Basselinia Pancheri

[comic097]

Here is the latest addition to my garden, Basselinia pancheri, scored this from a very dear friend, it has been treated like royalty. i noticed yesterday that the old palm frond was ready to come off, so I grabbed out the trusty iphone and snapped away, shes a beauty.

[realarch]

Holy cow......that's a beauty. Dear friend? I guess so. 

That one has been around awhile no?

Tim

[edric]

Looks great Paul, thanks, Ed

[KrisKupsch]

Geezuz Paul, what a friend you have !! What a beauty...are there more like that in Aus in pots ? 

[comic097]

Tim, it was in a pot for a good 20 years mate 

Kris, cant say i've seen any around like this mate, 

 

Paul 

[Jeff Searle]

Great pictures there! It's one of the few species of Basselinia that grow well in containers for us. Nice job.

[Palms4Steve]

Looks sensational. I have lost many seedlings. 

[comic097]

Thanks guys, really stoked with it 

[pigafetta]

2 hours ago, comic097 said:

1 hour ago, comic097 said:

 

 

Very nice one of my fav palms, i always loved that one out at that nursery at Yandina on the sunny coast, i haven't seen it for about 10 years but i think Troy from Tassie posted some pics of it a while back it getting quite big now but i think it actually looked nicer when it was smaller.

Ive also killed quite a few seedlings of these

Edited December 25, 2015 by pigafetta

[pigafetta]

Heres the thread about 8 pics down http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/34519-giant-palms-of-new-caledonia-sunshine-coast-queensland/&page=1

IMO like i said looked so much nicer 10-15 years ago when the crownshaft was at eye level, was also a lot more colourful when it was smaller.

Edited December 25, 2015 by pigafetta

[comic097]

Thanks pigafetta, yep that's Leo's place, nice pics alright, was there not long ago, his pancheri very tall now, some extremely nice palms growing there 

 

Paul  

[Moose]

Beautiful palm! Like the use of the croton as an accessory, adding to palm's ambiance not detracting. The Croton looks like a Bogoriensis, a cultivar whose origin is traced to the Philippines.

[LJG]

4 hours ago, pigafetta said:

Heres the thread about 8 pics down http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/34519-giant-palms-of-new-caledonia-sunshine-coast-queensland/&page=1

IMO like i said looked so much nicer 10-15 years ago when the crownshaft was at eye level, was also a lot more colourful when it was smaller.

Still one of my favorite threads I go back to often. 

[colin Peters]

Wow,,, worth the 20 year wait.

[Cindy Adair]

Gorgeous!

[comic097]

Here's a pic of pancheri after watering garden yesterday

[Tassie_Troy1971]

18 hours ago, LJG said:

Still one of my favorite threads I go back to often. 

Fabulous place - unfortunately the owner Leo Gamble sadly passed away earlier this year - he was in his eighties ! 

[comic097]

Well were almost at the halfway point of our winter here and have just noticed leaf number 2 opening since planting back in late Dec 2015. Feel free to post your pancheri, would love to see em

 

Paul  

 

[User00]

nice 

[Howeadypsis]

Very nice, great colour!

[comic097]

thanks fellas

 

paul 

[Kennybenjamin]

Yours is ok I suppose Paul but I prefer the colour of mine 

[comic097]

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA well done Ben, looking good mate 

[realarch]

Yeah Ben, yours has much better color than Pauls. He's got the more common low land form. 

Tim

[Makaisland Palms]

What a beauty!  So what are the reasonable odds of growing one of these from seed as an indoor outdoor container palm (in Europe, gulp) I see it's mentioned that it's one of the few that do well in a container, but also a few of you mentioned how many seedlings you've killed.  Let me know, I've got a line on some seeds and I'm thinking of giving it a whirl!