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Got 2 nice Blue Hesper palms from Lori at Jurassic Plants Nursery. As always, great packaging.
That makes 26 palms...think I'm done (unless I can find a replacement for my dead Hyophorbe lagenicaulis). 8)
Their fleshy roots, shown below, make transplanting iffy because they're easily damaged.
Barb
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Posted : 25/09/2008 7:54 pm
I recommend lots of heat for those babies! This fall/winter a south facing window would be ideal. Photo below of my two year old Brahea armatas.
Posted : 26/09/2008 12:43 am
nice looking seedlings Barb. good luck with them. I just recently had some brahea armata seeds germinate and they took 9 months to germinate. They are lucky they did not get thrown out but I just kept them around because they were not taking up any room in a small cup. I suspect it will take 5 years before I have a 12" palm at this rate.
Keep up the good work.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 26/09/2008 9:20 am
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Hi Stevea07, thanks for the tip about warmth.
Winter temp advice was my next question...OK they'll go into the house instead of the barely-heated building.
Thanks for that pic...yours are only TWO years old????? 😀
you're definitely doing something right! Gorgeous specimens.
What are the other palms?
Stevea07, welcome to the forum.
Don't see which zone you're in, US , Canada? East , West?
Kent, thanks. Yours took 9 months to germinate?
Oops, maybe I shouldn't have thrown my 10 month old seeds (copernicia, bismarckia, brahea, + ?) into the homemade potting mix bucket. 😕
Maybe they'll still come up in the now-transplanted pots 😆 😆
Since Stevea07's are only 2 years old, yours won't take 5 years to get to one foot tall.
His photo is very encouraging.
Barb
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Posted : 26/09/2008 12:47 pm
H Barb,
I'm in North Alabama. The other palms in the photo from L to R are Trachycarpus princeps, Sabal Louisiana, and Sabal bermudana.
Posted : 27/09/2008 12:29 am
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Stevea07, you're fortunate indeed to live in an area "friendly" to many palms.
Nice selection you have.
Barb
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Posted : 27/09/2008 3:05 pm
this palm species does not like to be transplanted. They are very sensitive to root damage. I have one in my yard and it is now going on to it's 4th winter in the ground. Very hardy species but it does not like the winter rains so I put a rain cover over mine during our wet season.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 05/10/2008 3:52 pm
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I've read about the transplanting risk (even though Todd didn't have any trouble). 😀
One internet site even recommended planting a B.armata into the ground in its pot.
Said that roots would "eventually break out of the pot".
In my zone, would they prefer a house temperature over winter? or a barely-heated building with lots of light?
Barb
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Posted : 06/10/2008 11:56 am
