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Wallichia oblongifolia

DoomsDave

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Howdyall:

Today, in addition to going to MattyB's great bash (more elsewhere) I took a sub-roadie to JD Anderson's place out in the middle of nowhere.

It had been ten years more or less, since I've been there.

I acquired four adorable gallon Wallichia oblongifolia.

Anyone have any experiences?  

(I know what the books say.  Tell me what your experiences are.  Shoe's the usual size 12, 12" 30 cm long.)

dave

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Here's a closeup of the leaf reverses.

My hairy mitt for scale.

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Wallichia densiflora  its real name , should thrive for you Dave , nice and frost hardy for the next big freeze. Local source for it , but was not interested as pacsoa has weird pic of the flowers instead of foliage , might get some now , thanks mate .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Keep it away from walk ways , those leaves get sharp with age .

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Dave,

I have a Wallichia densiflora in the ground and  3 growing in a large pot. The ones in the pot grow faster for me, but they all are VERY slow, about a frond and a half a year. Mine were exposed to about 25F or lower this past winter and they came through fine, with no spotting. I think W. densiflora is the most cold hardy of the Wallichias.

I've found they like a good bit of shade and do well with dappled sunlight. They bleach if given to much sun in my climate. They also don't like to much chemical fertilizers or they tend to brown tip.  Fish emulsion seems to suit them. The potted ones I have are growing pups now, and I think they speed up their growth as they get older. They seem to like a lot of water, and they definately need overhead protection from the sun and the cold.

Dick

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