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LIVE RARE GEBANG PALM 3+ft ships IN POT Massive Madagascar PALM Raphia farinifer
Price: $59.99
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Raphia farinifer
Synonymy: Raphia ruffia
Common Names: Rafia Palm, Gebang Palm
Habitat: The edges of rivers and lakes in Madagascar and East Africa.
Distribution:
East and Central Africa, probably introduced into Madagascar
Gebang Palm
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This palm is a magnificent specimen
species, reaching 40-60 feet in height. The leaves of this species, which is a native of
Africa, are of the longest in the plant kingdom. It's sister species, Raphia regalis, has
the longest leaves of all, reaching up to 75 feet in length, and arising nearly from the
ground, as the trunk is quite short.
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You are bidding on * bare root seedlings
with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and grown in
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General: These palms are the source of raffia fibre, which is made from the leaf bases. Leaves of
the Gebang palm are made into umbrellas and books; others provide material for rain capes,
baskets, raffia (Raphia farinifera), hats, hammocks, and the fibre known as piassava.
Cultivation: These palms like very wet feet, and a tropical or sub-tropical climate. They are best
suited to parks or large gardens, because of their very large size.
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A very spectacular
palm, with a trunk to about 10 m. The leaves up to 20 m long,
(amongst the largest in the plant kingdom), point almost upright.
The stems are monocarpic. Their
most noticeable feature is their immensely long, stiffly upright leaves. Raphia have the
longest leaves in the plant kingdom up to 75 feet long. The leaf bases and petioles are
bright orange, and they have pneumatophores (breathing roots) like mangroves, an
adaptation for swampy ground. They are very similar in appearance to R. vinifera,
the main difference being that R. vinifera is a suckering species, while this one
is solitary.
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This is a massive palm having some of the longest
leaves in the entire plant kingdom up to 70 feet long and is an important palm from an
economic standpoint being the source of 'raphia', or leaf fibre- for making baskets,
roofing, building materials, etc. It has very spiny leave edges that rake you every time
you try to reach in towards the center of the plant. However, as the plant ages, the
leaves become more user friendly. Being known as a very tropical palm from Africa and
Madagascar, some people have had success with this palm in So Cal. It is a beautiful palm
having deep orange petioles, bright green leaves and some yellow in the rachis.
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If you have a large yard and are in Southern
California Southern Texas or Southern Florida where this palm thrives, you have to have
this palm in your yard. I saw these growing in their habitat all the way down to secluded
areas outside of Krugar National Park and they are amazing. They thrive in Cape Town South
Africa, which is cooler than southern CA and Texas, so it is definatley hardy. They also
have some of the largest leaves in the world, and when the first explorers came through
they brought back the leaves of this palm, and said they were feathers from the elephant
bird, which is now extinct in Madagascar.
It is difficult to find a palm
with greater visual impact- however, it is a tropical palm, and requires a great deal of
warmth and humidity to look it's best. Raphia require near constant
irrigation, or plant them close to a body of water. If you live in a
dry climate, and water conservation is an issue, planting this palm
will result in wasting a lot of precious water. I've seen them
flourish when grown directly in a bog garden, or adjacent to a river
or lake.
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A female Palmnut Vulture nesting
near the top of a Raphia farinifer. |
Additional interest to naturalists is the Palmnut Vulture or Vulturine
Fish Eagle, Gypohierax angolensis, 3-4 pairs of which nest amongst the Raphia
palms in the Mtunzini area in their South African native habitat.
This bird of prey is
unique in that its diet is largely vegetarian, comprising particularly the fleshy outer
portions from the fruit of palms like the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis , and certain
Raphia spp |
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Raphia farinifer fruits
Raphia Fruit
Common Names: Gebang Palm, Raphia Palm
Distribution & Habitat: Their natural distribution is a small area stretching from a few kilometres south of Kosi
Bay to about 40 km north of Maputo. They prefer swampy ground, and are found here on
seasonally inundated dunes.
General: They provide the home, and food for the palm nut vulture, (the worlds only vegetarian
vulture (not quite, they sometimes snack on the occasional small animal), which feeds on
this palm's fruit, and that of Elaenis quineensis.
Culture: Likes full sun, and bad drainage. Given these conditions, they are very fast growing, one
of the fastest of all palms. If you don't have a swamp, then give them lots of water.
Needs at least a sub-tropical climate.
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Raphia farinifera
This
spectacular palm is a "must have" for any palm collector with a spacious garden.
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Polynesian Produce Stand
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All good things take time, so
I grow my plants and rare palms in my
ebay store.
Much more to
check out or just get a little education on in my store.
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Shipping
We ship via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery
confirmation.
All live plants are Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before
they are shipped to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.
All live plants are shipped bare-root wrapped in moist
sphagnum moss to ensure the plants healthy transit to you.
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We can ship live plants to the US only. Only Domestic Shipping and Handling
includes USDA Certification.
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Payment
We
accept online payments only through PayPal, Cash payments are only acceptable for
in-person payments and cash-on-delivery (COD). Cash payment can not be sent through the
mail.
Please only one Paypal payment. SO THE COMBINED SHIPPING RULE WILL CAN
BE USED. Multiple paypal payments are NOT eligible for
discounts.
We will ship once a week - ON or BEFORE WEDNESDAYS, because
of the special stamps needed to ship plants and cuttings to you. This can only be
done at the Dept. of Agriculture. If payments are not met before that MONDAY, your
items will be shipped the following week and lose the combined discount opportunity.
Non-paying bidders may receive negative feedback and will be reported as an unpaid item to
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Combined
Discounts Won Auctions
For 2-3 winning auctions, the combined discount is 10% of the total Shipping and Handling
charges. For 4-7 winning auctions, the combined discount is 20% of the total Shipping and
Handling charges. For 7+ winning auctions, the combined discount is 30% of the total
Shipping and Handling charges.
As each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges
individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it does calculate out the
discount (i.e.: additional item $3.61). My stores' combined shipping is built in for same
items rather than a varied selection. Includes postage, USDA certification and inspection,
proper packing and delivery to Airport for prompt delivery. I cant really change any
of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it gets hard to discount much as each
different species requires it's own prep & packing, then at USDA each has to be
unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last
piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island. It
takes my wife and I, a day to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we
drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post
Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if you can understand.
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Rare Palm Seeds
Fresh
Highest Quality
Seller warrants seed to be of the variety and quantity advertised.
Safe delivery is guaranteed and seeds lost or damaged during shipment will be replaced at
seller's expense. Claims must be made within 7 days of shipment. All other replacements,
refunds, returns and exchanges will be made at the sole discretion of the seller.
Seed is a live product which depends on many important related grower skills such
as proper planting time, seed depth, type of soil, irrigation, proper use of fertilizers,
weed controls, fungicides, insecticides, disease free soil, and reasonable weather
conditions during the growing period. Germination is affected by such factors as
temperature, moisture content, light intensity and contamination of planting media. These
factors are totally out of the seller's control and are the buyer's responsibility and
risk. Consequentially, the seller cannot unconditionally guarantee seed to perform
properly regardless of conditions or the buyer's methods or mistakes. |
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On Aug-01-11 at 15:05:57 PDT, seller added the following information:
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STANDARD | Standard | $15.66 | $9.66 | | Destination: Worldwide |
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STANDARD | Standard | $44.66 | $25.66 | |
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