Hedyscepe canterburyana

[David B]

Here’s some habitat photos from just below the summit of Mt Gower

[KrisKupsch]

Grows very well but slowly, here being the far ne wet corner of NSW not far from the border with Qld. It sometimes gets hot here but ive them thriving in the wet runoff from the nursery. They love water. 

[coops 3214]

I've got 2 left in the ground i lost my biggest due to a fire on the back of my property a year ago lost that a trunking sabal and 2 x leppidorachis unfortunately. For me hedyescepe are quite slow but the one going the best  its in really heavy clay gets full blazing arvo sunbut it is growing nice and steady  hopefully  my bigger 1 will take off now ive refertilized and remulched and fixed the irrigation issues

[Foggy Paul]

It made me happy to revisit this thread and see the growth since my post a year ago. The Rhopie is still winning the race, but really only because of the upright habit. Still no trunk on either. 2nd photo is of our Geonoma undata which is now putting out leaves faster than any of our pinnate palms except the Chamaedoreas. None of these plants are as yellow as the photos make them appear, not quite sure what's up with that.

[Tyrone]

18 hours ago, Foggy Paul said:

It made me happy to revisit this thread and see the growth since my post a year ago. The Rhopie is still winning the race, but really only because of the upright habit. Still no trunk on either. 2nd photo is of our Geonoma undata which is now putting out leaves faster than any of our pinnate palms except the Chamaedoreas. None of these plants are as yellow as the photos make them appear, not quite sure what's up with that.

Impressive and all in full sun. What’s the highest temp your garden would have seen.?

[Foggy Paul]

31 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Impressive and all in full sun. What’s the highest temp your garden would have seen.?

Probably about 95F/35C, but this is very rare, perhaps once or twice a year. I think we might have hit 100 once, during the crazy Covid year when the skies were dark brown with wildfire smoke. And never lower than 36F/2C, at least since we've been in our house, almost ten years. It's a good Hedy microclime. Although it's not as warm as those in SoCal, our dry offshore wind events are not quite as debilitating. The Sphaeropteris/Cyathea medullaris should get up in the air soon to provide some shade for the Geonoma.

[Tyrone]

7 hours ago, Foggy Paul said:

Probably about 95F/35C, but this is very rare, perhaps once or twice a year. I think we might have hit 100 once, during the crazy Covid year when the skies were dark brown with wildfire smoke. And never lower than 36F/2C, at least since we've been in our house, almost ten years. It's a good Hedy microclime. Although it's not as warm as those in SoCal, our dry offshore wind events are not quite as debilitating. The Sphaeropteris/Cyathea medullaris should get up in the air soon to provide some shade for the Geonoma.

That’s quite a mild climate that definitely suits them. 

[PalmCode]

This years summer was a bit harsh on my largest Hedyscepe, it got a bit sunburned. However my second largest here has performed like a champ and has 8 healthy green fronds. 

[Palms1984]

This is a tall Hedyscepe around 9 or 10 ft tall which is located in the Oakland Palmetum, California.  I’m not sure if this palm was planted in early 1990’s.  I doubt it was planted in 1984, I helped plant some of the original palms when I joined the IPS in 1984, but I can’t remember this palm.  

I’m sure my friend, Darold Petty would know.

[Darold Petty]

Nice to see you posting, Andy !  

  This palm was grown by a friend of Patrick Schafer, and donated by him (Patrick's friend) to the Palmetum through me.  I can't remember the year, certainly after Y2K .  I gave all my Palmetum documents to Keith Jaeger.

[Palms1984]

On 3/31/2025 at 7:31 PM, Darold Petty said:

Nice to see you posting, Andy !  

  This palm was grown by a friend of Patrick Schafer, and donated by him (Patrick's friend) to the Palmetum through me.  I can't remember the year, certainly after Y2K .  I gave all my Palmetum documents to Keith Jaeger.

Daryl,

Thanks for the information!  😁

I need to start posting pics of my garden.  My many palms have gotten so large and mature in last 21 years. 

[Jim in Los Altos]

This is my only trunking one. It’s been a long journey from a small seedling, about eighteen years, but it’s putting out several new leaves per year now. Much faster growth than years ago. I hope it manages the sun after it gets up above the roofline. 
 

[Tassie_Troy1971]

On 3/11/2024 at 8:56 AM, Darold Petty said:

 

 

Wow Darold your Hedyscepe in the front yard is loaded with seed unfortunately as mine flowered for the first time this year it only retained 2 seeds.

 

 

 

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Here is a 12 month update on my 3 Hedyscepe canterburyana's