Caryota zebrina

[aussiearoids]

Got a few of these at work , and very surprised that not a one has sold since I got them in . One has just put out a excellent looking large new leaf without one of the older leaves turning yellow . This makes for 5 leaves held on the plant , 2 others have 4 leaves and one has 3 . These are in 8" pots and stand approx 1m high .

price is Au. $30 , not to high I think .

btw , not trying to sell these plants here , just commenting on the number of leaves .

[Tyrone]

I'd buy them at that price. They're normally very expensive. I paid $15 for a one leafer and it's doing well for me a few years later, but it's not a metre tall yet. I'd plant heaps of them if I lived up your way and could get them at that price.

regards

Tyrone

[Jeff Searle]

Michael,

   A truely nice Caryota species. The slowest of them all when it comes to growth rates. I just wish they held more leaves.

Jeff

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[palmmermaid]

Michael,

This is one of my favorites but I have been unsuccessful growing it.    Very high-priced here.  Our conditions must be unfavorable for them.  Good luck with yours!

[Really full garden]

I germinated a few of these about four years ago.Ten seeds were $40.00 and only four germinated.I still have one in a pot and they are slow.I think they do better in a cooler climate.Mine suffers during our dry season from low humidity and strong winds.I will soon be moving to the mountains at about 3500 ft elevation. I think this palm will thrive in that environment.

                                                       Scott

[ariscott]

I thought I was doing something wrong, since mine never hold more than 3 leaves for me.... until I read more about them... Now, I am happy enough if it is still alive.

Regards, Ari

[FossilNypa]

Caryota zebrina is an expensive, but beautiful palm.

[Utopia Palms]

Hi Michael

You will have to get it into the ground it takes a few years to tap in but when it does it will start to hold more leaves for you and should show better colour, they like a shady spot but will tolerate fairly bright light, in habitat they grow under a canopy and only hold 3 leaves but in cultivation they tend to hold 4 to 5 once happily growing in the ground. Its probably best that they are a little on the slow side as they are only a small Caryota to under 10m tall they come from about 1000m alt that might be why the leaves are quite thick and it also seems to handle the cold very well check out the ones in the botanical gardens up there and where they were planted your one would take about 7 years to get to this same size! They are a little slow in pots so the sooner you get it in the ground the better.

I think that Caryota ophiopellis has a brighter more striking pattern but does not have the lovely thick dark green leaves like C.zebrina both grow around the same height and C. ophiopellis will take much more light, I have even one growing in the full sun, so there both very special Caryota’s and are worth one of the better positions in your garden.

Clayton

[DoomsDave]

(Utopia Palms @ Jun. 07 2007,20:02)

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Hi Michael

You will have to get it into the ground it takes a few years to tap in but when it does it will start to hold more leaves for you and should show better colour, they like a shady spot but will tolerate fairly bright light, in habitat they grow under a canopy and only hold 3 leaves but in cultivation they tend to hold 4 to 5 once happily growing in the ground. Its probably best that they are a little on the slow side as they are only a small Caryota to under 10m tall they come from about 1000m alt that might be why the leaves are quite thick and it also seems to handle the cold very well check out the ones in the botanical gardens up there and where they were planted your one would take about 7 years to get to this same size! They are a little slow in pots so the sooner you get it in the ground the better.

I think that Caryota ophiopellis has a brighter more striking pattern but does not have the lovely thick dark green leaves like C.zebrina both grow around the same height and C. ophiopellis will take much more light, I have even one growing in the full sun, so there both very special Caryota’s and are worth one of the better positions in your garden.

Clayton

Hmm.

I'm gonna try some, under my Tree of Lust and Desire, where it's always cool . . .

[Caryota_gigas]

If you were in NZ, I would buy all of them in the blink of an eye. They are not allowed in NZ so would be a real collectors plant. I will keep dreaming...

[Kris]

Dear Micheal  

that's a really beautiful zebra palm and i love it.and my first encounter with this beauty happened in rarepalmseeds.com

for a moment i thought i was dreaming since i have never seen verigated grains in leave fronds...

thanks for the still and keep us posted of this baby now & then.

love,

Kris  

[paulgila]

they do seem to handle the cold well.no problems with mine when other palms around it dropped like flies.

[Tyrone]

(Caryota_gigas @ Jun. 10 2007,01:11)

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If you were in NZ, I would buy all of them in the blink of an eye. They are not allowed in NZ so would be a real collectors plant. I will keep dreaming...

Why are they not allowed in NZ? They're not a weed threat.?????