Beaucarnea recurvata

Beaucarnea recurvata
Pony Tail

Well known as a robust house plant all around the world, the Pony Tail Palm from Mexico can actually reach tree-like dimensions with age. It forms a huge, inflated base, out of which several slender, branched trunks arise. The numerous leaves in the fountain-like crown can reach a length of 1.5 m (5 ft.). It is best suited to subtropical/warm temperate areas with only light frosts.

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...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
The seeds were placed of sauce by 4 hours in lukewarm water, later they were placed to germinate with a medium temperature of 26 C. germination of 80% in the first months
Submitted on 21/07/2003 by Paulo Mário pamario@yahoo.com

...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I started my beaucarnea recurvata in small plastic green houses using vermiculite as a germination medium. I started the germination period on May 02, 2003. I found the first signs of sproutinglast night ( June 17, 2003) 6.5 weeks. I live in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. These small green houses were kept outside, with 100+ degrees nearly everyday, with directsun for 3.5 hours per day.
Submitted on 18/06/2003 by David david.cook@honeywell.com

...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
If planted very fresh the seeds are very easy - expect 95% germination. Seeds over three monts old may give very variable results, good one time nothing the next.
Submitted on 12/07/2003 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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