Prestoea ensiformis(el) in SoCAL

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prestoea ensiformis entire leaf

Herewith is a picture from Bill Austin's Garden in Hawaii.

Anyone in California growing these?

I recently purchased one from JMarcus as a 4"pot size but looks big enough to be a gallon.

Not much info on this thinking of bumping up to a 5 gallon untill I know how well it does in our SoCal winters. Will be keeping in a shaded north side patio.

Any thoughts on these?

Thanx. Ritchy

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'realarch', on 30 Jun 2012 - 12:45, said:

Healthy looking Prestoea Pete. I acquired a couple of small P. ensiformis about this time last year in 4" pots and since
have potted up to 1 gal. The next step is in the ground which should be soon, pretty fast little growers.
You were mentioning a red stem, I couldn't find any reference to that trait in Hendersons book or RPS.


Here are a couple of pics.

Thanks Tim, Wow, the 1st pics I saw of PE entire ( not the pics now on RPS) the crownshaft was a brilliant Red..
Tim, I know Ive had a very bad fall to my head and Ive kept reading down after Prestoea acuminata, which Rich mentioned as well. P acuminata lives even higher at near 3000mtrs on the "Inca trail"and is 1 of the 2 famous ''Red Crownshaft Palms"...The other is Geonoma Undata..
Tim, sorry mate but at lleast yours is PE Entire, which is a knockout Palm, and mine is Acuminata it was obviously a bit late in the nt for me to be taking pics and reading.( Im still recovering, but gee i havnt lost my keenness
Troy and Peachy this lives much higher than PA var montana and so this should grow for you both.( as long as you never get a frost)
Bill Austin, did you once post a pic of a flowering Prestoea Acuminata?
Enclyclopedia of cultivated Palms has a superb shot of a flowering PA. This Palm grows to 50ft with a Red c/shaft..Wow..
So Thankful that June is Over ( 1st of July here 2day),my brain may start functioning better now.

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This was copied from another thread on PT.

Prestoea seems to grow on higher elevations in S.America similar to but not as high as Ceroxylons?

Partial sun or indirect light on these as well?

Ritchy

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bump! Is this prestoea still alive?

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Axel

WoW.

What a surprise to see this thread. I forgot all about it...

It grew for awhile until Dec. or Jan it just started turning brown and died.

I kept it outdoors under a patio awning.

I should have grown it indoors, in a room under a skylight.

Licuala grandis grows well in there, slowly but steady.

Thanx.

Ritchy