Pal Meir Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 9 hours ago, earthworm73 said: Pal is there any organic "soil" in the mix in those photos? The Easter egg photos show Syagrus insignis (Lytocaryum insigne) seedlings with their special fast draining soil mix, consisting of 1/2 Seramis® + 1/2 French pine bark (2-8 mm) + a layer of LECA on the bottom. My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie_Troy1971 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 WOW fantastic thread awesome growing skills ! Old Beach ,Hobart Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south Cool Maritime climate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted April 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Syagrus weddelliana (Lytocaryum weddellianum) N°1301 exactly 3 years after germination in a 2 litre pot (14.8×17.4 cm) with soil mix 2/3 pine bark (2-8 mm) + 1/3 Seramis® + LECA layer on the bottom, compared to the 1/2 year old and 50 days young seedling in an 8×9 cm clay pot with 3/5 pine bark (2-8 cm) + 1/3 Kokohum® + 1/3 Seramis®: 4 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm73 Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) Nice Pal. I always enjoy your potted palms posting and the fact that you include the growing medium info as well. Is that a palm that requires excellent drainage? BTW do you happen to have pictures of the root systems of your palms growing in that mix to share? Edited April 1, 2016 by earthworm73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted April 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 31 minutes ago, earthworm73 said: Nice Pal. I always enjoy your potted palms posting and the fact that you include the growing medium info as well. Is that a palm that requires excellent drainage? BTW do you happen to have pictures of the root systems of your palms growing in that mix to share? I had best results with fast draining light acidic soils (pine bark 2-8 mm as main substrate), regular watering with lots of soft water (± strong diluted mineral fert), and avoiding wet feet. The first time I added also Kokohum® (fine coir), but when replanting the seedlings into larger or plastic pots I didn’t add coir any more. The missing humidity indoors (esp. during the heating period) was never a problem to this palm species. – Below a pic of the roots from 2011, I don’t have a newer one. 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm73 Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Wow those are some serious roots. "White" and nice and fat. That's my goal for all of my palms still in pots. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Lytocaryum weddellianum before (2013-08-29 in 8x9cm clay pots) and after 35 months (2016-07-29 in 14.8x17.4cm plastic pots): 1 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Washingtonia (robusta?) before (1982-06-16 in 6x6cm peat pots) and after 1½ year (1984-01-08 in 12x12cm plastic pots): 4 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm05 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 6 hours ago, Pal Meir said: Washingtonia (robusta?) before (1982-06-16 in 6x6cm peat pots) and after 1½ year (1984-01-08 in 12x12cm plastic pots): Nice!! So much growth in such a short amount of time. I'm glad I decided to take progress pics of my Washy. The first photo was taken the day it emerged from the soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 On July 10, 2015 at 2:52:06 PM, Pal Meir said: (9) Before & after 19 years: Chamaedorea metallica 1983 & 2002 What are the two in front of the Metallica? Thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 59 minutes ago, DCA_Palm_Fan said: What are the two in front of the Metallica? Thanks! 1983: Ch metallica x 4, Phoenix rupicola (right) 2002: Ch metallica x 3 (var. pinnata x 2) My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 28 minutes ago, Pal Meir said: 1983: Ch metallica x 4, Phoenix rupicola (right) 2002: Ch metallica x 3 (var. pinnata x 2) Thank you so much! I didn't realise thet Metallicas come In pinnate form. Learn something new every day! I love the Metallicas, and love he pinnate ones ever more. Now where can I get one? :-). If anyone knows a good source please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 1 hour ago, DCA_Palm_Fan said: Thank you so much! I didn't realise thet Metallicas come In pinnate form. Learn something new every day! I love the Metallicas, and love he pinnate ones ever more. Now where can I get one? :-). If anyone knows a good source please let me know. My Metallicas were grown from own seed: 1 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 13 minutes ago, Pal Meir said: My Metallicas were grown from own seed: Amazing! If you have any the side of that smaller one to sell.... :-). Seriously I would life to find one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 1 minute ago, DCA_Palm_Fan said: Amazing! If you have any the side of that smaller one to sell.... :-). Seriously I would life to find one though. I gave all Metallicas away in 2008 (and almost all other palms too). My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Pal: That great photo reminds me of the three tall, bifid form C. metallica that I grew in my office in Guatemala for ages. I also generated plenty of good seed from that trio over the course of the years. Kept pollen-loaded male infls dry in paper bags until females were receptive. I had a trio of elegans from high elevation accession in single large pot there as well. Did OK, but nothing like the metallica that always looked leaf perfect. Benefitted from huge glass windows running the length of the office providing lots of indirect light all day. This species really is a winner for indoor growers. Can't imagine why people insist on persisting with things that will never thrive indoors. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Pal Meir said: I gave all Metallicas away in 2008 (and almost all other palms too). Awe. That makes me sad. Those were beatiful. I can't find a thing on Metallica var pinnata. Are they rare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 No, not particularly rare since they occur randomly but with some frequency in seed batches from bifid mothers. I understand they do breed fairly true to form if both parents are pinnate. They are not a variety in the strict sense. The are a leaf form. Some metallica have a combination of both types, or have fishtail terminal pinnae and few additional pairs. There are many normally bifid-leaf palms (as adults) that have pinnate leaf forms, even within siblings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 @DCA_Palm_Fan I found another photo of a perfectly pinnate Metallica (7 years old). And in a hidden corner of a recent photo from a birthday party I discovered one of my »given-aways«, now ca. 15 years old and not so happy and now less pinnate … 2 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 19 hours ago, Pal Meir said: @DCA_Palm_Fan I found another photo of a perfectly pinnate Metallica (7 years old). And in a hidden corner of a recent photo from a birthday party I discovered one of my »given-aways«, now ca. 15 years old and not so happy and now less pinnate … It still looks great to me though. I wonder what caused it to become less pinnate? That's very interesting. Is it revering to its regular form? Still, I love it tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 17 minutes ago, DCA_Palm_Fan said: It still looks great to me though. I wonder what caused it to become less pinnate? That's very interesting. Is it revering to its regular form? Still, I love it tough! I guess it could be the too dark position in a hidden corner of a livingroom. 1 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 I found two old photos from 1980 and 1981 of a Jubaea documenting the slooooow growth of this big palm when still young: 4 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaz Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 (edited) Not in pots, but before & now. First pic is three years after I planted these in 2008 as 3 gal Robusta's. You can see the sereona's pushing their first leaves from seed. Second pic is 2012 & third is this morning. Edited September 18, 2016 by Laaz 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Chamaedorea Elegans : purchased in 2009. Photos in this order. 1- 8/2010 2- 9/11/2016 (before repot - see other thread on air layering) 3- 9/12/2016 (after repot) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted October 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Lytocaryum insigne N°1401 (*2014-02-14): Stem base before (January 2015) and after 1 year & 9 months (October 2016): 1 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Not a before and after per se, but a before pic. My small raphis excelsa still in its nursery pot, has opened a new leaf! Woohoo! This leaf was a spear that was barely 1/3 the way poking out when I bought it back in September. Hope this one is a little faster growing. It's already nicely developed it's characteristic brown fibrous trunk. It has 8 leaves and the opening spear will be it's 9th. This new one and the two before it have 6 leaf segments. This is only the second one I've had. The first one was like a decade ago and roughly the same size. Unfortunately that one didn't make it. Any tips on it's care other than the usual? Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Lytocaryum insigne x 4: Autumn 2016 and 1/2 year later after a dark winter in spring 2017. 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 The growth of an Easter egg (Lytocaryum insigne N°1402): 2014, 2016, and 2017 5 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Sabinaria magnifica one year later; @Kai it is longing to be back in Amsterdam, because it gets here only Young Gouda without a Dutch lullaby: 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 5 hours ago, Pal Meir said: Sabinaria magnifica one year later; @Kai it is longing to be back in Amsterdam, because it gets here only Young Gouda without a Dutch lullaby: It will be growing in a wooden shoe underneath a windmill next to the tulips 1 www.facebook.com/#!/TotallycoconutsAmsterdam,The Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 ...well actually we have been making some improvements as well. It will be growing behind isolated windows underneath solar panels next to its very lonely little brother. www.facebook.com/#!/TotallycoconutsAmsterdam,The Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missi Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 On 6/20/2017, 6:44:39, Pal Meir said: Sabinaria magnifica one year later; @Kai it is longing to be back in Amsterdam, because it gets here only Young Gouda without a Dutch lullaby: It has grown so nicely! Mine is nice, but not growing quickly at all. What are your tricks? Fertilizer? How much light? Perhaps I'm not giving mine enough light... 2 Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Two of the three smallest Chamaedorea elegans in summer 1982 and after 35 years in summer 2017: 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA_Palm_Fan Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I think you have everyone beat. Lol. Those palms are as old as me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 And here the story of a sad looking Chamaedorea elegans which lost all of its leaves after a severe frost in February 2002. The photos show the palm when it was two years old (1972; black & white), 12 years (1982; most left) and 32 years (2002). After that year I cut the stem twice because it grew too tall for indoors. In 2008 I gave the (2x cut) palm away. It is a female plant. I don’t know if it is still alive. 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Syagrus itapebiensis / Lytocaryum itapebiense 2016-08-31 and one year later 2017-08-31: 2 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Syagrus insignis / Lytocaryum insigne 2016-09-11 and one year later 2017-09-04: 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Oops, it has to be "N°1408" (and not N°1498): 3 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanips Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Nº 1401 has grown pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Meir Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, Sanips said: Nº 1401 has grown pretty fast. Yes, it is pushing its 15th leaf (since 2017-07-10) and its stem is twice as fat as the stem of N°1408, but the slender N°1408 has very long fine fronds. 1 My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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