New Socal Coconut Spotted in North Park, SD

[SouthernCATropicals]

Just spotted a coconut palm in North Park, San Diego. Not even 100 feet from my place and I never noticed it 😓. It needs some serious water and chicken poop. Even the jade succulent next to it looks dehydrated. My mission will be meeting this neighbor and getting it hydrated!

I wasn’t sure it was a coconut until I saw the actual coconut at the bottom

[idontknowhatnametuse]

Fronds look very Howea-ish (Droopy leaflets) but due to the trunk not being cleaned I can't confirm if it is a Howea or a Coconut. Are you sure that's a coconut in the palm's base?

[SouthernCATropicals]

8 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Are you sure that's a coconut in the palm's base?

At the moment I was certain but it was right at sunset so the photos not good so I’m second guessing haha, I can double check in the morning. It looks so much like one of my coco palms I would be shocked if it isn’t a coco palm but I’m not good at identifying plants 

[Jim in Los Altos]

Howea are good at mimicking coconuts. That one’s doing a pretty good job if it. 

[SouthernCATropicals]

Aw I went back and it was a (coconut shaped) rock ☠️ sorry guys false alarm. I had never seen a Kentia palm look like that and one of my coconut has droopy leaves that look so similar so I thought 😓 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

9 minutes ago, SouthernCATropicals said:

Aw I went back and it was a (coconut shaped) rock ☠️ sorry guys false alarm. I had never seen a Kentia palm look like that and one of my coconut has droopy leaves that look so similar so I thought 😓 

It's normal, sometimes coconuts in shady conditions do that. Probably because the leaflets tend to grow larger.

[Than]

And this is one more reason why I love Kentias.

I bet the rascals who own this house put that stone there on purpose to convince people it is a coconut tree!

[Las Palmas Norte]

36 minutes ago, Than said:

And this is one more reason why I love Kentias.

I bet the rascals who own this house put that stone there on purpose to convince people it is a coconut tree!

🤪What about all the other rocks? Maybe there's a seditious plan regarding the rope too?

[Than]

45 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

🤪What about all the other rocks? Maybe there's a seditious plan regarding the rope too?

Most probably! 😂

[RFun]

11 hours ago, SouthernCATropicals said:

Aw I went back and it was a (coconut shaped) rock ☠️ sorry guys false alarm. I had never seen a Kentia palm look like that and one of my coconut has droopy leaves that look so similar so I thought 😓 

Nice palm tree, nevertheless.  Neighbor just needs to water it more.