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New Caledonia palm

mike in kurtistown

By mike in kurtistown
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mike in kurtistown

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I need a little help from my palm colleagues who are New Cal experts, which I am not.

I planted a palm which I obtained locally (Big Island of Hawaii) said to be Cyphophoenix elegans. After reading through Hodel' s New Caledonia palm book, I don't think that the crown of my palm even closely matches photos shown by Hodel for this species, which are shown as having shorter and strongly arching leaves. Here is a pic of my palm:

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On the other hand the infructesences and crownshaft look just right:

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Opinions anyone?

 

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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.

Jonathan Haycock Experienced

Jonathan Haycock

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I'm certainly no expert Mike, but it looks like a Burretiokentia, perhaps B. vieillardii? Hopefully others with more knowledge respond.

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

tim_brissy_13 Grand Master

tim_brissy_13

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I think it’s probably C elegans Mike. As you note, crownshaft and inflorescences/infructescences look right. One of mine has strongly V shaped recurved fronds while the other looks more like yours. I guess crown shape is a bit variable. Here’s my one which has a flatter arrangement. IMG_1390.thumb.jpeg.0e9b45846a76fb5fa4aa824438867076.jpeg

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Tim Brisbane

Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

Rarely Frost

2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

Billeb Veteran

Billeb

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I think the ID was correct. 
 

-dale 

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