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Have You Been Hurt By A Palm?

Dypsisdean

By Dypsisdean
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Palm Injuries  

76 members have voted

  1. 1. Have You Been Hurt "Badly" By A Palm

    • Yes - I've been stabbed - more than a little
      55
    • Yes - Some other way
      12
    • Badly enough for a doctor/hosptial visit
      8
    • Badly, but not badly enough for a doctor visit
      14
    • Nope - lucky so far
      4

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Danilopez89 Veteran

Danilopez89

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I've been getting poked in the eye alot lately.

Umbrae Experienced

Umbrae

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financially and emotionally, I see your needle palm and raise you 2 evil acrocromias

doubravsky Mentor

doubravsky

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I'm currently all scratched up from trimming my Livistona Lanuginosa...... those suckers always seem to get me!

Dave

 

Riverside, CA Z 9b

1700 ft. elevation

approx 40 miles inland

LilikoiLee Mentor

LilikoiLee

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Both Mike and I have stabbed ourselves picking up Pigafetta fronds. Just recently I suffered some real stingers when I tripped on a rock and grabbed a nearby Verschaffeltia. If I could choose grabbing one or the other I would pick the Pigafetta. Mike once lightly brushed the back of his hand against the trunk of a Deckenia nobilis which took a year to completely heal. Some people are just slow learners!

Lee

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Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

Dave-Vero Grand Master

Dave-Vero

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I once was cutting the grass around a Butia capitata (pindo) and got poked in the ear by a leaf tip, which ruptured the ear drum. It healed of its own accord, but did get looked at by my doctor.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

Moose Grand Master

Moose

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There was a Dypsis 'Black Stem' that hurt my feelings :bummed:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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On 11/24/2014, 2:17:53, Tropicdoc said:

My daughter was scratched by Copernicia alba the first day I got it from _Keith. I am thinking of giving it back to him and completely avoiding armed palms in my landscape. There are too many other palms to plant. I would like my kids to be able to play hide and seek in my jungle without injury.

So, what did you ever do with the C. abla?

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

Tropicdoc Veteran

Tropicdoc

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I still have it my friend. It is still in the 25 gallon pot, growing steadily. It's down by the water where no kids are around it. I got jabbed by it the other day while I was moving it. It's one vicious palm. Not sure it has a place here but of course I will father it as long as I have it. Seems like a good reason for you to come down here to get this alba back. Would love your input on this landscape. 

doranakandawatta Grand Master

doranakandawatta

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On 25 mars 2015 10:19:20, LilikoiLee said:

Both Mike and I have stabbed ourselves picking up Pigafetta fronds. Just recently I suffered some real stingers when I tripped on a rock and grabbed a nearby Verschaffeltia. If I could choose grabbing one or the other I would pick the Pigafetta. Mike once lightly brushed the back of his hand against the trunk of a Deckenia nobilis which took a year to completely heal. Some people are just slow learners!

 

Lee

Pigafetta, Verschaffeltia, Deckenia; a real porcupine family :)

( I am jealous because I don't have Pigafetta and Deckenia / neither I have Lodoicea) 

Will you show us these monsters pictures?

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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