Hyophorbe Species, Bottle Palm

Here on the Big Island of Hawaii in the North Kohala District about a mile makai of Hawi Town, I have two very nice Bottle Palms and have...Read More been extremely happy with them. I came on Dave's Garden to try and determine what one of mine is doing. While reviewing the photos on the website, I found a photo of one that was fruiting, or seeding (?), and it looks like what mine is about to do. Question = Answered. Mahalo.

I find that people noted here that this plam has died during the freeze in the Houston area and in Florida state as well. I bought this p...Read Morealm this year and planted it. The person at the store tells that these palm survive outdoors during the freeze if we protect it by taking proper care. He suggested that we cover the plant with cardboard from ground upto the point where the leaves start and put in an electric bulb preferably incandescent bulb inside the cover between the plant and the cardboard cover. When the temperature gets over 35 deg F, the cover may come off and the light as well. The light basically provides heat so that the trunk remains warm enough during the freeze.

First i want you to know i,am new at this.I started this summer with palms.I bought some seeds in menorca in the summer of 2009.
F...Read Moreirst i soaked the seeds for 24 hours.
I used a plastic pot and put a layer of 8cm little stones on the bottom.
And coverd it with a mix of sand, seedsoil,normal flowersoil and palmsoil.
Soaked the soil and planted the seed 2 a 3 cm deep on 07-09-09.
And covered the plantpot with a glasplate on top and waited.
On 09-10-09 it came up and i removed the glasplate.
So far so good.

According to a palm expert here in Sarasota, FL at Selby Gardens, there are 2 types of bottle palms- one more hardy than the other. Being...Read More unaware of that at the time, I unfortunately bought one that is not that hardy, and here in zone 9b where we had 3 episodes of 29 degrees last winter, even in a protected area with a cover on it, this palm got fried and was very unhappy till about mid-summer. Now, in mid-fall it looks great but in a month and a half it will likely take another hit. I think I will dig it up and put it in my pool cage in a pot where it is several degrees warmer. It is a pretty palm though. I always research before planting now!

Hi, I peeked some seeds of the bottle palm from mauritius , and brought them back to Greece...
I would like some tips on how to u...Read Morese them in order to get the palm ...

A local person told me I need to put the in a water cup for 24hs and then plant them...
But how deep ? what soil to use?
Any tips will be appreciated :)

This tree is on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) redlist of endangered plants. It is native to Mauritius and is ...Read Morecritically endangered. To quote Wikipedia:

While habitat destruction may destroy the last remaining palms in the wild, the survival of the species is assured due to its ubiquitous planting throughout the tropics and subtropics as a specimen plant.

We have one that we keep in a pot that is about 5 foot tall. It does well here in Houston in full sun. When the temps start falling bel...Read Moreow 40 degrees I bring it inside. We kept it three months in the house by a widow with great morning sun for the winter and it grew a new frond. This is one of the most fascinating palms I have seen.

Last summer there were several garden centers selling these palms and a neighbor bought a pretty expensive one and planted it in his front yard. We had two days this year where it hit 27 degrees and it appears his poor bottle palm got fried. Sure wish people would investigate a little more before they buy palms that might not make it in this area.

I planted two of these in zone 8b (Round Rock, TX). One has died (I think one of the kids may have damaged it), the other is doing ok. ...Read MoreWe'll see if we make it past the 1st freeze. This plant was purchased as a 5G. In our very hot summer (temperatures over 100), we watered this plant 6 times per day until established, then cut back to 2 times per day.

Here it grows very well as of course it is it's native place. Thanks not endangered as the amaricaulis. Sold in almost every nusery in...Read More Mauritius or even young seedlings can be found at the base of mature plants. Need 4-6 years to trunk and to form it's bottle form. Seeds also very long to germinate in general 2 months to a year or even more.The fruits are green and with tiny white dots at early stage and goes black when ripe, whereas seeds are very hard, ovoid and grey.

I have to give it positive as so far has defied all knowledge! Sowed 5 seed after 5 days soaking in February 2004, placed in dark cupboa...Read Morerd next to fireplace with central heating pump. 1 germinated in 30 days a 2nd slightly later. Placed seedlings in heated propogator till warm weather then in semi-shaded greenhouse in May/June. Watered well, grown in mix of leafy compost, gritty river soil, Irish moss peat. Placed in light south facing (sunny window) shed October 04, suffered 2 Nov/Dec frosts to -6C, brought indoors to dull position around 16C, getting some warmth from nearby radiator in day. The 2nd one rotted when watered a little coming back to growth April, but always had a weaker root. Other 3 germinated February 2005. all strong, kept in light shed over summer brought indoors end October. The 1st one is still alive, hasn't grown much and outer leaves slightly browned but stem slightly fatter, so roots may be developing. Stem quickly develops and is very hard but don't be fooled, good drainage/friable compost essential. I remain optimistic in zone 8 UK, cool 2005 summer often less than 20C. The 3 remaining seeds were put in a sunny greenhouse in shaded propogator (unheated) in 2004 hot summer, temps in greenhouse going to 50C, brought in to cupboard as before Oct 04.

I've had a couple bottle palms growing outside in a protected area in Mesa,Arizona for 4 years now.The tallest is 7 ft high with only 6 i...Read Morenches of actual wood before the crownshaft.Contrary to popular belief, they seem to be hardier than the spindle palm of which I've killed 1/2 dozen over the years in the same protected area.

One of my favorite palms. I do not know how it survives here in Kissimmee but there are several left unprotected throughout my subdivision.

This palm survives the coast of southern California, it is less likley to survive inland.

I live in around zone 9b and have a bottle palm growing very well here. I have it outside and it get half day of sun. I live in san bernardino.

There are some tall specimens (around 6m tall) in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. They kinda lose the curious bottle looking when th...Read Moreey get taller, but still the are beautiful palms.

This is my favorite palm after, of course, Bismarckia noblis. There is an absolutely stunning one at Edison's house in Ft. Myers. ...Read MoreThat was the first one i saw and, naturally, had to have one of my own. Thev have classic fronds, similar to those of the adonidia, but with a reddish mid-rib.

This is a great looking palm... for the topics. Can't survive here in So Cal except in the most perfect microclimates. Local palm exper...Read Morets often find one of these perfect little spots in their yards, but usually these palms end up getting nearly defoliated each winter and struggle back by the end of summer just to start the torture all over again. They do pretty well in Miami, though and are common garden palms in Hawaii, and the rest of the tropical world.