Maiden topic: What is your favorite indoor palm?

[desertdave]

Thanx to Jay for starting this sub-forum. I think it will be an awesome addition to PalmsNorth.

Now that I have given my props, I would like to start this sub-forum with a fairly obvious question. What is your favorite indoor palm and why?

I am kind of partial to the Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis), as one of my friends grows one in his house and it looks awesome.

[Knnn]

Plan on keeping at least 3 inside this year,

Triangle Palm- The colors this palm shows on the new foliage is too breathtaking to hide in the greenhouse.

Pygmy Date- The one in the house this winter has just kept growing & growing & growing, I see no need to disrupt this cycle at all.

Bismarkia Fan Palm- I'm going to try this one inside at least, If I put it outside the winds here in KS would shred it. Only a 2 strapleaf seedling so far but they are about 20" long, so this might be a problem.


My observations from last year was that moving these constantly in & out depending on the weather probably stressed them out worse than leaving them in less than ideal indoor conditions. Will experiment a bit this year and see what works best.

-Steve

[PhilMusa]

Great Sub forum!

In regards to my preferences, I really like all palms but my favourites are,
1.Howea forsteriana (Kentia Palm),
2.Veitchia merrillii (Adonidia Palm),
3.Bismarckia nobilis (Bismark palm),

[Jay-Admin]

The one i really like is the pygmy date palm for the ease of growing it indoors.

[Okanagan desert-palms]

My three favorite are W. filifera ,Pygmy date palm, and the Hawaiian fan palm. I just got three seeds to germinate of the Hawaiian fan palm so hopefully they will look as good as the photo that came with the package.
John

[Okanagan desert-palms]

My three favorite are W. filifera ,Pygmy date palm, and the Hawaiian fan palm. I just got three seeds to germinate of the Hawaiian fan palm so hopefully they will look as good as the photo that came with the package.
John

[Kansas]

Hey guys, after doing great, my Pygmy date is drying a lot of fronds up.
It drains really well, and has roots at the top of the pot. Do I need to repot in a bigger pot maybe. It would be easier than the other BIG Pygmy was to re ot cause I would just need to take out of one pot and put in a bigger one (the other, I had to seperate trunks & roots).
So would root bound cause the fronds to dry?

[Wes North Van]

Pygmy date is my favourite