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The Pritchardia collection grows


MattyB

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Just now, DoomsDave said:

Martii! Much prettier, and smaller, unless you want something big. In which case, compromise and plant both.

Thanks, Dave. I gave the Beccariana away and am nursing the Martii along in a pot. Must find a place for it this year!

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1 minute ago, Matt in OC said:

Thanks, Dave. I gave the Beccariana away and am nursing the Martii along in a pot. Must find a place for it this year!

Come visit and see mine!

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On 3/5/2012, 8:44:27, MattyB said:

A long time palm enthusiast friend called me up and asked if I wanted to dig up one of his Pritchardia martii. Heck yeah! :drool: He has quite an extensive Pritchardia collection and in his collecting efforts has ended up with duplicates. Pritchardia martii is one of my favorite palms, and even though I have a small one, I know how variable they are and so it just seems you can't have too many P. martii! My next quest will be to get a seedling off of the form of P. martii that's growing at Ventura College. Anyway, here's the pics of the recent transplated palm. We cut off all of the lower fronds for easier handling. Enjoy!

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Whoo-ee, Matt, that's really striking!

It would make a nice backdrop for a selfie.

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On ‎7‎/‎2‎/‎2012‎ ‎11‎:‎35‎:‎53‎, Moose said:

Matty - great thread ... :greenthumb:

 

In my first palm book the Pritchardia pacifica and thurstonii caught my eye. :wub: Headed to a South Florida Palm Society Sale at Fairchild, I learned they were banned from being sold at the garden at that time. Some "policy" to prevent the spreading of Lethal Yellowing disease. <_<

 

Didn't get around to planting any until 2006.

 

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Pritchardia hillebrandii

 

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Pritchardia pacifica

 

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Pritchardia remota

 

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Pritchardia sp.

 

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Pritchardia thurstonii

Glad someone bumped this thread. Lost the tags, now I know what we got growing again. Hurricane Irma beat the crap out of these palms. They have exploded, 3 have flowered. Of course they have crossed with one another so I have not harvested any of the mutt seeds. :blink:

 

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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32 minutes ago, Moose said:

Glad someone bumped this thread. Lost the tags, now I know what we got growing again. Hurricane Irma beat the crap out of these palms. They have exploded, 3 have flowered. Of course they have crossed with one another so I have not harvested any of the mutt seeds. :blink:

 

What makes you say they have crossed?

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Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

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I think that the likelihood of Pritchardias to cross is overstated, though it surely can happen. The way the flowers are structured, one wonders how they avoid always "selfing". I've been known to cut developing inflorescenses from Pritchardias too close to one that I want good seed from.

 

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