Roscheria Species, Latanier Hauban, Latanier Palm

there is no way you will grow this one in CA.
I am in south FL and this is the 3th one i tried .2 died after a short period this o...Read Morene seems to be a little hardier and is doing great.

I live about an hour north of Sydney. Sydneys climate is like LA's temps, but has greater humidity and rainfall. And the coldest temperat...Read Moreure ever recorded at the city was 2.1
degrees Celsius (36 degrees farenheight). It has a Humid subtropical climate (Or warm humid temperate, depending on your opinion) with weather like that of places such as Orlando, Florida. I would list Sydney as maybe zone 10B in the city and 10A in the western suburbs. This palm should survive in LA.

I would not be too quick to say they will die in California without a doubt. If it died at 40 degrees it probably was not healthy in the ...Read Morefirst place. This palm is worth a try. They grow well in Sydney Australia, which has a similar mediteranean climate. The PACSOA website has information on them in Sydney,

Very attractive species from the Seychelles islands with spines (on young palms only) and irregularly split, wide leafltets on sparse arc...Read Morehing 5-6' leaves. This is a very tropical palm being marginal in zone 10b. Very unusual looking, too, in it's leaf formation. Very slow grower. I have tried it, stupidly listening to a local 'expert', and it died at about 40F... no way it could survive in So CAl.