They can be a bit tricky to get started and settled in the ground, but they need it to be dry during winter. Well ee how it goes anyways!!

For some reason my L.Ramsayi and L.Grandis have done well inside this year....
probably because the kitchen is warmer-they have both put out a leaf this winter.

I would have thought I would be lucky if they kept any of their leaves!

Yeah, Ive read most Licula will put out a leaf a year, 2 if youre lucky! I bet its still a fighter jet, compared to the turtle Jubea though lol

I would have thought I would be lucky if they kept any of their leaves!

This "lucky" couldn't get L.grandis through its first year. 😥

If I EVER get another seedling, I want Jim's tips...in writing 😉

Will follow yours with lotsa interest, Jim.

Barb

I hope mine do OK. I see 8 roots in the tub, so im hoping for that many seedlings. Im going to keep them in a baggie as long as I possibly can, since they need humidity to thrive.

Either that, or I need to learn some crazy voodoo

You guys crack me up.....they both put out 2 leaves over the summer,
one so far over the winter,the first Grandis I had did nothing....until it died.

Now I will expect more from them though-LOL

I think part of it is getting a good one and the other part
is then being past their awkward adolescence-you know-
when they die 😡

One other thing-don't know if you guys remember me saying that I rescued
my Bizzy off the porch when I saw it was 22F out? It was nearly sunrise so it
really took the worst of it-I gave the spear a tug and it never pulled but a few
weeks ago(probably more),I noticed that the newest leaf was all dried up....

I think it would have pulled but the palm was so bone dry that instead of freezing
up -the moisture in the leaf- it freeze dried it-already has a new leaf coming up,so
looks like just one dried up soldier and back to business for the Bizzy.....

SOme plants just take a bit of tinkering in regards to your general plant care. 2 leaves arent too bad compared to what ive read. Maybe seedlings are just prone to dampening off?

I rescued my Bizzy off the porch when I saw it was 22F out?

yeah, I remember that!

Incredible that it's coming back after a freeze-dried spear leaf.

Barb

You guys crack me up.....they both put out 2 leaves over the summer,
one so far over the winter,the first Grandis I had did nothing....until it died.

Now I will expect more from them though-LOL

I think part of it is getting a good one and the other part
is then being past their awkward adolescence-you know-
when they die 😡

You mean like my Chinese fan palm? I bet you cant tell where its regrown 😛

The new leaves are so blue on the Bizzy that there isn't much difference between it and the other leaves.

I kept it way to dry last year but that is probably what saved it too.

When I mixed up the soil for the Bizzy I made it so it would dry out quickly,
I guess I should have planned on watering it more but I didn't-it has some growing to do now 😀

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Here is the C.Maxima,it has also put out a leaf over winter that got started last summer.

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Here is the Grandis over the kitchen sink(east window)with a big bowl of water under it.

I add some hot water now and then to give it a steam bath.

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And...the L.Ramsayi,caught putting out a new leaf...

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Oooooh, everything's so beautiful, Jim!!!!! That Licuala grandis...wow 😀

Never occurred to me to give it a steam bath...good idea obviously.
Put mine inside a dry cleaner's bag...yes, it had been "aired out", but it still croaked.

You do know how big that Caryota maxima (or a gigas) gets...even in CAPTIVITY :compress:
IMO, better than any tree fern, Jim 😆 😆

Great bizzie!

Oh to have those in my kitchen...might spend more time there. 😉

Barb

Thanks Barb

the warmer temps in there are doing the trick I think.

Barb, since they do ok in shade, im sure if you left them in the bathroom when you have a shower for bit would do just as well.

those are some cool looking palms Jim. I LOVE fishtale palms........too bad they die at first freeze. 😥

Here's Caryota 'himilaya' back in 2004.........super hardy.......died after first freeze.:lol:
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