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Tomentum on crown shaft of King Palm

3 Milesfrom Gulf of Mexico

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My three back yard kings have some serious reddish brown tomentum on its crown shaft. Extremely fuzzy to the touch.  Almost like velvet. I’ve never seen this profound coloring on my kings before.  My front mature king palms  have never shown this type of tomentum color before.   Has anyone had this coloring on their Archomtophoenix Alexandrea?   Or maybe these are not Kings.  

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41 minutes ago, 3 Milesfrom Gulf of Mexico said:

My three back yard kings have some serious reddish brown tomentum on its crown shaft. Extremely fuzzy to the touch.  Almost like velvet. I’ve never seen this profound coloring on my kings before.  My front mature king palms  have never shown this type of tomentum color before.   Has anyone had this coloring on their Archomtophoenix Alexandrea?   Or maybe these are not Kings.  

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Perfectly normal on Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.

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11 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

That's not natural. 🤔

It is natural actually. Many of my Archontophoenix exhibit the trait. 

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48 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

It is natural actually. Many of my Archontophoenix exhibit the trait. 

Thanks for that info.  My limited experience with the King palm is showing.😬

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Yes this is normal. Cunninghamiana has a lot of of tormentum. Alexandrae, Beatricea, Maxima, Myolensis, and Tuckeri have much less with Myolensis having the least amount of all the Kings. Which is why I find Myolensis and Maxima to be the most attractive of the Archontophoenix.

Cunninghamiana has the prettiest flowers though which is why I’ll always have a few in my garden.

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12 hours ago, James B said:

... Cunninghamiana has a lot of of tormentum. Alexandrae, Beatricea, Maxima, Myolensis, and Tuckeri have much less ...

That's where I got muddled up. The alexandrae I had didn't exhibit that trait. Thanks.

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