Indoor Palms

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:40 am

And others that spend the winter inside,

Majesty Palm,

Spindle on the left, King on the right.

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:42 am

Cat Palms,

Parlour Palms,

Metallica,

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:47 am

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:49 am

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:50 am

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:42 pm

A potted Spindle in the back, (new spear about ready to open)

Hyophorbe indica,

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:41 am

nice photo journalism Steve. Looks like your palms are getting big. keep up the good work.

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:17 am

Thanks Kent, it's been fun watching them grow!
I finally planted some out this year, (Trachys, minors, palmettos, needle, etc), only winter protection is going to be a rain cover & leaf mulch. I'll let you know how that goes.

Steve

Okanagan desert-palms · Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:46 pm

Steve everything is looking very healthy. I wish I had been able to have my Bismarkia seedlings survive beyond strap leaf stage. I will give them more light in the winter this time around. Great pics.

John

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:38 am

John, Thanks and sorry to hear about your Bismarckias, I've lost my share too.
The ones that did okay last winter just had a few compact fluorescents as supplements, too much light and cool temps seem to cause problems. (top growth initiates without the roots being able to keep up, at least I think that's what happened to some of mine)

Steve

Okanagan desert-palms · Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:39 pm

Steve seems the roots on Bismarkia are adversly affected by cool temps. I will be keeping them in a warm spot in the house this winter.

John

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:23 am

John, Good luck with them! Maybe you just had a batch that were tender, or perhaps even the "Green Form"?
Considering how well your plants are grown, I can't see you having many problems with these

Steve

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:28 am

A couple more,

Astrocaryum alatum

Coccothrinax litoralis

Masoala kona

Steve

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:39 am

Steve, I am always impressed with the number of different palms you germinate and manage to grow. Just when I think I have seen it all you throw a astrocaryum alatum at me. Nice job.

hilashes · Post by **hilashes** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:00 am

Hi there Steve, you sure have some beautiful palms going. What fertilizer and soil do you use for your Majesty...I'm having a hard time keeping it alive no matter what I do to it!

Heidi

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:01 pm

Agree, fabulous stuff Steve grows.

But that Bizzie has to be my fav...after all, I saw it being born, and grow up to its fine stage today

Now I remember what else I've killed ('coz yours are alive)...killed the parlour palm stone dead.
Almost killed the Cataractarum, but only the top 5 feet died. The bottom 1 foot is still alive

Barb

Gartem · Post by **Gartem** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:20 pm

Chamaedorea elegans

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:17 pm

Ya mon
Your palms look nice and healthy/happy!

Your Bizzy looks great

Mine is not doing to well inside -I may plant it and if it recovers.......

TBC

Gartem · Post by **Gartem** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:20 am

Thank you. It is 6 years old.
Also I have Phoenix dactylifera, it is 7 years old.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:36 am

They think it's spring...

This Butia capitata just keeps on growing (from last summer).

Phoenix roebellenii starting to push fronds.

1st Triangle palm.

2nd Triangle:

3rd Triangle:

Chamaeorops humilis v. cerifera. This one's going to be planted in spring. Three trunks will be beautiful.

Spindle palm two pics:

Just starting to push a spear:

Bottle palm frond open:

Southern nurseries do such a nice job of pruning the base.
Even after watching a video of how to prune a bottle, harder than it looks...managed to butcher it

The cataractarum palm is in serious decline, so no photo of that.
And the palms in the cold building aren't doing anything, so didn't bother taking photos of them.

How are your palms doing indoors?
Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:40 pm

Nice Butia
Mine is pushing some nice growth out of the center.
It really is amazing how much happier a palm is outside,so many of them start to hit their stride right as fall turns to winter.
It only has 2 trash cans over it and the same cycle as the Washy on the thermocube.
It will be fun to see what it does now that it is getting established!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:07 pm

Barb,
very nice palms!
Naturally I like the Butia. I'm very happy with mine even though winter protection outdoors is a hassle.
I bet you could have had this one outdoors this winter.
I think the Chamaeorops humilis v. cerifera will do very well for you in the ground. The only one I ever tried died; my inexperience a few years ago. I kept the little guy in the house in winter, planted it in Spring, dug it up in October and it slowly died over that 2nd winter from transplant shock, poorly managed. I replaced it with a cheap Home-Depot Ch. humilis that is doing well just left in the ground, probably as I now know a little more about palm care.
This winter, my wife's Washy (robusta, I assume) which lives in a pot is in the dining room and as happy as can be by a west-facing window. It is growing, of course.
In a much colder room, my "ballroom palms" are all hanging in there. These are 5-gal. specimens of Trachy (1) and Sabal mexicana (2) bought in Dallas, Texas, at a cheap nursery last October and waiting to go in the ground in May. Also, my beloved Chameadora radicalis with the privileged place by below the window. Looks great as always. One brave Brahea, which I may risk planting in May (next to an electric outlet!) as it has been a slow but steady performer Summer and Winter. Lastly, the poor, sad Jubea which has barely hung on for three unhappy years. I think it has actually grown more over the winter than it did last Summer, in a pot outside. It is cold (typically 5 - 10 oC; I am using a metric thermometer in there) but it is by a supplemental light.
At some point I'll photograph it and ask for assistance on a separate thread.
--Erik

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:32 pm

Love the palms Barb, but I realy like the Chamaeorops humilis v. cerifera. I have 2 very small ones I hope to plant outside one day.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:26 pm

Hey folks,

so many of them start to hit their stride right as fall turns to winter

Exactly, Jim!
Just when nights are cooler and the brutal heat of summer backs off a bit, a lot of palms really take off, most notably Trachies, and POOF it's winter! Damn.
I know palms don't go dormant but this Butia is my only palm that pushes non-stop. I bet you're looking forward to just seeing yours again when tearing off the protection! Will look forward to those pics SOON!

you could have had this one outdoors this winter

Erik. Yes, this winter, in retrospect. Heck, a lot of stuff could have stayed outside with minimal protection if only we had known

Good you've got a new C.humilis. I like the blue color, very striking, but wish it grew at more than a snail's pace.
My new palm special fertilizer and compost tea should help that along come spring. Good you're keeping those others in the cool ballroom.
And the poor Jubea would probably prefer inside over next winter too...and in a really sheltered spot with only morning sun in summer till it becomes robust again.

Aaron, good that you're young...

why do we always like palms that grow slowly?

C.humilis look so funny when young as their trunks look substantial and able to support so much more "frond activity" than what they have.

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:18 pm

My Butia is looking good.
I really ran out of covers(that's why my Trachy froze in -2(F) temps with 2-35g rubber trash containers over it,
no protection at all.
My Butia only got a small rubber kitchen trash"can" and a large 35g over it so,
I was worried that it may have fried even though it did have heat
(the same cycle as the Washy)but the buffer between the 2 cans worked well enough.
I put a min/max thermometer in there the other day and it only lags a few degrees behind the Washy
on the low side,it looks great so far!
I checked it yesterday-
It should do great this year!

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:16 pm

So those two flimsy covers DID work...great.
Looks like it'll explode with growth this year.
Well done.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:09 pm

Jim,
that Butia does indeed look splendid.
To review: a small strand of C9 lights (6?) on the ground at the base of the trunk, a plastic can, then a 35 gal trash can. No other insulation. Is that correct?
--Erik

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:32 pm

Yea that's it Erik.
Unfortunately I did not have a thermometer in there before.

I just wrapped a tarp in between the 2 cans today,watch me fry it!

Seriously I will watch the temp close now.

It may have hit 20ish during the extreme cold which is fine and I think it may have stayed in the 40s and 50s during the cold outbreak.
I will be watching the temps like a hawk in case I need to go back to just the 2 cans.

The reason I wasn't sure what it would look like is,no sensor and the lights are on and off with the Washys Thermocube-
which is in the Washy's enclosure(on 35F /off 45F)
so I wasn't sure what good the protection was doing

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:48 pm

It sure looked like it worked great. The bulbs on the ground serve to keep it warm, too. I don't actively heat my ground as I assume heavy mulch does the trick; our ground just doesn't freeze like yours does up there.

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