colourful Cocos nucifera accepted

[wimmie]

Today I went out to visit some plantwholesalers in Het Westland here in Holland. On my visit to a nursery that produces young plants of Cocos nucifera, I learnd that they finally succeeded in selling the more colourful forms of Cocos nucifera to the Dutch planttrade. Formerly, only the green forms were accepted by the trade, the colourful varieties ended on the dirtheap. The same happened some forty years ago with Chrysalidocarpus(Dypsis) lutescens. That palm with the nice yellow petioles didn't sell in The Netherlands because the public thought they were just ill! This misunderstanding is surely very persistant.

 

Wim.

[doranakandawatta]

Seeing happy D.lutescens in the tropical climate, with colorful crownshafts and petioles, I am sorry to read what you explain. 

[RemiMontreal2015]

That is good news!

I love the cocos seedling grown in Holland ans sold everywhere in Europe because they look so "perfect" ! I think they are tall variety of some origin, but where?

 

Good news there Will be some diversity from now on.

 

Here in Québec, Canada, we get coconut seedling grown in the USA (Florida I think) and they are Malayan dwarf mostly. I have seen a majority of green and rarely "colorfull" as you say.

Sometimes we even see older coconuts with mature leaves.

 

I have attached a typical coconut seedling as we see them here in Québec. They are much small and look there is almost no soil.

[wimmie]

5 hours ago, RemiMontreal2015 said:

That is good news!

I love the cocos seedling grown in Holland ans sold everywhere in Europe because they look so "perfect" ! I think they are tall variety of some origin, but where?

 

Good news there Will be some diversity from now on.

 

Here in Québec, Canada, we get coconut seedling grown in the USA (Florida I think) and they are Malayan dwarf mostly. I have seen a majority of green and rarely "colorfull" as you say.

Sometimes we even see older coconuts with mature leaves.

 

I have attached a typical coconut seedling as we see them here in Québec. They are much small and look there is almost no soil.

Indeed, the proportions of plant versus container don't look right, but for the nurseries where the palms get their food while being watered, these small containers have the advantage that they can grow a lot op plants per squaremeter! If you buy one, just give it a bigger pot.