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From the Himalayas in Northern India, growing above 2,000m and possibly the hardiest of the Trachycarpus species. When it matures it develops a bare trunk,
unlike the hairy fibrous trunk of T.fortunei. I got it from Kobakoba and, rather shockingly, it took me 17 years to get my potted seedling into the ground. It was then rather badly chewed by rabbits. I am waiting to see what happens. Rare Plam Seeds say: There is probably no other palm that has caused so much controversy as T. takil over its identity and identification since its rediscovery in India in 1991 by Martin Gibbons and Wilko Karmelk. The palm was believed nearly extinct in the wild and unfortunately, very few true seeds actually ever made it into cultivation. Since 2009, several reports of sizable stands of T. takil in the hills above Kalamuni documented that the palm fortunately clings to life by more than just a thread and is not so critically endangered as previously thought." |
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| 13th October 2006 | ||
