Re: Palm ID needed

Nope- the transplanted one was the fan palm.

Theresa

Donna wrote:

>although I don't know what I am talking about---
>wasn't this the palm that was moved from a block or so
>away? If it lived there, why wouldn't it live now?
>OK.. maybe the transplanting issue, but not the
>hardiness, right?
>
>Donna
>
>--- Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Yep- that is what I was thinking too (about not
>>surviving).  That one is 
>>planted at a new house that was built on a postage
>>stamp size yard, and 
>>they are asking 900K for the 2000ft house.  Amazing!
>> And, now I'm 
>>pretty sure their palm tree is going to die this
>>winter!  We all liked 
>>the look of the palm tree, so hence the pics and
>>trying to figure out if 
>>it would survive.  Thanks for the info Jim.
>>
>>Theresa
>>
>>james singer wrote:
>>
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>>>I don't know. I've never seen a royal that
>>>      
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>>small/young that I recall.  
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>>>There are two strains of royals--Florida and
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>>Cuban. The Florida royal  
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>>>would have a better [but still not very good]
>>>      
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>>chance of surviving in,  
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>>>say, Berkeley, but I doubt very much it could
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>>survive Sacto winters.
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>>
>>>On May 13, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Theresa wrote:
>>>
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>>>>Hey- do you think the mystery palm might be a
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Royal palm?  
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>>
>>>>(Roystonea  regia)  I found a picture online that
>>>>        
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>>looks quite similar.
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>>>>        
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>http://www.plantapalm.com/Vpe/photos/Species/roystonea_regia.htm
>  
>
>>>>Theresa
>>>>
>>>>james singer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Well, if the mystery is a kentia/sentry, it's
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>cold-hardier than the  
>>    
>>
>>>>>queen; the queen will be better looking,
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>however, when they grow up.
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>>>>>On May 12, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Theresa wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks Jim-  As you've probably figured out,
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>>>>>>
>>the friends who have  
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>>
>>>>>>the transplanted palm aren't really gardeners,
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>>>>>>
>>and only asked for 
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>>>>>>my  help after they transplanted it and were
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>>afraid it was dying!  
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>>>>>>The  other 2 palms aren't at their house, but
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>>they like them and 
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>>>>>>wanted  to buy one (but only if they could
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>>survive through winter 
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>>>>>>here).  \
>>>>>>I'll plan on going over and help them cut off
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>>>>>>
>>the fronds this  
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>>>>>>weekend from the fan palm.  Thanks for your
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>help.  We'll see if it  
>>    
>>
>>>>>>survives!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Theresa
>>>>>>
>>>>>>james singer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yeah, the transplanted one is a
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>Washingtonia--probably robusta  
>>    
>>
>>>>>>>[Mexican  fan palm], but could be filifera
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>[California fan palm]; 
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>>
>>>>>>>a  bit hard to  tell for sure from this far
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>away. The one labeled  
>>    
>>
>>>>>>>"queen" looks like a  young queen [Syagrus
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>romanzoffiana]. The  
>>    
>>
>>>>>>>mystery palm looks like a  young kentia or
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>sentry palm [Howea  
>>    
>>
>>>>>>>forsteriana]. The young palms will  look a lot
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>better in a couple  
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>>>>>>>of years. Give them lots of osmocote and 
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>water.
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>>>>>>>I think the Washingtonia is planted awfully
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>close to that  
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>>>>>>>wall--future  problem if it survives the
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>transplanting. For now,  
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>>>>>>>I'd cut off all of  the mature fronds; they're
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>not going to come  
>>    
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>>>>>>>back but they will abet  transpiration stress
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>as long as they 
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>>>>>>>have  any life in them. All the  tree needs at
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>this stage is a 
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>>>>>>>healthy,  green crown [or bud] and lots of 
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>water. That trunk is 
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>>>>>>>nothing but  a bundle of capillaries; digging 
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>without root 
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>>>>>>>pruning puts a lot  of stress on that system.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 11, 2006, at 9:48 PM, Theresa Witt
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>wrote:
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>>>>>>>>Palm ID needed
>>>>>>>>Hi all- Anybody know what the mystery palm
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>is? I have several 
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>>
>>>>>>>>shot  of
>>>>>>>>the same tree. Also, is the transplanted palm
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>a Mexican fan 
>>    
>>
>>>>>>>>palm?  And
>>>>>>>>what about the other one? Thanks!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tchessie/album?.dir=/ 
>>
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>>>>>>>>43d1scd&.src=ph&.tok=phICp2EBwEM50.zi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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