Sabal causaria???

[Dean W.]

I got these from a guy in Europe. He had them labeled as Sabal causaria. I can't find any information on the causaria. Could it be just a variation of a palmetto? I found another spelling for it, but not much else. Anyway here is a pic.


Dean

[Knnn]

More than likely Sabal causiarum, http://www.floridata.com/ref/S/saba_cau.cfm


A nice looking Sabal!

Steve

[Dean W.]

Thanks, Steve, I guess people in other countries have different spellings for it.

Dean

[Dean W.]

They were placed in a community pot after germination. Today I seperated them from the pot. Now I have 10 one-gallon containers of them.

Dean

[Knnn]

Congrats! These are reported to be one of the faster growing Sabals ( at least by a couple sources , post some photos as they progress

Steve

[Dean W.]

Thanks, Steve, I've read they were slow growing. I took a photo, but had problems with my software again. I will post a photo tommorow if all goes well.

Dean

[oppalm]

Heres a recent picture of my sabal causiarum. these germinated back in March 2008 and have grown quite nicely for me. They are in a protected area in my backyard under an austrian pine tree. They get maybe 2-3 hours of dappled sunsine late in the day.

My seeds had the same habit of pushing out of the growing medium and I kept lightly piling more potting mix on them until they finally quit pushing out.

How are yours doing?

[Dean W.]

Hey Kent,

Mine are doing great. As you saw in the photo above I germinated them in perlite. After they germinated I placed them in a community pot. I didn't have a problem with them pushing up on me. I guess I must have planted them a little deep. They were getting full sun while in the community pot. After seperating them I moved them to less sun to account for any transplant shock. Here's a photo of how they looked after I repotted them.


Mine got a little brown to the leaf ends maybe they were getting to much water. Kent, did you germinate yours in that container?

Dean

[oppalm]

dean - mine germinated in the container you see in the picture. The container is probably 3 " deep. I am surprised you put your seedlings in pretty good sized containers already. Are those 1 gallon size? I'll probably step mine up to the 20 ounce styrofoam cups here in the next 7-10 days. I have to overwinter mine inside and the smaller cups/containers give me more room.

[Dean W.]

Kent, the roots did not fill out the entire pot, but they did have long roots. Yes, those are one-gallon pots. I'm hoping mine will survive outside here in zone 8b. I looked at a couple of sites and they said they were hardy to 8b, so.

Dean

[lucky1]

Congrats, Dean and Kent.
Nice looking seedlings.

Is it recommended to add more soil if the palms seem to be pushing themselves up out of pots?
Had always heard (for plants generally) that HIGH is always better than planting TOO LOW in soil.

Barb

[Dean W.]

Had always heard (for plants generally) that HIGH is always better than planting TOO LOW in soil.

Me too, I guess I didn't plant mine to deep after all. Maybe just right would be better wording.

Dean

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Dean those should do very well for you in central Texas. They sure look like the W.filifera of the Sabal species.They have very similar characteristics except growth rates IMO. Where in central Texas are you?

John

[Dean W.]

Dean those should do very well for you in central Texas. They sure look like the W.filifera of the Sabal species.They have very similar characteristics except growth rates IMO. Where in central Texas are you?

John

Hey John,

They do look like W.filifera of the Sabal species. I have read else where that they are slow growers, but IMO they seem to be growing fast. I'm located right outside of Austin, Texas.

Dean

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Dean heard lot`s of good things about Austin. Nice to see your taking advantage of your climate for growing palms.

John