Pritchardia napaliensis seedlings

[happypalms]

Some gifted seeds from Colin Wilson a few pritchardia napaliensis. Around 15 seeds I think, I got about 10 so not to bad of a strike rate. Easy to grow and germinate, I will be looking forward too planting a few and donating some around. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Good job! The world needs more Pritchardia, no thorns , nice coloring , slow growing ….the perfect garden resident. Harry

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good job! The world needs more Pritchardia, no thorns , nice coloring , slow growing ….the perfect garden resident. Harry

I like be pritchardia species something about them that appeals to me perhaps the colour or the thick heavy looking leaves. Only kerriodoxa can beat them in my eyes. 
Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

…..and what about the full fan effect of the frond , eh? Mine is finally overhead as of the last year , so looking up and seeing the light filtered through the frond is like stained glass. Not as translucent as some of the Licuala Grandis pics I’ve seen but pretty darned nice! It has given me over 25 years of happy , about the size of yours when I brought it home from Maui. I encourage anyone in warm temperate climates to seriously consider this palm for the collection , even if , like me , just one in the garden. Harry

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

…..and what about the full fan effect of the frond , eh? Mine is finally overhead as of the last year , so looking up and seeing the light filtered through the frond is like stained glass. Not as translucent as some of the Licuala Grandis pics I’ve seen but pretty darned nice! It has given me over 25 years of happy , about the size of yours when I brought it home from Maui. I encourage anyone in warm temperate climates to seriously consider this palm for the collection , even if , like me , just one in the garden. Harry

I only have one in my garden a gaudi chaudi and it’s absolutely beautiful. There was not man6 in m6 area around 25 years ago actually none that I knew off. Which is a pity there should have been  more, just not available to buy. Back in those days you needed to go to cairns to purchase exotic plants nobody wa# growing them like nowadays. Unfortunately i was not a traveler back then so I missed out on some good new exotic species. Today they  are just a click of button away exotic plants. Oh how time# have changed. 
Richard 

[gyuseppe]

here there is no hope for pritchardia, perhaps in Sicily further south they can be grown

[pietropuccio]

Hi Giuseppe,
apart from the pacifica, many species are rustic in the extreme south of Italy, no problem for example in Palermo for hardyi, hillebrandii, maideniana, minor, napaliensis and remota, apart from the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus that attacks them easily.

[gyuseppe]

Ciao Pietro

I remembered that you grew them, but here in the Naples area, they don't make it, I tried to grow some species (I don't remember which ones though) in winter they always die

PS(pietro se posso, hai cominciato a coltivare palme negli anni 70 ?)

[gyuseppe]

51 minutes ago, pietropuccio said:

Hi Giuseppe,
apart from the pacifica, many species are rustic in the extreme south of Italy, no problem for example in Palermo for hardyi, hillebrandii, maideniana, minor, napaliensis and remota, apart from the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus that attacks them easily.

The Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) has eaten my brahea nitida and armata which have flowered for the first time

in their place I will put hydrid of phoenix roebelenni x reclinata and phoenix roebellenii x dactylifera both very suckering, so that if they attack the main trunk, the plant does not die

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, pietropuccio said:

Hi Giuseppe,
apart from the pacifica, many species are rustic in the extreme south of Italy, no problem for example in Palermo for hardyi, hillebrandii, maideniana, minor, napaliensis and remota, apart from the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus that attacks them easily.

That’s quite a list of some beautiful pritchardia, good to know. 

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

here there is no hope for pritchardia, perhaps in Sicily further south they can be grown

You can only try gysuseppe. 

[peachy]

Another of my favourite palms. I had several Pritchardia species in my old garden. They grew steadily, always looked good and never gave me a moments grief. (apart from Pacifica) Now I only have a tiny yard, it was hard to choose which pritchardia to plant as I only have space for one.  In the end I realised I couldn't live without a P thurstonii. my favourite out of a very attractive and tough family.

Peachy

[Tomas]

On 2/6/2025 at 11:59 AM, gyuseppe said:

here there is no hope for pritchardia, perhaps in Sicily further south they can be grown

Pritchardia hillebrandii can survive -3 C here in central Italy

[gyuseppe]

Hello Tomas

yes but sometimes in central Italy the temperatures drop to -4 degrees celsius

[Harry’s Palms]

That’s what I am growing , P. Hillebrandii. I planted it on the side of the house within a couple of weeks of our trip to Maui. It looked just like the ones Richard has , in a very small container. I was told that it should be protected for the first year or so . I honestly had no place to do that . The first winter saw temps in the 38-40f lows but the little palm never flinched . It grew steadily without overhead protection , just the house with no eves or overhang . The garden was very young then. I fed it the first 5 years and mulch every Spring since . I can’t over stress how trouble free it has been , with great reward. Just like @peachy says . Harry. 

‘It does just fine in tight space , sharing with other palms

As it gets larger , overhead , I can let the fronds remain without trimming.

[Tomas]

8 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Hello Tomas

yes but sometimes in central Italy the temperatures drop to -4 degrees celsius

Here is mine. Will it last? I hope

 

[gyuseppe]

29 minutes ago, Tomas said:

Here is mine. Will it last? I hope

 

Tomas we have known each other for a long time, I wish with all my heart that it will last forever

[Tomas]

28 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Tomas we have known each other for a long time, I wish with all my heart that it will last forever

There is no reason why it shouldn't last, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will do the same

[Darold Petty]

Richard, is the tag Yankee style, February or Euro style December ?   Thanks

[Tyrone]

On 2/5/2025 at 5:20 PM, happypalms said:

Some gifted seeds from Colin Wilson a few pritchardia napaliensis. Around 15 seeds I think, I got about 10 so not to bad of a strike rate. Easy to grow and germinate, I will be looking forward too planting a few and donating some around. 

You’re a good grower Richard. I got seed from Colin at the same time and have 7 plants that I’m happy with and doing well, but yours are way ahead of mine. 
Rosebud were my source for Pritchardia species back in the day. After that RPS. I have P hillebrandii, maideniana, and lowreyana in the ground here doing well. In pots I have schaeturi (spelling), napaliensis, and just have some minor coming up. In the right spot they’re an easy grow here. Love ‘em. 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

Richard, is the tag Yankee style, February or Euro style December ?   Thanks

It must be a down under thing we do things very differently than the good old USA. We do it  much better in oz day month year. Is it a zeebra or zebra. We shall it’s OZ style.

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, Tyrone said:

You’re a good grower Richard. I got seed from Colin at the same time and have 7 plants that I’m happy with and doing well, but yours are way ahead of mine. 
Rosebud were my source for Pritchardia species back in the day. After that RPS. I have P hillebrandii, maideniana, and lowreyana in the ground here doing well. In pots I have schaeturi (spelling), napaliensis, and just have some minor coming up. In the right spot they’re an easy grow here. Love ‘em. 

I can’t say it’s warm weather you’re just as hot as my climate. Must the grower I think 🤔. That being said you see what I have killed in my attempt to grow some species. Rich had more then pritchardia that’s for sure, when I found out he passed (rip) I was devastated like many others but his palms live on in my garden and iam ever so grateful. 

[pietropuccio]

On 2/6/2025 at 1:01 PM, gyuseppe said:

Ciao Pietro

PS(pietro se posso, hai cominciato a coltivare palme negli anni 70 ?)

Yes, in open ground, in pots since the early 60s.

[happypalms]

22 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That’s what I am growing , P. Hillebrandii. I planted it on the side of the house within a couple of weeks of our trip to Maui. It looked just like the ones Richard has , in a very small container. I was told that it should be protected for the first year or so . I honestly had no place to do that . The first winter saw temps in the 38-40f lows but the little palm never flinched . It grew steadily without overhead protection , just the house with no eves or overhang . The garden was very young then. I fed it the first 5 years and mulch every Spring since . I can’t over stress how trouble free it has been , with great reward. Just like @peachy says . Harry. 

‘It does just fine in tight space , sharing with other palms

As it gets larger , overhead , I can let the fronds remain without trimming.

That’s a beauty that one Harry. 
Richard