Zombia antillarum - Revision history

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Geoff_blocked_old: Created page with "'''Pronunciation''': ZOM- bee-uh ahn-til-LARE-uh
'''Common Name''': Zombie Palm '''''Zombia antillarum''''' is a fairly marginal palm for Californi..."

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Created page with "<center>'''Pronunciation''': ZOM- bee-uh ahn-til-LARE-uh <br/> '''Common Name''': Zombie Palm </center> '''''Zombia antillarum''''' is a fairly marginal palm for Californi..."

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<center>'''Pronunciation''': ZOM- bee-uh ahn-til-LARE-uh
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'''Common Name''': Zombie Palm
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'''''Zombia antillarum''''' is a fairly marginal palm for California, but some have manage to grow it for many years (no adult palms in the state at this time). It is one of the more slow growing palms one can keep alive in California. This is a unique, clustering species with very ornamental spination along the trunk covered with a large, tan, tight fibrous mesh and pronounced rings.

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*'''Habit''': clustering with a crown of 10-12 fan leaves per stem
*'''Height''': 6' estimate
*'''Trunk''': multiple; 5" thick; covered with dense, thick, tan fibrous mesh; pronounced rings where fibrous mesh adheres tightly; regularly spaced tan, thick, downward-pointing 3" spines arranged around trunk arising from each ring
*'''Crownshaft''': none
*'''Spread''': 4'-6'+
*'''Leaf Description''': palmate; 3' long; leaflets show some droop near tips; bright green on top and pale green beneath; leaf blades split to about 3/4 of their length
*'''Petiole/Leaf bases''': narrow/thin; arching; unarmed; un-split leaf bases; arise from trunk rings
*'''Reproduction''': monoecious
*'''Inflorescence''': 18" long; from within leaves; white flowers
*'''Fruit''': spherical; 1" thick; white when ripe (no fruiting palms in California)
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*'''Minimum Temp''': 30F
*'''Drought Tolerance''': good
*'''Dry Heat Tolerance''': very good
*'''Cool Tolerance''': low
*'''Wind Tolerance''': good
*'''Salt Tolerance''': good
*'''Growth Rate''': very very slow
*'''Soil Preference''': adaptable
*'''Light Requirement''': partial to full sun
*'''Human Hazards''': spiny trunks can be hazardous, though few palms in California are trunking
*'''Disease or Horticultural Problems''': none
*'''Transplants?''': unknown
*'''Indoor?''': unlikely to be a good candidate due to high light requirements and need for heat
*'''Availability''': very rare
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 *'''Crownshaft''': none
 *'''Spread''': 4'-6'+
-*'''Leaf Description''': palmate; 3' long; leaflets show some droop near tips; bright green on top and pale green beneath; leaf blades split to about 3/4 of their length
+*'''Leaf Description''': palmate; 3' long; leaflets show some droop near tips; bright green on top and pale green/silvery beneath (contrast particularly obvious in flash photography); leaf blades split to about 3/4 of their length
 *'''Petiole/Leaf bases''': narrow/thin; arching; unarmed; un-split leaf bases; arise from trunk rings
 *'''Reproduction''': monoecious
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 File:Zombia in palm desert.jpg|Palm Desert seedling, California
 File:Zombia.JPG|Montgomery foundation, Miami, Florida
 File:Zombia DT.jpg|seedling in Hawaii
 File:Zombia Leu.jpg|Orlando Florida, Leu Gardens
 File:Zombia seedlings.JPG|suckers off palm in Florida
 File:Zombia stems.JPG|spiny stems of mature palm, Florida
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 '''Common Name''': Zombie Palm
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-'''''Zombia antillarum''''' is a fairly marginal palm for California, but some have manage to grow it for many years (no adult palms in the state at this time).  It is one of the more slow growing palms one can keep alive in California.  This is a unique, clustering species with very ornamental spination along the trunk covered with a large, tan, tight fibrous mesh and pronounced rings.
+'''''Zombia antillarum''''' is a fairly marginal palm for California, but some have manage to grow it for many years (no adult palms in the state at this time).  It is one of the more slow growing palms one can keep alive in California.  This is a unique, clustering species with very ornamental spination along the trunk covered with a large, tan, tight fibrous mesh and pronounced rings.  Otherwise palm tends to look like a suckering ''Coccothrinax'' species
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