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Ptychosperma elegans in skyscraper lobby

DoomsDave
DoomsDave
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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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    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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    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

    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
    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

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

     

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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 

    Tampa, Florida (9b/10a) and Freiburg, Germany (8a).

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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? 

    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

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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.

    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

    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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