Photos Of Coconut Palms In The Rio Grande Valley

[Xenon]

3 hours ago, Mr. Coconut Palm said:

Hey Jonathon,

 

Where was the really tall but dead Coconut Palm at?  It looks kind of like a Mexican Tall trunk, and considering the number of them that survived the 2011 freeze in the RGV, it was probably Lethal Yellowing that did it in.

John

It's on a bayfront backyard on SPI. Happened to see it by chance from a nearby hotel. 

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

20 hours ago, Xenon said:

It's on a bayfront backyard on SPI. Happened to see it by chance from a nearby hotel. 

Okay, thanks.  That makes sense that the formerly tallest one in Texas would be at South Padre.

[Cluster]

Hello John

I did suspect the variances could be due to not being pure or perhaps it depends where they are growing in any case it will be harder for me to distinguish talls and dwarfs now. I take it these dwarfs that are fatter also are able to self pollinate then?

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

20 hours ago, Cluster said:

Hello John

I did suspect the variances could be due to not being pure or perhaps it depends where they are growing in any case it will be harder for me to distinguish talls and dwarfs now. I take it these dwarfs that are fatter also are able to self pollinate then?

Hi Pedro,

I think they should be, but I have never lived in an area long enough where they can be grown to maturity to actually see, although I think the ones in South Florida are self pollinating.  I only lived in South Florida for 2 years, and lived in an apartment with no yard of my own, but I planted a couple of them at my church, and for a friend there.  The dwarfs that have the slight swelling at the base and slightly wider trunks, I think are just much more robust dwarfs than the others.  Just like with the Jamaican Talls, there are some that have very little swelling at the base and others that have quite a bit of swelling at the base and very robust trunks and crowns.  One way you can usually tell a Jamaican for sure over a Green Malayan Dwarf is that the Green Malayans don't almost never lean or curve a lot, unless they are growing in a really shady area and are desperately trying to reach the sun.  They may though, have a slight curve to them.  The Jamaicans, on the other hand will often curve or lean to varying degrees, and their trunks are virtually always wider all the way up than the trunks of the Green Malayans.  I hope this helps with identifying them.

John

[Cluster]

Hi John,

Thanks again for your input, yes I have noticed how much more the talls seem to lean compared to the dwarfs, but still there are exceptions to the rule like you said and these yellow malayan coconuts want to have a talk with us  :

And the Golden malayan as well

 

 

Edited March 5, 2016 by Cluster

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

Hi Pedro,

Those are good examples of the exceptions with the Malayan Dwarfs, as far as their trunks leaning and curving a little.  If you notice though, the diameter of the trunks all the way up to the crowns are less than the diameters of a Jamaican Tall and other talls that are the same height as these Malayans.  I have noticed that talls always seem to have a wider trunk, even if some of them only have a little swelling at the base.  More often than not, too the talls will have the large bole swelling at the base.  The Malayans always seem to have a more compact crown and more leaves in the crown than the talls have.

John