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Kentiopsis and his little red brother

MattyB

By MattyB
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MattyB

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My Chambeyronia hookeri opened up a nice new red leaf so I decided to take some pics of it and it's big brother from New Caledonia, Kentiopsis oliviformis.

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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)

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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)

MattyB Grand Master

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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)

Kim Grand Master

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Your place is looking great, Matt!

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
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Hilo Jason Grand Master

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Nice! Kentiopsis is one of my favorites right now and that is a really nice one. How much sun does that spot of your yard get? I imagine a lot since you have a bottle palm in there.

yachtingone Grand Master

yachtingone

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Matty, I'm seeing red with envy. Your plants are filling in nice.greenthumb.gif

Randy

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MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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Jason,

Those last pics are taken facing due east. The Bottle Palm is in full sun for the entire day because it's out beyond the structure. The rest of the stuff sees full sun from approximately 10:00am until late afternoon, maybe 6:00pm, when the sun goes behind a Jacaranda.

I know most people would consider 8 hours a full day in sun, but I have a lot of spots that get full sun for 11 hours. The plants notice a difference. A have a Bismarkia that is very compact and holds a lot of leaves, I suspect due to the long day in full sun.

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)

LJG Grand Master

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Looks good. But those two will be touching trunks in a few years.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

MattyB Grand Master

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They'll be close, maybe a few inches but I doubt they'll touch. The Kentiopsis is already 8 inches at the base. It'd be cool if they got that fat to touch. I think the Kentiopsis will have several feet of clear trunk before the Chambeyronia ever forms one so hopefully the crowns will be at different heights, that's all I care about. I've done a lot of unusual double plantings a lot closer than these guys. My latest experiment is Dypsis basilonga and Dypsis St. Lucie as a double.

One thing I forgot to note is that the Chambeyronia resides in a 30% shade cloth cage for the time being. I took it off just to take the picture. Once the Archontophoenix on the west side get larger they should break up the sun enough in order to remove the shade cloth.

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)

LJG Grand Master

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They'll be close, maybe a few inches but I doubt they'll touch. The Kentiopsis is already 8 inches at the base. It'd be cool if they got that fat to touch. I think the Kentiopsis will have several feet of clear trunk before the Chambeyronia ever forms one so hopefully the crowns will be at different heights, that's all I care about. I've done a lot of unusual double plantings a lot closer than these guys. My latest experiment is Dypsis basilonga and Dypsis St. Lucie as a double.

One thing I forgot to note is that the Chambeyronia resides in a 30% shade cloth cage for the time being. I took it off just to take the picture. Once the Archontophoenix on the west side get larger they should break up the sun enough in order to remove the shade cloth.

They will eventually touch. KO gets a huge foot.

On your Dypsis basilonga and Dypsis St. Lucie planting you should hurry and add a "Dwarf" St. Lucie that Marcus has too.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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Interesting thought. I like it.

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)

Got Palms Mentor

Got Palms

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Very nice palms Matty!

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Hi Matty,

great stuff and nice patch of garden. I'm really looking forward to seeing my KO growing as big like yours sometime in the future. New leaves look awesome.

I struggle to identify the remaining palms. Bottle, Foxtail, Alexander, Bungalow but what is the small one in the front and at the back?

Cheers,

Wolfgang

Cape Town, Table View

1km from the Atlantic Ocean

Lat: -33.8541, Lon: 18.4888

Mild summers between 17-30 and wet winters 6-20 degree celcius

Average rainfall 500mm

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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Wolfgang,

At the back in the middle of a trio of Foxtails, under the shade cloth is Carpoxylon macrospermum

At the right along the chain link fence is Livistona decora

At the front center is a very yellow Dypsis heteromorpha. I'm hoping it will look better this year. :hmm:

At the front left is Pritchardia pacifica.

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)

epicure3 Grand Master

epicure3

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Nice pics, Matt. The bottle is looking great. So is the Kentiopsis. So, is, etc....

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

Urban Rainforest Grand Master

Urban Rainforest

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Matty, Lookin great brutha! That KO is gettin FAT :drool: .

Stevo

Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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I think they are cuzins, not brothers...oh yeah, yard looks super nice, yada, yada, yada...

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!

paulgila Grand Master

paulgila

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bs did you just "yada yada" palms? :lol:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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Never, nein, no. :huh:

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!

palmcurry Mentor

palmcurry

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Like the combo. Yard looks good. C.hookeri is such a killer palm. Hope yours gets as big 'n healthy as they get.

Vince Bury

Zone 10a San Juan Capistrano, CA - 1.25 miles from coast.

http://www.burrycurry.com/index.html

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Matty, boy I agree that slope is filling in nicely and everything looks so healthy. Pretty soon

the house will disappear.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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