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Habitat photos of Pritchardia Kahukuensis

colin Peters

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Ran most of the way up to see this one. Beautiful day, mostly clear. Been wanting to do this for many years. I know there are a few photos of this one, but it was really cool to go up and finally see it for myself. Fairly easy moderate sloped trail going up. No seed at all, no flowers, must be due to winter. Lots and lots of P. marti in area.

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Root ball is almost pulled out of the ground, but it has to have been like this for years, because the head of the palm has gone vertical in comparison to the trunk, since it fell over the trail. Took a sort of pig trail up behind it. No other P. kahukuensis in close proximity. 

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P. kahukuensis has smaller fruit than marti, and a sperical crown of many leaves. It is quite different and fairly easy to distinguish, at least this one seems to be. P. marti is just around the corner from this. 

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Great habitat photos as always Colin. Hawaiian Pritchardias are most appealing to me. That particular palm has a really full crown!

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3 hours ago, colin Peters said:

P. kahukuensis has smaller fruit than marti, and a sperical crown of many leaves.

Very full, spherical crown, as you point out.  I was trying to assess what the underside of the leaves looked like in your shot, but it wouldn't be a characteristic one would much notice with such a full crown.  While the individual leaves look a bit disheveled, the fullness of that crown creates an attractive palm.  Nice habitat shots!

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Wonderful post, Colin, thank you,

But could you tell the name of that christmas tree? ( out o topic, sorry)

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2 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

Wonderful post, Colin, thank you,

But could you tell the name of that christmas tree? ( out o topic, sorry)

Some kind of araucaria...

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On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

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10 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

Wonderful post, Colin, thank you,

But could you tell the name of that christmas tree? ( out o topic, sorry)

I think the most common pine trees here are Norfolk and Cook pines. I don't really know how to tell them apart though.

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Thanks everyone. Finally got to go up and it was a beautiful day. If anyone ever comes to Oahu, the Laie trail is a pretty easy hike in comparison to the one going up our

valley to P. bakeri. Many P. marti at the top also. I think P. kahukuensis would make a great landscape palm, if it would have that full sperical crown in cultivation

Bruh, i think the difference between Norfolk and Cook, is that Norfolk has the branches in horizontal planes, instead of staggered up the trunk like Cook, but that is just what I've heard. The ones in the picture look like Norfolk to me.

Tracy, It kinda looked like the P. kahukuensis had almost no silver white lepida under the leaves, almost completely green, but hard to tell with all the dying leaves underneath.

aloha

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Looks like a fun hike with some great views.

 

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Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Here are a few more shots of what look more like Pritchardia martii a bit further up the trail. More open crowns, and it is easier to see the silver underneath the leaves.

Also a few of them had larger green seed that I could see from the trail. All in all it was a fun and fairly easy trail to either run or hike. 

aloha

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Thanks for sharing as previously I really knew next to nothing about this Pritchardia species.  Any idea as to what the elevation would be where this species grows? 

 

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Thanks Al, 

It is just above the strawberry guava zone, and into the cool native stuff, koa, ohia etc. Would guess it is around 1200ft or more. About the same as Pritchardia bakeri and

P. marti here. What elevation are you at in Kona?  Probably would do well up there in the cooler elevations. 

aloha

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On 2/20/2017, 11:17:40, colin Peters said:

Here are a few more shots of what look more like Pritchardia martii a bit further up the trail. More open crowns, and it is easier to see the silver underneath the leaves.

Also a few of them had larger green seed that I could see from the trail. All in all it was a fun and fairly easy trail to either run or hike. 

aloha

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