Nice!

I don't think I've ever seen a lady Palm for sale.

Everyones

posting about their new finds so I guess I'll have to join the movement.

MrBulbs, sounds like your going to start a new thread, LOL!

Subtropix, flowering? I've never seen that with a Lady Palm.

Yes, currently in flower. Do you want a picture?

I will once I find something!

..... I'd like a picture.

Well, is it a boy or a girl? (They are diecious palms.)

not a clue, what do I look for?

Not sure, but someone on here WILL know. My Phoenix roebellini pic got posted and sure enough, someone said that that one was definitely a male. These Lady Palms sucker asexually so..., whatever gender these two trunks are, the rest of the lot is (most likely). Like I said, they constantly sucker and spread so, eventually, you can propagate them. Not sure why they tend to be so freakin' expensive. They have cult status in Japan and dealers will spend LOTS of money on variegated types (I prefer the green). They are on my short 5 list of BEST indoor palms. Only problem, is quite limited drought tolerance. In Miami, they form impenetrable hedges from GROUND level on up (most palms don't seem cut out as hedges).

Good luck with yours!

not very common either!

subtropix, Thanks for the information. You said these sucker readily and are drought intolerant. So my single stalk will become multiple stalks? How much
water do they want, like a parlor palm?
Fred

Fred is that rare peace lily you had still alive?

the little sick one? no, but the large one is , though it could be a happier plant it is still doing OK. I might have a picture somewhere.

Oh, didn't know you had more than the one sick one. Please try to find a pic of your larger one.

tlbean see your post on IDing Silver Streak

I would just not neglect the watering, if the medium gets too dry the Lady Palm might resent it (most other palms are more drought tolerant). I lost one this way.

Yes, they spread by means of subsurface rhizomes. Like running bamboos if you are familiar with 'em. Eventually, the new plants form their own root systems..., once they have roots you can separate the pup by cutting its connection to the mother plant. Propagated this way, it will be a genetic clone of the 'mother' plant (either male or female). (To reproduce by seed, you need both genders and for pollination to occur.) They are not difficult palms

I actually have a "running" bamboo in my yard. Last winter really took a toll on it.
It did not really re-foliate till end of June.

Thank you for the information, I am anxious to keep this alive. Last spring MrBulbs started a thread titled what was your first plant. I told of my first plant being the lady palm and how as a newbie and a kid to boot, I killed it by committing every mistake in the book. Now I'm determined to erase that blight on my memory! LOL!! Hope you don't mind questions. Thanks again for your help. (I'm sure to need more advise as I go) I have learned how to care for Parlor Palms, at least to be able to keep the clump alive. Mine always used to reduce down to one stalk. Not anymore, thank God!
Fred

subtropix, which is best clay or plastic pots for Rhapis excelsa? Oh and what do you think of the coir that seams to be the potting medium in my new Lady Palm?
Fred

I only use clay containers with my succulents, cacti, bromeliads, and orchids. Everything else is plastic. As for coir (had to look that up), seems like its a coconut fiber based alternative to peat (also the stuff I use to line my hanging baskets). As a soil additive, I'm sure it's fine but I assume there is more in the soil than coconut fiber (which is relatively sterile and has no nutrition). Thing to keep in mind with palms, is that they tend to prefer soils with a high humus content and also have excellent drainage. P.S., While you are thanking God, you can also thank your lucky stars that your winter was also keeping your bamboo in check. In climates where it is evergreen, it goes from being a love to a love/hate relationship if not worse.

Should I repot the palm into a plastic pot? The soil it in does have more then coir, but if I proceed with repotting I'll use miracle grow with extra perlite.

Yes, winter does help keep it under control. I originally thought that the deer would keep it under control, but they don't like it. Even with the harsh winter, it still sends runners every where.

I really do not recommend MG soils at all, unless you really amend it. The product is basically peat moss..., even their cactus/citrus soils is too peaty. Everyone stills peat's problem is too wet, but put a plant container with a lot of peat moss in the sun and see what happens. The soil does not moisten..., it becomes 'hydrophobic' in the extreme. Regarding transplanting, it looks like your container is plastic from the photo. Size seems right, but a bit hard to tell. Palms prefer to be slightly snug in their containers.

you make your own soils then?

hedging my bet so to speak, I bought an other one and it is in a 5 inch tapered clay pot. that is why I asked if it is best to transplant to plastic. the first one came in a tiny cheap seedling pot so I potted it straight away into the plastic pot you see above.