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'''''Licuala ramsayi''''' is one of the easier Licualas to grow in California… but saying that does not make it an easy palm. Most Licualas are impossible to grow here, so this is an exception. But growing this plant well still requires protection from the elements, strict observance of water needs and a good microclimate. In its native Australia, this palm eventually grows into a tall forest of trees which can be walked beneath (unlike most Licualas that stay fairly small and are classified as understory palms). However, in California, no 'trees' exist yet and likely few, if any, will attain enough height to walk below their canopies. Two varieties are described in the literature, with one being the 'type' and the other var. tuckeri, differentiated by having little to no spines along the petioles (so obviously this might be the more popular variety). Leaves are nearly circular, split randomly and have an ornamental edge as if cut by a pinking shears. It is a highly ornamental species. | '''''Licuala ramsayi''''' is one of the easier Licualas to grow in California… but saying that does not make it an easy palm. Most Licualas are impossible to grow here, so this is an exception. But growing this plant well still requires protection from the elements, strict observance of water needs and a good microclimate. In its native Australia, this palm eventually grows into a tall forest of trees which can be walked beneath (unlike most Licualas that stay fairly small and are classified as understory palms). However, in California, no 'trees' exist yet and likely few, if any, will attain enough height to walk below their canopies. Two varieties are described in the literature, with one being the 'type' and the other var. tuckeri, differentiated by having little to no spines along the petioles (so obviously this might be the more popular variety). Leaves are nearly circular, split randomly and have an ornamental edge as if cut by a pinking shears. It is a highly ornamental species. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:16, 18 August 2015
Common Name: Australian Fan Palm; Wedge-leaf Fan Palm
Licuala ramsayi is one of the easier Licualas to grow in California… but saying that does not make it an easy palm. Most Licualas are impossible to grow here, so this is an exception. But growing this plant well still requires protection from the elements, strict observance of water needs and a good microclimate. In its native Australia, this palm eventually grows into a tall forest of trees which can be walked beneath (unlike most Licualas that stay fairly small and are classified as understory palms). However, in California, no 'trees' exist yet and likely few, if any, will attain enough height to walk below their canopies. Two varieties are described in the literature, with one being the 'type' and the other var. tuckeri, differentiated by having little to no spines along the petioles (so obviously this might be the more popular variety). Leaves are nearly circular, split randomly and have an ornamental edge as if cut by a pinking shears. It is a highly ornamental species.
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Appearance and Biology
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Horticultural Characteristics
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garden of Jim Denz, northern California
garden of Matt Bradford, San Diego county, California
San Diego county showing lack of humidity
Pauleen Sullivan garden, Ventura, California
San Diego county, garden of Matt Bradford
Balboa park, San Diego
conservatory palm, Huntington Gardens near Pasadena, California
another palm in Jim Denz's garden, northern California
Sullivan estate in Hawaii
Singapore Zoo
Singapore botanical gardens
Lyons arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii
Lundkvist estate, Hawaii
Hawaii
Lundkvist estate, Hawaii
Lundkvist estate
Leu botanical gardens, Orlando, Florida
Lundkvist garden
conservatory palm, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
Ho'Olamuhia botanical gardens, Oahu, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
leaf of palm in San Diego county
petiolar teeth of California palm
Hawaii
flowers on conservatory palm, Huntington gardens
