Posted by Garry Tsen on 10/20/2007, 7:32 am 1. Trachycarpus fortune cv Tesan (rarely seen in the market) : 2. Trachycaprus fortune cv Chusan ( most commonly seen in the market): 3. Trachycarpus fortunei var Winsan (rarely seen in cultivation) : 4. Trachycarpus fortune var Misan (only seen in some wild mountains) : 5. Trachycarpus fortune cv Hasan ( not so commonly seen) For detailed information and photos, visit http://www.coldplant.com or http://www.coldplant.com/plantlist.asp?ArticleID=21 The following are some palm photos I would like to share with you.
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Trachycarpus fortune , in a scientific sense,is a general name for all its sub-species including Trachycarpus fortune cv Chusan, Trachycarpus fortunei cv Tesan and Trachycaprus fortune var Winsan,etc. When people normally talk about Trachycaprus fortune, it refers to the most common T.fortunei cv Chusan.
Trachycarpus fortune is native to China with a cultivation history of thousands of years and right now is commonly seen around the word. When it comes to the cultivation practice in China, it has several categories or sub-species according to the trunk, leave and hair, cold hardiness serving different functions and uses. The classification is as follows for reference.
It is a good new rare species , famous for its cold hardiness -20C.
It is the most common one we see in life and exporation to abroad from China.
what makes them special is that they have full round leave with segments making a full round shape as compared to the 1/2 or 3/4 shape seen in other species.
It is the real mini-sized T.fortunei. The interesting thing about them is they have elegant small leaves shifting from yellow to green , only about 1/2- 3/4 of the size of T.fortunei leave.
It is like Trachycapru fortune cv Tesan in term of the trunk
Its hair is kind of fragile and easy breaking .
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