Post your Cyrtostachys!

[PsyPalm]

Here's my little c. renda!  I purchased it off ebay from a seller in Hawaii just over a year ago.  I'm growing it in an apartment in Seattle so it's definitely had some ups and downs as I've figured out how best to address it's needs in my indoor space. 

The real turning point in it's health (from bad to good) was when I moved it from the soil it came in to a self watering lechuza planter that I filled with my homemade pon.  This was about 6 months ago.  In addition, I also secured a heat mat around the inner pot and it really seems to like that.  I'm basically just trying to recreate the warm tropical swamps it thrives in.  With the inner reservoir constantly keeping the palm hydrated as well the heat mat keeping the root structure warm it finally seems like it's decided to start growing.  Each seedling has put out a new set of leaves since it's been in the Lechuza pot and I haven't noticed any type of decline.  I have it located next to my desk and it gets light from a couple different localized led grow lights.

For how small it is it's starting to show some promising early red color so that's very heartening!  I feel like I've seen ones for sale that are 2-3x as tall that are still completely green so hopefully I'm not too many years away from a nice bright red crownshaft   That being said, she's still incredibly slow growing lol, I have a long road ahead of me haha.

[palmsOrl]

Looking good.  I really enjoy the effect of the lighting.  Keep it warm and wet and it should continue to do well for you.

[palmsOrl]

My Cyrtostachys renda is showing its first hint of color on the one stem toward the left.  Not that big of a deal but it is my favorite species so I am always excited as I notice any developments.

[Cindy Adair]

Congratulations to all growing this beauty whether inside or out.

 Almost cheating here in Puerto Rico with this species, but nevertheless after seeing what the Strategus beetle is doing to some of my collection today, I opted to take some C. renda photos to remind myself of the successes!

 

[Hemi]

Hi Cindy.  Cheating, I do not think so.  You palm looks incredible.

I worked in PR a few years ago and there were several lipstick palms in planters outside the PREPA offices in San Juan.  Wow, yours look so much better.

I am in Miami, Coconut Grove, and have a 12 foot ish Lipstick in my yard.  Also have the hybrid that has purple striping on the trunk.  I think it is Theodora Buhlera variety.

Anyhow, I enjoy our posts.  I am headed to PR later this month.

Phil

[JohnnyKarelian]

Not my palms but planted out in my vicinity in front of a farm. It doesn't look like the farmer really takes care of it but they are nevertheless big clumps covering the whole length of the farm, about 100 meter. You see those here only planted out in the south, up to the middle of the country really. these here are easily 6/8 meter tall. 

[Carlo Morici]

Dear palm friends, this is the only Cyrtostachys in the palmetum, planted twp years ago in this "pond of mud", backed by a southerly oriented rock wall. It is in the "miscellanea" section,  surrounded by frost hardy palm species, for no real reason.

Just as in last winter, the tiniest pups have died, but the main head Is getting healthier and larger.

We have just opened the base of its winter tent, which will be removed in a few weeks.

Carlo

 

[MelvinB]

Here is mine now, germinated from seed. (22-11-2021)

While it’s not perfectly green, it’s growing without any problems in my livingroom and it’s second leaf is almost there.

It’s in a self watering container and the soil is Lechuza Pon.

Livingroom conditions right now:

23.7C, 51% humidity, sunny.

Location: The Netherlands.

It’s in my living room since 24th of April.

I have floor heating, so my livingroom is always atleast 22C. (Day and night)

[PJP]

@palmsORL here is an update on the Apple you sold me

[PJP]

Teddy Bulher I was fortunate to pick up yesterday from Steve at Rare Palms

[PJP]

Hybrid I have in the ground.

[Mangosteen]

My Sealing Wax in Hawaii. Later stopped throwing red fronds.

[realarch]

Here are a few more photos. They vary in age and size planted. I did take cuttings of the smaller off shoots and the success rate wasn’t very high. Temperamental little buggers and slower than molasses…..the last photo. Must be three years old.

Tim

[Ubuntwo]

Cyrostachys renda in Palmetto Bay FL. There were a few in the area, this one stood out as it was up against a north facing wall.

[Carlo Morici]

Hello all. I post an update from last week about our C. renda which is still in its little house that we built around new years day.  That thing builds up so much heat that It Is hard to believe that It likes it. This march and april we have been almost 1 C below thé historical average, so thé protection is still on.  ... Until Monday I suppose.

 

Carlo

[Brian]

3 hours ago, Carlo Morici said:

Hello all. I post an update from last week about our C. renda which is still in its little house that we built around new years day.  That thing builds up so much heat that It Is hard to believe that It likes it. This march and april we have been almost 1 C below thé historical average, so thé protection is still on.  ... Until Monday I suppose.

 

Carlo

I was at the Palmetum last week and was surprised to see it still protected. @Carlo Morici you guys have done a great job, the garden is looking world class!

[Brian]

Ive had a mixed history growing Cyrtostachys renda. They grow really well in this climate but Ive had two nice ones that died off for no apparent reason. They started to die off one stem at a time until it spread to all stems. The last time this happened I left the rootball in the ground and a very small sucker that did not die off, managed to survive and is growing anew. 

Before the die off in 2018,

A

The new growth 2025

[JD in the OC]

From left to right: Yellow form, Red Form, Apple form. Two sprinklers in this bed and protection on three sides from cold wind.

[Cindy Adair]

So many lovely palms receiving much TLC. 
 

Carlo I love seeing the progress in a somewhat challenging spot. 
 

I am so happy that the ox rhino beetles don’t attack them (so far) and they seem to grow rapidly in shade to sun at 1000 feet in Puerto Rico.  Just usual rain water is all they get. Not even any fertilizer.

I have at least 9 in the ground in various locations and maybe see a bulge hinting at future flowers near the top of this one. 
 

I have heard they sprout easily and Floribunda offers them at $4 per seedling now. 

They are rapidly getting more expensive to buy here with several hundred dollars for those who want instant red for landscaping. 

Definitely worth the effort for those with greenhouses or who want to zone push.

[Carlo Morici]

Yes it seems a challenge...  And visitors love to look through the window of that plastic thing  .  Our plant has been in the ground for about 4 years now and it grew very slow at first. This year it took up speed and abundant red colour.

I suppose it would live outdoors without protection and actually we were about to "let it free" last Christmas, but then we built a new protection again. I did not want to play, as this is the only one we have in the ground and we have to have one! I fear I would see wind-battered yellowish leaves for months. We have 3 or 4 one-year-old seedlings in a polytunnel and I will play with those.

Something unusual that I have seen is that our small plant has produced some basal incomplete inflorescences - simple spikes if I am not wrong. Just where one would expect suckers. Possibly the cold triggered the sexual development of axillary buds.

It is still unusually cool here, we are barely going above 22 C - the tent is still on and tomorrow, I hope, the gardeners will remove it.  

Carlo

[Brad52]

[JD in the OC]

My Cyrtostachys renda Apple is developing some nice colors... Leaves are also super green, almost black.  I'm convinced this is a hybrid of some kind due to the leaflet width and spacing along the rachis.