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Livistona muelleri

Tampa Scott

By Tampa Scott
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Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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Any others Livistona muelleri fans out there?

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Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax) Veteran

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)

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Scott, I'd love to have one to try here in JAX. Where did you get yours?

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

peachy Grand Master

peachy

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I have a small one just under a metre tall, in a pot. It has survived happily below freezing 3 or 4 times with no effects. They seem to love water and plenty of it. Mine is quite a slow grower and is happiest in semi shade, hot sun burns it but this should change with age, so I am told. Even here they are not always easy to find, took me a few years to get hold of one.

Peachy

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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Scott, I'd love to have one to try here in JAX. Where did you get yours?

Keith, I purchased the muelleri in 1999 as a 1 gal from a local palm grower. I have always wanted another one but have never found one.

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax) Veteran

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)

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Scott, I'd love to have one to try here in JAX. Where did you get yours?

Keith, I purchased the muelleri in 1999 as a 1 gal from a local palm grower. I have always wanted another one but have never found one.

Thanks Scott! I'll keep my eyes peeled. Maybe someone will see this string and we can find a source. BTW, it looks like yours is growing real fast considering it was planted in 1999

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Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

Jonathan Veteran

Jonathan

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Scott, I'd love to have one to try here in JAX. Where did you get yours?

Keith, I purchased the muelleri in 1999 as a 1 gal from a local palm grower. I have always wanted another one but have never found one.

Thanks Scott! I'll keep my eyes peeled. Maybe someone will see this string and we can find a source. BTW, it looks like yours is growing real fast considering it was planted in 1999

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Keith,

Rare Palm Seeds have L. muelleri seeds at the moment.

They were listed as new in January so should still be ok to germinate, but maybe buy more than you need just in case.

I've found that other species of Australian Livistona have quite a long viability period compared to most palm seed, probably due to the marked dry/wet season variation in many of their habitats.

I got 14 out of 20 up - two months to germinate at 30C.

Cheers,

Jonathan

South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Love these very muchly. I have a baby one somewhere around the place... :hmm:

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

gyuseppe Veteran

gyuseppe

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I got 14 out of 20 up - two months to germinate at 30C.

Jonathan! I planted 30 seeds of Livistona muelleri. only 15 days ago.

hopefully good germination :unsure:

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GIUSEPPE

Luisd Community Regular

Luisd

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A young muellerii:

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Luis

Luisd Community Regular

Luisd

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Other in the botanic garden of Málaga :

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Inflorescence:

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Luis

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sick1166 Rising Star

sick1166

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just planted a 5 ft one yesterday

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ixigena Enthusiast

ixigena

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I bought seedlings 2 years ago labeled as Livistona Muellerii. Kept in Green House. The petioles get longer.

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Then I planted it on ground soil with full sun and daily rain. The petioles get shorter and throwing beautiful leaves. After 3 months.post-1960-065592500 1292414687_thumb.jpgpost-1960-096235100 1292414768_thumb.jpg

gyuseppe Veteran

gyuseppe

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I got 14 out of 20 up - two months to germinate at 30C.

Jonathan! I planted 30 seeds of Livistona muelleri. only 15 days ago.

hopefully good germination :unsure:

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my Livistona muelleri germinated in summer have 3 leaves ,2 seedlings have 4 leaves !

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very cold in Europe, today in my city we went to 0 degrees celsius

expected in the coming days to -1/-2 degrees celsius-

GIUSEPPE

Kailua_Krish Veteran

Kailua_Krish

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Scott, I'd love to have one to try here in JAX. Where did you get yours?

Keith, I purchased the muelleri in 1999 as a 1 gal from a local palm grower. I have always wanted another one but have never found one.

Thanks Scott! I'll keep my eyes peeled. Maybe someone will see this string and we can find a source. BTW, it looks like yours is growing real fast considering it was planted in 1999

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I got 3 nice 3 gallons from Redland's Nursery this summer. Not sure if they are still alive after the recent cold though...

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

tank Grand Master

tank

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Keith,

I have several 3 gal plants taking up space in the greenhouse that would love to relocate.

Jason

Gainesville, Florida

merrillwx Enthusiast

merrillwx

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Hi, Tank:

I'd be interested in buying L. muelleri.

Best Wishes,

merrill

Ph. 386 418 0498

calyptrocalyx&licuala freck Mentor

calyptrocalyx&licuala freck

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Hi All, This is our local Fan Palm here in Cairns

I'll get a few pic's before I go to N.Z. on Tuesday..

Regards Mikey.. :)

M.H.Edwards

"Living in the Tropic's

And loving it".............. smilie.gif

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