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Metroxylon warburgii


cfkingfish

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I have some one gallon M. warburgii plants, and I hadn't been paying attention to them until I realized that they were really taking off, and that three of them at once each threw a leaf with red lining the leaflets. I don't know how long it lasts, as I didnt see the leaves open. I will try and get a picture tomorrow.

I never knew M. warburgii or any Metroxylon threw red. Does anyone have experience with this phenomenon?

Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

www.faulknerspalms.com

 

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Christian,

yes, M. warburgii does open up with a red new frond, but it's not as stunning as on many others that open up red. On mature specimens it's more like a light pinkish color. Here's a M. warburgii, and you can just barely make out that the new frond that's opening is slightly pinkish.

I think the other Metroxylons open up with a green frond, but will pay more attention to this from now on...

Bo-Göran

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Sweet deal. It is such a beautiful palm and grows so fast that I am tempted to plant one here and see how long it survives. I think it holds the place of the 4th largest palm seed, behind Lodoicea, Cocos, and Borassus.

Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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I go with Bo's opinion...we can't describe this colour as red. It is a distinguish and satisfying hue, nonetheless...

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sorry for the bad picture against the light, taken a while ago. Here's my indoor "red" trio baking in morning sun: Chambeyronia macrocarpa (small square pot at the front left side ), Cyrtostachys renda and Metroxylon warburgii.

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Good morning Recife, I feel like palming this morning... :)

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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I can't go to the beach for the weekend  :angry: , tomorrow is election day...

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Metroxylon seeds are a bit of a handfull , heres a M.solomonense. For those who came to Cairns for the conference a few years ago and went on the bus trip up to Whyanbeel to Arden Deardens place , you drove right past a pair of these in full flower.

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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