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Moutain Palms?

PalmTreeDude

By PalmTreeDude
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PalmTreeDude Grand Master

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What are some species of palms that grow at high elevations? I know South America has a lot, it would be interesting to be in tropical mountains. And doesn't some date palms grow in, or near mountains in the middle east? 

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Nannorrhops grows in the mountains in iran and Afghanistan. 

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Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis - 6000ft (1800m)

Trachycarpus martuanus 'Nepal' - 7900ft (2400m)

Trachycarpus takil - up to 8200ft (2500m). Not tropical at all.

Trachycarpus latisectus - up to 7900ft (2400). Subtropical climate and it grows in rainforest.

 

 

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On 7/4/2017, 12:06:42, Sanips said:

Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis - 6000ft (1800m)

Trachycarpus martuanus 'Nepal' - 7900ft (2400m)

Trachycarpus takil - up to 8200ft (2500m). Not tropical at all.

Trachycarpus latisectus - up to 7900ft (2400). Subtropical climate and it grows in rainforest.

 

 

Wow I looked up some pictures of Takil and I wish I saw that growing in the mountains here.

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JasonD Mentor

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Phoenix reclinata - 3000m in equatorial Africa

Pinanga capitata - 3000m in Borneo

Calamus spp. - 3000m in Indonesia and vicinity

true Ravenea glauca - 1800m in Madagascar

Basselinia moorei - 900m - 1600m in New Caledonia

 

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Not to forget the south american Ceroxylon species

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Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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Prestoea acuminata montana

many species of cloud forest Chamadoreas

Juania

Lepidorrachis

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Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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