Found a 7 foot Bottle Palm !

Here's a couple of shots of the Queen palm I picked up. It stands 8' 3" tall plus the height of the three gallon container. I'll be attending to a small mite situation this morning and repotting it into a 5 gallon pot. Not a bad score for 20 bucks.

Cheers, Barrie.

The base is as big around as the (empty) beer can. 😆

Nice score, Barrie.
We're learning everyone's beverage preferences, too. 😆

At 8foot 3inches, presume it's not going inside the house?

Mites?
I've gotta have a closer look at the two bottles.
While nothing is crawling, there are some things on both Bottles that I haven't seen before.
With the lack of space, the fronds are touching my three triangle palms...oh oh 😕

First I'll wipe the leaves bottom and top with rubbing alcohol on a soft cloth before I get out the big guns..

Barb
PS--coming from a "reputable" nursery here (where they've been for approx. 6 months), I wouldn't have thought it was necessary to quarantine! 😐

Hey Barb ... I've never used rubbing alcohol and wonder about the effects it may have on the leaflets.
I mixed up Malathion and a couple of drops of dish liquid, to better disperse the insecticide. I used about a half a quart in a spray bottle outside, and doused it quite heavily, to reach all the tiny nook and crannies.

This will reside in my coldfarme over winter and move it to a more friendlier, frost free environment if temps dip much below -2°C (28°F). I'll plant it next spring with a protective enclosure next winter.

Here it is after the repotting and insecticide treatment, soaking up the sun. 8)

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie,
Everything looks good out in your great yard...that yucca's still trying to open!
See that you drank the "diameter measuring tool" 😆

I had read about rubbing alcohol on a website...glad I mentioned it.
I don't have anything else. Maybe I'll just try the dish soap on a cloth for now.
I'm guessing it may be brown scale on the underside...oh no!
Tiny brownish bumps "stuck" onto the underside of petioles.

If it were spider mites, they'd rub off, I recall from years ago.
Barb

here's the page on rubbing alcohol, with the Question at the top,
Scroll to bottom of page past all the advertising for Answer:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/House-Plants-721/scale-insect-infection.htm

Barb

Barb, love the bottle, your palm ain't bad either. Nice find. these seem to be good indoor palms. I've had one that has done very well inside the last 2 years. It had some frond browning issues this summer but I think it will be fine now.

Everything looks great at your place. keep up the good work.

Thanks Kent!

What do you think caused your frond browning (or rather, on your palm 😆 😆 )
lack of humidity? potassium problem?

I'll make my own soil mix for the repotting.
Is yours in rich soil? i.e. leaf mold/compost?

This beggar is so heavy, repotting will be interesting 😕
Barb

not sure what caused the browning of the fronds. I repotted and treated with systemic granulars a couple of times and it seemed to help. It only has 3 leaves on it today, it looks much better and am hopeful it survives the winter and thrives next summer. They are one of my favorite palms.

Great that yours is healthier now.

That's one thing I liked about these palms.
They only end up with 3 or 4 leaves, and mature at about 12 feet.
Still 4 feet taller than my ceilings... 😕

Cutting off the spent petiole sheath will be tricky, though.
Looks as though the nursery folks used an exacto knife for a "close shave".
I'm looking forward to the bottle shape becoming more pronounced.

Barb