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Seeding Pritchardia Kahukuensis in HABITAT

colin Peters

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colin Peters Grand Master

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This is got to be one of the rarest Hawaiian Pritchardia, at least from known specimens in habitat. Have posted this before. Was blessed with a rare beautiful crystal clear North Shore day. Went for a long run round trip to check on this guy close to the top. Lots of seed, literally hundreds. but still green and pea sized . Last time I went up there were none  Only a few half eaten ones on the ground, due to rats  Has a cool round spherical group of  leaflets.  Right above the trail.  The only one in the area. A big fire behind it years ago, and some how it was spared. This guy needs to be in peoples gardens before another fire or hurricane wipes out the species. 

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Let us know how things progress seed wise.

I suspect there's more one-off species there in Hawai'i.

Hope I'm wrong about the one-off part.

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Boy Colin, that must have been quite a run! Thanks for posting the adventure. Hopefully this species seed will be collected and distributed. 

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Keenan, not sure when it went horizontal, but the root ball is completely covered and grown over.  This particular one has been photographed quite a few times before. Have seen one where a large area all behind it was burned. The trail literally goes directly under it. It is different than any of the other Oahu species, the seed is much smaller than the others, and the crown has that sperical shape. There are other pictures of P. kahukuensis by Christine Bacon who was doing clinical research on Pritchardia. 

Tim, was a mud fest. with all the rain we have had, but nothing very steep like Kuliouou

aloha

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Awesome!  I love your Pritchardia adventures.  I'm gonna be doing a north shore surf trip this winter.  Maybe we can set up a hike day.

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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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Matt.

Cool, the Laie falls trail hike up to Kahukuensis is pretty easy , just a gradual hike or run up, but yesterday was a mud soaked sloth, but it was a rare mountain 

sunny day , no complaints.

Let me know, lots of trails above north shore area, to places Iʻve never been. Bakeri is up Pupukea somewhere also. Of course the 

surfing is pretty good to in that area too. !!!!!!!

aloha

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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What a nice adventure trip, especially when you get to see a rare palm species in habitat. Based on your pictures, it doesn't appear that there were hundreds or thousands of trees growing. Hopefully some day seed can be distributed around!

Jeff

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Very cool reclining specimen! Always Love habitat visits and photos! Rats almost always consume every seed in the forest. Even bait stations and wire mesh bags are sometimes no match for the rat army.  Definitely high priority grow! Mahalo!

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Colin,

    Great pictures and wicked nice palm.  That is a spectacular view you get.  Do plan on assisting mother nature and replanting a colony of Pritchardia kahukuensis in that area with all that seed?  Rescue it from the rats!

 

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On 11/14/2018, 5:05:25, MattyB said:

Awesome!  I love your Pritchardia adventures.  I'm gonna be doing a north shore surf trip this winter.  Maybe we can set up a hike day.

Awesome .... sounds fun.  Wish I could crash that party for both the surf and the Pritchardia adventures.  Don't you need to hire a photographer to document your surfing and Pritchardia adventures Matty???  Coconut palms and Rockpiles with Backdoor off in the distance.

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Thanks

Jeff its the only one in the area that I could find. I have been there before and gone further up to the summit area and it is all P. marti, which are very different. I even

hiked up above it and tried to find where the seeds from the source, but no luck. So as far as I know that is the only one in the area. Like I said there was a fire all above it and it

somehow survived. Palm gods looking out after it. Funny how many of the Pritchardia in the islands hang on by a thread and one mishap and they are done in habitat. 

aloha

 

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