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Baby Travelers

2hp

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2hp Apprentice

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Just received a lovely baby Ravenala Madagascariensis from https://www.wekivafoliage.com

Pleased with the packing job and the state of the plant. 

Wonder how fast this baby will grow. Anyone have any Travelers Palm experiences to share?

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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They grow really fast here in SWFL.

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2hp Apprentice

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28 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

They grow really fast here in SWFL.

Can you quantify that? I heard a meter per year?

D. Morrowii Veteran

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These pics are April 18, 2021 and tonight so less than one year in the ground.

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2hp Apprentice

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17 hours ago, D. Morrowii said:

These pics are April 18, 2021 and tonight so less than one year in the ground.

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Wowza!

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cisco Community Regular

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Ravenala Madagascariensis aka travellers palm is not a real palm.  

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GottmitAlex Grand Master

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2 hours ago, cisco said:

Ravenala Madagascariensis aka travellers palm is not a real palm.  

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PalmsandLiszt Proficient

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On 2/11/2022 at 9:40 PM, 2hp said:

Wonder how fast this baby will grow. Anyone have any Travelers Palm experiences to share?

They grow extremely fast. I have one that I bought as a straggly individual at around 15" tall, and it was about 7' within a year. And that was indoors, in a pretty small pot, probably not under ideal conditions. They need plentiful feeding, water and light to grow quickly, but are very tolerant if these ideal conditions are lacking. In general they seem pretty indestructible providing you don't freeze them to the death.
I should note that there are a number of different varieties of Ravenala, which would probably be assigned to different species if someone got around to studying them properly, some of which are a lot bigger than others, and probably have different growth speeds.

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