A visit to a palm nursery

[happypalms]

A visit to a local palm nursery in search of what you never know what might find well I found hundreds of palms all in 40 litre grow bags unfortunately all common varieties well at least to a collector they were given credit where credit is due a lot of hard work has gone into this huge collection of trachycarpus rhapis chameadorea atrovirens kentia foxtail ravenea Bismarck adonidia Washingtonia palms with only two chamearops species volcano so a find none the less it was a aged nursery with many a vision 30 years ago I fully understood the growers vision and commented much praise upon them after all he loved palms like most of us 

[peachy]

A Volcana is a rare find. I tried to get one for years in Brisbane with no success.  After I moved house I couldn't find a Trachycarpus anywhere either. 10 years ago they were available everywhere. Even at the palm show there was only one, a very ratty specimen of fortunei, and was priced at $140 !  A month later at a sunday market I found a lovely healthy one about 50cm overall height in a 30cm pot for $20 !!

Peachy

[Neil C]

That looks like Charlie's place at Mullumbimby. I've brought many great palms from him. Do you have photos of the vulcanos?

Regards Neil

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, peachy said:

A Volcana is a rare find. I tried to get one for years in Brisbane with no success.  After I moved house I couldn't find a Trachycarpus anywhere either. 10 years ago they were available everywhere. Even at the palm show there was only one, a very ratty specimen of fortunei, and was priced at $140 !  A month later at a sunday market I found a lovely healthy one about 50cm overall height in a 30cm pot for $20 !!

Peachy

There not so rare in that nursery all his palms were $120 each no matter what size a bargain 

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, Neil C said:

That looks like Charlie's place at Mullumbimby. I've brought many great palms from him. Do you have photos of the vulcanos?

Regards Neil

No sorry no photos Neil and yes  it was at Mullum he had a lot of stock all palms were $120 each some bargains to be had there for the size of them a lot of effort has gone into creating his nursery 

[KrisKupsch]

6 hours ago, Neil C said:

That looks like Charlie's place at Mullumbimby. I've brought many great palms from him. Do you have photos of the vulcanos?

Regards Neil

I can tell its his nursery from the corrugated iron he uses to stop rats from eating his Palms. He had massive problems and used exclusion as the best method of rat prevention. Ive some nice Archontophoenix purpurea from there.