Sunkha flower, first in So Cal?

[iamjv]

Great comparison shots Alberto! Seems to be a fast grower in your area! Jv

[Geoff]

Here is my Parajubaea sunkha in Los Angeles county 5 years ago, and followed by it now (top of top leaf about 10' or more)

[Tyrone]

Woohoo. These things aren't slow at all.

Tyrone

[Kostas]

Congratulations Gary!!! You got a wonderfull specieman there I would say bag the inflorescence and let it produce some true to type seeds

What is the mature leaf size for each of the 4 Parajubaea from your experience and whats their mature trunk width?

Thank you very much in advance!

[iamjv]

Wow Geoff, that is a great comparison shot. Good growth too!!!! Jv

[PalmGuyWC]

After seeing all these great photos of P. Sunkha, I was prompted to plant one today. I could kick my butt for not planting it 2 years ago, as I'm sure it would be 2 or 3 times as large. All of the Parajubaeas seem to take off in growth once in the ground.

Dick

[Exotic Life]

What a beautifull palms and that growth rates are amazing!

[Kailua_Krish]

These seem to grow much slower in the southeast, the way its looking it may take twice as long to get that size here! Oh well, guess it teaches a lesson in patience down here where other palms seem to grow pretty fast...

-Krishna

[PalmGuyWC]

Krishna.

Parajubaeas do not do well on the East coast, as they don't like a hot muggy climate. They seem to like Calif with our cool nights year round. I've never heard of a Parajubaea reaching maturity on the East coast. On the other hand, Sabals grow on the West coast, but only at about half the the rate as on the East coast. Stick with your Parajubaea hybrids and they should do well.

Dick

[Kailua_Krish]

Krishna.

Parajubaeas do not do well on the East coast, as they don't like a hot muggy climate. They seem to like Calif with our cool nights year round. I've never heard of a Parajubaea reaching maturity on the East coast. On the other hand, Sabals grow on the West coast, but only at about half the the rate as on the East coast. Stick with your Parajubaea hybrids and they should do well.

Dick

Dick,

Like Eric (Leu Gardens) and I have said, our Parajubaea sunkha look very healthy here (mine even recovered from spear pull after the nasty winter and has sent up two healthy green spears since winter), they just are slow. I wouldn't expect any sunkhas to be mature here yet as they grow very slowly here (and havent they been fairly rare until relatively recently?). Dont try to dash our dreams

-Krishna

P.S. Dont tell what you just said to our plants, last thing they need to hear is that and then up and die!

[DoomsDave]

......and today. How long have I to wait for an inflorescence???

Whoa!

That's fast!

Hmm.

Maybe what I thought was a tor-tor was really a sunkha . . . . .

[Al in Kona]

Do you guys think Parajubea sunkha would have a chance in up-slope south Kona, Hawaii Island? Or maybe I should ask which Parajubea species is more likely to succeed in a tropical situation?

Gary, I hope this first inflorescens will work for you, especially knowing that with many palms often the first will abort. I don't like to be negative but that is often the reality of it all. Anyway, good luck! BTW, your tree goos very nice. Makes me wanna grow one!

Alberto, very nice P. sunkha you have too.

[Kailua_Krish]

Do you guys think Parajubea sunkha would have a chance in up-slope south Kona, Hawaii Island? Or maybe I should ask which Parajubea species is more likely to succeed in a tropical situation?

Gary, I hope this first inflorescens will work for you, especially knowing that with many palms often the first will abort. I don't like to be negative but that is often the reality of it all. Anyway, good luck! BTW, your tree goos very nice. Makes me wanna grow one!

Alberto, very nice P. sunkha you have too.

It survives and looks nice in Florida (I have one and Leu Gardens has one) but is slower than most of my other palms. It only grows during the Fall, Winter, and Spring and seems to stop growing when it gets warmer (which is most of the year). I dont know what your climate is like there but hope this helps!

-Krishna

[edbrown_III]

Gary

Congradulations and good show on the plant.

I would be much obliged if you would send some photos (jpgs) of the tree and the spathe when it opens.

A close up of the flowers would be very interesting to me.

Best regards

Ed Brown

edbrown_32003@yahoo.com

[Gtlevine]

Gary

Congradulations and good show on the plant.

I would be much obliged if you would send some photos (jpgs) of the tree and the spathe when it opens.

A close up of the flowers would be very interesting to me.

Best regards

Ed Brown

edbrown_32003@yahoo.com

I will do that before I cut them off. It has been very slow growing but the first spathe is just about ready to open.

Gary

[edbrown_III]

Gary,

Much obliged and good to hear from you

Ed

[Alberto]

I see Alberto is ready to pop the cork!!

I hope very soon...when it flowers!!!

Hi Al!! Thank you!I also like it very much!

[Nigel]

Alberto, I think it might flower this year !!!

I have tried 3 times with parajubs and they always die here, makes me crazy !!

[Alberto]

......and today. How long have I to wait for an inflorescence???

I guessed seven years for mine Alberto, but mine was planted smaller than yours. From the looks of yours you have two years left to flower. That is also a very beautiful specimen, just love Sunkha.

Gary

This answer from Garry Levine was given 1 year and 8 months ago!!!!!

Surprise! Probably the first (?) P.sunkha will flower soon in Brazil.

I´ll have pollen to cross with Butia erioapatha and also will self pollenate !!

[Gtlevine]

Very nice, my guess was right on.

Gary

[Alberto]

Yes! you have a crystal ball!

[BigFrond]

Nice!

I didn't care too much for Parajubaeas until I saw the P. cocoides at Palm Island in Garden Grove

[Moose]

Would be nice to see updated photos of both Gary's and Alberto's P. sunkha

[Stevetoad]

Would be nice to see updated photos of both Gary's and Alberto's P. sunkha

i second that

[SanDimas]

Bump....

any update?

Inquiring minds want2know.

Cheers.

[DoomsDave]

Pant pant pant, slobber, urk.

[SanDimas]

I emailed them individually asking for updates....

they said they will.

Keep panting Mr Doom.

[Gtlevine]

Here is my two sunkha today, full of seed also. They are about 15' tall, standard shovel leaned up against a trunk for scale.

[Stevetoad]

[MASOALA JASON]

Absolutely gorgeous palms Gary!

[Gtlevine]

Thanks guys, they are a couple of my nicer palms.

[Alberto]

Here it´st´s cold,rainy, foggy with dizzle for almost 2 weeks now, I´m waiting for the sun to make some photos of my sunkhas. Two are flowering now.

[Alberto]

First pic shows the last inflorescence and it is the first time that the fruits are not falling .

Second pic shows two other younger P.sunkha.

[Alberto]

The quality of the pics aren´t OK.....

[Tassie_Troy1971]

One of the many favorites in your garden Gary and very fast growth

[MattyB]

So are the undersides of Sunkha all silver or do they have any bronze?

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

So are the undersides of Sunkha all silver or do they have any bronze?

Are you talking about the leaf blades or the petioles? I have never seen bronze on the leaf blade undersides on any parajubaea, maybe I haven't looked hard enough.

[paulgila]

I believe he is talking about the leaflet undersides. I have seen some that have a "bronze-y" tint & some that are whitish,not sure which species is which.

[MattyB]

Yeah, I'm talking about the undersides of the leaflets. I ask because I have a plant labled as P. sunkha that, now that it's getting a little bigger, is showing bronzey undersides of the leaflets. I don't see that color on any of the ones pictured above in this thread.

[Alberto]

So are the undersides of Sunkha all silver or do they have any bronze?

I took a look at my 4 near adult palms and the undersides are white/grey. The underside of the 3 strap leaves seedlings is green...BUT the young palm with the first 4-5 pinate leaves clearly shows a bronze tinge to it!