I saw some very large and established A. catecha palms today at a nursery here in Cyprus. 34°N they were going for 450Euros so if someone wanted to experiment, that’s what they’d need to cough up hehe

Picture is from Google. I didn’t take any myself but I will if I go back. If they had smaller ones I’d definitely buy one!

Good luck with that one in winter, I don’t even entertain the idea of growing one, and iam not afraid of giving it a go either! 

17 hours ago, Dimimelbourne said:

I saw some very large and established A. catecha palms today at a nursery here in Cyprus. 34°N they were going for 450Euros so if someone wanted to experiment, that’s what they’d need to cough up hehe

Picture is from Google. I didn’t take any myself but I will if I go back. If they had smaller ones I’d definitely buy one!

My friend, 450 Euros is a lot of money, I wouldn't risk it.

That's a lot of money. I didn't know Nicosia was expensive.

4 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

That's a lot of money. I didn't know Nicosia was expensive.

So these were actually in Zygi a small village between Limassol and Larnaca. They’re huge tho but still… very expensive ey

I love Cyprus (Kittim). Ancient glory of the Greek peoples. The Patmos of the Apocalypse and of John the Theologian. The island served as a place of confinement for prisoners. Congratulations on your island, friend!

25 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

I like Chipe (Kittim). Ancient glory of the Greek peoples. The Patmos of the Apocalypse and of John the Theologian. The island served as a place of confinement for prisoners. Congratulations on your island, my friend.

Chipe = Chipre? No puedo entender haha 

Kittim (Kition) is exactly in Larnaca where I’m living though.

It’s an interesting place Chipre, with a rich history for sure. Palm wise… room for improvement haha especially as with the right microclimate there’s so much growing potential here.

Kittiim was the founder of the island. This was its ancient name. It is the original biblical name for Cyprus.

2 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Kittiim was the founder of the island. This was its ancient name. It is the original biblical name for Cyprus.

Interesting. Apparently though, it was first just a settlement here in Larnaca. Oldest living city on the island.

The name was changed to Kition and now of course Larnaca

Very interesting, my friend.

Javan, Elisa, Tarshish, Dodanim, Kittim, the entire race of Greek peoples on the islands and throughout the Mediterranean. The Greeks traded with the Tartessians (Spain). Tartessians was an advanced civilization of the Turdetanian (Iberians) and Canaanite peoples of the Middle East.

On 9/14/2025 at 6:30 PM, Dimimelbourne said:

So these were actually in Zygi a small village between Limassol and Larnaca. They’re huge tho but still… very expensive ey

I was a soldier in Zygi in 2007! Haha, small world. Apparently, this species does not tolerate well anything below 5 C so maybe too marginal even for coastal Cyprus. 

On 9/14/2025 at 7:30 PM, Hu Palmeras said:

Very interesting, my friend.

Javan, Elisa, Tarshish, Dodanim, Kittim, the entire race of Greek peoples on the islands and throughout the Mediterranean. The Greeks traded with the Tartessians (Spain). Tartessians was an advanced civilization of the Turdetanian (Iberians) and Canaanite peoples of the Middle East.

I think by Javan you are using the Hebrew name for Greeks, Yevanim? I remember from my Hebrew classes, Cyprus was called Kafrisim.