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Morinja
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Posted: Sat Oct 6th, 2007 11:54 am |
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Hi ,I have just been given a gift of a 3 foot palm plant which I think may be a chamaedorea elegans would I be able to grow this on my roof terrece in southern Spain ? as it is very large for indoors
Morinja
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Newt
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Posted: Sat Oct 6th, 2007 01:46 pm |
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What a lovely gift! I'm thinking you are hardiness zone 10.
http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/forums/zones/hze5.html
If so, it should be able to grow outdoors for you as it's hardy to zone 9b.
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Arecaceae/Chamaedorea_elegans.html
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/CHAELEA.PDF
Newt
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Morinja
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Posted: Sun Oct 7th, 2007 09:50 am |
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Hi Newt ,thanks for the sites yes we are zone 10 and I have measured my plant and it,s a wonderful 4ft tall and looks grand on the terrace
Morinja
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Newt
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Posted: Sun Oct 7th, 2007 07:56 pm |
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Wonderful news! Do be careful the sun doesn't burn it.
Newt
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cdjackson
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Posted: Tue Oct 30th, 2007 02:53 pm |
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Palm trees are so neat, I was recently in Orlando, FL and saw an Old Man Palm (not sure what the Scientific name is). It was the coolest Palm I have ever seen. The trunk was covered with hair....wild!
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Newt
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Posted: Tue Oct 30th, 2007 03:08 pm |
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Coccothrinax crinita aka Old Man Palm is from Cuba. Neat plant.  Here's some pics at different ages.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Old+Man+Palm+&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Info on it.
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Palm/Coccothrinax_crinita.html
Newt
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cdjackson
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Posted: Tue Oct 30th, 2007 03:17 pm |
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| cool, thank you Newt
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Newt
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Posted: Wed Oct 31st, 2007 03:04 am |
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Cdjackson, glad you like that. You are very welcome!
Newt
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