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Surprised I didn't get pulled over by the Constabulary.
This is interior of my car for a 50-mile trip on highway, ha ha.
At left is Reed or Bamboo Palm, Chamaedora Microspadix (from Bylands in Westbank for $69...ouch), at right is Chinese Fan Palm (Livistonia chinensis) $21 at RONA Kelowna.
The beer is reference to size (ya, really).
ALSO...look at these Palm Pots!
Not cheap even on sale, but thought I'd try em.
According to the tag, they're a patented 4-layer lamination process, light as a feather (might blow over!), with the bottom 1 inch of pot made out of clay. Made in China (isn't everything?)
I'll omit what I paid for the pots
We can eat pork 'n beans for a week. 😕
Barb
Cool stems on the Bamboo Palm (aptly named)
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Posted : 13/01/2008 2:12 pm
Very nice Barb! I have been waiting on a Bamboo to show up at lowes or Home Depot for awhile now. Maybe this year.
Not the pot I was expecting........
Posted : 13/01/2008 3:55 pm
Looks good.
Both very healthy looking palms. I want to try a Livistonia chinensis out in the garden. I know I will have to protect it on those coldest nights but I think I can keep it alive outside.
The pots will be perfect for those palms with long tap roots.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 13/01/2008 3:56 pm
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I think the bamboo palm will like wet feet.
Hope you don't have to pay as much as I did, Craig.
Wes, they're a nice full looking (because of clustering) palm.
I read somewhere that wind shreds the leaves.
It would look very nice near your Trachys.
Yup, those palm pots will take a lot of soil, good for palm roots.
But wonder what to do when potting up in a few years... 😐
will worry about that later.
Barb
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Posted : 13/01/2008 4:09 pm
Barb,
Great Palms & Photos, your Chamaedorea is flowering too 8)
Steve
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Posted : 13/01/2008 7:46 pm
Barb great find for those. Do they have any bamboo left at Bylands nursery?
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 13/01/2008 9:56 pm
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John,
Mine was on the top shelf of display...didn't see any others.
They've got a bunch of Wollemia nobilis...small were about $60, larger about $99.
They had a few sagos and some very large Majesty's 10 footers.
Maybe give them a call and see if I missed a second one.
Barb
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Posted : 13/01/2008 10:04 pm
Nice buy, Barb!
Dean
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Posted : 14/01/2008 9:41 am
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Thanks Steve and Dean!
John, RONA Kelowna had a "Chamaedora Cataractarum".
I should've bought it but the car was full. 😐
I looked it up; internet said "perfect houseplant palm".
Barb http://www.plantapalm.com/Vpe/photos/Species/chamaedorea_cataractarum.htm
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Posted : 14/01/2008 11:37 am
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How could I resist a palm that's listed as "perfect houseplant palm"? 😕
Good size, there are 5 or 6 left today. Also some nice Spindles.
The C.cataractarum's pot will stand in a plastic bucket with 2 or 3 inches of water (in habitat it grows in rivers!)
In the middle of January, RONA Kelowna's GH is wonderful. Here are some pics:
Barb
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Posted : 14/01/2008 6:28 pm
Barb well now you`ve done it. I must to go to Rona and buy more palms but only two, or maybe three ,or well if there is a sale on what`s a couple more while I`m there. I can stop palms anytime I want. LOL 😆
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 15/01/2008 7:25 pm
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Ha ha, John, misery loves company 😉
Let's see what you bought...
Husband said today: "Ya, but what if someone rings the doorbell?" 😆 😆 😆
No room in the barely-heated building...it's full of palms too! 
Barb
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Posted : 15/01/2008 7:39 pm
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Brought home a week ago, growing like crazy, especially the Bamboo Palm:
Warm house and lots of misting, near a bright window.
Inflorescences, juvenile and mature leaves more developed.
Barb
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Posted : 21/01/2008 2:10 pm
They sure are growing.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 21/01/2008 7:13 pm
Everything looks happy & healthy under your care!
Steve
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Posted : 21/01/2008 7:22 pm
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