Phoenix canariensis red fruit?

[MobileBayGarden]

Hello everyone,

So the last few weeks I have been admiring the hundreds of Canariensis around the city. Most of the palms are covered with the typical orange fruit, but I have noticed a few that are loaded with bright red beautiful cluster. Is this typical for this species or is it due to hybridization? I snapped a few pics of this beautiful palm that had a massive trunk. Besides the red fruit the fronds also have a slight twist that I have also noticed in some trees bearing both red and orange fruit. Could it be Rupicola in its genetics? Thank you

Philippe

 

[Phoenikakias]

Oh yes, there is also this variety  of P canariensis. 

[Ubuwuntu]

Yes, this is named variety of mysterious origin, Ph. canariensis var. porphyrocarpa, there are a few individuals in gardens in the Spanish levant, in south France, and I've heard of some in Portugal. Funnily i'm not sure if there are any found in the canary islands.

[RichardHemsley]

Quite a few around my way as well 

[MobileBayGarden]

They are very beautiful! I have been noticing many more of them around the city in the last month, they all seem to be fruiting a little later than the normal variation. New Orleans is the only city in the US that I have ever seen this variation and so many mature specimens.