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Root Riddle

Pal Meir

By Pal Meir
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Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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Gaussia have big roots.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

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Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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Neil C Mentor

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I'm trying to think what palms you have Pal...Chamaerops?

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Steve Mac Grand Master

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I am not convinced that they are big roots. I have seen how closely you can focus that macro lens.

I don't know, but I'm tipping that it is only a giant in Lilliput. 

Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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Steve Mac Grand Master

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Looks like my Chamaedorea plumosa.

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Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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Pal Meir Grand Master

Pal Meir

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Thank you all for your guesses! Yes, @gtsteve, you were right: My "giant" palm is very similar to your Chamaedorea, but even smaller, the diameter at the base is only 1 cm. And therefore the winner is: @Laaz, it is a Rhapis laosensis. Congratulations! :greenthumb::D

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doranakandawatta Grand Master

doranakandawatta

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11 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

Thank you all for your guesses! Yes, @gtsteve, you were right: My "giant" palm is very similar to your Chamaedorea, but even smaller, the diameter at the base is only 1 cm. And therefore the winner is: @Laaz, it is a Rhapis laosensis. Congratulations! :greenthumb::D

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Nice Baby,

Is that a mulch on the pot? or is your Rhapis growing in a garden?

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Pal Meir Grand Master

Pal Meir

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1 hour ago, doranakandawatta said:

Nice Baby,

Is that a mulch on the pot? or is your Rhapis growing in a garden?

It is mulch in a pot made of fronds of Lytocaryum weddellianum in the upper layer and L insigne below.

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doranakandawatta Grand Master

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6 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

It is mulch in a pot made of fronds of Lytocaryum weddellianum in the upper layer and L insigne below.

Happy Rhapis getting a luxury mulch ... Lytocaryum fronds ... of course, I should have guessed !

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Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Pal Meir Grand Master

Pal Meir

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20 minutes ago, Laaz said:

Does that mean I win a Insigne?  :D

I am so sorry, but as the L insigne (N°1402) is potted in soil (customs!) and 180 cm tall/long it was not possible to ship it to the U.S.A. :( But I could give you some original L insigne fronds mulch: :innocent:

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