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Pseudophoenix ekmanii

Tomw
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in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Meg- AWesome! 

Kris- I would think fert and a larger pot?

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!

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    Thanks Bill,

    Will try and let you know what happened.

    Love,

    Kris.

     

    love conquers all..

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    Wow Meg, that's impressive!

     

    Kris, What bill said & you may have ants nesting in the pot.

     

     

    "If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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    Here is an update from this Sunday. As you can read in this thread--I said this palm speeds up!

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    This is the second one, of the two biggest, in the group.

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    Is that a little bit of trunk peaking out at the bottom?

    Keith 

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

    Holy crap I just crapped!!!!!!

    Matt Bradford

    "Manambe Lavaka"

    Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

    10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

    9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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    6 hours ago, MattyB said:

    Holy crap I just crapped!!!!!!

    Rad!

    Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

    Sunset zone 24

    A buddy of mine just found this today, cleaning up a palm collection that had been neglected for 3-4 years. Lucky dog. That's a 30 gallon pot.

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    bitchin palm - I need to change my underwear now

    we should give a  common name to this palm  " Ten Generation Palm"

     

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    3 hours ago, kurt decker said:

    A buddy of mine just found this today, cleaning up a palm collection that had been neglected for 3-4 years. Lucky dog. That's a 30 gallon pot.

    Screenshot_2016-09-21-23-44-46.png

    Probably 15 years old and well on its way to being a monster!! :drool:

    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!

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    More pics of the ones at Fairchild:

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    Keith 

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

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    AW-SOME!

    Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

    Thought perhaps some of you might like seeing these pics of Pseudophoenix ekmanii growing in habitat in the Republica Dominicana. 

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    Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

     

    No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

    Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

    Nice sunsets!

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