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tropical1

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tropical1

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Has anyone grown palms in the Chiriqui Highlands in Panama (Boquete, Volcan) or have you visited there? The climate, rainfall, and soils seem near ideal at the appropriate elevation. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts about it as a location to start a palm garden.

NW Hillsborough County, FL (Near Tampa)

10 miles east of the Gulf of Mexico

Border of Zone 9b/10a

Lakefront Microclimate

eastern.nurseries Proficient

eastern.nurseries

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If you can't grow palms in Panama you can't grow palms.

aussiearoids Grand Master

aussiearoids

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You would have to be careful , your palms would end up covered in heaps of damn epiphytes , Orchids , Bromeliads , and Aroids .

It would end up looking like rainforest , and who would want that ?

ME ...

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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(aussiearoids @ Sep. 13 2007,06:18)

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You would have to be careful , your palms would end up covered in heaps of damn epiphytes , Orchids , Bromeliads , and Aroids .

It would end up looking like rainforest , and who would want that ?

ME ...

Sounds just like Tully to me...

regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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Back in the mid 90's, I made a collecting trip along with my Costa Rican friend. We crossed into Panama and spent 2 days in the Chiriqui region. We were looking for Zamia's mainly. Z. pseudoparasitica found only growing up in trees, and Z. skinneri.

 There were many palms also found in this rich area. Any palms found here would need similar conditions of very high rainfall, high humidity and shade if you were going to try to grow some of these species in different climate areas. But, alot of these species are in cultivation and do quite well.

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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