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From: ConsoleG4@...

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Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 8:20 AM

Subject: Re: [palmsociety] Palm root cuttings?

 

As to Black Sphinx, it sounds like a clone produced vegetatively - but you never know.
Bob
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: why don't you grow them from seed?

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----- Original Message -----

From: ConsoleG4@...

To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:44 PM

Subject: Re: [palmsociety] Palm root cuttings?

Hi Dutch,

I suppose I made the contact off the list because I own/co-own about 10 groups like this one and don't like it when someone solicits members to join a competing group. Competing might be too strong a word but I suspect readers will know what I intend. Since I don't own a palm group here's the information. LOL

Website dedicated to rare edibles and unusual plants:
http://www.quisqualis.com
Had this educational site for years and I want to expand to promote more groups like the Palm Society. See the links to "Organizations RFCI & Others" and "Australia& New Zealand Connections".

Following this link:
http://www.quisqualis.com/tv01content.html
will take you to a web adaptation of Edible Palms and Their Uses by Jody Haynes and John McLaughlin (Fact Sheet MDCE-00-50 of the UF/Miami-Dade County Extension office).

I do a bit of grafting and opened a site for information exchange and to sell some grafting DVDs I am working on (too bad it doesn't work on palms!) and opened:
http://www.HowToGraft.com

I would be pleased to exchange links with or promote various plant related organizations, usually the organization gets a full page although I am not above giving another page for sales and events. No cost but I like to exchange links if possible.

I also have my own, small, web hosting company and would like to assist some of the many clubs and organizations without sites (or without anyone to maintain then) the chance to have a site for their members. Not free, but I only need to cover my costs as I want to see more exposure for unique plants and those who love them. (My servers are green powered (wind) which I thought fit nicely).

Why my desire to promote plants and their organizations? Because I see this as a way to share information and maybe help save some of the beautiful, or odd, species that are endangered.

Bob Cannon
SW Florida USA

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why off the list?  others might like the information as well.  God knows this list is not over-used!

Dutch

On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:20 PM, ConsoleG4@... wrote:

 

What a great site. I bookmarked it and will spend a lot of time reading through it.

As to Black Sphinx, it sounds like a clone produced vegetatively - but you never know.

I'll be contacting you off the list about exchanging links - I have a site that promotes plant groups.

Bob
SW Florida USA

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Dear Palm Experts,

I am new for Butia.
I live in Bandung, Indonesia at the elevation of 800 meter above sea level. My
place has very long hours of hard rain per day 6-12 hours a day September to
April. I bought Palm Butia Capitata overall height 3-3.5 feet. I would like to
plant it in ground. Would the rain level kill my Butia?

Thanks in advance. Hendro

Thank to every one that has replied to my question. There is a lot of
information to sort through and it is going to take us a little while to get
this done.

A couple of answers, it is not reliable to get this from seed because of the
amount of other palms in the Phoenix area. There are not a lot of these trees
maybe 100 or so. They had fallen out of favor because while the fruit is
extremely good tasting and eating, it is very delicate and the only way to keep
it is by freezing. The sugars are very high and it never gets hard just kind of
chewy. This lead to it falling out of favor and now a few of us would like to
save this variety.

It is a tall, most are almost 100 feet now, and attractive palm with good fruit
production but there is a lot of competition with the birds.

So thanks for the help and I will let you know what we figure out.
Chris


--- In palmsociety@yahoogroups.com, "goldstarinvestors" <goldstarinvestors@...>
wrote:
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> New to palm trees and needing to learn if anyone knows of a way to take a root
cutting from a mature date palm.
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> We are trying to save what is referred to as a Black Sphinx Date Palm here in
Phoenix, Arizona. It is a delicious date that has been kind of ignored over the
years and now there is some interest is saving it. The problem is all of the
trees we can find are very old and long ago stopped producing pups/offshoots.
>
> So we are looking for information about possibly taking a root cutting and
growing new ones this way or finding a young tree/trees that are able to produce
offshoots. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for you time.
> Chris
>

 

There was a nice planting of Sabal palmetto var. lisa growing near a parking lot here in that tat I visited once/  I have lost the location of it.  Does anyone remember where it is .  Would appreciate it as I would like to take some pictures.

 

 

Jerold Crawford

Tampa, Florida  USA

USDA Zone 9B or 10A depending on the map

What is eating my "lipstick palm"?

 

 

Jerold,

I just saw a picture of a clump at the St. Pete Palm Park.  Maybe Phil can confirm.  Or I will be down there no later than mid November for a swim meet, and can verify then.

Andy
Tampa, Fl

Jerold Crawford wrote:

 

There was a nice planting of Sabal palmetto var. lisa growing near a parking lot here in that tat I visited once/  I have lost the location of it.  Does anyone remember where it is .  Would appreciate it as I would like to take some pictures.

 

 

Jerold Crawford

Tampa, Florida  USA

USDA Zone 9B or 10A depending on the map

What is eating my "lipstick palm"?

 

 

 

 

There was a nice planting of Sabal palmetto var. lisa growing near a parking lot here in that tat I visited once/  I have lost the location of it.  Does anyone remember where it is .  Would appreciate it as I would like to take some pictures.

 

 

Jerold Crawford

Tampa, Florida  USA

USDA Zone 9B or 10A depending on the map

What is eating my "lipstick palm"?

 

 

Possibly my favourite fan palm is Wallichia disticha.  With its beautiful leaves arranged in a perfect fan similar to Ravenala madagascariensis  it makes a most impressive feature.  When viewed this from the side it looks to be fastigiate, but this is only because of the extraordinary beautiful arrangement of its leaves.

Is that true that it dies after it blooms?

   I have air plants and lillies that do that but they also produce off shutes
before they are gone, does the palm do this?

--- In palmsociety@yahoogroups.com, David Clulow <david.clulow@...> wrote:
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> One photo did not go, it is the one showing the plant in side view; here it
> is:
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> 2009/10/14 David Clulow <david.clulow@...>
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> > Possibly my favourite fan palm is *Wallichia disticha. ** *With its
> > beautiful leaves arranged in a perfect fan similar to *Ravenala
> > madagascariensis** * it makes a most impressive feature.  When viewed this
> > from the side it looks to be fastigiate, but this is only because of the
> > extraordinary beautiful arrangement of its leaves.
> >
>

In September 2001 I imported one hundred Dypsis madagascariensis  seeds from Rare Palm Seeds in Germany.  They mostly germinated and I had far too many for my own use so I gave many away to friends.

This week I was invited to a birthday party in Manriqué which is only around an hour and a quarter away from my finca, but is around 3,000 feet higher elevation and gets rain fairy evenly and profusely all year round.  As against my finca which has virtually no rain from January to March and we do not have facilities for irrigation.  I was staggered at the growth of my donated palm under these conditions.  It is about twice as tall as my ones - you can see from the photos.  And it shows evidence of fruiting last year as the seeds on this plant are not ready under these cooler conditions whereas my ones have finished fruiting.

This is a wonderful palm, surviving almost anywhere.  I have sown quite a number of seeds this year as I plan to plant them around some of my boundaries.  Most of the palms I have attempted to cultivate there have perished in the dry season.  Only the Bismarkias, Corypha elata and Chamaedora siefritzii surviving.  But not one Dypsis madagarascariensis perished in the drought.

I seem to remember that someone stated that Dypsis madagascariensis is not the correct name;  does anyone know what it really should be called?

The first photo is the one I showed you before in my finca and the other two at my friend Gabriela's finca in Manriqué.

I'm new to the group.
We recently bought a house in tenerife and I would like to plant a few palms. I
tried to find Cocos nucifera but none of the nurseries I visited had them. Could
anyone bring me in contact with members who live in tenerife and who could help
me with some info on usable palm and where to find them. The house is at the sea
front with frequent salt-spray.I run a nursery in Belgium (zone 8a) of
ornamental broadleaved trees but when I came to the Canaries, my botanical
knowledge was suddely brought back to basic. So, there is much to learn. This is
exciting!

I've read some articles from Carlo Morici but I don't have his email address.
Can anyone help me.
Are there any other palms that I could grow so close to the sea in a the dry
climate of eastern Tenerife?



--- In palmsociety@yahoogroups.com, Brian Bruning <BBruning@...> wrote:
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> Check with Carlo Morici who is an avid member of the IPS and who lives in Sta.
Cruz de Tenerife.  He will certainly be able to help you.
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> To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com
> From: ellay@...
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:32:56 -0500
> Subject: RE: [palmsociety] Tenerife
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>             You will probably find some coconut trees, but even if you don't,
as a nurseryman you should be able to start your own. Just get a few coconuts
and give them 6 months or so to germinate.
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> LARRY
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> From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palmsociety@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of dirk.benoit
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 5:10 AM
> To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [palmsociety] Tenerife
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> I'm new to the group.
> We recently bought a house in tenerife and I would like to plant a few palms.
I tried to find Cocos nucifera but none of the nurseries I visited had them.
Could anyone bring me in contact with members who live in tenerife and who could
help me with some info on usable palm and where to find them. The house is at
the sea front with frequent salt-spray.I run a nursery in Belgium (zone 8a) of
ornamental broadleaved trees but when I came to the Canaries, my botanical
knowledge was suddely brought back to basic. So, there is much to learn. This is
exciting!
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