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Roystonea oleracea? in PR

Cindy Adair

By Cindy Adair
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Cindy Adair

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This one was something different grown from seed collected out of PR by the previous owner. It's trunk is much wider than any of the local R. borinquenas I have seen. I see it everyday as it is just in back of my house but down the hill enough so fronds don't hit anything important! This is a wonderful monster of a tree and still growing fast. Can anyone verify this identification as I haven't seen it bloom.

 

 

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Zeeth Grand Master

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R. oleracea looks plausible with the leaf structure, but your second pic makes me think it might be R. violacea based on the color. I don't know the growth rate of the latter though.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

Cindy Adair Grand Master

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I would love for it to be a Cuban endemic like R. violacea, but I don't believe she ever traveled there to collect seed. I guess a trade was possible though. I personally have no clue.

Cindy Adair

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The fronds don't look like oleracea... the trunk doesn't look like regia... Looks interesting and attractive.

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