By jim in los altos september 29 in discussing palm trees worldwide followers 0 I came across the legendary foxy lady palm 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 from it Not to mention i read that it can handle down to 25f
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. Alas, the time has come I've been growing this foxy lady a few years now and i think it's time to rehome her It's in a 15 gal but it ideally should go in the ground soon, it's filled in that pot already
John you are correct, the two foxy ladies in the photo at flecker gardens, one variegated and smaller, are from the very first batch of foxy lady palms cultivated and i understand mikey himself played a significant part in making the first seed observations of this hybrid palm which has entranced the palm community ever since. I wanted to start this thread to document myself and others’ plants so post if you got em There wasn’t that many produced but they are out there The “lady luck” palm is a cross between wodyetia bifurcata x veitchia winin so the cousin to the well known foxy lady hybrid I got the plant from sea. After many years and trees that are ungodly tall, my foxy lady, 1 of 2 dropped 2 very ripe very real looking seeds
With only 2 to work with i of course will just hope to see if they germinate I have plenty of foxtails and veitchia arecina in the yard so maybe it did a cross back with one of the. Foxy lady palm by david878 july 19, 2019 in discussing palm trees worldwide share followers 1 So i am curious if foxy lady palms are fertile This was acquired as a foxy lady, but the trunk is different than one of my other ones in that it doesn't have the bulge from the wodyetia bifurcata parent The one i'm growing in leucadia is from the same source and purchased about the same time, a.
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.
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