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Ptychosperma elegans in skyscraper lobby

DoomsDave

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Got these pics of a fine specimen of Ptychosperma elegans.

Very nice, refined for a large indoor space.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Well, it's more than one.

They're about 25 - 30 feet (8 - 10 M) tall. This isn't technically a lobby, more like an adjunct building between two skyscrapers, at 333 South Grand Avenue, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA U.S.A.

Had to sneak these pics, lest the goons see you . . .

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Stevetoad Grand Master

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Wonder how c.renda could do if it was in that spot. 

"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

Josh-O Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

Wonder how c.renda could do if it was in that spot. 

my guess they would die :( 

They don't even survive in a heated greenhouse here in California.

Mardy D. has tried over 100 times with no success.. 

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

Sunset zone 24

Stevetoad Grand Master

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1 minute ago, Josh-O said:

my guess they would die :( 

They don't even survive in a heated greenhouse here in California.

Mardy D. has tried over 100 times with no success.. 

Why you gotta smash my hopes and wizz on my dreams. 

"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

Josh-O Grand Master

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35 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

Why you gotta smash my hopes and wizz on my dreams. 

Muh hu hu hahahahaha

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

Sunset zone 24

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Happened by the building again this morning, and went upstairs to look down where before I looked up.

 

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Zeeth Grand Master

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On January 26, 2016 at 00:00:39, Josh-O said:

my guess they would die :( 

They don't even survive in a heated greenhouse here in California.

Mardy D. has tried over 100 times with no success.. 

They do fine at Gaylord palms in Orlando. I visited in the summer and it seemed to be about 70˚ in the atrium, with low humidity. They're sitting in water though, so I'm sure that helps. 

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Keith 

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

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2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Happened by the building again this morning, and went upstairs to look down where before I looked up.

 

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Do ptychosperma elegans have black fuzz? Are you sure that isn't veitchia? 

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1 hour ago, Cocoa Beach Jason said:

Do ptychosperma elegans have black fuzz? Are you sure that isn't veitchia? 

That was my reaction when I saw the close up of the crown shaft............... Ptychosperma elegans doesn't have that. Certainly looks like Veitchia to me.

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

DoomsDave Grand Master

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A gander at my confirmed elegans appears to suggest that I had mis-ID'd these.

Which is even better.

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I never get tired of seeing either, even when in places like Miami where each species is everywhere.  I'll have been in Miami Beach for a week and I still rubber neck as I see them off the interstate as we start to drive home.  I don't know about Cyrtostachys in a mall/office building like that.  The Cyrtostachys hybrid might be worth a try and is exotic looking and somewhat colorful.

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7 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

A gander at my confirmed elegans appears to suggest that I had mis-ID'd these.

Which is even better.

An easy mistake to make, they certainly do look like a Ptychosperma in those pictures.

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

TikiRick Veteran

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Definitely Veitchia. 

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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