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Licuala distans

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This Thai palm has been in the ground awhile now and the large, attractive,segmented leaves are pliable and relaxed rather than stiff and thick. Well behaved and good scale. Me likes this one.

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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    It appears I have a lot more leaves to grow before my ones look like that beauty in sunny Hawaii!

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    I have a seedling, but it's not in a hurry...

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    Here are two that I have been growing (or allowing to grow). Seeds from RPS in December 2006, two planted out on a hillside in April 2016. Here they are from above:

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    And from below:

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    The backstory is that both were seriously damaged a year or so ago by the collapse in a windstorm of a large "albizia" tree in my neighbor's yard. They were covered by tree branches and most of the leaves were stripped off. But the stems were undamaged and the palms have grown back almost to their state before the event. (The "albizias" have since been removed.)

    Mike Merritt

    Big Island of Hawaii, windward, rainy side, 740 feet (225 meters) elevation

    165 inches (4,200 mm) of rain per year, 66 to 83 deg F (20 to 28 deg C) in summer, 62 to 80 deg F (16.7 to 26.7 Deg C) in winter.

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