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Your Majesty! No, MY Majesty! All right OUR Majesty

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Madonna's sense of self-importance.

Or, choose one.

This Ravenea rivularis is near downtown Brea, or at least what used to be downtown Brea before it got Eminent Domained into destruction. . . .

There are larger ones, down near South Coast Plaza, but this is the biggest one I've ever seen in someone's yard. Bet it dates back from when Majesties first hit these virgin shores . . .

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peachy Grand Master

peachy

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Firstly, I have no delusions of grandeur so please just address me as your highness. Secondly, I havent seen a Majestic that big around here, I think the largest is about 6 or 7 metres max. There are some badly neglected specimens around here that somehow not only survive but also grow. The instructions on caring for them when they were first around were somewhat sparse. Better marketing and information would have made them far more common and popular. There's Alex's Rommies and Golden Canes in every second yard in Brisbane, so its a shame there arent more majestics too.....I like them. I want to get a really tall dead one and glue leaves from a Copernicia baileyana on it, there's no other way I will get a tall baileyana.

Peachy

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I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Anyone see a bigger one? In someone's yard?

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Morabeza Proficient

Morabeza

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Dave that is magnificent! Thank you for sharing.

Mark Heath Veteran

Mark Heath

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Dave, thanks for sharing the pic. I have never seen one larger for sure! Beautifull!!

Orlando, Florida

zone 9b

The Pollen Poacher!!

GO DOLPHINS!!

GO GATORS!!!

 

Palms, Sex, Money and horsepower,,,, you may have more than you can handle,,

but too much is never enough!!

Philpalm Enthusiast

Philpalm

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Dave

Thats a very large/chunky majestic.

It must have its feet in a wet place surely.

thanks for sharing the pic

Jerry.

Wanderanwills Rising Star

Wanderanwills

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Hi Dave,

That is a beauty, never seen one as large, I remember back many years ago when they first hit the market in Australia and nobody seemed to know anything about them and if I remember right the pictorial label stated they were a small palm 4-5 meters tall! I always thought they would be a lot larger.

Thanks again for the photo.

Regards

Stephen

Stephen

Broome Western Australia

Where the desert meets the sea

Tropical Monsoon

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Anyone see a bigger one? In someone's yard?

Not here Dave, not in someones yard, seen them that big at a nursery up Nambour way.

Not a fan of this feather.

personally...

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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drool.gif Dave, Thanks for the great picture of my favorite palm. When I lived in VA I would purchase 5 Majesty palms every spring and plant out near my pool. Majesties were my first palms I ever grew and will always have one at least. Edited by Tampa Scott
palmislandRandy Grand Master

palmislandRandy

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I just checked, yours is much bigger. :D

Randy

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

Kim Grand Master

Kim

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In the photo it looks like there may have been two of them... is that a stump to the left?

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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That's huge - about 3x taller than my largest. I think I have one of the tallest majesties in Cape Coral. That's because I feed and water it generously and no one else does. They look pretty scroungy when neglected.

Ravenea rivularis: 2/10

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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I think what you said is very true Meg. Yours looks great!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

epicure3 Grand Master

epicure3

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Wow, Dave. That is the largest I have seen. Thanks. Nice palm.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

Geoff Mentor

Geoff

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No, that is easily the largest one I have seen in California. I saw a larger, even fatter one, in Hawaii growing in someones yard right out of their stream, but it was too hard to photograph. Here are a few I have seen in my neighborhood in the valley near Los Angeles, and a couple from parks

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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This palm seems to do really well in CA as opposed to FL. Maybe differences in climate, soil, who knows? We certainly get plenty of heat/rain in summer but perhaps the soil is too sandy/porous or rain washes away nutrients. Mine are about the first palms to yellow out when not fed - a lot - frequently. We got them as seedlings to shade the west side of the house and finally they are large enough to do the job.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Chad Apprentice

Chad

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This I an awesome specimen of a majesty palm Dave...I have about 5 majesties in my yard...tallest is about 5 ft of trunk.

Is the trunk of the majesty fatter than a Cuban Royal Palm? I have seen some majesty trunks that are super wide.

Chad

Growing my palms in the Murrieta, CA where it is 110*F in the summer and 27*F in the winter.

Peter Pacific Mentor

Peter Pacific

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This palm seems to do really well in CA as opposed to FL. Maybe differences in climate, soil, who knows? We certainly get plenty of heat/rain in summer but perhaps the soil is too sandy/porous or rain washes away nutrients. Mine are about the first palms to yellow out when not fed - a lot - frequently. We got them as seedlings to shade the west side of the house and finally they are large enough to do the job.

Hi Dave, great picture, what a palm.

I have a couple of majesties in my garden but don´t do well in the hot Guatemalan sun in sandy soil...they need a lot of attention here. Thanks for posting this pic..

Peter

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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In the photo it looks like there may have been two of them... is that a stump to the left?

That is a stump, though it looks too small to be a Majesty.

That thing is huge.

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paulgila Grand Master

paulgila

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there are some in someones yard in my 'hood that are probably as tall but not holding as

many leaves & they are behind a fence so i cant see the base but the one in yer photo

sure is burly! :drool:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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One good palm for a heavy clay substrate.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Geoff!

Good heavens, lad, you've been somewhere - - -

Those palms win First Prize! Though they're not as thick as the one in me own picture. . . .

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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spockvr6 Grand Master

spockvr6

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MajestysonWhiteOak.jpg

Wow is that a front yard! Every one of those Majesties is THICK!

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

spockvr6 Grand Master

spockvr6

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Madonna's sense of self-importance.

Or, choose one.

This Ravenea rivularis is near downtown Brea, or at least what used to be downtown Brea before it got Eminent Domained into destruction. . . .

There are larger ones, down near South Coast Plaza, but this is the biggest one I've ever seen in someone's yard. Bet it dates back from when Majesties first hit these virgin shores . . .

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Never seen one that big down here!

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

Don Rising Star

Don

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I have a new respect for the majesty now, awesome pics.

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Sandy Loam Veteran

Sandy Loam

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I have just posted several recent Majesty Palm photos here on Palmtalk:

 

Chris Chance Mentor

Chris Chance

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I have to join this. The tallest one one seen in Moreno Valley I happen to notice off the freeway so I need to go get a better picture but here's a streetview shot of it. Has to be one ofor the tallest I've seen!

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Las Palmas Norte Grand Master

Las Palmas Norte

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On ‎5‎/‎13‎/‎2010‎ ‎6‎:‎56‎:‎35‎, Kim said:

In the photo it looks like there may have been two of them... is that a stump to the left?

Noticed that too. Humm?

Cheers, Barrie. 

Pando Grand Master

Pando

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And then there's this lovely thing in Escondido, CA. Getting hit by cars on a regular basis, no water, but it manages to hang on.

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https://goo.gl/maps/ZmEtRWjpcGr

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