Unknown webbing on Pygmy Date Palm
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red date scale on pygmy date palms
Comments (4)Hi Al, Yeah, unfortunately. They are just coating the new fronds that have not yet opened, and the opening fronds are all spotted and yellow. I collected some and we looked at them under the microscope, and sure enough, that's what they are. Little red shiny dots surrounded by fuzzy white stuff. You know, Al, it's funny you should say that about Florida, because the university web site there says that the red date scale was eliminated in California, and it cites a 1990 source. I am going to call the extension office tomorrow and let them know about this, just in case, but I find it hard to believe that I have the only case of it in CA. There were numerous other bugs too. It was kind of interesting looking at this whole little microworld: scales, mealybug destroyers, little brown beetles and little weevilly things. But there must be millions of those little brown scales. I'm worried about my Queen Palms- they don't look so hot, but that could be the drought. They are not listed as a species that gets infected by this scale. Renee...See MoreLowe's & Palms
Comments (28)I agree with njoasis. Over here all 3 are very common and grow like weeds. They are actually quite easy to tell apart once they pass seedling stage just by looking at their trunks. The Filifera has a very thick trunk, like that of the cidp or jubaea. The Robusta has thin trunk that is kinda coconut like in way. The hybrids have a trunk that is neither as thick as Filifera, but not as thin as Robusta. Its in the middle. Heres what I am talking about the trunk sizes: The palm in the middle is a Robusta. Pic 2: The 2 palms in the front are CIDPS. You can see a Robusta to the right of the cidp on the left. The others are filifera's. pic 3: Better view of Filifera's. Pic 4: Better view of Robusta: Why no Cali love?? lol :p But yeah hybrids are interesting. No two hybrids will have the same traits. You never know what genes are going to be passed down and which ones will show. - US_Marine...See MoreCanary Island Date Palm
Comments (52)CIDP's totally lost all their leaves here in the Napa Valley December 1990 freeze, where temps got down to 14~16F, although most did recover. Generally not recommended for any areas that will regularly get below 20F, and two winters back to back with such cold will severely stress the palm, and probably kill it. Ice storms in combination with such cold can also be a problem for their survival, and even the true Date Palm, P. dactylifera, which is abit cold hardier, can lose all its foliage if it gets frozen rain in combination with 20F temps, as happened here in northern California in valleys north of San Francisco this last January. I think they have mostly stopped planting P. canariensis in Las Vegas because they keep getting killed in bad winter, while the true Date Palms will recover, sometimes surviving temps down to 4F, (but all bets are off if these super cold temps are accompanied by freezing rain). Bottom line, in Dallas, a CIDP should be treated as a plant to enjoy until it freezes some winter, so buyer beware. Also, neither of these palms look their best where summers are hot and humid, they prefer drier air. P. dactylifera also can be abit sickly when planted in too cool coastal conditions of northern California, where they don't get enough summer heat to really thrive....See Moresome new palms (;ong list) pointers please?
Comments (9)Allagoptera arenaria - short clumping palm related to Butia and Syagrus Arenga caudata - dwarfish Arenga, more tropical Calyptrocalyx pachystachys - only have one, most Calyptrocalyx have the same culture (shade, water, humidity) " " elegans " " micholtzii - mottled " " polyphyllus - mottles " " sp. Awa " " stenoschista - pinnate or entire leaf forms " " sp. Yamutumune - looks like stenoschista to me Chamaedorea adscendens - You know Chams, they like shade and whatnot. " " deckeriana " " glaucifolia Chuniophoenix nana - understory fan palm of China, treat it like Serenoa repens. Drymophloeus beguinii " " oliviformis - be careful, easily succumbs to spidermites and fungicide! Dypsis cabadae - like lutescens in culture " florencei - understory, beautiful! " lanceolata - same as lutescens, but more shade " minuta - ankle biter " pembana - like lutescens " pinnatifrons - slow and wimpy " pulchella - ankle biter Geonoma longevaginata - these don't do well in our environs - like a Cham but like cooler air. Hydriastele dransfieldii - hot, tropical, fast Iguanura piahensis - hot tropical, understory and slower growing like Licuala " wallichiana - same as above " wallichiana var major - same Licuala cordata - have fun.....very slow, very beautiful, rather hard. " filiformis - true dwarf Licuala from Borneo, treat like orbicularis, mapu, etc. " parviflora - Like Licuala spinosa, will grow taller but has narrower leaflets " poonsakii - don't know much, named after a curator at Nong Nooch (I think?) Lytocaryum hoehnei - understory Pygmy Date looking plant, never grown these to be honest Marojejya insignis - awesome, huge, slow, love acidic wet swampy areas Masoala kona - same as Marojejya, they are related Phoenicophorium borsigianum - Ultratropical, keep hot and wet, shade until bigger Pholidostachys pulchra - understory Chamish palm from Northern South America. Low light high water. Pinanga curranii - ? " riparia - ? " sp. Borneo - ??? Hope this helps a little bit....See Moregregplantaine7
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