RIP Chambeyronia 😭

[Juliahh]

Now vs transplant day.  Got her in ground 02/17/22. Didn't even make it to one year. Decline started quickly as there was zero acclimation to full sun position and recovery never seemed evident. I was hopeful and naive. Unless there is any possibility of revival, I'm starting to accept the loss 😭. Expensive lesson learned. 

Edited February 6, 2023 by Juliahh

[byuind]

22 minutes ago, Juliahh said:

Now vs transplant day.  Got her in ground 02/17/22. Didn't even make it to one year. Decline started quickly as there was zero acclimation to full sun position and recovery never seemed evident. I was hopeful and naive. Unless there is any possibility of revival, I'm starting to accept the loss 😭. Expensive lesson learned. 

Can I ask what you paid for the poor guy

[sonoranfans]

These dop burn in FL sun.  That spot appears to see a lot of sun, probably not a good one for a chambeyronia.  Maybe a chambeyronia( foprmerly kentiopsis) oliviformis would go better there.  Find a more shady spot for the cjhambeyronia and get the  C. hookeri and not the . macrocarpa which is more sun sensitive.  The hookeri has nice new leaf color too.

[Juliahh]

1 hour ago, sonoranfans said:

These dop burn in FL sun.  That spot appears to see a lot of sun, probably not a good one for a chambeyronia.  Maybe a chambeyronia( foprmerly kentiopsis) oliviformis would go better there.  Find a more shady spot for the cjhambeyronia and get the  C. hookeri and not the . macrocarpa which is more sun sensitive.  The hookeri has nice new leaf color too.

It is a south facing, full sun with no protection position. I expressed my concerns and was told it will be fine.  I dismissed my gut instinct over a professional's opinion and got burned. Pun intended 😂😭.

[Fusca]

4 minutes ago, Juliahh said:

It is a south facing, full sun with no protection position. I expressed my concerns and was told it will be fine.  I dismissed my gut instinct over a professional's opinion and got burned. Pun intended 😂😭.

Sorry for your loss.  I lost a smaller Chambeyronia oliviformis the same way last summer.  I put up shade cloth for it but it only prolonged the demise. 

[BayAndroid]

So sorry for your loss. These things hurt, deeply.

[Looking Glass]

There are lots of nice palms that would love a south-facing, sunny, hot spot.  Natives like Pseudophoenix sargentii, Thrinax radiata, Leukothrinax..  Cuban palms like Copernicia and Coccothrinax…. Lantania loddigesii.   Common FL staples like bottles and spindles.  And many others.  You could fit a few good sized palms there, and a few more smaller ones if you want. 

[Billy]

Tragic! Sorry for your loss. Especially that it was planted out at such a large size with several feet of ringed trunk to begin with...making it a rather expensive loss I imagine. Although without using shade cloth, acclimation process was always going to be tricky for a palm at that size as you wouldn't have been able to move the palm around the yard to slowly acclimate it to full sun without breaking your back. I've already had enough fun doing that with 15g palms. They can be especially heavy due to the fact that it's important to keep them well watered when in pots. Maybe try C. oliviformis or C. hookeri as others have mentioned. I also like the option of choosing other palms that do well in Florida sun such as Copernicia, Beccariophoenix, Pseudophoenix, Roystonea, etc. Best of luck on the next attempt! 

[Merlyn]

Ouch!  I learned the hard way with flamethrowers and also Licuala Peltata v. Sumawongii.  I'd heard that both could do full sun in Floriduh...nope!  They may do okay in the winter and even in the middle of summer when it rains every afternoon.  But then the couple of weeks in May and October are dry and super hot, and it doesn't take a lot of full sun to really hurt sensitive plants.  There's probably a few more that I was "overenthusiastic" about trying in lots of sun, like Chamaedorea Seifrizii, Rhapis Humilis, Zamia Picta, and a few others.  Those I could at least transplant to a shady area and they survived.  A few others I was not so successful in saving...

[Merlyn]

Ouch!  I learned the hard way with flamethrowers and also Licuala Peltata v. Sumawongii.  I'd heard that both could do full sun in Floriduh...nope!  They may do okay in the winter and even in the middle of summer when it rains every afternoon.  But then the couple of weeks in May and October are dry and super hot, and it doesn't take a lot of full sun to really hurt sensitive plants.  There's probably a few more that I was "overenthusiastic" about trying in lots of sun, like Chamaedorea Seifrizii, Rhapis Humilis, Zamia Picta, and a few others.  Those I could at least transplant to a shady area and they survived.  A few others I was not so successful in saving...