My Pritchardia hillebrandii - Loulou Palm - Posted for my Palmate, Mushybanna

Beautiful palm and lucky Delonix!!!

WOW
Your very luck to get such a fantastic looking palm and at so cheep ..Gone to favorites :o)))

Gorgeous palm Delonix, but such a shame the way that you came by it (not on you, you understand). Are many of the specialist nurseries being squeezed out by the recession and/or the major chains?

Alexandramou:

Thanks! :>) I was very lucky to get such a good price on this palm.

Palmate:

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

This is the palm I purchased back in June which I said I was going to post months ago. lol! :>)

Meanie:

This specialty nursery is owned by a palm society member...who's moving out of state. I had purchased palms from South Coast Palms in Fallbrook since 1994.

There's many specialty nurseries in San Diego County, unfortunately, the recession has taken a major toll on many of them! :>(

These specialty nurseries don't have any competition with the chain nurseries...because they carry the very rare and exotic stuff...and hundreds of species...not the common stuff like: Kings, Queens, Mexican fan, Windmill, Mediterranean fan, Californian fan, Fishtail, Mexican blue, Date, Canary Island Date, Alexander, Majesty, Kentia and Guadalupe palms.

How big will it get ?

Palmate:

It can grow to 30ft/10m tall...in some cases taller.

I've posted several larger specimens on GoY in the past. This Hawaiian Pritchardia species is one of the more commonly grown palm in CA.

Beautiful........

Dottydaisy2:

Thanks! I really love Pritchardia species - Loulou Palms! :>)

I can see why!!

Dottydaisy2:

I really love Pritchardia hillerbrandii because it looks very closely to the gorgeous Pritchardia pacifica - Fiji Fan palm...which is very difficult to grow successfully here in CA.

Marguerite:

In the ground...it'll grow to at least 30ft/10m tall. It grows very similar to Pritchardia pacifica - Fiji Fan Palm.

They planted a Pritchardia at Chabot college..along with some Mountain palms,Hedescepe and Howeas.

Is it the little palm garden next to the theater? I know they planted a little palm garden next to the theater in the early 1980's.

They still have that-- a beautiful "Clara" B.armata is growing there,and I haven't seen a nicer one. Take a look ay my Daves Garden pic.
But,I know somebody who gave Chabot many exotic plants that they planted around the campus rather then just a small area.
I guess the Pritchardia is the one considered the hardiest..but also a very nice deep green. It stands out.

I think of Pritchardia species in some areas of the Bay Area as marginal. I have successfully grown P. remota. hillerbrandii, becarriana, affinis. I think P. minor should do very well there, also. Forget P. thurstonii and pacifica...they're just too tropical.