Re: Propagation/Germination
- Subject: Re: Propagation/Germination
- From: L* P*
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:21:39 -0700
At 8:55 AM -0400 7/19/01, William Glover wrote:
>On 7/19/01 12:16 AM Tony & Moira Ryan (theryans@xtra.co.nz) wrote:
>
...
> >According to local legend, the plant will /only/ grow successfully on
>>Praslin Island - not even on adjacent islands.
>
>You ought to hear some Caribbean legends. But the coco de mer also grows
>naturally on Curieuse and Round Hill islands in the Seychelles and a few
>are in cultivation at Mahe. And a very few in tropical gardens in Java
>and elsewhere. There were (are?) one in Jamaica and another in Guyana.
>But none, as far as I know, anywhere else in the West Indies...so far.
>
...
>
>Warm regards,
>
>William Glover
>Nevis, West Indies
A couple of years ago I saw a full grown coco de mer palm growing in
the botanical garden in Kandy, Sri Lanka, which is in the cool
highlands in the center of the island. So apparently it can take a
variety of conditions.
--
--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10
wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov
