What Palm is this?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:25 am

Guessing a Phoenix Dactilyfera?

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/553 ... 8aa468.jpg" width="360" height="480" alt="london bridge park 014 (2)" />

RV friends are bringing those seeds home.
Yippeeee.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:37 am

Yep, it is.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:42 am

Thanks Aaron!

Was hoping for seeds of that...don't have one of those.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:30 am

It sure looks like some sort of Phoenix.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:17 am

Barb, where is that pic from, I'm guessing Cali. The Cali desert has many dacty plantings, because of the date trade.

But there is always a small possibility it could be phoenix sylvestris.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:37 am

Aaron that pic was from Oatman, CA.
Your P.sylvestris sounds likely in this next pic.

Just received this new pic from them...they "picked up some seeds".

This was from Las Vegas, I think.

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/554 ... 582d24.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="blueman group 030" />

I say P.sylvestris.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:45 am

Hard to say on that one? I would almost say CIDP, because of the size of trunk for its age. Any guess would be better than mine.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:48 am

All these new pics are making me want to get down to the south west.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:49 am

Post any pics you have this is fun.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:50 am

CIDP?

Mine never looks that blue at any time of year.
Thought P.sylvestris gets more blue looking than canariensis or dactilyfera.
Or maybe shade does that.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:07 am

lucky1 wrote:CIDP?

Thought P.sylvestris gets more blue looking than canariensis or dactilyfera.
Or maybe shade does that.

Barb

I don't think its the shade, but some palms can be blue shades like your your y. rostrata blue. I had a very blue cipd that I bought in Scottsdale AZ, I bought it becuase it was so blue compared to the other palms in the store. Also P. dacty. medjool can be very blue.

medjool

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:20 am

Here's a fun pic I took outside of Yuma AZ.

CIDP, Robusta, Dacty, filifera, CIDP

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:49 pm

Ooooh, Aaron, nice pics.

You're right, the medjool is so blue.
I can't distinguish between them at all.

Second pic: wow, those CIDP trunks are massive when they're not pruned to the "fashionable" pineapple shape at top.
Good to see all five in the same pic to compare.

By the way, what happened to your blue CIDP?
Never heard you talk about it before.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:59 am

lucky1 wrote: By the way, what happened to your blue CIDP?
Never heard you talk about it before.
Barb

When I moved I had no room in my little truck and had to leave it there. It lost all its leaves in the cold once (I left it out until almost dec.) but later came back a put on much growth. I miss that palm.

That was when I lived in a zone 7 and thought it could live through a winter there.

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:45 pm

Love those pics of the desert palms in Cal. and Arz. Phoenix sp.really are a great looking palm. Here are some of the ones I have. Small in comparison to the monsters in the pics. The 15 gal P. dactylifera in my photos I bought for 35.00. The people that sold it said it was a windmill palm?
http://okanaganpalms.multiply.com/photos/album/35

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:48 pm

I miss that palm.

Good reason to get another, Aaron, and keep it for summer patio use; winter as a focal point in front of the south window in living room.

John...I was amazed when seeing the size of P.dacty you got for $35.00. What a bargoon that was.
A windmill palm!!!!!

At least they didn't say Tropical Foliage

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:15 pm

Great pics everyone! Phoenix are some of my favourite palms. Here are a few pics (although everyone's probably seen these already

)

Cameron.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:30 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:The 15 gal P. dactylifera in my photos I bought for 35.00.
http://okanaganpalms.multiply.com/photos/album/35

John

You sure did good at that price.

When I bought mine it was $7.50 for a 5 gal and I also bought about 5 or more five gal w. robustas for $3.50 each.

That was in like 1991 or 1992. The last time I seen a 5 gal cidp for sale I think it was $55?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:34 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:Great pics everyone! Phoenix are some of my favourite palms. Here are a few pics (although everyone's probably seen these already )

Cameron.

I could see pics like those all day long.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:26 pm

lucky1 wrote:
I miss that palm.
Good reason to get another

Barb

I was watering my plants today and forgot I have 3 cidp one gals.

I guess I need to take an inventory.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:04 am

Glad you found them, Aaron.

I don't think we've ever seen your inventory of potted plants?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:22 pm

lucky1 wrote:Glad you found them, Aaron.
I don't think we've ever seen your inventory of potted plants?

Barb

I dont have much now but can take a pic of them.

They are in a back room and I mostly only go in there to get bird seed and water them every now and then. I think I bought them last fall or maybe the year before?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:06 pm

Here is just about the last of my plants inside, other than a few here and there.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:56 pm

A great start for a gorgeous tropical patio, Aaron.
Bet you spend all your time taking them out, and then back in, these days.
Soon they can spend 24/7 outdoors.

Nice!
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:12 pm

lucky1 wrote:A great start for a gorgeous tropical patio, Aaron.

Nice!
Barb

I dream of the day.

I might grow a few more if I had a patio, but for the most part I have been trying to get rid of most of the inside plants. I planted a bunch of stuff in AZ last summer and is part of the reason I was so upset when the temps fell so low there this past winter.

Part of me cant wait to see what lived the other part dreads the thought of what died.

I just need head south and see what made it through such a cold spell? I am already looking around for places that are a little warmer.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:02 pm

Yup, what would our days be without dreams, huh?

I understand your wanting to go further south...but you/we will always be zone pushers, no matter where.
So if we lived at the Equator, we'd be trying to grow a Colorado Blue Spruce.

Are you heading to Arizona in spring or summer this year?
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:29 am

lucky1 wrote:Yup, what would our days be without dreams, huh?

I understand your wanting to go further south...but you/we will always be zone pushers, no matter where.
So if we lived at the Equator, we'd be trying to grow a Colorado Blue Spruce.

Are you heading to Arizona in spring or summer this year?
Barb

So true about the zone pushers.

I hope to head south in late May or first part of June, just waiting to see if our friends can go with us.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:33 am

late May or first part of June

only a couple of months to wait.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:13 am

Maybe pass on CA's west coast, even if you find a "deal".

http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/tsunami/tsunami_maps.htm

Gulp.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:49 am

lucky1 wrote:Maybe pass on CA's west coast, even if you find a "deal".

http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/tsunami/tsunami_maps.htm

Gulp.

I almost bought some land in Cali, but they have so many laws a poor person like me could never build house there. And their tax makes everything cost so much more. There roads suck and gangs are everywhere, but the weather is awesome.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:52 am

lucky1 wrote:
late May or first part of June
only a couple of months to wait.

In my mind I have already gone.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:58 am

Yup, Aaron, their weather is tempting but all the other reasons tip it the other way.
Similar stupid government rules in B.C. ramp up costs for any project.
BC has become known as Bring Cash

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:14 pm

lucky1 wrote: BC has become known as Bring Cash

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