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Bactris ID

mike in kurtistown

By mike in kurtistown
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I purchased some seeds from a major palm seed seller as Bactris coloradonis in May 2012. In early 2020, I finally developed a shady place for them, and planted out four of them. 

The juveniles have simple leaves and  look nothing like pictures of B. coloradonis, although Henderson's writings on the subject mention a rare occurrence of simple leaves (no illustration). Also, Henderson describes a simple-leaf Bactris named B. trailiana, though in his Bactris book, he makes it a simple-leaf variety of B. acanthocarpus. Below is a picture of one of them and a picture of the lower part of the petioles, where a few spines can be seen. Leaf undersides are green as they should be for Bactris.

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Does anyone have comments or suggestions for the proper ID?

 

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Mike Merritt

Big Island of Hawaii, windward, rainy side, 740 feet (225 meters) elevation

165 inches (4,200 mm) of rain per year, 66 to 83 deg F (20 to 28 deg C) in summer, 62 to 80 deg F (16.7 to 26.7 Deg C) in winter.

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John hovancsek

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Gosh, it is so hard to tell until it gets a bit bigger. I love Bactris and think more people should get into them. If I had to guess it would be bactris coloradoins 

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