By jim in los altos september 29 in discussing palm trees worldwide followers 0 The “lady luck” palm is a cross between wodyetia bifurcata x veitchia winin so the cousin to the well known foxy lady hybrid I'm curious on how different they are i understand that f1 is the original cross between veitchia and foxtail and f2 is foxy lady crossed back with either of the original parent's I have an f2 and am wondering how the look of the palm compares to f1 Also how f2 compares to f1 on their cold hard. They say the foxy lady is a rocket but the growth rate appears to be the same as seedlings
Erik, the foxtails were planted many months before the f1 foxyladies I have numerous large ones in the garden & i would say the foxladies grow more rapidly The only exception, would be the ones that are extremely variegated. Foxy lady hope it corrects the problem i will update if this does indeed help Again thank you so much for you help redant.the purple king palms really don't like our climate to well but will live i am having trouble with mine its very slow it push maybe 4 fronds but it picks up speed in the fall/winter/spring and slows down in the summer. Posted this in cold hardy palms forum but i was told i'd get more responses here
The hybrid wodyetia bifurcata x veitchia arecina I think i am madly in love Lol but really i've only heard amazing things from this palm and i absolutely love the looks. By ruskinpalms december 13, 2024 in discussing palm trees worldwide share followers 0 We have all heard it before if you want instant gratification and cant buy a large palm a hybrid will do the trick here is my foxy lady after 4 years in ground from a. Wodyetia x veitchia (hybrid) foxy lady “variegated” wodyetia x johannis (hybrid) foxy lady palm clinostigma savoryana bonin islands palm dypsis decipiens manambe palm ravenala madagascariensis madagascan travelers palm washies cycads encephalartos longifolius blue form encephalartos horridus “blue form” encephalartos scalovo.
For the foxy lady i would say that the hybrid bears a combination of genes that promote this kind of accident Palms are very sought after by collectors all other the world, so the chimera theory would explain why variegated palms aren't that widespread all other the world (because of the impossibility to propagate vegetatively most types.
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