Hi everyone 

Back in 2013 pogobob took me to a friend's garden in San Clemente California 

I was fortunate to be allowed to collect seeds from the palm and today I have this in my coastal Tasmania garden.

Troy 

 

Wow!  I remember pictures of the parent plant on PalmTalk many years ago. Nice to see yours doing so well and keeping that same coloring! 

Wow alright beautiful, spectacular take your pick as which word suits it best amazing might be better. 

Just curious , is this the Rhop. Bauri or Sapida? I lost a 20 year old Sapida due to summer heat in that area of my yard . It did very well ( got huge) until a few consecutive  heat waves threw it into a tail spin. I recently planted a R. Bauri because I heard they can take a bit more heat. The one I got from @DoomsDave is labeled Cheesmania which , I believe , refers to coloring of the crown shaft. Still young so I have no idea. Because of my last experience , I planted it on the west side of my house where there is shade from some mature palms and cooler afternoon westerly winds. Harry

That’s amazing Troy looks great. I have a R baueri var cheesmanii gaining size quickly. I hope it turns out half as nice as this. 
 

I’ve got to say I’m just as impressed with a couple of the palms I spy photobombing. That Ceroxylon is a beast! Which species is it?

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Just curious , is this the Rhop. Bauri or Sapida? I lost a 20 year old Sapida due to summer heat in that area of my yard . It did very well ( got huge) until a few consecutive  heat waves threw it into a tail spin. I recently planted a R. Bauri because I heard they can take a bit more heat. The one I got from @DoomsDave is labeled Cheesmania which , I believe , refers to coloring of the crown shaft. Still young so I have no idea. Because of my last experience , I planted it on the west side of my house where there is shade from some mature palms and cooler afternoon westerly winds. Harry

Petioles and leaf bases of baueri have a rusty to rust-red color, while same parts in sapida have a light brown color, like in the above pictures.

@Phoenikakias thank you for clarification and correct spelling. Harry

Harry, 
R.  baueri and R. cheesemanii used to be separate species.  However, the only difference is that cheesemanii has a spherical seed, while baueri has an ellipsoid seed, so cheesemanii was subsumed back within R. baueri.  

R. baueri var. baueri from Norfolk Island, and R. baueri var. cheesemanii from the Kermadec Islands.

Here is an image of my cheesemanii.

 

12 hours ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

I was fortunate to be allowed to collect seeds from the palm and today I have this in my coastal Tasmania garden.

Troy

Another seed import success story!  😁

Looks  fantastic Troy, I must have just missed the purple reveal. Good on ya mate!

Tim

@Harry’s Palms well so much for the more heat tolerance, aye? But good luck I love feather duster palms😍

I had a friend from NZ that sent me seeds of that species but i never planted or opened package. Why? I knew growing in Dallas would be a futile waste of effort!

 

@Darold Petty Thank you! That one of yours is a beauty , about the size of my Sapida when it succumbed to the heat. My fault , really . I had it in my courtyard that sees direct afternoon sun . 
 At least now I know that the Cheesmania designation is more of a regional difference . I am looking forward to watching mine grow , it seems to be very strong for a newly planted palm . It cruised through howling Santa Ana winds and temps of 42f . Harry

This was right after planting it last year . It has opened one additional frond since then . Slow but no set back at all. A very hardy palm.

10 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

That’s amazing Troy looks great. I have a R baueri var cheesmanii gaining size quickly. I hope it turns out half as nice as this. 
 

I’ve got to say I’m just as impressed with a couple of the palms I spy photobombing. That Ceroxylon is a beast! Which species is it?

Possibly vogelianum Tim. Can't remember if Troy has any other Ceroxylon that old, but I grew a bunch of seedlings from the RPS batch in 2009 that were meant to be parvifrons and ended up vog. Troy had one of those that was growing very nicely last time I saw it.

21 hours ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

Hi everyone 

Back in 2013 pogobob took me to a friend's garden in San Clemente California 

I was fortunate to be allowed to collect seeds from the palm and today I have this in my coastal Tasmania garden.

Troy 

 

Very nice Troy! I still remember the time you visited and made the grand tour of the palm gardens in So Cal.

That’s a very nice way to remember the trip.

Here’s my purple Rhopalistylus baueri right outside my bedroom window. It’s an almost obscene shade of purple.

It’s also producing seeds some of which I’ve gotten to sprout.

 

In the upper right background of the picture in the immediately preceding post you can see the shadow of the crownshaft of my big Rhopalistylus cheesemanii.

Here’s some more shots.

6 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Here’s my purple Rhopalistylus baueri right outside my bedroom window. It’s an almost obscene shade of purple.

It’s also producing seeds some of which I’ve gotten to sprout.

 

Stunning Dave...that just looks perfect.

22 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

That’s amazing Troy looks great. I have a R baueri var cheesmanii gaining size quickly. I hope it turns out half as nice as this. 
 

I’ve got to say I’m just as impressed with a couple of the palms I spy photobombing. That Ceroxylon is a beast! Which species is it?

I think ventricosum

57 minutes ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

I think ventricosum

Ah! Yes, had forgotten that.

So the vogelianum must be a beast too. Pics please Troy.

Also, didn't you germinate a few quindiense? How are they doing?

9 hours ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

I think ventricosum

There are some C ventricosum that look very similar planted at the University of Melbourne which is actually why I asked. Looks like it matches the expected traits. Great palm!

Hi Troy.

I was taken to the same palm in California years ago.

It was incredibly colourful palm. You had to see it to believe it was real

Yours is looking great

Regards

Colin

 

 

 

 

On 4/5/2025 at 1:49 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

Just curious , is this the Rhop. Bauri or Sapida? I lost a 20 year old Sapida due to summer heat in that area of my yard . It did very well ( got huge) until a few consecutive  heat waves threw it into a tail spin. I recently planted a R. Bauri because I heard they can take a bit more heat. The one I got from @DoomsDave is labeled Cheesmania which , I believe , refers to coloring of the crown shaft. Still young so I have no idea. Because of my last experience , I planted it on the west side of my house where there is shade from some mature palms and cooler afternoon westerly winds. Harry

Hey Harry, I had the opportunity to take pix of both cheesemanii and sapida side by side growing in identical pots under identical conditions and of identical age! Hope you enjoy the pictures.

L cheesemanii R sapida

cheesemanii close up

sapida close up

Again cheesemanii close up

Again sapida close up

I understand that there must be several forms of sapida in NZ. This particular one is from around Auckland.

Thank you ! I see that the petiole shows a darker color on the Cheesmanii . Also maybe a wider leaflet or just a variation within the species. Harry

Outrageous!!! @Tassie_Troy1971

Although not full “Purple” per se….there is definite color noted on my Rhopalastylis which was sold to me as Cheesmanii. Hoping it gets more vibrant as it grows. 
 

-dale