Lipstick Palms

[Mark_NoVA]

The past 2 winters I kept a similar number of plants in this pop-up greenhouse.

Got an inexpensive heater suitable for outdoor use at farmtek.com and hooked it up to a thermostat at 32 degrees. Worked well, even here in zone 7a, and that low setting didn't use up too much electricity. You could do the same thing with the thermostat set to 50 in your area.

On a hardy palm forum, a member just bought a cheaper temporary greenhouse and likes it so far, something similar to this one on eBay, but I can't find the exact link he used.

You could make a similar structure out of wood or PVC with painter's plastic too, as long as there's no direct sunshine on that clear plastic.

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Moose knuckle, For the record, we have terrible luck with Areca vestiaria 'Maroon'. They grow them fine in Miami, but here in Ft. Myers, they need the PERFECT spot to grow. Have killed several of them in pots. (Some have called them the "Poor Man's Lipstick Palm") To be honest, our Lipstick palms do better than our A. vestiaria maroon's. Lipstick's are suprisingly drought tolerant as long as the temps are warm too...

JD

JD, thanks, i thought my lack of success on my Vesty was just me! ...I have a CR that hasn't skipped a beat in 1.5 years...it is almost totally immersed in my pond (a puddle, really, at 4000 gallons!) and it continues to be happy...for now!

Rusty

[SunnyFl]

JD, thanks, i thought my lack of success on my Vesty was just me! ...I have a CR that hasn't skipped a beat in 1.5 years...it is almost totally immersed in my pond (a puddle, really, at 4000 gallons!) and it continues to be happy...for now!

Rusty

Hi Rusty - it's definitely not you. Vesties are a pain - I can't keep them going either. The last one - and I swore it would be the last - was pretty good sized. We kept it in medium shade, kept it watered in well-draining soil, fertilized properly, everything. It just took longer to croak than the smaller ones.

The DH has a thing for CRs and got one at Searles a couple of years ago. We keep it potted up and every time the weather threatens to drop into the 40's, he brings it in. So far, it seems happy living in a pot.

[sarasota alex]

Justin, have you managed to keep the lipsticks alive?

[Z4Devil]

Justin, very nice thread, I love this palm, too and bought one some days ago. I am totally excited if it works to grow it indoor - like all of my palms.

I am quite sure that frost is not good for this special palm. One or two days with max. - 3 °C - never more!

Too cold roots means the death for this palm.

But 28 specimen ... respect for this experiment.

Jeff´s post has hitted the mark.

As I read at some palm growers the lipstick palm requires a lot of light intensity and humidity, but it seems to be no problem to give her shadow. It does not get on with coldness, no way.

Best regards, Verena

[john l]

Just purchased my first lipstick palm. I'll need to keep it potted since I'm in 9b.  Reading comments from others it seems many keep their pot in a saucer filled with water.  This nursery pot has drain holes on the side approx 2" from the botton.  Just to be sure (apologize if a stupid question) do you fill the saucer with the water level ABOVE the bottom of the drain holes? And do you also top water in addition to the saucer watering? Thanks!

[Palmarum]

3 minutes ago, john l said:

... Reading comments from others it seems many keep their pot in a saucer filled with water.  This nursery pot has drain holes on the side approx 2" from the botton.  Just to be sure (apologize if a stupid question) do you fill the saucer with the water level ABOVE the bottom of the drain holes? And do you also top water in addition to the saucer watering? Thanks!

Just water from the top, the saucer will keep the excess water as it drains from the pot. Water when the top inch of soil feels dry, and the saucer water gets low. 

There are no dumb questions, if you don't know you got to ask. 

Ryan

 

[kinzyjr]

@john l Follow the advice given by @Palmarum and a warm welcome to PalmTalk!

[miamicuse]

So...whatever happened to the 28 rendas 14 years later?

[Johnny Palmseed]

15 hours ago, john l said:

Just purchased my first lipstick palm. I'll need to keep it potted since I'm in 9b.  Reading comments from others it seems many keep their pot in a saucer filled with water.  This nursery pot has drain holes on the side approx 2" from the botton.  Just to be sure (apologize if a stupid question) do you fill the saucer with the water level ABOVE the bottom of the drain holes? And do you also top water in addition to the saucer watering? Thanks!

Every once in a while you should probably pour out the saucer, take the plant out to the yard and water freely to flush it.

[Johnny Palmseed]

7 hours ago, miamicuse said:

So...whatever happened to the 28 rendas 14 years later?

Dead for sure. Zone pushing is hard on a small scale and this one was not small.

[SeanK]

A very interesting thread. The originator hasn't posted since 2017. I checked a few others; one - no posts since 2019, another - none since 2020.

[john l]

3 hours ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

Every once in a while you should probably pour out the saucer, take the plant out to the yard and water freely to flush it.

Yep, will do. Thanks.

Another question: Once our high temps are in the 90s every day, will morning full sun be too much for it? Late morning & for the rest of the day it will have filtered sun under a 20'+ Sylvestris date. Thanks.

[Palmarum]

24 minutes ago, john l said:

Yep, will do. Thanks.

Another question: Once our high temps are in the 90s every day, will morning full sun be too much for it? Late morning & for the rest of the day it will have filtered sun under a 20'+ Sylvestris date. Thanks.

Morning sun is fine. As long as the palm is getting water it can handle a lot of light.

Ryan