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Shots of identified Pritchardia palms at NTBG's McBryde Gardens in Kauai!


kylecawazafla

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Pritchardia beccariana - native to the big island

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Pritchardia forbesiana - native to Maui

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Pritchardia hardyi - a Kauai native!

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Pritchardia hillebrandii - native to Molokai

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Pritchardia pacifica - probably native to Fiji

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Pritchardia remota - Native to Nihoa

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Great pics, love those Pritchardia's, I have Pritchardia lowreyana and a couple of others ( Pacifica and Pritchardia hillebrandii + Pritchardia hillebrandii Hilo blue )growing from seed and with the summer heat they have taken off here, Minor looks fantastic in the pics :drool:

I want them all :lol:

Bruce

Innisfail - NQ AUS - 3600mm of rain a year average or around 144inches if you prefer - Temp Range 9c to 43c

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Sensational ! Thank you for the effort ! B)

Regards

Michael.

Just north of Cairns, Australia....16 Deg S.
Tropical climate: from 19C to 34C.

Spending a lot of time in Manila, Philippines... 15 Deg N.
Tropical climate: from 24C to 35C.

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Thanks for the great pictures. Pritchardias are sooo hard to I.D; since most of mine are small, I can only rely on the tags. And I suspect that there will be some that don't turn out to be what the tag says it is. The P. beccariana pictured seems to not have the flat leaves I would normally associate with it, but time will tell. Thanks for sharing!

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Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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Excellent thread! The one that caught my eye was beccariana... I will have to give it a try. This is also the first good photo of a napaliensis I've seen, which I'm growing but is still small.

The remota is probably the least attractive, but it might just be that specimen.

Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

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The P. beccariana caught my eye too. I think that it must be labled wrong; it doesn't look like P. beccariana.

Thanks for posting these photos Kyle.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Fantastic post!

Amazing how full sun affects the growth habit especially of younger specimens and I agree with Matt, that doesn't look like P. beccariana.

Thanks for the great photos.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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Great photos! Pritchardias are one of my favorite palms. I'm still mourning my P.pacifica that was killed by the 11 days of 30 degree nights here in south Fla last January.

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

--Avett Bros

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excellent thread,dewd! there aren't many ways you can say "native to..." but you sure tried! :lol:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Thanks! I am sorry about your P. pacifica loss sur4z! That is probably my favorite pritchardia.

The "P. beccariana" was most likely labeled P. beccariana, although I saw some juvenile palms labeled "P. arecina" that looked identical. I thought it was funny myself. Does this clear anything up perhaps?

I'm always up for learning new things!

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Despite the fact it is probably not a beccariana, it is a great looking young plant. Love the really deeply pleated leaves!

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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No, the "beccariana" really didn't look like beccariana. Here is a pic of one of my juvy beccarianas.

There is some mislabelling of Pritchardias at the NTBG. In fact, it seems that all specimens of a few of the rarer species are mislabled.

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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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What an outstanding collection of photographs !! :drool::drool:

And here I am so desperate that I might exchange my brother in return for any species of pritchardia. or at least i will be, if i don't get one soon.

thanks a lot Kyle.

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Kumar

Bombay, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 23 - 32 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 3400.0 mm

Calcutta, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 19 - 33 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 1600.0 mm

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Kyle,

I love Pritchardia and thank you for these shots. NTBG is such a great place. I agree that the photos above (as you've noted) are not a beccariana. But, I have a question. Do you have more closeups of the napaliensis, especially of the trunk or it's base? Was there any suckering?

Phil

Jungle Music Palms and Cycads, established 1977 and located in Encinitas, CA, 20 miles north of San Diego on the Coast.  Phone:  619 2914605 Link to Phil's Email phil.bergman@junglemusic.net Website: www.junglemusic.net Link to Jungle Music Palms and Cycads

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Hey Phil! I only have one shot of the Pritchardia napaliensis trunk, but none of the palms were that tall.

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Kyle

Thanks.

You'd have to go back six or seven years on this forum to find a few comments I made about Pritchardia napaliensis. About 10 years ago I visited NTBG and saw a group of Pritchardia that were suckering. I couldn't believe my eyes. At the time I talked to Melonie Chapin (palm specialist and researcher there) who told me that this grouping of suckering Pritchardias they had came from three different seed collecting trips in habitat. We talked about the fact that they were suckering, something I had never seen. The seed bearing trees were not noted to be suckering in the wild. Ideas were thrown out that perhaps they do sucker in the wild and animals eat the new suckers. Or, that something in the culture at NTBG had made them sucker. Or, could they be some type of hybrid and if so, with what? But, this suckering nature had appeared from three different seed collections from three different native habitats in the wild! And, it has never been seen with another Pritchardia species at the Garden. It was quite intriguing.

Since that time I've waited for more elucidation on the topic. About a year ago I talked to someone who had just visited the Garden. They told me that all of those suckering Pritchardia had been dug up and thrown away, presumed to be "misfits". I was bummed of course. And, now I see your photos of single trunk plants.

I suspect this mystery has just gone the way of the dumpster. If anyone can confirm that the plants are still there, I'd really appreciate it. I haven't been back there since. Check out the photos of this mysterious phenomena below. Or, see more pics at our photo gallery:

http://www.junglemusic.net/palmgallery.htm

Just type in the species that you want to view or go to the lengthy list offered of species represented in the Gallery.

The photos below were from that time when I talked to Melonie. There are a several thousand photos at our Gallery including more of P. napaliensis. BTW, Melonie is no longer at that insitituion. She said some day she might write about this subject some day.

Phil

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Jungle Music Palms and Cycads, established 1977 and located in Encinitas, CA, 20 miles north of San Diego on the Coast.  Phone:  619 2914605 Link to Phil's Email phil.bergman@junglemusic.net Website: www.junglemusic.net Link to Jungle Music Palms and Cycads

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Beautiful and useful reports :greenthumb: , I knew all these Pritchardia

Southern Calabria on the Tyrrhenian sea (Italy)

Zone 9b - NO FROST

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Thank you Kyle,

Shots of identified pritchardias are never enough!

Carlo

What Carlo said.

Was there any thurstonii ?

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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