Trachycarpus oreophilus

[kristof p]

Trachycarpus oreophilus showing some minor leaf damage  from a cold spell a few weeks ago. The cold spell lasted for about 10 days with temperatures around -5 for the coldest nights and many days with highs of only 2 or 3°C above zero...Nothing very extreme but everytime we have a cold spell like this it shows that my oreophilus is not as hardy as my other Trachycarpus species I grow. 

[Alex Zone 5]

It doesn't look that bad, that is one variety that isn't common here in North America. To be honest first time seeing it.😀👍🌴

[fr8train]

5 minutes ago, Alex Zone 5 said:

It doesn't look that bad, that is one variety that isn't common here in North America. To be honest first time seeing it.😀👍🌴

Yeah whenever I look for the odd trachycarpus (something other than fortunei) and other unusual cold hardy palms, they're always in stock on European sites, but I can never find them here in the US. On the odd occasion I do find them here they're 4x what they are in Europe.

[kristof p]

30 minutes ago, Alex Zone 5 said:

It doesn't look that bad, that is one variety that isn't common here in North America. To be honest first time seeing it.😀👍🌴

Here it is during warmer weahter last fall. It is a much more "delicate" looking palm then fortunei with a less hairy and thin stem.

Edited January 7, 2023 by kristof p

[Las Palmas Norte]

I believe Trachycarpus martianus has a similar reaction to frosty weather.

[Quasarecho]

What's the blue one behind it?

[RJ]

30 minutes ago, Quasarecho said:

What's the blue one behind it?

Looks like an armata of some flavor. 

[kristof p]

On 1/8/2023 at 7:15 PM, Las Palmas Norte said:

I believe Trachycarpus martianus has a similar reaction to frosty weather.

yes they are quite similar....only slightly hardier then T. martianus.

[kristof p]

1 hour ago, RJ said:

Looks like an armata of some flavor. 

Yes, it is a B. armata behind the Trachycarpus

[Arecaceus]

My smallest T. takils and T. princeps all got spear pull from that cold spell. Small princeps x wagnerianus as well... Slightly bigger ones don't show any damage yet. I had a T. ukhrulensis that died in the cold spell of Feb. 2021. Well it came back but didn't fully recover and probably had issues with the extraordinary cold and wet summer of 2021 after the freeze in February. Your plant looks still nice considering the duration of frost we had.