Just received a Sealing Wax Palm (Cyrtostachys Renda) pronounced *Sir-Toh-STAY-Kiss*. It is a red trunked palm tree. A very tender palm, as it will die at temperatures of 45F (some say 50F). The soil must be kept moist at all times. The Sealing Wax Palm is one of the most beautiful and sought after palms in the world. Many people mistakenly think they can grow them in a lightly cool area, it is simply impossible. I'm growning it in my greenhouse. It is known for its BRIGHT RED crown shaft. The Sealing Wax palm comes from Malaysia, New Guinea and Sumatra. An ABSOLUTE MUST for collectors. I am developing four back up systems to protect it during Colorado's winters. The 1-ft tall palm was $190.00. The Sealing Was Palm is a slow growing palm, it takes approximately 11 years to grow a 6/7 tree which sells for $1500.00+ for a good quality tree. Prayers welcome. - Millet

Prayers are with you...if anyone can grow it, it would be you.
Could you post a pic? Love to see it!

You mean these ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-ft-LIVE-RED-SEALING-PALM-Cyrtostachys-renda-lipstick_W0QQitemZ7754464322QQihZ018QQcategoryZ42219QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-ft-LIVE-RED-SEALING-PALM-Cyrtostachys-renda-lipstick_W0QQitemZ320001082175QQihZ011QQcategoryZ42219QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thats the one. Sure a good price also. Wonder what the quality is like? I am always afraid to purchase plants off of E-bay. What I have ever bought from E-bay (never a plant) I bought through Laaz. - Millet

Hi Millet I always check there first. Check their feedback... You can get some very good deals. There is a photo at the bottom of the page of the plants.

Come on Millet... He's selling Coconut Palms as well. You could be the first to harvest coconuts in CO !!!

Laaz, I have a 9 ft Coconut palm already. With the difference in the price on the Sealing Wax Palm (if the E-bay plant is any good) I could have gone out to dinner with my wife. - Millet

Actually i bought plants from that seller and Seeds too ..
Lazz every seed he sold me came up i bought 15 Dragon blood palms this Seller even told me the best way to start them .. his Pony tail palm was top Notch (bought it for my mom )

Here are pics of my baby Dragons blood ..Tammy

Millet Prayers are with you but my Dragon blood has Several uses and also a red trunck seeds 15 for 1.99

3 weeks after planting in March
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9100/dscf0107os2.jpg
New pots 1st day 9 weeks
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5849/dscf0144nf9.jpg
Now
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5774/dscf0106ng3.jpg

OH I forgot Hey Millet Dont tell the wife you paid more then on ebay.
She may just make you get her a new car or something for her kitchen.

OH yeah how much ya gonna pay me and Laaz not to tell ? Winks Tammy
you did good im sure Picking out the best plant the one you like is worth the $$

i just got some plants off ebay i paid less for from Hawaii and the Ones i got off ebay where 3 ft tall. And Rooted . the ones from hawaii havent rooted yet Difference in price 129.00 45 plumeria Hawaii

45.00 including shipping ebay plumeria 4 3 ft rooted plants .
Im sure i would of Gotten more for my Money if i would have seen the plants from hawaii..

PS I like them in Bunches better then one what ya say Laaz ?
Millet you should get more then 1 would look nice having a few of them around .and the Picture of the small one is what you get ..Too Cool
Add shipping onto the ebay plant you didnt loose much..

OK done helping Laaz pick on you

Tammy, you win some and you loose some. I always believe you get what you pay for, thats why I do not buy plants off E-Bay. I think "I" have only "purchased" one thing from E-Bay and that was a citrus book. Actually, I did not purchase it, my friend Laaz purchased it for me using his account number. However, I was thinking, rather than using the extra money to take my wife out to dinner, I could use it to buy a tank of gas. Three days ago Charleston SC (Laaz's home) had the lowest gas price in the country. - Millet

Well lets have a look at the coconut then... Post us some pics !!! Is it fruiting yet ?

I tried one, it did great in the summer...

Laaz, I'll try to get a picture, in fact I'll try to get a bunch of greenhouse pictures. However, I will have to wait until my son comes over with his digital camera. If you remember my son Mark had to take the picture of my fruiting banana tree, which is my Avatar picture, then put it on the computer and sent it to you, so you could make the Avatar. I don't have any idea how to do pictures on the computer, nor any equipment to put it on the computer. In fact I don't own any kind of camera, digital or otherwise. - Millet

Hey Millet If i ever get to Colorado Ill bring my camera.. Its a fuji finepix 5200 with night vision. Digital camera .this one is a 6.0 megapixal and i have to shrink the pix alot.. If you are looking for a good Camera or thing about it i got mine for under 300 Brand New.Bimart has them for 500.and up. Tammy

Got mine free when I bought this 'puter. Not a very good one, but it works good enough.

Hi Millet,

Today at the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden, I saw some lovely examples of your Sealing Wax Palm. The color in the pictures is quite like the color in real life. I don't know how tall your plant is, or how high they have to be to get the red coloration, but I'd say some of these were about 5-6' tall, yet the coloration was excellent.

SB