Palms you Don't like

[LilikoiLee]

Oops,

My last post went in as O'o Bar Master even though all of my previous posts went in as LilikoiLee. We think this happened because I jumped to another website to check the spelling of a species and even though PT was still open when I went back to it PT thought it was him since I was using his computer instead of mine.

Lee

[Pedro 65]

Elaeis guineensis, simply because they are planted after 'the rich" clear virgin forests to plant this crap, billions of acres of already cleared land is willing to be planted with this "rubbish", better still, Plant timber trees NOT oil palms.....and the small amount of Virgin Rainforest left in the World , should "not be raped and destroyed".........

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Adonidia merrillii

Hey wait a minute! I've got 4 of those, and 11 of the golden variety!!

Jeff, How to you keep your golden ones yellow? It's a problem here on the Big Island.

Lee

Hi Lee, I've never tried any of the "golden" (yellow) ones. In photos they always look sickly to me. I guess I don't understand the appeal of a yellow palm.

[Zeeth]

Elaeis guineensis, simply because they are planted after 'the rich" clear virgin forests to plant this crap, billions of acres of already cleared land is willing to be planted with this "rubbish", better still, Plant timber trees NOT oil palms.....and the small amount of Virgin Rainforest left in the World , should "not be raped and destroyed".........

I think it's a pretty palm in the landscape, so I grow it because me not growing it wouldn't have any affect on the destruction that it's plantation causes.

[Gtlevine]

Bill, a dead palm is as nice as Copernicia macroglossa. Ive seen large ones in Florida and they look like a witches broom jammed in the ground at the handle.

[palmsOrl]

Trithrinax, Raphia, unruly, malnourished queen palms though healthy ones can occasionally be gorgeous. I am on the fence about the genus Dypsis, as many are lovely but there are just so many, it's overwhelming. The genus Caryota doesn't do much for me for some reason. Washingtonia, Queens and Phoenix dactylifera used as lined up street plantings in South Florida when more tropical selections would work (just a personal preference).

[Pedro 65]

Adonidia merrillii

Hey wait a minute! I've got 4 of those, and 11 of the golden variety!!

Jeff, How to you keep your golden ones yellow? It's a problem here on the Big Island.

Lee

Hi Lee, I've never tried any of the "golden" (yellow) ones. In photos they always look sickly to me. I guess I don't understand the appeal of a yellow palm.

Jeff, Im with you on that 1, they certainly look sickly, they where an "eyesore" at Gardens BT bay Singapore, while Im here I also very much "do not like Variegated palms, they too "look sickly" which really, "they are" Pete

[Phoenikakias]

Adonidia merrillii

Hey wait a minute! I've got 4 of those, and 11 of the golden variety!!

Jeff, How to you keep your golden ones yellow? It's a problem here on the Big Island.

Lee

Hi Lee, I've never tried any of the "golden" (yellow) ones. In photos they always look sickly to me. I guess I don't understand the appeal of a yellow palm.

Jeff, Im with you on that 1, they certainly look sickly, they where an "eyesore" at Gardens BT bay Singapore, while Im here I also very much "do not like Variegated palms, they too "look sickly" which really, "they are" Pete

I was always wondering if there is one plam I detaste. Thanks to Pete I have found one kind, the variegated ones. They really look sickly.

[PalmnutVN]

For me, palms have always evoked visions of lush, green growth, slowly growing away in ridiculously humid rainforests. Because of this, I do tend to shy away from palms that scream 'dry and barren'.

Never been a fan of Nannorrhops, Hyphanae, Medemia, Serenoa or indeed, any of the other palms that make me want to down an entire barrel of Spaten Munchen, due to their horrendously arid appearance......

[Phoenikakias]

After some further consideration I have to add underpotted palms with 'stilt roots' and outplanted ones with post-greenhouse shrink.

[Jonathan]

Hate this thread...wish it would bugger off.

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

Hate this thread...wish it would bugger off.

Agreed, I dislike this thread far more than even the rattiest palm. I love palms because I love plants, biology, botany and warm climates. To hear people bag specific species is a drag.

[Tropicdoc]

Weird, I hate all the palms that I can grow in my climate.

[Pedro 65]

Hate this thread...wish it would bugger off.

Agreed, I dislike this thread far more than even the rattiest palm. I love palms because I love plants, biology, botany and warm climates. To hear people bag specific species is a drag.

Let talk about Peat moss

[Sabal Steve]

Weird, I hate all the palms that I can grow in my climate.

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