Any info of these palms...

[FossilNypa]

Does any one got any info or photos of:

*Calamus leptospadix

*Eleiodoxa conferta

*Masoala kona

*Masoala madagascariensis

*Ravenea lakatra

Thanks in advance.

[cfkingfish]

Jeff Searle should have some good photos on the Masoalas. I have a picture of a 15 gallon E. conferta but I cant find it. I can tell you this:

-Loves water, swamp-like conditions even.

-Will take full sun if adequate water is given

-Seed viability is short, plant seeds quickly!

[Jeff Searle]

Luis,

    I'll try to find something for you soon.

Jeff

[FossilNypa]

Thanks Jeff and Christian.

To sow the Eleiodoxa conferta, the baggie method can be used? or theres a better method?

[bgl]

Luis,

Here's my tallest Masoala kona. 6 ft tall as of now. Planted in May 1999 from a 4 inch pot. In other words, it was tiny. Maybe 4-5 inches tall, at most.

Bo-Göran

[Jeff Searle]

Here's what we thought was Masoala kona growing up on Mt. Vatovavy. We were not 100% sure from what I remember.

Jeff

[Jeff Searle]

A little closer look.

[Jeff Searle]

One last look. There were only a handful of these growing from what we saw. And because there were so many other trees surrounding it, I could not get a picture of the total palm.

Jeff

[FossilNypa]

Great photos Bo and Jeff! Thanks for sharing.

I read they are endangered, that may explain the small population of this species.

Bo, did you grew yours from seed?

[bgl]

No, I bought mine as tiny seedlings from Floribunda. If I remember correctly, they only had one leaf when I bought them. Lost a few because I planted them almost at that size, so they had a tendency to get lost in the grass and among the weeds. And at that time we had a guy come in once a week to do weed-whacking. My wife was so impressed with his efficiency, because he was FAST. I was less impressed because I would always discover that a number of my smaller palms had been quickly and efficiently decapitated when he was here.... Or many times the real small ones simply disappeared.

[FossilNypa]

That same happened with our Chamaedorea elegans which was cut as if it was a weed...  Although, its not comparable to yourMasoalas which are a lot more rarer and difficult to obtain.