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Royal Developing a Bottle

JimR

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My largest Roystonia regia (3 ft. of trunk, about 15 ft. overall, in the ground 2 years) seems to think it is a bottle palm.  The trunk at the base is getting really fat looking.  It is probably 2 ft. in diameter now.  Otherwise, the palm seems very healthy.  It looks like a bottle palm with a royal's crownshaft and fronds stuck on top.  I don't mind the look at all.  I am just wondering if I should be worried.  I will take a picture and post it.

Jim

Jim Robinson

Growing in:

San Antonio, TX Z9a

Key Allegro, TX Z10a

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Jim,

Sounds like a happy Roystonea! :)  But by all means, post a photo!

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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That's like saying, "I found all this money and now I'm rich, is that a problem?"

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Concur with BGL.  Roystoneas often have plump bases.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Think of it like blowing up a long balloon. The initial shape is round, then as it pushes more trunk it becomes more of a column.

Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

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As others have noted....your Royal is growing as a Royal should!

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Let's call that Royal Jayne, as in:

"Hi, my name's Jayne Mansfield and I have this gloriously curvaceous figure . . . . "

In other words, your palm's not just going to town, but all the way to the center of the big city!

dave

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Pre- teen well fed Royals are gracious creatures here and their bottle looking trunk shape at this stage is always a focal point in the garden. They are not precocious flowering palms, I'd risk to say that the first fruits won't show up before 15 years or so and their growth speed increses by the time they complete their trunk diameter in the first couple meters.

Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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To emphasize:

You're lucky, bro!

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Yes, but that buxom one wasn't lucky, as she lost her crown to a sudden bout of high speed vehicular crown rot, which converted her into a Beautia decapitata...

Sorry, Dave.  I couldn't resist the temptation.  

I'm trying to vent a bit, since today I received a Rangiroa red dwarf coconut sprout that I've been waiting for, only to find tiny brown termites (I hope thats what they were) coming out of the husk.   :angry:   I've never mixed up such a strong batch of Ortho Systemic and Daconil so fast in my life.  Got 'em all, I believe. ???  I soaked the nut, the packing material, and the box that it came in, then bagged it all up for disposal (minus the nut).  Scared the heck out of me!  If I see any more on the nut in the morning, the nut goes, too.

Doug Gavilanes

Garden Grove, CA.

Zone 10A (10B on really good days...)

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I know you guys could not get past the Bathing suit but   what are the Palms in the backround.

Ed Mijares

Whittier, Ca

Psyco Palm Collector Wheeler Dealer

Zone 10a?

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(The Germinator @ Aug. 03 2007,03:20)

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I know you guys could not get past the Bathing suit but   what are the Palms in the backround.

:P  :P  :P pALMS???

What palms . . . . . ? :P

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I thought I had a better picture, although this one includes my darling wife, who indulges me in my hobbies.

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Jim Robinson

Growing in:

San Antonio, TX Z9a

Key Allegro, TX Z10a

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(JimR @ Aug. 06 2007,19:28)

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although this one includes my darling wife, who indulges me in my hobbies.

Youve got one of those too huh?

:D

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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(JimR @ Aug. 06 2007,19:28)

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I thought I had a better picture,

Looks about right for a Royal Jim.

If you feed it heavy and give it lots of water, it should grow fatter.

The one pictured below is one of the fattest juvenile Royals I have seen.  The base was over 42" in diameter!  My father is in the photo for scale.

Bradenton-October2006_00.jpg

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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Larry:

Egad!

That thing dwarfs your dad . . . .

dave

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A fat Royal palm is a happy Royal palm.  I'd say "ask it, if you don't believe me", but that could be another thread... :;):

Oh, wait - it is...

Doug Gavilanes

Garden Grove, CA.

Zone 10A (10B on really good days...)

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Aug. 07 2007,00:36)

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Larry:

Egad!

That thing dwarfs your dad . . . .

dave

Heres one that a little closer up.  Its hard to get scale in photos, but that base is seriously fat.

Bradenton-October2006_01.jpg

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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(spockvr6 @ Aug. 07 2007,09:02)

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Aug. 07 2007,00:36)

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Larry:

Egad!

That thing dwarfs your dad . . . .

dave

Heres one that a little closer up.  Its hard to get scale in photos, but that base is seriously fat.

Bradenton-October2006_01.jpg

this is what a true Jamboo would look_fentastic palm and can we know what it is fed with....any special fertilizers ?

Love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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(krisachar @ Aug. 08 2007,02:22)

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this is what a true Jamboo would look_fentastic palm and can we know what it is fed with....any special fertilizers ?

Love,

Kris  :)

Kris-

I love that name "Jamboo"!  You have now started me calling the Royals in my yard "Big Jamboos"!

I do not know how these Royals are fed, but there are a few dozen of them surrounding a parking lot and they are all very fat.

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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(spockvr6 @ Aug. 08 2007,09:13)

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but there are a few dozen of them surrounding a parking lot and they are all very fat.

Dear Larry  :)

certainly it must be a beauty to look at.and when the leaves beacome old how do you clean it ? Manually or allow it fall as and when they dry-up ?

since these jamboos along with cocos nucifera bring down

heavy mass of dried leaves when it breezes...i have some

bitter experiences with these..Big Jamboos.

thanks & Love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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Jim, That is definitely a Royal and a rather spectacular feat considering San Antonio! Larry, That is one thick Royal! Grow Tone pellets?

What you look for is what is looking

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(bubba @ Aug. 08 2007,15:26)

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Jim, That is definitely a Royal and a rather spectacular feat considering San Antonio! Larry, That is one thick Royal! Grow Tone pellets?

Actually, it is in Rockport.

Jim Robinson

Growing in:

San Antonio, TX Z9a

Key Allegro, TX Z10a

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Jim, Sorry for my blunder. Have any Royals been sucessfully grown in San Antonio? Where is Rockport?

What you look for is what is looking

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(bubba @ Aug. 09 2007,07:21)

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Jim, Sorry for my blunder. Have any Royals been sucessfully grown in San Antonio? Where is Rockport?

I do not know of any Royals that have been tried in SA.  Rockport is about 30 miles North up the coast from Corpus Christi.  There are only a handful of Royals in Rockport, but the oldest (and for a long time the only) one has been in the ground probably 10 years or more.

Jim Robinson

Growing in:

San Antonio, TX Z9a

Key Allegro, TX Z10a

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Here's one of my happy guys....

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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