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Baby filifera!!!!

Rafael

By Rafael
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Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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While i was walking by a local nursery, where usually people cant find but common palms (canary, robusta, capitata), i found four little filifera babys...

Brought one with me... :drool: (i already have one 2,50 m tall, 1m trunk)

Take a look!

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Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31527-my-new-garden-ovar-january2012/

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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What a cute baby. Congratulations.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

JASON M Experienced

JASON M

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Lucky :3

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Nice visual and keep us updated when you plant it on the ground ! :winkie:

By the way are you sure its a filifera,Since my w.filiferas had heavy white hairs on its leaves which are very curly for that size...? :hmm:

Thanks & Love,

kris :)

love conquers all..

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Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Nice visual and keep us updated when you plant it on the ground ! :winkie:

By the way are you sure its a filifera,Since my w.filiferas had heavy white hairs on its leaves which are very curly for that size...? :hmm:

Thanks & Love,

kris :)

Thanks Kris!

Well it has been sold as a filifera, inserted in a separate group of filiferas and near other robusta groups. And i did identify differences between them. So, i decided to bring it with me.

Anyway it is nice, and i will update its data! :)

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
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blake_tx Enthusiast

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i agree with kris. The filifera seedlings i see are practically covered in those white hairs! Maybe you got a "filibusta" (filifera x robusta)

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Blake

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blake_tx

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either way! Great looking Washingtonia!!!!!

Blake

Tampa Scott Mentor

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Here are a few pictures of my W. filiferas grown from colected seed. The palms are 8 yrs old now, as seen in pics. Growth rate is slow compared to the Washy hybrids.

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JASON M Experienced

JASON M

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Here are a few pictures of my W. filiferas grown from colected seed. The palms are 8 yrs old now, as seen in pics. Growth rate is slow compared to the Washy hybrids.

Great pics (:

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

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JASON M Experienced

JASON M

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I got a cool washie when I went to Texas!!

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear Scott :)

Beautiful pictures and where are you located in hot wet tropical zone ? :hmm: Since your palms trunk is not massive enough.i.e those in cal & mexico are frighteningly massive.

Dear Rafael :)

Your palm is growing fast,and the white hairs that i mentioned is see in the ribs of the leaves.As thought the entire top surface of the leaf growing hairs.This will be clear only after planting them on the ground,when it puts out mature leaves(full size leaves).And this also will disappear as the palm grows taller.

And if you have a dry climate i insist that you grow pure W.Filiferas than the tall growing W.Robustas.

And here is a still taken on Nov'09 of a washy in our garden,which is placed in blue metal chips and no regular soil in that bore well ring.And its growing great !

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Love,

kris :)

love conquers all..

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Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Jason: will you plant it outside?

Kris: I am not in a dry climate, just near the sea, plenty of humidity (and besides that, there is the grass irrigation :( ), but everything is doing fine, even the dry climate palms (brahea armata, jubaea chilensis, sabal palmeto)

Wow, your filifera is amazingly healthy.

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Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
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iamjv Mentor

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Kris that washy is looking good for your climate/region.... seems the careful planting site and medium is working! Jv

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Jv in San Antonio Texas / Zone 8/extremes past 29 yrs: 117F (47.2C) / 8F (-13.3C)

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Thanks dear Rafael & dear Jv :)

love conquers all..

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hanapalms Proficient

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Looks like a healthy specimen you got there Raphael. I'm sure it will be a great addition to your collection. I'm not familiar with Washingtonias, I have Livistona rotundifolia by the dozen, and something that looks similar but with dark thorns or is it the other way round. I was not fond of palms with thorns for a long time, but have come to accept some now. Hope you are pleased with your new acquisition.

William

Hana, Maui

 

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hanapalms

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Looks like a healthy specimen you got there Raphael. I'm sure it will be a great addition to your collection. I'm not familiar with Washingtonias, I have Livistona rotundifolia by the dozen, and something that looks similar but with dark thorns or is it the other way round. I was not fond of palms with thorns for a long time, but have come to accept some now. Hope you are pleased with your new acquisition.

Kris, Scott, outstanding specimens. Now I'm wanting to add one to my collection. :unsure:

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William

Hana, Maui

 

Land of the low lying heavens, the misty Uakea crowning the majestic Kauwiki.

Visit my palms here

Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Thanks William, in fact i already have four filifera palms, this "baby", two other juvenille (one in the ground), and another with 2,5 mts tall (this one you can see on my signature link).

Washingtonianas are rather common here. Robusta mainly.

By the way i also have a small 8 leaves rotundifolia, but this one cant be outside, because of freeze episodes.

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Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
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Tampa Scott Mentor

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Here is a updated pic taken yesterday. The trunk girth is growing larger.

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Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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Here is a updated pic taken yesterday. The trunk girth is growing larger.

Very nice Scott.

Is the other one a robusta?

Rafael, Both are filifera, grown from seed collected by me in the canyons in S Calif in 2001. I have 2 more but one of them has a really thin trunk.

Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Here is a updated pic taken yesterday. The trunk girth is growing larger.

Very nice Scott.

Is the other one a robusta?

Rafael, Both are filifera, grown from seed collected by me in the canyons in S Calif in 2001. I have 2 more but one of them has a really thin trunk.

Kind of weird.

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
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Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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RyManUtah Grand Master

RyManUtah

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awww

paulgila Grand Master

paulgila

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geez we got tons of those around here. :asleep:

:lol:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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geez we got tons of those around here. :asleep:

:lol:

:D

love conquers all..

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JASON M Experienced

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Jason: will you plant it outside?

Kris: I am not in a dry climate, just near the sea, plenty of humidity (and besides that, there is the grass irrigation :( ), but everything is doing fine, even the dry climate palms (brahea armata, jubaea chilensis, sabal palmeto)

Wow, your filifera is amazingly healthy.

Oohhh, heck no!

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

velutina Community Regular

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Looking good Rafael!!! :D

5 gallon W. filifera sells for $6USD here :D

Here are some at the park near my house.

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Adam 

 

Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Looking good Rafael!!! :D

5 gallon W. filifera sells for $6USD here :D

Here are some at the park near my house.

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Those palms are really a must wherever they are.

The price is not a nature and beauty issue, but just an human and economic issue! :D

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31527-my-new-garden-ovar-january2012/

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