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Post a Picture of Your Oldest or Largest Palm that You Grew From Seed.

Jubaea
Jubaea
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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My largest seed grown phoenix dactylifera.

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Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    Caryota himalaya and Trachycarpus martianus Khasia Hills, all from the first batch of seeds I bought 

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    Here is an update on the palm from the original post in 2014.

    Thanks for posting some more pictures guys.  Does anyone else have some updates?

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    Here's my B. edulis, four years later.

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    Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, California.  Vicarious appreciator of palms in other people's gardens and in habitat

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    At present a small Chamaerops humilis bonsai, grown up from a seed of a palm in Palermo/Sicily (the Punic city Zîz), is with 31 years my oldest palm, named Ben Zîz:

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    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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