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A Tale of Two tanga's

cyphosperma

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July 18, 20188 yr

Such beautiful palms that I was lucky enough to find and plant in the garden. A heck of a lot faster and more attractive than C. naboutinense, which is the only other Cyphosperma I'm growing. One has always been much larger than the other, but both are healthy and are planted about six feel apart. The leaves are spectacular and keep getting larger and larger.

Acquired as 1 gal. back at the beginning of 2013, they have always been good growers and fairly easy to cultivate. It's actually starting to flower, so we'll see how that goes.

There is a shovel in there somewhere for scale.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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July 18, 20188 yr

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A couple more.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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July 18, 20188 yr

Running out of room there Tim! Such a holy grail palm. Glad to see it seeding.

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July 18, 20188 yr

Beautiful Tim! Had one that was doing great then had my attention diverted too long and died.. hope they come up again!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time." , "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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July 18, 20188 yr

Absolutely stunning. Beautifully grown

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July 19, 20188 yr

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Thanks for the comments!

Jason, oh yeah, more like 'have already run out of room'. Still finding places for small stuff though and of course, always things to remove.

Bill, I remember seeing a photo you posted of your C. tanga, too bad it succumbed. Maybe grown to a larger size it might have a better chance like say

a C. balansae or C. tricospadix.

Thanks John, we need to find you one for your new garden.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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July 19, 20188 yr

Beautiful palm mashup! Look at all those different shapes, but all the same uber-healthy green! As DoomsDave would say, "SCREAM!"

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.