Livistona muelleri

[Cycadcenter]

Hi,

I loved this palm in habitat up on Cape York and just wondering if anyone is growing it here.

Bruce

[Al in Kona]

I've always liked that "dwarf" Livistona muelleri.  It's not really a dwarf I know but is slow growing and is smaller than most Livistonas.  I have a 1-gal. size plant which I gotta get in the ground so it can begin to grow - now to find a good spot to place it . . .

[Tad]

heres one, I have a bunch of small one gallons, and i sold some to redlands a while back, they are difficult to transplant here.

[Brad-Tampa]

I have this one growing in Central Florida. It is listed in the log as L. muelleri but sure looks different. Any ideas? I always like habitat pictures, thanks.

Brad.

[Tulio]

Copernicia alba

[TikiRick]

I agree, Brad, you have a Copernecia alba from Cuba. I planted out a 3 gallon Livistona muelleri in my neighbors front yard last fall. I think it's pushed one frond in 4 months.

[el-blanco]

I have what I thought was a MUELLERII but I am not so sure after seeing the photos of the ones

in habitat (???).  

This is a shot of the one at The Huntington:

Mine looks exactly like this, only smaller.   I also viewed some young Chinensis and the leaf ends on the Chinensis droop like that of a L. Decipiens......... my leaf ends are stiff and have no droop.  Maybe mine is a Muellerii.

My tree  came from Karel Havliczeck who assured me it was Muellerii.

I will try to post a picture of mine soon.

Jeff

[Alberto]

(TikiRick @ Apr. 05 2008,18:12)

QUOTE

I agree, Brad, you have a Copernecia alba from Cuba..... (?)

....from Brazil or Argentina!

[Brad-Tampa]

Thanks guys, I hadn't checked it, the log is old and the Copernicia was probably a replacement. I'm still working on ids of the cycads! It's been noted in the log update I'm working on and that's a good thing. Brad

[Kris]

Dear Friends  

lovely stills & C.Alba stills looks very nice.i hope my gift seeds from joseph all grow so beautiful in our gardens..though iam not that a fan of weak trunking species but this guy could be had in one big barrel....

thanks & love,

Kris  

[edbrown_3]

I am enjoying the post whatever the fotos---

Heres a L. muelleri after a dozen years or so growing up in Zona 9a

Best wishes

Ed

[SubTropicRay]

Gents,

That's Coperncia prunifera not alba.  Roy Works identified it during the 2001 Palmfest.

Ray

[Brad-Tampa]

Ray, Thanks for the confirmation. I realized my mistake, it was listed as such in Roy's 1995 log that listed the various palm and cycad species by planting bed. I assumed that the Copernicia was the Livistona that was apparently long gone. The note said the seeds came from the specimen at the old Borden Dairy Plant in Drew Park. Brad

[Phil]

Bruce,

We've grown them at the nursery; no problem.  

The striking thing about this species are the colorful flowers/seeds.  

Below you'll appreciate the red splash.  This picture was taken in Thailand.

Phil