Takil right after it was cut.

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Here is the baby Takil a week after cutting....not out of the woods yet but a good start.
Dime next to it.

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Nice bounce back Jim.
Hadn't expected a Takil to get hit so hard by winter with all the work you do to protect stuff.

Glad it'll live to grow up.

Nice work as always.

Barb

Damn Jim you are a good palm doctor! 8)

Thx ya'all

Those are small palms,keep in mind they are nowhere near as hardy
as larger palms and are very difficult to get through winter at that size.

I think one issue is,the T-cube was in the Washy cover which is translucent and heats up in sunlight...
the Takil cover is styro-foam and only will give you +10F on a sunny day...very possible the Washy was
just over the temp threshold for the t-cube to kick on(with outside temps around zero and sun) and the
the Takil may have been sitting at 10F for hours while the sun kept the heat off,same with the Butia,the spear
is dried up on it-all in all,I think they did well when you consider they all saw cold and the temps from 95F to 130F
inside the covers before I got home-anything with spear-pull had almost no chance with that kind of heat and a damaged spear.

My smaller Princeps rotted to the ground and my C.Cerifera just barely held on the its last spear! 😯

You make a good point, Jim, about thermocube location, in addition to your being away for an extended period of time.

I ended up moving my thermocube into the B. armata enclosure (from the Washy), despite them having the same type of cover.

My smaller Princeps rotted to the ground

That hurts, big time.

Barb

Hey

at least the big Princeps made it!

Certainly great that the big Princeps made it through.

But it's the losses, especially of smaller specimens, I feel sad about.
What a difference another year or two would've made.
That little one was such a trooper.

Barb

For sure,it will be missed but not for long...I did replace it with a B.Armata with stunning blue color...better than the Princeps. 8)

Gotta find a place for a T.Manipur today!

Jim,

I take it yours is in the ground like your others? How I would love to try one in the ground....not sure if I can take the chance.

In California now with my truck and grabbing some stuff from collectors and box stores and going to bring home one of these beauties.

B.Armata with stunning blue color...better than the Princeps. icon_cool.gif

Agree armatas are fabulous.
But there's something so special about the shape of princeps fronds right from a young age.
My first year overwintered B.armata is putting out its second leaf, but new leaves tend to look green. 🙄

Scott, those are super...wow.

Barb

Who knows maybe I'll buy two?

Wish they had some smaller one to experiment with

That was what I saw too...I looked around and found a smaller one for $17

Trust me, I think I've hit every walmart, Lowe's and Home Depot within 50 miles.

3 gallon CIDP for $9.98(bought two)
3 Gallon European Fan Palm(green) $14.98 1 Gallon European Fans for $6.95 Going to plant the 3 gallon in the ground and see if I have luck with over wintering it.

I am glad to see the little guy growing out the damage. Did you spray it with copper fungicide or anything?