Palm Sale at Naples Zoo, i.e. I Sell so I can Buy

[PalmatierMeg]

Yesterday we rose early and drove the 40-50 miles south to the Naples Zoo, where Jeff Searle had set up with awesome palms I can't possibly find here. My recent selling had fortified my Paypal account with funds to buy palms. And I did. The back of our Ford Ranger was full. We planted four larger palms right away. The rest I have to repot before placing them on the lanai or in the jungle. I want to share what I got.

Areca montana - this little cutie is flowering. Hope I get seeds. I love the Areca genus

Adonidia merrillii 'Golden Form'

Archonotophoenix purpurea

Licuala fordiana - also flowering

Phytelephas macrocarpa - been seeking this one. Hope it survives here

Ptychosperma 'Wotoboho' - 2nd try on this one. Lost the first this past winter

Ravenea hildebrandtii

Ravenea glauca

Calyptrocalyx laxiflorus - I'm a sucker for this genus

Areca recurvata

Dypsis lutescens Thailand Dwarf - at least I hope it is. I've been seeking one for years

Heterospathe longipes

Cyrtostachys loriae - solitary relative of lipstick palm but much cold hardier

Areca concinna - I'm a sucker for this species. It joins a taller one I've had in the jungle

 

[Reeverse]

Nice addition’s!!!!

[Looking Glass]

Nice haul of unique stuff...   talk about “”backing up the truck”!
Phytelephas macrocarpa, looks like an interesting one for sure.  

[DoomsDave]

OMG 

[jimmyt]

Nice!  I would have to sell drugs to buy palms! 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

5 minutes ago, jimmyt said:

Nice!  I would have to sell drugs to buy palms! 

Jimmy I'm pretty sure your ready to sell palms by now =) 

@PalmatierMeg some of these palms i have never heard of, what a collection you have going. 

T J 

[jimmyt]

@OC2Texaspalmlvr Not yet, I had a mishap in my meth lab!     Some are a growin’ finally though. Gonna have to start sorting them out soon!

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

2 minutes ago, jimmyt said:

@OC2Texaspalmlvr Not yet, I had a mishap in my meth lab!     Some are a growin’ finally though. Gonna have to start sorting them out soon!

Well hopefully it didn't blow up the rest of the house haha 

[jimmyt]

Nah,  just burned off my eyebrows!  

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

3 minutes ago, jimmyt said:

Nah,  just burned off my eyebrows!  

Well that's good haha I have done a great job of killing off most of my seedlings in my indoor container ranch. Outdoor container ranch doing much better. 

T J 

[Darold Petty]

Suddenly, I feel the urge to binge watch Breaking Bad !  

[akamu]

Good score. I noticed the ptychosperma wotoboho has a red spear like ptychosperma watianum . Just curious do these also flush a red new frond 

[John hovancsek]

Nice. If you never smelled the flowers on an Areca palm you should, they have such a great smell. Good god you got a bunch great stuff 

[Gonzer]

Your recent selling has fortified your PP account? What've you been selling, real estate in Tokyo?

[KDubU]

Wow, great haul there Meg. All really nice.

[redant]

Nice haul, the Archonotophoenix purpurea is really fussy in FL, then even if it grows well it's purple seems to be barely there. I have several and for me they are all this way.

[PalmatierMeg]

11 minutes ago, redant said:

Nice haul, the Archonotophoenix purpurea is really fussy in FL, then even if it grows well it's purple seems to be barely there. I have several and for me they are all this way.

I've tried small seedlings before and they didn't do well. This one is much larger and past the seedling stage so I'm giving the species one last shot. It will be in mostly shade the hottest parts of the year, may get winter sun. With luck it will hang in like my two Howeas.