Show me your Kerriodoxa elegans

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

I found this 15g baby tucked away in my bamboo, I had forgotten to plant it. Our intern helped plant it. This is a very forgiving plant, I neglected it for 4 years, I had bought it during the pandemic shut down, no water no fertilizer and it's no worse off for the wear.

 

 

[Hurricanepalms]

She’s a beauty. 

[happypalms]

They don’t come any better than the kerriodoxa, one of my favourites.

[flplantguy]

Mine is a little baby but seems to be a steady grower. Didnt even notice the trip here or lose a leaf.  I thought your area would be too cool for it though so im glad to be wrong there.  Nice palm!

[fotodimatti]

I have a couple of 2 year old seedlings. In the house. Great palms!!! Very forgiving.
I water a lot. They even handle dry heating air.

[Brian]

 Kerriodoxa elegans is great for covering areas that you don’t want people to see. I have some that I use to cover a power transformer and a few others that I randomly planted throughout the garden.

 

[happypalms]

23 hours ago, flplantguy said:

Mine is a little baby but seems to be a steady grower. Didnt even notice the trip here or lose a leaf.  I thought your area would be too cool for it though so im glad to be wrong there.  Nice palm!

For such a beautiful tropical looking palm they do take the cold well. I don’t think a frost would be there friend, they grow as far south as Sydney that I know of. A temperature as low as 0 degrees Celsius they would take my ones get 2 degrees Celsius possibly lower. 

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Brian said:

 Kerriodoxa elegans is great for covering areas that you don’t want people to see. I have some that I use to cover a power transformer and a few others that I randomly planted throughout the garden.

 

Couple of nice winners there. 

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

For such a beautiful tropical looking palm they do take the cold well. I don’t think a frost would be there friend, they grow as far south as Sydney that I know of. A temperature as low as 0 degrees Celsius they would take my ones get 2 degrees Celsius possibly lower. 

I think the hardness may also come from its drought tolerance. A number of my potted specimens were sitting in places where they dried out completely in between more rainy periods and seem to be no worse off for the wear.

[Brad52]

Mine has done well with total neglect.