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Ptychosperma elegans Paddle Leaf variety 'Lisa'

Cape Garrett

By Cape Garrett
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Cape Garrett

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Purchased this in 2016.  Has gone through Irma and Ian.  Has grown fast for me here in Cape Coral Florida.  Some pics attached.  Leaflets will only separate after heavy winds.  A special palm.  Thanks @Mandrew968

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Palmiz Mentor

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Very unique looking! Have you tried growing the offspring. Wondering if they all come out as paddleleaf forms?

Cape Garrett Proficient

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No.  Haven't yet.  Have 2 seedlings in the ground that I will let grow and see...

miamicuse Mentor

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I have one 30" in height, it seems to be slow growing for me, what size was it when purchased in 2016?

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Wow! Great looking palm! The fronds and crownshaft are distinctive.

I picked a couple up at a plant sale a year or two ago. I wonder if its the same as yours? I was starting to think it may be a schefferii but the last frond came out with a long petiole, so maybe?

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Cape Garrett Proficient

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6 minutes ago, D. Morrowii said:

Wow! Great looking palm! The fronds and crownshaft are distinctive.

I picked a couple up at a plant sale a year or two ago. I wonder if its the same as yours? I was starting to think it may be a schefferii but the last frond came out with a long petiole, so maybe?

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You got the real deal there!

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Cape Garrett Proficient

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I believe it was a 3 gallon size so very small.  Maybe 1 and a half to 2 feet to top of leaf.

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40 minutes ago, miamicuse said:

I have one 30" in height, it seems to be slow growing for me, what size was it when purchased in 2016?

3 gallon.  Small.  About 13 feet or so to bottom of crownshaft now.

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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Hoping to find one of those mutant P.  elegans one day.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

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

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Looks fantastic. I have just germinated some standard P. elegant seeds  but it will be a few years before I have anything that spectacular 

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1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Hoping to find one of those mutant P.  elegans one day.

I'll let you know when she seeds again.  You can have some.  Fast grower.

flplantguy Mentor

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Wow that looks cool.  I love the oddball ones.  Does it handle cold better? I'm betting not since I like the look lol.

Cape Garrett Proficient

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2 hours ago, flplantguy said:

Wow that looks cool.  I love the oddball ones.  Does it handle cold better? I'm betting not since I like the look lol.

Not that I know of.  No issues here zone 10a/b

6 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Hoping to find one of those mutant P.  elegans one day.

I'll let you know when she seeds again.  You can have some.  Fast grower.

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15 minutes ago, Cape Garrett said:

Not that I know of.  No issues here zone 10a/b

I'll let you know when she seeds again.  You can have some.  Fast grower.

Thanks, Garrett.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

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

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Darn lol. Can't have them all can we?

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9 hours ago, Cape Garrett said:

3 gallon.  Small.  About 13 feet or so to bottom of crownshaft now.

Mine has been in the same pot for 2 years.  I put it in that spot to get acclimated, and I just realized it has rooted into the ground through the pot.

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peachy Grand Master

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The regular P elegans take anything my climate throws at them and they are one of the fastest growing palms available to me.  Now of course I am dying to get one of these.  Naturally I will probably never be able to find one anywhere.  I love anything with unusual leaves and stand out crownshafts.

Peachy

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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12 hours ago, miamicuse said:

Mine has been in the same pot for 2 years.  I put it in that spot to get acclimated, and I just realized it has rooted into the ground through the pot.

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Mine was about this size when planted out in 2016.  Fast grower

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4 hours ago, Cape Garrett said:

Mine was about this size when planted out in 2016.  Fast grower

I kept it in a pot because I wasn't sure where to plant it.  I am still unsure this is the right spot as it gets flooded occasionally when it rains real hard.  I really need to put it into the ground soon.

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Planted it this weekend into the ground.  Will see how it does in a year or two.

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Cape Garrett Proficient

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On 12/1/2023 at 6:41 AM, Palmiz said:

Very unique looking! Have you tried growing the offspring. Wondering if they all come out as paddleleaf forms?

 

26 minutes ago, miamicuse said:

Planted it this weekend into the ground.  Will see how it does in a year or two.

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It can definitely tolerate some flooding.  

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