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Hello all,
Just wanted to say hello. I am very happy to see I am not the only one who is nuts enough to be growing palms "where palms don't grow". I am fairly new to the game but my obsession for palms and other tropicals is not. My collection in small but will grow. Currently I have 3 T. Fortunei (2 - 1 year olds and a 4 year old). I have a couple Washingtonia seedlings (looking for larger ones), One Musa basjoo and a Musa super dwarf. I also have 3 Majestics from the box stores.
My favorite palm is the cuban or the christmas (still up in the air, have 50 seeds incubating right now).
I am zone 6a (I think).
Anyways, thats all about me. Can't wait for summer!!!!!
Bye 🙂
Posted : 12/04/2007 12:26 am
Welcome to the forum.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 12/04/2007 12:40 am
Hello and Welcome!
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Posted : 12/04/2007 1:25 am
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Thank you Alchris and Knnn.
I just noticed I'm a seed..lol...thats awesome!!
Posted : 12/04/2007 1:36 am
Welcome.
I am assuming you are in Ontario.
We have quite a few palm nuts in Ontario so I am sure you will be able to compare notes with one another.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 12/04/2007 2:09 am
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Yes, Ontario. South of Hamilton, kinda near lake Erie. I am excited to see so many palm lovers.
My father in-law just got back from Florida a few hours ago. He dug up a palm of some sort from there. I am going to try to post a pic. Bare with me if it doesn't work...If anyone can I.D it that would be great.
Thanks
Posted : 12/04/2007 2:23 am
How did he get something that big across the border?
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 12/04/2007 8:28 am
The Palm looks like a T. Fortunei. Did he fly or drive back to Canada?
Posted : 12/04/2007 8:45 am
Welcome Arctic Palm. This is a great place to learn and help others who are as nutty as yourself. Keep us posted on what your planting and growing.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 12/04/2007 10:47 am
Welcome to the forum!
.
Corolla Tropicals
"http://www.corollatropicals.ca"
Posted : 12/04/2007 10:55 am
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First, thank you for the welcome everyone. Second, he drove back. He got that (the one in the pic and a bunch of other stuff across too. Some orcids, some flowerd plants.
I have taken large fresh coco nuts back from Cuba, Dominican and Florida before and they have never been taken.
I am off to mexico in a few months and again I will be trying to bring some things back.
So my pic looks like a T. Fortunei?
Posted : 12/04/2007 11:10 am
My ID skills are not that good, I would take a guess that may belong to the Thrinax family?
Anyways, it is a nice looking Palm!
Steve
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Posted : 12/04/2007 11:23 am
Welcome Arctic Palm!
The leaves show a costapalmate form and a dark enlongated hastua. A smaller growth point at the side suggests a multi trunking palm or is there a second palm growing there? A lot of fresh petioles have been cut. Was there a problem with the fronds browning? I'd be concerned with was appears to be mold or fungus perhaps (gray coloring) on the trunk within the fibers. Difficult to say with that pic.
My guess would be Thrinax floridana (Florida thatch palm) and if it is, keep your watering down as these are fairly drought tolerant palms. Get it out into some fresh air.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 12/04/2007 1:07 pm
Welcome fellow palm nut. I look forward to seeing your madness bloom!
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Posted : 12/04/2007 1:36 pm
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macario,
Thank you for the welcome. We have spoken many times via email. Hope all is well and please post some more pics of your stunning palm collection.
Posted : 12/04/2007 2:01 pm
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