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Pritchardia pacifica

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January 17, 201016 yr

P. pacifica , same general area and conditions as the Nephrosperma and Verschaffeltia, 7-8 OA, 2.5 feet of trunk...

Torched, damage total....grown in shade which is the kiss of death for this Prit. If it lives, it will get moved to a full sun area this spring.

By far, the most tender palm i have, with the exception of my Cyrtostachys....which will take a month or more to start the death throws i'm sure.....

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

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January 18, 201016 yr

P. pacifica , same general area and conditions as the Nephrosperma and Verschaffeltia, 7-8 OA, 2.5 feet of trunk...
Torched, damage total....grown in shade which is the kiss of death for this Prit. If it lives, it will get moved to a full sun area this spring.
By far, the most tender palm i have, with the exception of my Cyrtostachys....which will take a month or more to start the death throws i'm sure.....

Did you leave your Lipstick Palm outside?

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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January 18, 201016 yr

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Yep, no protection.....at some point in the future i would not be able to protect it, so i decided to not prolong what would probably be inevitable........

It is growing almost totally immersed in a small pond that auto fills early in the AM when it is cold, but i hold out little hope...and i have been given to understand that the decline is gradual over a couple of months, so time will tell.

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

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January 25, 201016 yr

Yep, no protection.....at some point in the future i would not be able to protect it, so i decided to not prolong what would probably be inevitable........
It is growing almost totally immersed in a small pond that auto fills early in the AM when it is cold, but i hold out little hope...and i have been given to understand that the decline is gradual over a couple of months, so time will tell.

I lost my lipstick palm sitting on the patio when it hit 38 degrees for a couple of days. I moved it to the garage which was still not warm enough. The decline has been and swift and total, it is almost completely brown, with spears coming out.

Hot and humid Loxahatchee Florida. 16 miles inland from

West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County

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February 26, 201016 yr

I have 4 seedlings, 2 leaves each. They have done surprisingly well this winter :hmm: I have protected them on the most cold of days, if we get a freeze warning, but they have been left out in temps as low as 35F with only minor spotting.

Keith

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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February 26, 201016 yr

I have had Cyrtostachys in my garden (West Palm Beach) for over ten years. A few have died along the way. But many have survived. Trunks over 6 feet. This winter may have done them in. No damage observed after the cold, but now they look really bad. Many stems are dead. Hard to say if any will survive.