inflorescence in bud. A cute little palm that seems very happy in our climate, along with its compatriots, Howea forsteriana, Howea belmoreana, and Hedyscepe canterburyana.

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Jason Dewees

Inner Sunset District

San Francisco, California

Sunset zone 17

USDA zone 10a

21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

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Close-up

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Jason Dewees

Inner Sunset District

San Francisco, California

Sunset zone 17

USDA zone 10a

21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

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Jason Dewees

Inner Sunset District

San Francisco, California

Sunset zone 17

USDA zone 10a

21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

JasonD Mentor

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Another angle

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Jason Dewees

Inner Sunset District

San Francisco, California

Sunset zone 17

USDA zone 10a

21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

JasonD Mentor

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These plants are fairly young. Darold Petty could tell us.

Jason Dewees

Inner Sunset District

San Francisco, California

Sunset zone 17

USDA zone 10a

21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

Tassie_Troy1971

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Jason that is one stunning palm !!!

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

Darold Petty Grand Master

Darold Petty

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These two Lepidorrhachis were imported to Northern California from LHI in 1990 by John Leupold as two-leaf seedlings. I grew them in pots until planting about 2002.

San Francisco, California

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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These two Lepidorrhachis were imported to Northern California from LHI in 1990 by John Leupold as two-leaf seedlings. I grew them in pots until planting about 2002.

Darold, what size were they when planted out would you guess?

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!

Darold Petty Grand Master

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Hello Bill, They were small 5-gallon plants about 24 inches tall and stem diameter of 1.5 inches at the soil line.

San Francisco, California

kristof p Proficient

kristof p

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very nice Lepidorrhachis...indeed they seem to like the climate. it looks very healthy for such a dificult palm B)

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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I just love this palm but no way can I grow it.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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What a great little palm. It's really cute. I've tried these once and two leafers quickly turn into compost here in summer. In winter they think it's summer and grow like mad. Still you can't grow everything, which is something I tell myself whenever I look at a Lipstick palm. :(

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.

 

 

DoomsDave Grand Master

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Jason!

Great pictures, and welcome to our band, and keep up posts like yours here and you'll be a legend in no time!

That is a great palm, I haven't even tried one, but now I will, though I suspect compost-ville will beckon quickly in our hot summers.

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