Little Geonoma atrovirens nice bit of colour

[happypalms]

The colour of the new leaf on the atrovirens is amazing. An absolute stunning palm, seemingly easy to grow water and humidity, it’s not to fussed on soil as long as it is free draining. But one palm definitely worth growing in any collection. It seems to be a lot brighter red longispina the underside of the leaf yet a darker almost black on the leaf surface. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Starting to gain some size on that one. Very dark , burgundy look to the new frond , making it stand out amongst the others. Quite the nursery you have there with the sprouts afoot! Harry

[happypalms]

23 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Starting to gain some size on that one. Very dark , burgundy look to the new frond , making it stand out amongst the others. Quite the nursery you have there with the sprouts afoot! Harry

An absolute beauty of a palm. I can grow em Harry I just need the seeds. I have a couple of common palms in my nursery but that’s where it ends the rare and exotic ones for me. The slower growing the better as far as iam concerned. 
Richard 

[Hurricanepalms]

@happypalms, a beauty! Will you be able to eventually plant it in the ground? 

[realarch]

That’s a beauty, you got a nice one with the dark colored leaves. You have a variety of environments, so it should do well for you.

Tim

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Hurricanepalms said:

@happypalms, a beauty! Will you be able to eventually plant it in the ground? 

Not sure on that it may be too cold and wet in the ground, air temperatures are fine with it but cold wet feet I don’t know about that, I have three of them all up so I will try one but only when it’s much bigger. Definitely be a shame to kill such a beautiful palm. 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, realarch said:

That’s a beauty, you got a nice one with the dark colored leaves. You have a variety of environments, so it should do well for you.

Tim

I can only try I have three of them in the collection, so perhaps I can plant one in the ground soil temperature in winter may be a problem in the ground.
Richard 

[realarch]

I was thinking more of a green house specimen. I would think this palm might live for quite some time in a pot.

Tim

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, realarch said:

I was thinking more of a green house specimen. I would think this palm might live for quite some time in a pot.

Tim

I was not to confident about it in the ground. Definitely container specimen maybe a summer display palm for the garden then back into the greenhouse. 
Richard