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Chambeyronia macrocarpa varieties...

Kostas

By Kostas
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Kostas

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Hello :)

I have wanted to grow Chambeyronia macrocarpa for years,since I first saw it at RPS website but due to it's so many varieties I haven't done so yet,wanting to select the best variety for my taste. Among other things,a very important criteria is the amount of droop the leafs/leaflets show... So, which Chambeyronia macrocarpa variety has always very droopy leafs? And a red leaf is a must of course but it doesn't have to exhibit it on every specieman,I can grow a few and find a red one :)

Thank you very much in advance! :)

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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Personally, I think that hookeri is the best and most consistent Chambeyronia form. They always have a nice red leaf, and the leaflets are usually droopier than the others.

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

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PalmsZA

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Kostas

You need ALL the varieties you can find.....few palms are as lovely as these!

Sub-tropical

Summer rainfall 1200mm

Annual average temp 21c

30 South

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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They're all good. Get 100 of each. :)

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

osideterry Grand Master

osideterry

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Hookeri is definitely droopier. I wonder if it will ever be determined to be a different species. It seems like a completely different palm from the regular C. macrocarpa.

Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

Jose Maria Proficient

Jose Maria

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This one is a "red" Chambeyronia ( the hookerii form), I have some smaller "green" ones, and they all display each new leaf completely red!

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SFloridacollector

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Kostas

You need ALL the varieties you can find.....few palms are as lovely as these!

I agree. I just saw one I didn't know that looked like a hookeri on steroids. It had a white crownshaft, held a leaf or two more than hookeri, and was a bit larger and more robust. Any idea what it was?

LJG Grand Master

LJG

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Nope. They are the same species. Just locality differences. Hodel was clear on this. Sorry Terry, your Species numbers in your garden for the New Cal stuff will remain the same :)

I wonder if it will ever be determined to be a different species. It seems like a completely different palm from the regular C. macrocarpa.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

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sur4z

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