A nice little licuala Robinsonia

[happypalms]

Another licuala in the collection robinsonia. The amount of water licuala need I think a lot of the individual ones I have will remain in a container for a lot of years, perhaps never getting planted in the ground my climate is just to dry at certain times in the drought times. You cannot predict when a drought will happen in Australia until you’re in that drought watering like a maniac with a hose. But a cute looking licuala to have in a container in the collection. 

[Harry’s Palms]

That’s a good looking one there. Licuala are definitely one of  the more humid loving palms . I had two varieties when I moved up here . They were thriving in the greenhouse but , after the move , I couldn’t keep them alive. It is just too arid for them . There are a couple species of this genus that will make it here but I haven’t crossed paths with any available plants . . Harry 

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That’s a good looking one there. Licuala are definitely one of  the more humid loving palms . I had two varieties when I moved up here . They were thriving in the greenhouse but , after the move , I couldn’t keep them alive. It is just too arid for them . There are a couple species of this genus that will make it here but I haven’t crossed paths with any available plants . . Harry 

Water guzzling palms that’s for sure. I couldn’t live in a dry climate. Had a friend the other day ask me if I wanted to go him halves in a claim on an opal mine at lightning ridge 8 hours west inland from the coast. Where temperatures get up to 45 degrees Celsius in summer. Not even the thought of striking it rich would get me in that hot hell hole of a place I told him. I like the coast at least we have humidity in the coast.
Richard