takes a big pot and they grow pretty fast... they have very vigorous roots

Thanks... about how big a pot for a 2 gallon tree ?

Topher-
I'm not sure where you live but I would suggest buying any new palm in the spring or summer. Getting a new one (especially a tropical palm like a Royal) to transplant well this time of year is hard (I bought a small royal back in October of 05 via mail order and it died over the winter). Having said that if you have a line on a good one try and put it in a pot about 50% bigger than the one it's in. Give it loads of sun and a steady dose of at least low 70s. There's nothing wrong with trying to grow large fast growing palms in pots indoors/outdoors. Just try and keep in mind what you will do with them once they do get too big.

I was not thinking of getting one until
warmer weather.. probaly after last frost : )
I know they do get big quick that's why i asked how quick..
Thanks for the advise.

I have a couple that I procured at the end of season sales locally that are in 1.5 gallon citrus pots, they are about to bust out of the pots!! overall they are about 10' tall and 8" around in trunk. they can and will literally split a pot in half....

I must say, though small palms in general starting out may be moved up the old standard pot size at a time, once they get larger and start growing faster, moving them up at least several inches in extra diameter every time they're repotted is a must since those roots grow so fast and thick for many palms. I found once my Chinese fan palm had gotten to the 21in. diameter pot, which I could barely move, or lift for its summer outdoors, I did consider moving to a minimum of a 30in. diameter pot, though that size was near impossible to even find in this area, and the few I found would have cost $50 per pot, with lots more just to buy a good grade of potting soil. That's one reason, my palm never did get the bigger pot it so badly needed, as I had considered getting rid of it instead, since it was much too big for my house anyway. Little did I know, when buying the thing as a young plant in a gallon pot, that it would do so well or get so big in less than a decade to outgrow my small house with it's low ceilings!! Of course I wasn't online and didn't research the thing and had only seen photos of smaller ones and not the good sized palms they can ultimately grow into!!

Wow .....
That is fast !

I have three small Royal sprouts. They germinated a couple of weeks ago. I made the mistake of transplanting the first one to come up right away. I was carefull not to disturb the root (or so I thought). I put it in one of those small plastic pots that nurseries sell small tomatoes come spring spring. I set it in the window and it died after a couple of days. I think the shock of going from soil in the 80s (I had a heat mat under it) to the 60s did it in. I have left the three remaining ones in the origianl container with the heat mat still on and underneath it. I have positioned it about 2 feet below the window so they are getting loads of indirect afternoon sun. I was going to go take a picture and post it but my camera needs to be charged. I'll post one later. Tha tallest of the three has pushed out one leaf and is a little more than 3 inches. The other two have not pushed out a leaf yet. Just a tiny trunk.

Yeah they say the roots on things are very sensitive
Are you sure you did not break the root on your royal that died ?
Thanks for the info...
very interested in seeing your pics of the royals
I can not germinate anything.. not patient enough : )

Sorry , should have read :
( The roots on these things )