Re: Licuala radula
About time this was corrected . Licuala dasyantha is reported to grow approx 2m .
Does this mean it is acaulescent ? Or does it get a little stumpy trunk and just get a larger clump ?
I recently collected seeds of this species from a plant growing locally .
Called Clayton to verify info and he informed me it is actually Dypsis paludosa .
And this correction was discussed on the palmtalk forum after John Dransfield
visited Hawaii .
Dean , I took several pics at Flecker over the weekend . What they have labeled as D.nauseosa looks very much like this sp .
extra large images can I add them here ?
A few of the old hybrid A.x Calidora I have growing have been setting heaps of seed . I grew a few batches last year and will do some more this year. Even done a few hybrids as so many others are flowering .. put portora pollen onto portei and vica versa also put portei onto calidora . Heres a...
Its the same plant Dean , seedlings are identical to your first pics . And a mate got a cutting from the base of the mature plant ,, it's the same as well .. mature leaves are not as velvety .
Been back to Equatorial Exotics a few times over the last few weeks , and managed to get some better pictures of this Philo . Cant wait until the seedlings are released .
Notice the ladder leaning up under the Philo , maybe there are more seeds coming . Think the host is a giant Cuban Royal .
Well done Matt , I have grown Alocasias from seed a few times . It is not common to get seeds , especially out of the tropics , so many people never see seed . Unless they go out of the way to pollinate their plants .
I divided several offsets from large clumps in 8" pots .. It was a bit dificult , I had to hose of all media and untangle the roots to pull clumps apart . Tip cuttings can be taken of this cultivar , as long as you have 3 roots above the cut .. And this is an Australian cultivar , despite what...
Very poor lighting , but you get an idea of the habit .. 6.30 pm and the sun was just starting to go down .. I will be going back soon a nd will try and get a better pic. along with some plants for myself . This does not seem to match the pic of Tom Croat and leaf on MoBoT .
Dean , Arden of Equatorial Exotics has a mature clump ,, the pics I took were right on dusk and are not the best .. leaf maybe close to 1m long , and only 5m up a tree .