Coconut Hybrid

[Ken Johnson]

Sorry for focus. This is not a regular spicata. I got it from Romney. Note the interesting color.

Jeezeo. Dont open the picture, it is huge!

[kylecawazafla]

I just had to click on the link because you said not to. Does it have Allagoptera in it?

[kylecawazafla]

And yes that's a big photo!

[PalmGuyWC]

Ken,

Is that for real, or are you playing games? That is one unusual Coconut. It does look like some kind of Spicata hybrid. How about a picture of the entire palm? The Spicata's that I have seen had small nuts that were very orange with a hint of pink and the petioles were also bright orange. Rick Leitner in Ft. Lauderdale has a Spicata that he brought from Romney.

Dick

[Ken Johnson]

Ken,

Is that for real, or are you playing games? That is one unusual Coconut. It does look like some kind of Spicata hybrid. How about a picture of the entire palm? The Spicata's that I have seen had small nuts that were very orange with a hint of pink and the petioles were also bright orange. Rick Leitner in Ft. Lauderdale has a Spicata that he brought from Romney.

Dick

It's real all right. I am not trying to misslead anyone here. It is 2 varieties of coconut hybridized togeather.

[Mandrew968]

Ken, don't you know those things get lethal yellowing??? That's strike one, in my book

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

That really does remind me of Allagoptera, though it obviously doesn't have as many rows....

[Ken Johnson]

Ken, don't you know those things get lethal yellowing??? That's strike one, in my book

I don't grow many palms just for fun but this is an excaption. Dave Romney has introduced some real cool stuff to buyers at the SFPS sales over the years and I have always like these. The father of this one is?????? (color is a clue)

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Coconuts typically abort most of their nuts and only hang on to a handful that it can support. It will be interesting what this looks like in a few months. With coconuts, unless you bag the inflorescence, you never know who the daddy is, just the mommy. Anybody who says what the pollinator was would just be guessing. So I'm going to guess there is some Maypan in there (which is a hybrid itself).

Ken, show the rest of the tree.

[Ken Johnson]

Coconuts typically abort most of their nuts and only hang on to a handful that it can support. It will be interesting what this looks like in a few months. With coconuts, unless you bag the inflorescence, you never know who the daddy is, just the mommy. Anybody who says what the pollinator was would just be guessing. So I'm going to guess there is some Maypan in there (which is a hybrid itself).

Ken, show the rest of the tree.

You got it Jerry. That is how it was sold anyway. I don't know if it was bagged. Did the color hint clue you in?

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Yeah the color, amber, for what that is worth. Among the coconuts I bought from Dave Romney, I got a true spicata and a spicata hybrid. I forget how he determined one was true or not. Anyway, the true spicata croaked young but the hybrid is growing very well. It does not send out such spectacular infructescence displays as yours though.