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Red Leaf Palm ID Requested

PalmatierMeg

By PalmatierMeg
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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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I planted this little guy at the northern edge of my jungle next to a Dypsis pusilla 12-18 months ago. At the time I figured it was a leftover Ptychosperma of some sort. It's been growing quietly and leisurely ever since. This week I noticed it was putting up a stellar bronzy-red new leaf. I also noticed its showy praemorse leaves were leathery like some species of Hydriastele. Now I wonder if I misidentified it all along. Can anyone tell me what this little charmer might be? Ptychosperma? Hydriastele? Something else? Thanks for any info.

Little mystery palm, Cape Coral, FL

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

maxum2610 Community Regular

maxum2610

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My guess...calyptrocalyx elegans var boalak.

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joe_OC Grand Master

joe_OC

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There are a handful Ptychosperma that have red/bronze emerging frond.  

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Huntington Beach, CA

USDA Zone 10a/10b

Sunset Zone 24

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Yeah, Ptychosperma would be my guess as well. Definitely not a Calyptrocalyx.

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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2 hours ago, realarch said:

Yeah, Ptychosperma would be my guess as well. Definitely not a Calyptrocalyx.

Tim

Absolutely

 

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Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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