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Still a young seedling I got from David Constantine at KobaKoba. I am hoping that this will be as useful in the garden as Trachycarpus fortunei (eventually)! It is growing slowly in a pot, but I think it would do far better in the ground. The species was discovered in the early 1990's, growing on sheer cliffs in the Stonegate Gorge, Yunnan. There are both blue leaved and green leaved forms in cultivation. The green leaved forms seem to originate as seed from the cliffside plants, the blue leaved plants are grown from seed of plants growing nearby. Hardy Palms say: "The most beautiful and sought after of the genus with its slight blue leaf colouration contrasted by a stunning white underside. Somewhat difficult to grow but well worth the effort." The Palm Centre says: "The chance finding of a single line in an old Chinese plant book led Martin Gibbons and Tobias Spanner on several expeditions to southwestern China, discovering what was thought by the author to be Trachycarpus martianus was actually an unidentified, distinguishable species. Along the banks of the Nujiang, on two almost vertical bare marble cliffs of the Stone Gate, Trachycarpus princeps was discovered and, over several expeditions, eventually brought into cultivation in the UK and Europe." |
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| 13th October 2006 | ||
