Growth rate depends upon where you live. I'm 25 miles inland from Daytona Beach, and 15 years ago I planted a lot of 1 gallon-sized silver/blue saw palmettos...
Please can you share your experience on germinating these two species. After germination, what soil mix is best to use for them to grow on? Any other comments...
Hi Doug Did you completely cover the seeds? Regards Darren ... and gave them no special treatment in my unprotected outdoor nursery. They were sowed in a...
Darren, Looking at the "Official website of La Paz," they give monthly average high temperatures but not lows, but I'm guessing your lows are higher than...
Doug Thanks for all the info. This website gives average day night for La Paz: http://uk.weather.com/weather/climatology/MXBS0006?from=smartlinks I had 25...
To the Group, The warmer weather brings renewed hope that Spring is on its way. It is comforting to see so many plants rebounding from the very cold ...
Karen Sternberg
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Mar 14, 2007 6:20 pm
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There will be a joint meeting of the SoCal Chapter of the American Bamboo Society (ABS) and the Palm Society of Southern California (PSSC) this Saturday, March...
Hi group! I plan on being at the LA Arboreteum on Saturday, and have a new $1400.00 Delta T system for sale. I no longer have the need for it and never did set...
ed and board....this past weekend i worked for johnny mendosa who had a palm sale... met a man there who does johnny's web-site...of course i asked him if he...
Hi! I am trying to get some large size Trachycarpus Wagnerianus. Some large whole sale nursery in California and TX sale it as Trachycarpus Takil. They...
I was looking through the different categories of membership in the IPS web site and had a few questions. It appears as if there is a life membership and ...
In palmsociety@yahoogroups.com, cycadjungl@... wrote: I was looking through the different categories of membership in the IPS web site and had a few questions....
Greetings everyone! I have just joined the group. A short introduction - I am just a lowly palm enthusiast from Portland, Oregon, USA (Zone 8a - should be 8b,...
Alex. There is a lot of cheating about Trachycarpus seeds. That's all I want to say. Why don't you try Trachycarpus princeps? Regards Ruud Meeldijk E-Mail:...
goldenlt
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Apr 27, 2007 10:07 am
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... you know, i do not think it is so much cheating as it is an imperfect knowledge of the genus, which seems widespread among fanciers. Rudy LaSaga seemed...
Hermine. I will send you a photograph of seeds of the following Trachycarpus: Fortunei, Nanus and Princeps If you would look well at the photograph, you can...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Apr 28, 2007 12:39 pm
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Hello everybody, Can anyone give me a definitive answer as to how cold hardy this palm is? I've seen 12 degrees F. and I've seen 3 degrees F. I'd appreciate ...
Thank you Ruud and Hermine for your replies. ... Yes, I plan to eventually try as many species hardy enough for my climate as I can. I have not yet planted T....
I am trying to send the photograph as an attachment. Ruud----- Original Message ----- From: goldenlt To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 28,...
goldenlt
goldenlt@...
Apr 28, 2007 12:43 pm
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Hello Alex, I don't think you have to worry about the cold hardiness of T. princes. I have a small plant for three years in my Dutch garden.. It grows well,...
These photos were also taken in Omar's garden. They are *Corypha elata *about 12 years old. You can tell *C. elata *from *C. umbraculifera *quite easily, *C....
Last weekend I visited the garden of Dr. Omar Dominguez, a transplant surgeon - although I think he spends more time transplanting palms than transplanting...
The Palm and Cycad Society of New Zealand has a new website which can be found here It has areas for membership, photos palm descriptions, articles and more. ...
I thought I might post an interesting article I came across on the internet describing the discovery of a "wild" coconut in the Southern Philippines and would...
Perhaps not truly wild because coconuts are cultivated in that locality but probably "wild-type" because these have previously been reported from similar...
In Genera palmarum the genus Syagrus contains 32 species all located in the South American area. As this genus is the most similar to Cocos nucifera it is...
Sven One of the distinguishing characteristics of the truly wild coconut palm is the ability to float oceanic instances and then independently establish on a...
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