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Arctic Palm
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by Arctic Palm » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:26 pm
Hello all,
Just wanted to say hello. I am very happy to see I am not the only one who is nuts enough to be growing palms "where palms don't grow". I am fairly new to the game but my obsession for palms and other tropicals is not. My collection in small but will grow. Currently I have 3 T. Fortunei (2 - 1 year olds and a 4 year old). I have a couple Washingtonia seedlings (looking for larger ones), One Musa basjoo and a Musa super dwarf. I also have 3 Majestics from the box stores.
My favorite palm is the cuban or the christmas (still up in the air, have 50 seeds incubating right now).
I am zone 6a (I think).
Anyways, thats all about me. Can't wait for summer!!!!!
Bye
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by Alchris » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:40 pm
Welcome to the forum.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
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by Knnn » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:25 pm
Hello and Welcome!
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Arctic Palm
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by Arctic Palm » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:36 pm
Thank you Alchris and Knnn.
I just noticed I'm a seed..lol...thats awesome!!
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by Wes North Van » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:09 pm
Welcome.
I am assuming you are in Ontario.
We have quite a few palm nuts in Ontario so I am sure you will be able to compare notes with one another.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
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Arctic Palm
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by Arctic Palm » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:23 pm
Yes, Ontario. South of Hamilton, kinda near lake Erie. I am excited to see so many palm lovers.
My father in-law just got back from Florida a few hours ago. He dug up a palm of some sort from there. I am going to try to post a pic. Bare with me if it doesn't work...If anyone can I.D it that would be great.
Thanks
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by Alchris » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:28 am
How did he get something that big across the border?
Allen
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by turtile » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:45 am
The Palm looks like a T. Fortunei. Did he fly or drive back to Canada?
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by oppalm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:47 am
Welcome Arctic Palm. This is a great place to learn and help others who are as nutty as yourself. Keep us posted on what your planting and growing.
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by ryan » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:55 am
Welcome to the forum!
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Arctic Palm
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:10 am
First, thank you for the welcome everyone. Second, he drove back. He got that (the one in the pic and a bunch of other stuff across too. Some orcids, some flowerd plants.
I have taken large fresh coco nuts back from Cuba, Dominican and Florida before and they have never been taken.
I am off to mexico in a few months and again I will be trying to bring some things back.
So my pic looks like a T. Fortunei?
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by Knnn » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:23 am
My ID skills are not that good, I would take a guess that may belong to the Thrinax family?
Anyways, it is a nice looking Palm!
Steve
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by Barrie » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:07 am
Welcome Arctic Palm!
The leaves show a costapalmate form and a dark enlongated hastua. A smaller growth point at the side suggests a multi trunking palm or is there a second palm growing there? A lot of fresh petioles have been cut. Was there a problem with the fronds browning? I'd be concerned with was appears to be mold or fungus perhaps (gray coloring) on the trunk within the fibers. Difficult to say with that pic.
My guess would be Thrinax floridana (Florida thatch palm) and if it is, keep your watering down as these are fairly drought tolerant palms. Get it out into some fresh air.
Cheers, Barrie.
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by macario » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:36 am
Welcome fellow palm nut. I look forward to seeing your madness bloom!
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:01 am
macario,
Thank you for the welcome. We have spoken many times via email. Hope all is well and please post some more pics of your stunning palm collection.
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:10 am
Barrie,
The palm was cut down for travel purpose. My father in law cut all but one stem so he could fit it in a box. The middle spear is still there. The mold is actually sand. I have planted it to see if it grows. If it dies then it was the thought that counted.
I will look up the Thrinax floridana. thank you very much.
Here are a couple more pics.
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by Jay-Admin » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:17 pm
Welcome to the forum Arctic Palm.
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:20 pm
Thank you Admin!!!
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by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:33 pm
Welcome arctic palm I think your palm in the pic is a needle palm. If you look closely you can see the needles sticking straight up from around the trunk. Whatch yourself I have used a few bandaids on my fingers with these.
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:35 pm
Okanagan desert-palms,
I am not sure what it is. My father in-law just dug it up and took it home with him. He is from Nanimo.
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by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:42 pm
With those needles sticking up like that I would have to say it is a needle palm.I have three of these myself. Look up needle palm or rhapidophyllum hystrix. I think you will see it is the same palm as you have.
John
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Arctic Palm
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:47 pm
I kinda wish he didn't cut off so many fans. It makes it hard to tell. I just hope it survives.
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by cedardave » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:52 pm
welcome.....
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by Arctic Palm » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:50 pm
cedardave,
Hello, thanks for the welcome. HOw is Winterpeg?
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by Wes North Van » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:10 pm
It's a needle palm
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Arctic Palm
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by Arctic Palm » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:17 am
There have been a few votes for needle palm. I should take a better pic of the base and post it. I will later today.
Thanks
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