Lytocaryum weddellianum in Pots

[Eric33]

On 5/19/2023 at 4:25 PM, Pal Meir said:

Ceiling-scraper N°1301 vs. bonsai N°1306c, both germinated 10 years ago in April 2013. – N°1401 is L insigne, germinated in February 2014.

Are we in germany ? 😉

[Eric33]

It's going to be good !

[Pal Meir]

8 minutes ago, Eric33 said:

Are we in germany ? 😉

In Balconia Germanica 🌴😎🌴

[Pal Meir]

Again, hardly any female flowers:

[Pal Meir]

I am planning a hybrid with L insigne for the two girls:

[ZPalms]

They should mass produce these palms as potted plants because these seem to do better than majesties

Edited May 30, 2023 by ZPalms

[Pal Meir]

1st inflorescence of N°1304 with terminological labels:

[Alberto]

On 5/30/2023 at 3:50 PM, ZPalms said:

They should mass produce these palms as potted plants because these seem to do better than majesties

They are one of the most produced palms for nurseries ... in Brazil.

[ZPalms]

28 minutes ago, Alberto said:

They are one of the most produced palms for nurseries ... in Brazil.

I want one sooo baddd, I have a spot in my room that currently has a fake palm tree about the size of one of these dudes and it would be cool to have an actual living one 😍

[Alberto]

2 hours ago, ZPalms said:

I want one sooo baddd, I have a spot in my room that currently has a fake palm tree about the size of one of these dudes and it would be cool to have an actual living one 😍

If they are difficult to obtain, like most of the cold hardy palms are in Brazil, you have to try to cultivated this Lytocarium  sp from seeds.... Most of my palms I germinated myself. It' s regarding!

[Alberto]

A lot of voluteers in the araucaria forest around my mature L. weddelianum. They grow fast! I have already mature palms of L. weddelianum x L. hoehnei I made myself. 

 

[ZPalms]

1 hour ago, Alberto said:

If they are difficult to obtain, like most of the cold hardy palms are in Brazil, you have to try to cultivated this Lytocarium  sp from seeds.... Most of my palms I germinated myself. It' s regarding!

 

1 hour ago, Alberto said:

A lot of voluteers in the araucaria forest around my mature L. weddelianum. They grow fast! I have already mature palms of L. weddelianum x L. hoehnei I made myself. 

 

Awesome!!!! You hybridized those palms yourself and planted them? how long did it take to get them to this size? I would try to grow from seed if a good trustable source popped up! 😍

[Pal Meir]

My three little coconuts don‘t know what to do now …… Why won't they split?

[Pal Meir]

My smallest coconut ever: 😅

[Eric33]

On 6/25/2023 at 9:15 PM, Alberto said:

A lot of voluteers in the araucaria forest around my mature L. weddelianum. They grow fast! I have already mature palms of L. weddelianum x L. hoehnei I made myself. 

 

are they for sale ? 😍

[Eric33]

On 8/3/2023 at 10:32 AM, Eric33 said:

are they for sale ? 😍

 

[psy460]

On 4/14/2023 at 3:45 PM, psy460 said:

Amazing! Thanks for sharing !

 

I have a question for you, i have a 2years old one there, i wish to repot it si ce long time but it still have only one root, and i'm affraid to break it. I can't put it outside because wind would broke it, 

 

Is that's normal that it doesn't make new roots ? 

 

 

 

 

6 month later it didn't grow at all, and didn't made new roots

 

i repoted it, i gave root stimulator, i even try to lean the pot to stimulate root emission, i tried with dry soil, with very wet soil, ... nothing helped 😕

 

the only root it has, is the very first one when it germinated. 

 

you think i should cut some parts of the roots ? 

i'm affraid that it will just make it even more struggling...

[Pal Meir]

28 minutes ago, psy460 said:

6 month later it didn't grow at all, and didn't made new roots

 

i repoted it, i gave root stimulator, i even try to lean the pot to stimulate root emission, i tried with dry soil, with very wet soil, ... nothing helped 😕

 

the only root it has, is the very first one when it germinated. 

 

you think i should cut some parts of the roots ? 

i'm affraid that it will just make it even more struggling...

Your soil mix is nor adequate. You ought to use a fast draining one like the ones below:

[psy460]

i changed it nothing changed. 
66%vbasalte gravel,  33% some potting soil

Edited October 14, 2023 by psy460

[psy460]

 

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by psy460

[Pal Meir]

4 hours ago, psy460 said:

i changed it nothing changed. 
66%vbasalte gravel,  33% some potting soil

Why do you think I made my own mix?

[psy460]

yes that why i made my own mix too as shown above, like you advised me in april, to get very draining soil, but it change nothing. 

I have another small weddellianum, 100% potting mix, very heavy, it already has 3 roots.

i'm sure that if i put it in the ground it will be the same. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Dec 2020-Oct 2023. I feel like it should have grown more in ~3 years. It's in the @Pal Meir soilless recipe in a 6" clay pot and watered regularly. 

[Pal Meir]

16 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Dec 2020-Oct 2023. I feel like it should have grown more in ~3 years. It's in the @Pal Meir soilless recipe in a 6" clay pot and watered regularly. 

I had a similar problem with my N°1308. So I checked the root system and decided to repot it more carefully with the same potting mix into the same pot; the result you can see below (cf. also »The lyto which would not grow bigger«):

PS: Please don't mix pumice into the soil.

[JohnAndSancho]

Went ahead and did that. Roots seem healthy, maybe I should have started with a 4 inch pot instead of a 6 inch? But I did notice that I accidentally put 2 of the little plastic screens in this pot. I also set it in the pot just a little bit lower. My roots aren't in a ball yet, so I was extra delicate with everything. They look way better than your first picture but nowhere near the other one. 

 

Let's hope he gets a little taller now 😎 Thanks Pal.

[Eric33]

[Pal Meir]

Lytocaryum weddelligne ??? 🤔

[Pal Meir]

At least these three female flowers appear to have accepted the pollen of L insigne. 🤔

[Pal Meir]

Update: Of thirty female flowers pollinated with L insigne pollen, eight flowers remain.

 

[Pal Meir]

Only four flowers are fruiting:

[Paradise Found]

Look what showed up at my door! A wedding palm. 
planted and ready to be enjoyed.  Wanted one for a long time.  I guess it needs moderate lighting.  
 

Edited February 18 by Paradise Found

[JohnAndSancho]

On 2/17/2024 at 7:26 PM, Paradise Found said:

Look what showed up at my door! A wedding palm. 
planted and ready to be enjoyed.  Wanted one for a long time.  I guess it needs moderate lighting.  
 

Nice! Where'd you get it from if you don't mind me asking?

[Paradise Found]

No problem;  I got it from Wekiva Foliage in Florida.  A 4” pot was $36.00 free shipping.   That was the best price I could find. 
Wekvia foliage is a member here on palm talk. 

[JohnAndSancho]

2 hours ago, Paradise Found said:

No problem;  I got it from Wekiva Foliage in Florida.  A 4” pot was $36.00 free shipping.   That was the best price I could find. 
Wekvia foliage is a member here on palm talk. 

That's a great price! Shipped in its pot?

 

I thought I was done buying plants for a while but I guess not lol. 

[Paradise Found]

1 hour ago, JohnAndSancho said:

That's a great price! Shipped in its pot?

 

I thought I was done buying plants for a while but I guess not lol. 

Yes shipped in pot that’s the only way to go.   Yes a good buy can’t beat free shipping too.  

[JohnAndSancho]

10 minutes ago, Paradise Found said:

Yes shipped in pot that’s the only way to go.   Yes a good buy can’t beat free shipping too.  

Yeah, these are sooooo root sensitive. I bought one bare root a few years ago and it didn't last a month. My mom dropped one and the pot shattered and it died a day later too. When I repotted this one under Pal Meir's advice I was super super careful. It was growing slowly and he suggested I rearrange and put it back in the same potting mix, and a piece of bark was mostly blocking the drainage hole. Bought this as a seedling I think in 2021 

[Paradise Found]

Looking good nice recovering  how fast do they grow?

[JohnAndSancho]

56 minutes ago, Paradise Found said:

Looking good nice recovering  how fast do they grow?

Nowhere near as fast as Pal Meir's lol. It's definitely picked up speed since I rearranged it in its potting mix. Also just ordered another from Wekiva. 

[Paradise Found]

Good you won’t be disappointed!

[Pal Meir]

L weddelligne (?) update: Only three left.