I was just there and thats how much the needles palms are. The needle palm they would ship you is not small. It is about 2 feet in height and maybe 5-7 years old. That is a good price. DO IT!

Wes,

I agree with Ryan, Broadway has a good reputation. I know of at least a ten people who have delt with them and all had positive experiences including myself. I also purchased a 3gal needle for about the same price, which was about 2 ft tall and contained 5 pups. I'm not sure how much the cost of shipping will be for you but it cost me $30.00 in gas just to go there and I know of some people who have traveled over 5 hours to get there. In other words if shipping isn't too prohibitive go for it.

PS.
Needles are very slow growers and it would take many years for a seedling to get that large.

Regards
Phil

Thanks guys.
I will order one.

Wes, I have a couple of Needle palms in the ground and many minors. My largest minor is more of the blue form and it flowers like mad. My bigger Needle palm has lots of nice off shoots and a fairly fat trunk. I have another I planted in 1993 that I grew from seed. I have a wack load of R.hystrix seeds on the go right now. I've propagated dozens of them over the years. They are slow to germinate. There is a nice Needle palm at Grace Point near town. It has been happy in our climate for 10 years now. I'll have to take a pic. of it for you. Cheers, Joe

Joe, Admin was kind enough to send me some Hystrix seeds. I had bought a bunch from Rarepalmseeds.com and they molded away 👿
What do you do to get them to pop? I would like to do a 40% Peat and Spagnum + 60% Perlite + Bottom heat.
Cool????

The very first Needles I ever germinated approx. 15 years ago were in my greenhouse with no bottom heat. The next big batch I did 3 years ago I used my hdeat beds in the greenhouse and they germinated quicker. I have also germinated them in zip lock baggies which also worked fine. They can be very slow to germinate and some took well over a year to pop. This latest batch I have are in a zip lock baggy with Pro Mix HP. Basically half perlite to peat. Keep evenly moist and warm. They definately like alot more warmth to sprout. Good Luck, Joe

I ordered a 3 gallon needle from Broadway today. I am looking forward to getting it.

Joe,
That would great to see your needle. You got yours at Casino right?

Wes & Joe,
I don't know about you guys, but I just LOVE the looks of a Hystrix. When I ordered mine from "Plant Delights" I ordered it along with two Fortunei's and was basically a throw in for me.
But I pot planted outside about 3-4 weeks ago and it is visibly growing every day. Since getting the palm about 2 months ago, it has put on two new leavs with the first one fully fanned.
I thought these were historicly slow growers, but I see it growing faster than my two Fortunei.

WEs, I did get mine from Casino and it was a 7 gallon size. It was May 2004 I planted I believe or 2003. It has grown a fair bit especially in the sucker department. It has fired out lots of nice suckers. I'll have to to take a pic. for you guys. There may be a pic. of it on the Palms of B.C. site. Dr. Bob has a nice one at Grace Point. He planted that one 10 years ago. It flowered a couple of years back. There are some good pics. of his Jubaea in the latest edition of HPI I recieved in the mail a couple of days ago. Cheers, Joe

I did see the pics in HPI. Very impressive Jubaea. Mine is very small still.

I bought a three gallon needle from Broadway in Ontario. I should see mine this week. I will post pics when I get it. I would love to see your needle pics Joe.

On my Brahea Armata. Do I need to still have a rain cover over it or am I OK now?

Just bought a five gallon Dickstonia Antarticia for $27.00 at Home Depot. I'll post a pic tonight. Joe I want to plant it in the front were it will get a good deal of sun on the fronds in the summer when it gets bigger. The trunk and roots will be in the shade most of the day. I have a trachy in the same garden and it does fine. Am I OK with this spot. The fronds will get sun pretty much all day in the summer.

Wes, Believe it or not my D.antarctica grows in full hot sun when it comes blasting in. I planted my tree fern in a sheltered L-cove close to my house over 12 years ago. The sun doesn't seem to faze it as long as you give it plenty of irrigation. My largest fern has over 4'ft of trunk and I do have a smaller one locally grown from spores. I have it planted under my coast Redwoods without protection for 2 years now. They are nice plants to have in an exotic garden. The nurseries are full of nice tree ferns here. Cheers, Joe

I took your recommendation and ordered from Broadway and I am very impressed with their service. I received it in one day and it is already planted. Here are some pics.

Sweet. 😀 That's a good size for what you paid. 😀

That looks a lot better than I thought that a needle palm would look. I may give one a try.

Allen