Death of an old Coconut

[The Palm Nut]

Hi everyone, this is what's left of my coconut after 20 years or so, it reached about 30ft but in doing so was exposed to the cold winds of winter and never really looked good for the last 3 or 4 years, so I decided to remove it.

I have germinated another one and it's about 4 years old and looking strong.

Cheers

Mike

[The Palm Nut]

Here is my 4 year old.

[Stevetoad]

I spy some nice looking palms! Can we get a pictorial tour?

[The Palm Nut]

I have a few more pictures in the camera so here goes.

First flower in 20 years

[The Palm Nut]

More palms

[The Palm Nut]

My sad looking betel nut palm which may or may not survive this coming winter, its 20 plus years old and exposed to the cold winds

Cheers

Mike

[Stevetoad]

Beautiful garden you have! What's the d.madagascarensis looking palm to the right of the beetle nut?

[Tropicgardener]

Sorry to hear that you have lost an old friend..............amazed to see a Betel Nut that far south !!!

[Daryl]

Sad to hear that your coconut is gone Mike. Hope that Betel Nut hangs in there. Do the cold winds have that much effect? Do they just make the palms look ratty or do they kill them off?

Daryl

[Laisla87]

You have a palm garden that I really think is beautiful. Amazing work on keeping the coconut alive all those years though!

[The Palm Nut]

Beautiful garden you have! What's the d.madagascarensis looking palm to the right of the beetle nut?

Hi Steve

The palm is a Dypsis cabadae one of my favorites, not particularly a fast grower atleast in its early stages.

Cheers

[The Palm Nut]

Sorry to hear that you have lost an old friend..............amazed to see a Betel Nut that far south !!!

Hi Andrew

Yea cant say that I have ever seen or heard of one growing this far south it will be a shame to see it go. I only ever had one flower head produced several years ago, no seeds of course.

Cheers

Mike

[The Palm Nut]

Sad to hear that your coconut is gone Mike. Hope that Betel Nut hangs in there. Do the cold winds have that much effect? Do they just make the palms look ratty or do they kill them off?

Daryl

Hi Daryl

I probably should of said cold nights and wet feet during winter is ultimately what kills them. For the last three winter it has been just that so hopefully this winter will be milder. My Licuala grandis which I haven't covered or heated for the last 2 winters hasn't suffer all that much and recovers quite well during the summer months, its not all that big though for being over 10 years old.

Cheers

mike

[Walter John]

You might be lucky Mike, I've heard there's some cold weather coming up from down south but I think it will be inland from you and then swing right and hit us in Sth East Queensland.

Great to hear from you again and I'm sure you're able to savour the years of memories the Coconut gave you.

Good luck with your new Cocos nucifera, photograph the buggery out of it.

[The Palm Nut]

You might be lucky Mike, I've heard there's some cold weather coming up from down south but I think it will be inland from you and then swing right and hit us in Sth East Queensland.

Great to hear from you again and I'm sure you're able to savour the years of memories the Coconut gave you.

Good luck with your new Cocos nucifera, photograph the buggery out of it.

Hi Wal

Yea it was great showing it off to visitors. Something about the coconut that all others palms can't match so hopefully the new one will last for many years to come.

Cheers

Mike