Cyphosperma balansae at Leu Gardens

[ThomasZ]

This is probably my favorite palm in Leu gardens. Thanks Eric for planting this beautiful plant! 

[peachy]

It looks pretty now so should be spectacular when it is bigger. I might have to do some reading up on them.

Peachy

[Harry’s Palms]

I agree with @peachy , this is a beautiful palm . The tightly held fronds and clean trunk with colored leaf bases , what’s not to like? Harry

[Jonathan Haycock]

One of my favourites from New Caledonia, but I’ve really struggled to get a single seedling from multiple germination attempts. A friend in Sydney recently had great success in a communal pot of free draining compost, left outside and forgot about. I’ve replicated the technique, so fingers crossed. 

[tim_brissy_13]

38 minutes ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

One of my favourites from New Caledonia, but I’ve really struggled to get a single seedling from multiple germination attempts. A friend in Sydney recently had great success in a communal pot of free draining compost, left outside and forgot about. I’ve replicated the technique, so fingers crossed. 

I’ve tried a few different things on different batches, mostly from the Sydney BGs specimens and not had much luck. I got my first ever C balansae to sprout last year but it died soon after potting up. They seem very tricky from seed and as small seedlings.  

[happypalms]

I got them germinating at the moment, and by the looks of the Aussie counterparts theres a bit of seed getting around this great country we call home in the land down under. 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I agree with @peachy , this is a beautiful palm . The tightly held fronds and clean trunk with colored leaf bases , what’s not to like? Harry

Harry if it doesn’t sucker and throw pups around like confetti at a wedding @peachy will want one that’s for sure. 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I agree with @peachy , this is a beautiful palm . The tightly held fronds and clean trunk with colored leaf bases , what’s not to like? Harry

Harry if it doesn’t sucker and throw pups around like confetti at a wedding @peachy will want one that’s for sure. 

[Jonathan Haycock]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I’ve tried a few different things on different batches, mostly from the Sydney BGs specimens and not had much luck. I got my first ever C balansae to sprout last year but it died soon after potting up. They seem very tricky from seed and as small seedlings.  

I've managed to pop a few, but most soon perished. Two small seedlings were promising, but got sun burnt during a house move after I left them too long in the wrong spot 😩. I think they'd do well in my new auto-irrigated set up. Just got to get some more to pop.

[tim_brissy_13]

3 hours ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

I've managed to pop a few, but most soon perished. Two small seedlings were promising, but got sun burnt during a house move after I left them too long in the wrong spot 😩. I think they'd do well in my new auto-irrigated set up. Just got to get some more to pop.

I’ve got one going well which was a nice gift from another collector. But even that one you can just tell it’s one of those species that is touchy. They just look so fragile as small seedlings. It’s funny, C naboutinense is the opposite even down here in chilly Melbourne despite coming from a more tropical origin. They seem so robust in comparison. 

[Eric in Orlando]

Thanks! Glad its growing well and you like it.

That one replaced one that was getting nice but got buried under hurricane debris back in 2017. There was another larger one not far away but it got some nutrient deficiency I could not get corrected and it died. But they seem tricky to get established here. I have planted a few other young specimens out but none of them survived.

[PalmBossTampa]

I visited that exact palm earlier this week on a lunchtime stroll @ Leu . I cleaned some leaf litter out of the canopy too as I studied it. I have a 3 gal size that i look forward to performing as well in my area.

The two in the background are Cyphosperma naboutinense (left) and to the right is a trichospadix. I hope they do as well in same conditions