Archontophoenix alexandrae (Beatriceae)

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Archontophoenix alexandrae (Beatriceae)
Mt. Elliott King Palm

Originally collected on Mt. Elliott near Townsville, Australia, this popular cultivar is noteworthy for its adaptability and its sturdier, more robust appearance. It can be distingushed by its thick trunk base, "stepped" by the scars of fallen leaves.

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Seeds from this species ...

... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Seeds from rarepalmseeds.com, presoaked for a week then placed individually in very little pot of peat in a mix of agroperlite 30% and peat 70%. Temperature of about 32°C 24h/24h. After 3 weeks 70% already sprout!!!
Submitted on 17/04/2007 by Alessandro Pizzino alepizzino@yahoo.it

... are very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I recieved 8 seeds and the first 2 seeds germinated after only 5 days. I put them in large petri-dishes (from the laboratory I work for) with special germinating ground and put the petri-dishes on top of my aquarium. The heat from the lamp was turned off automatically at 10 o' clock in the evening and on at 7 o'clock in mornig. So at night there was no additional heat, though my room temperature will not get underneath 21 Celcius. The rest of the seeds, except for two, germinated about a week or two later.
Submitted on 06/11/2006 by one of our visitors


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If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.

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We recommend:

Martius, Book of Palms
by H. Walter Lack

Hardcover - 450 pages
19.8 x 13.5 inches!
11.1 pounds!
50 x 34 cm, 5 kg

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Suitable for: all

Martius's magnificent work on the varieties of palm tree. This epic folio was based on Martius's expedition to Brazil and Peru with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix. From 1817 to 1820 the pair travelled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) throughout the Amazon Basin, the most species-rich palm region in the world, collecting and sketching specimens.
In his epic work, Martius outlined the modern classification of palm, produced the first maps of palm biogeography, described all the palms of Brazil, and collated the sum of all known genera of the palm family. For apart from his own collection of specimens and notes, Martius also wrote about the findings of others.
Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms—often standing alone—which have a simple and elegant beauty. This famous work is an unrivaled landmark in botanic illustration and taxonomy.

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