Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
PalmTalk

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
SUPER IMPORTANT - MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PALMTALK - PLEASE READ

WELCOME GUEST

It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

guest Renda04.jpg

In Celebration Of A First Ring

Jim in Los Altos
Jim in Los Altos
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

Featured Replies

In the spring of 2000, in celebration of the new millennium, I carefully planted a tiny two inch tall one leaf Rhopalostylis sapida seedling in the ground. Here we are fifteen years later and I am happy to say that this slow as a snail palm has finally started trunking! Yesterday, after a light tug on some browning portion of an old petiole, I was stoked to see a gold-green ring. I since have planted a number of Rhopy varieties, some much faster in growth, but this first one will always be my dearest.

post-181-0-17059100-1435526769_thumb.jpg

post-181-0-62474600-1435526783_thumb.jpg

post-181-0-32577200-1435526793_thumb.jpg

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

Las Palmas Design

Facebook Page

Las Palmas Design & Associates

Elegant Homes and Gardens

    • Upvote 1

    Awesome

    You always remember your first

    Sol Cooper

    Hobart Tasmania

    42 degrees South

    Mild climate - mostly frost free

    Congratulations Jim! Super cool.

    I have a "Cheesemanii" growing from seed planted in 2013 and sprouted in 2014. This gives me some idea how long I will be waiting and watching.

    Congratulations Jim! Super cool.

    I have a "Cheesemanii" growing from seed planted in 2013 and sprouted in 2014. This gives me some idea how long I will be waiting and watching.

    Cheesemanii will be a race horse by comparison

    And they're off!

    Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

    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 lost profits or revenue, claims by third parties or for other similar costs, or any special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of my opinion or the use of this data. The accuracy or reliability of the data is not guaranteed or warranted in any way and I disclaim liability of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, liability for quality, performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose arising out of the use, or inability to use my data. Other terms may apply.

    Jim, please accept my" humour", maybe its coz Im drinking hot lemon and honey on this cool day but I had to :) when reading this part of your post 1... Yesterday, after a light tug on some browning portion of an old petiole, I was stoked to see a gold-green ring. :)

    Jim, its always great to see a Palm start to trunk , and a very healthy Sapida it is :greenthumb:

    Pete

    Nice one Jim

    It looks very Baueri/cheesmanii to me with it's even narrow crown shaft and arching (not ascending ) fronds !

    cheers Troy

    Old Beach ,Hobart
    Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
    Cool Maritime climate

    That's real nice and certainly a stout one. Hang in there Jim, looks like it's getting ready to,take off.

    Tim

    Tim

    Hilo, Hawaii

    • Author

    Nice one Jim

    It looks very Baueri/cheesmanii to me with it's even narrow crown shaft and arching (not ascending ) fronds !

    cheers Troy

    Troy, I have three sapida and three baueri and the sapida grow at roughly half the speed. I expect my baueri to have lots more trunk when they reach fifteen years of age. This Rhopy came from Jungle Music in 2000. Don't the crown shafts begin to bulge after trunk forms above ground?

    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

    zone 10a/9b

    sunset zone 16

    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

    Las Palmas Design

    Facebook Page

    Las Palmas Design & Associates

    Elegant Homes and Gardens

    • Author

    Jim, please accept my" humour", maybe its coz Im drinking hot lemon and honey on this cool day but I had to :) when reading this part of your post 1... Yesterday, after a light tug on some browning portion of an old petiole, I was stoked to see a gold-green ring. :)

    Jim, its always great to see a Palm start to trunk , and a very healthy Sapida it is :greenthumb:

    Pete

    Pete, what would the world be like without a little humor? :mrlooney:

    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

    zone 10a/9b

    sunset zone 16

    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

    Las Palmas Design

    Facebook Page

    Las Palmas Design & Associates

    Elegant Homes and Gardens

    • Author

    Nice Jim! Actually faster than I thought...

    Ben, Fifteen years is a long time even in the palm world unless, maybe, you're talking about waiting for enough trunk to stand under a Jubaea. :hmm:

    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

    zone 10a/9b

    sunset zone 16

    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

    Las Palmas Design

    Facebook Page

    Las Palmas Design & Associates

    Elegant Homes and Gardens

    Thanks Jim, what a nice tree, Ed

    MOSQUITO LAGOON

    Oak_Hill.gif

    Jim, could you name please some fast and some slow varieties of R sapida? Besidesm are the varieties distinguished also by other desirable properties like more sun or drought or cold tolerance?

    Very nice Jim, always great to see a palm you grew from seedling show its first ring of trunk! Its a great feeling :)

    Of course then we say: When will it grow big enough to walk under? And when will it flower? Come on my palm, grow, GROW! :)

    ''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

    How cool Jim! You must have watched it very closely when it was a seedling right? I just saw first rings on my cuban royal trunks i planted a year and half ago and I got all excited, can't even imagine how you are feeling right now. :)

    15 years, one ring!!!

    I will change my sapida and plant a Royal, jajaja.

    Rhopies vary a good bit among varieties of the same species.

    Cheesemanii are almost fast; others are slow.

    They also vary in crownshaft, leaflets, etc., quite a bit.

    Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

    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 lost profits or revenue, claims by third parties or for other similar costs, or any special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of my opinion or the use of this data. The accuracy or reliability of the data is not guaranteed or warranted in any way and I disclaim liability of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, liability for quality, performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose arising out of the use, or inability to use my data. Other terms may apply.

    That is a beauty!

    Cheers from my Pseudophoenix sargentii and his first ring just today.

    post-126-0-18280400-1435607948_thumb.jpg

    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)

    • Upvote 1

    Rhopies vary a good bit among varieties of the same species.

    Sapidas and Baueri?

    Edited by dalmatiansoap

    That is a beauty!

    Cheers from my Pseudophoenix sargentii and his first ring just today.

    How old is this beauty?

    That is a beauty!

    Cheers from my Pseudophoenix sargentii and his first ring just today.

    How old is this beauty?

    About 10 years old

    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)

    nice!!!!

    gotta love the patients one has growing Pseudophoenix anything...

    Nice sapida Jim :greenthumb:

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

    Sunset zone 24

    Jim. That baby looks perfect!

    Matty- you psudo is blowing up. I gotta come for a visit.

    "it's not dead it's sleeping"

    Santee ca, zone10a/9b

    18 miles from the ocean

    avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

    Yes but also between Sapidas for example the Great Barrier Island form, Chatham Island, Auckland form etc...

    Rhopies vary a good bit among varieties of the same species.

    Sapidas and Baueri?

    Sol Cooper

    Hobart Tasmania

    42 degrees South

    Mild climate - mostly frost free

    Create an account or sign in to comment
    Go to topic listing

    Account

    Navigation

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.