flamethrower palm new leaf

annafl

17 years ago

chambeyronia macrocarpa

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andyandy
17 years ago
That looks great, is that the first frond to come out red or do they come out red and then turn green?
fescuedream
17 years ago
That is NEAT!
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Oooo, no chambeys for you, Alan, at least not until you get some canopy. You could probably grow a fantastic Bismarckia nobilis, though, they love heat and despise shade, and they are such a striking palm, especially the silver-blue. Also Dypsis decipiens and Dypsis decaryi (triangle), any of the Livistonas, and possibly Wodyetia bifurcata, or foxtails. Honestly, at 20F the foxtails and triangle won't make it; 26-28F they'd survive if established. You can also grow Jubea chilensis (Chilean wine palm), but it's notoriously slow. Phoenix rupicola is attractive and can sometimes be found in size at a reasonable price, will take down to 25F. Sorry about your kings, that's very painful.
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According to nurserymen who grow large numbers of them from seed, they exhibit the color from a very early age, as seedlings. There is always a range of color from soft orange tones to rust, to vivid red and dark burgundy, and each plant will maintain that color. It's unusual to get a green one, but it happens. The bad news is if it is green, it will stay green. But...if the leaf was opened a day or two before you noticed, it may have turned green in that time. They open with color, but every leaf turns green once open, over a couple of days to a couple of weeks. So carefully observe the next spear as it opens, that will tell you the true color. And yes, it may intensify as the plant matures. But if it's green, it will stay green.
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Add Arenga undulatifolia to the list of very slow growers and mine after over ten years, is just now getting some fronds that reach less than three feet in length, and it never has more than about three healthy fronds at any given time. I guess however, since I do like keeping my "pets" a long time and don't want them to outgrow the space I can provide, maybe that slow growth is a plus, though I'd like to see mine a great deal larger, and finally get some offshoots , since it's supposed to be a clumper!
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Hi malicitator, sorry to pester you so long after you first posted this. We have a Kentia, too, and it seems to have exactly the same problem as yours: very similar spots on some of the fronds and yellowing (with brown spots) of one of the small leaves. In addition, our plant has a couple of developing fronds that seem healthy, but have stopped growing. The height of the shoots has not increased in weeks or months, and they show no signs of opening, either. Did you ever find out what was wrong with your plant, and, if so, did you manage to fix it? Many thanks!
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topher2006
17 years ago
Wow that's gorgeous !
birdinthepalm
17 years ago
From what I understand , those red new leaves do turn green later on, but also it seems that there are two common strains of that one species, one having the red new leaves, and the other just plain green, and I wonder if ordering seeds , do they come true, if you're expecting the red leaved one?? I'm much tempted to add that one to my indoor plam collection, but it is I guess another of quite large growing plams over time, if it should survive my indoor conditions, and I should work on getting much smaller ones that don't get too big in a hurry!!
annafl
Original Author
17 years ago
Birdinthepalm, those leaves do turn green. It is only for a short while that it stays red. I think you are right that there is another strain that comes out green. Maybe some expert will chime in. Ain't mother nature grand?

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