ODP,are those(frozen) trachys from brians botanicals on e-bay?
Do you have any pics? 😀
Heres a pic of one of my wagxfort as I understand it,or as they call it Hayes stiffie- last Oct-
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Jim I will take some pics of the "Brian`s botanicals" Trachy`s that I have from Kentucky.

John

John, I'll wait to see your tesan winter results as they age.
But it's good to know you have some.

Here are some more nainital pics (a bit dark, sorry).
Leaves are somewhat folded from dry soil (not cold...it's in the cold building at 8C 46F).
Dry soil makes both my fortunei and nainital fold leaves.

Nainital leaf underside:

Trachy fortunei leaf underside (oops, I think I see a bug!)

Barb

Barb dryness is a concern as is lack of light. Nice to see yours are in a sunny location. Yours look great.

John

I use folding leaves as a message from the palms that they want water.

My 32yr old Trachy's leaves unfold only hours after a good watering.
No apparent harm done.

But maybe that's why it's only 6 feet tall 😆 😆

John, I'm amazed at the 2 Washy filifera I got from you. Do they ever quit growing? 😆 😆
Can't find recent pics of them, sorry.

Barb

Barb,although I guess its more reasonable to think that your palm is Naini Tal,it sure looks more like a Takil! the only thing is in the Takil pics I have seen,the leaves appear more grayish colored.How old is that palm? Nice pics,do you have any from when it was smaller?

Barb dryness is a concern as is lack of light. Nice to see yours are in a sunny location. Yours look great.

John

I have many trachys growing in deep shade. I think they do better in shade personally. Some receive only 30 mins of direct sunlight....

Themes in regards to low light or no light is not outside I`m refering to but overwintered inside. My trachy`s grow greener in part shade as well outside. Yours look healthy. Where are you located? Barb those W. filifera will really take off after you transplant if you haven`t already?

John

Themes in regards to low light or no light is not outside I`m refering to but overwintered inside. My trachy`s grow greener in part shade as well outside. Yours look healthy. Where are you located? Barb those W. filifera will really take off after you transplant if you haven`t already?

John

Sorry, I thought you meant outside. Funnily enough the ones in shade are greener and look healthier. The ones in full sun can get a bit yellow. Located in the Uk...been outside all winter unprotected apart from a tree canopy.

Hi mo, nice to see you back.
I agree entirely. Most of my palms are in only morning sun during summer in our hot dry area.
The big potted Trachy spent only a few days in hot sun and wind. Leaves were broken in half from the wind, and its colour looked chlorotic. All my palms, triangles, spindles, trachies, and small sabals etc spend summer protected from hot sun.

The only palms that love the intense heat here are the big CIDP and the 2 Washy filifera.

Do you have any pictures of your palm(s) during the snow event in the UK?

And John, yes, finally we have sunshine again (after what seemed like a month of valley fog).
The big windows let in lots of sun, and the palms are responding nicely.
I haven't transplanted the Washies yet...will wait until warm weather and they can go outside.
Will look forward to seeing your pics.

Jim, I got the nainital from Barrie last year (or was it the year before?), so there are no other pics of it.
It just looks bulletproof to me.

Barb

Thanks for the welcome. Unfortunately not. I did take some pics of the snow but they seem to have been overwritten on my sd card. Although we had all this snow it did nothing to the palms. I have over 20 trachys planted outside and not one showed any signs of damage. The nights proceeding the snow..we had some coldest temps here for 10 years..so far nothings croaked apart from a Parajubaea TVT.(hoping it reshoots in the spring). I have tree canopy so it was forced on me..however I discovered how much the trachys like shade..and deep shade at that. I have two trachys in full sun and they do look a bit chlorotic as you said..I will see if epsoms salts will help to green them up..if not I will move later in the year.

That alpine kink is a curious growth habit,I have only seen it that pronounced in Takil and Manipur but have seen pics of many other Trachys with this trait,I have read that it has to do with the placement of the embryo in the seed 🙄
my Manipur is the only Trachy of mine with as pronounced a kink as yours but the Tesan look like they will exibit this as well
Themes/Barb,thats interesting that you say Trachys do so well in shade,I am wondering what size these palms are and if they have deep root sytems.I do know that Latisectus,martianus and manipur have all done well inside(south window)and I think morning sun or speckled sunlight would be good when they go outside as is recommended for smaller palms of these varieties.All things being equal(which they are not)it will be interesting to see which one of my waggies does the best this year,one is under a tree and gets less than a half day,one is out another 20ft away and gets a few more hours and one is out even more and gets much more sun so,we shall see.

Themes/Barb,thats interesting that you say Trachys do so well in shade,I am wondering what size these palms are and if they have deep root sytems.I do know that Latisectus,martianus and manipur have all done well inside(south window)and I think morning sun or speckled sunlight would be good when they go outside as is recommended for smaller palms of these varieties.All things being equal(which they are not)it will be interesting to see which one of my waggies does the best this year,one is under a tree and gets less than a half day,one is out another 20ft away and gets a few more hours and one is out even more and gets much more sun so,we shall see.

all about this size..

mo, what a fabulous tropical setting!
Your plants are obviously used to the low light in summer, but the real benefit is the consistent humidity within the planted community. And in winter, with deciduous trees having shed their leaves, your palms receive more bright light, and they've obviously become accustomed.

Sun in winter is so welcome to those of us in northern latitudes.

Thanks for those pictures!
We hope your parajubea comes back.
Epsom salts are a quick tonic producing green-up, mine looked great afterward.
I'd leave a Waggie in full sun before I'd plant a Trachy in that spot.

Jim, oh oh, now I've got a kinky palm 😆 😆
Among similar-looking plants, I always look at the leaf underside and note differences where it attaches to the stem.
Doubt it's too reliable though, because plants' physical characteristics may change a bit as they mature.

Re the slow acclimatization of palms back into morning sun once they go outdoors, I'm still having trouble with that. Even brief morning sun burned the ends of my 3 Dypsis decaryi last summer. I may have to find a total shade spot for a couple of weeks, but then they'd NEVER get used to sun 😕

I forget who it was here on Palms North but they said many palms that are intended for sale to big box stores or wholesale nurseries are grown in crowded situations in light to full shade, which tends to produce taller specimens.
An example was the Windmill Palm. Mine was tall when I bought it, but after several months the tall stems started to spread out (similar to a bush collapsing), so I was advised to put it in mostly shade. In short order the stems again stood up.

Barb

Its nice that they get a long season of sunlight when the leaves are off the trees,I wonder what the growth rate is summer vs winter(sun vs shade) and what are your avg highs and lows summer vs winter? Nice garden,love the tree fern,is it D.antarctica?