Anyone Have Queen Palms That Looks As Good As They Do In Habitat?

[kinzyjr]

These seemed pretty healthy.  They were near Banana Lake:

[cbmnz]

See the odd ratty one down here where someone has planted in a stupid place and whoever has inherited it by buying or renting the property does not care. 

But mostly they do great.

[dalmatiansoap]

Nice plant, but first thing that caught my eye are that droopy wires in left corner

I need a vacation!!

[maesy]

Yes give yourself a break!

[sipalms]

10 hours ago, cbmnz said:

See the odd ratty one down here where someone has planted in a stupid place and whoever has inherited it by buying or renting the property does not care. 

But mostly they do great.

IMO, Queen Palms in the Waikato region are the best looking in New Zealand. Possibly apart from some secluded valleys in Northland. Everywhere else gets incessant coastal winds which make the older fronds look tatty.

[cbmnz]

20 hours ago, dalmatiansoap said:

Nice plant, but first thing that caught my eye are that droopy wires in left corner

I need a vacation!!

The camera angle makes those wires look like they are sagging more than they are- and they are insulated cables, either telecoms or single phase mains at 230V only.

[cbmnz]

FFS. I admire that Queen palm every day on the way to work for years and two days after putting a pic of it on here, it's gone! I'm telling myself it's gone to a new home somewhere, don't want to think otherwise.   Not the tallest but that one was a local landmark on a busy link street near the middle of town. I do understand the house probably changed hands and the new owners had no attachment to it.

[Josue Diaz]

These in La Jolla look great

[DeletedAccount14e83d09a24f]

This one is in coastal Eastern Spain, (latitude around 39ºN). I had a couple of additional pics from the same palms in different angles but sadly I don't have them anymore. 

I still have this photo since I have posted it before in PalmTalk. Here it goes!

[ahosey01]

Full, blazing, all-day, low-desert, urban-heat-island sun:

 

[NickJames]

I have a particularly fondness for queen palms because they are the first palm I was exposed to 25+ years ago.

back in the mid 1990s, queen palms were not nearly as common in Jacksonville. I imagine most had been wiped out in the 1980s freezes and so large specimens (can’t speak to small container specimens like 3g, etc) were simply not available locally. 

I remember my mom borrowing a neighbor’s truck and driving down to the Daytona Beach Home Depot and bringing these home in the bed of the truck. In 1999, the one furthest left actually toppled over into the pool following a tornado. It was successfully re-planted as you can see. 

The trunks are often covered with lichen and the palms otherwise are healthy. She doesn’t do much with them. Historically, prior to 1995, the lot was covered with very mature tall sabal palmetto (unfortunately all removed due to builder error) and occasionally held water so it may have decent soil. 

[Xenon]

Houston days before the super mega freeze 

 

This one looked liked a royal from afar 

[Rain52]

Mature queens far northeast Florida. Jacksonville beach.. 

[SeanK]

On 8/11/2018 at 11:28 AM, PalmTreeDude said:

Does anyone here happen to have a queen palm that looks as good as they do in habitat? The majority of queen palms planted don't look that good (IMO). I remember seeing a thread a while back that had pictures of queen palms in their habitat and they looked really good there (again IMO). Also there are some that look good on Palmpedia (http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Syagrus_romanzoffiana). Does anyone have one that looks super full and like they do in habitat? 

The description of the fruit is quite unflattering.