Whatever has happened to Trachycarpus wagnerianus? According to the Kew checklist it has become a synonym of T. fortunei and this has been followed by Andrew...
Trachycarpus wagnerianus does not exist in the wild. It is indeed a form of Trachycarpus fortunei. Probably changed because of growing in a differnt climate. ...
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Hey group, I have quit germinating and am moving on... I have a TEC B-472 label printer and software for printing those white hang tags and pot sticks in your ...
Thanks Ruud, that partly explains it. But not growing in the wild applies to species like Dypsis cabadae, not to mention the Gingko tree, and if T.wagnerianus...
Hi Ian. Sorry for the delay. If the information is right, Wagnerianus started in Japan. So, fortunei changed because of a different climate. According to the...
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I have just added a new page of Random Nikau shots, both in the wild and in landscaping situations. The page can be viewed here; Random Nikau ...
This has been a very successful palm in my xerophitic and hot climate. You can see from the label that the seeds were sown in late September 2001 and the...
Gorgeous. How do they fair in Northeast Florida? Anybody tried? ... From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palmsociety@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David ...
I have both a multi-trunk version which is growing well and a single trunk version which has suffered a serious boron deficiency. Both are in my yard here in...
Luis! Is the D. decipiens solitary or does it produce offsets? There is one here in Ventura, California that has about 15 feet of trunk. What heitht does your...
I did not think D. decipiens did well in Florida. All my attempts to grow one in south Florida have failed.  On Jul 15, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Luis E. Rios, Jr,...
I guess I've been lucky. My L. decipiens have done well in Central Florida. Slow to moderate in growth with the exception of a hybrid which grew quite...
OOPS! Haste makes waste. I misread the species. Dypsis, not Livistona! Sorry. Doug ... From: Jay To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 16,...
I have tried growing them many times in India ,they grow well inside poly for the first 9-12 months when protected from rain,once we plant them out or take...
kinda doubtful there are 68 yr old D.decipiens anywhere in USA, mebbe that one in Ventura Cal. I'm guessing he prob. meant 6 to 8 yrs old. crownshaft type...
I had a D.mahajanga also. It died within the year. Planted it at the same time as my D. decipiens. I bought them both from the owner (May He RIP) of The Green...
In recent posts, I read a response by a member who claimed that the Euterpe oleracea was thriving in parts of Florida, until a hurricane had destroyed them...
Not E. oleracea, I grew E.edulis. They all came down after two hurricanes in a 3 week period. That is a rare event. E. precatoria also seems to do well...
Dypsis madagascariensis has grown well here. We are growing 3 forms of it. The Mahajanga form seems to be the hardiest. It is clustering and has more plumose,...
Hi! Mukundan, I am from Sri Lanka, and I grow all three, forms of this palm with absolute ease.The palms are located in Piliyandala,which is about 40...
Thanks for the photos! If Eric can grow these in Orlando, I'm sure they'll grow in Ft. Lauderdale. We may need some amendment to the sandy soil, though. Larry...
The New Zealand Palm and Cycad Society has a new Facebook page. It can be accessed by the link below. Join up to be kept informed of up coming meetings,...
...to help pass the cold, wet, Winter days... Tuesday 4 August Palm & Cycad nutrition: A scientific approach . John Lok takes a very thoughtful approach to...
How cool are you in the winter there From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palmsociety@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of michaelmac@... Sent: July 28,...
I imported 1,000 seeds of Bismarkia nobilis, wild collected from the "bluest" forms in Madagascar. Most of been just that but a few have spiral leaves as...