mature Jubaea chilensis in Orlando,Florida

[merrillwx]

For quite a few years I attempted to pollinate Butia yatay with Queen and spherical and elliptical Butia w/o success.

Best Wishes,

merrill

[Mandrew968]

Show us the Jubea you kept with the orange petioles; that should be a treat.

[Tejastropicals]

Here are an example of a relatively flat leaved and a twisted droopy leaved Jub. Excuse the potassium deficiency, we are working on that but it takes some time during a drought to correct.

[Alberto]

Has anyone crossed Jubaea with Parajubaea or with Lytocaryum ? What about Parajubaea with Lytocaryum ?

I tried Lytocaryum pollen on Butia: zero seed set and Cocos nucifera on Lytocaryum weddellianum also not succesfull.

Lytocaryum hoehnei pollen on L.weddelianum are producing good fruits.....

[Alberto]

Patrick thinks he has crossed one of my Jubaeas with Coconut. A few seeds are forming but it's to early to tell if it's a true cross. He also crossed Syagrus R. with Coconut, but the seedlings are small and to early to tell what they are.

Dick

I tried Cocos pollen on my queen palms and there was no seed set!!!

Differently S.romnz x S.schyzophilla set normal amount of seeds but they don´t germinate. I´m now harvesting some S.romnz. x S.glaucescens and in a few months also S.romanz. x S.botriophora.

Alberto, I have also tried fresh Coconut pollen on both Butia and Syagrus several times with no success. I am trying again this week with another variety of Coconut pollen with the help of a friend. I am hopefull that it will work, but not very optimistic. Tim

fingers crossed for you!!!

[Tejastropicals]

Here is a Jub that is somewhere between flat and twisted here since 2008. The second photo is a small JxB with yellow/orange petioles. It could be a deficiency but is otherwise healthy. The color is deeper than the pic portrays due to the sun washing it out.

[Nigel]

Lovely plants, I have a ButiaxJubaea showing the same behaviour with the petioles.

[kinzyjr]

For those that are interested, here is the palm on Google Maps: 

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.6066607,-81.3375946,3a,46y,63.44h,94.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjXoIB2vJVucnpOsS1IwyHw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

This is a Jubutia from Kyle Brown's garden:

 

[BS Man about Palms]

Arguably the trunking Jubea in Orlando is the equivalent to the Corypha growing in La Jolla, CA. Pretty cool!