Well you don't see this every day.

[Tyrone]

I love it when a Chambeyronia opens a red leaf. Here is my biggest which I was told is a macrocarpa hookeri cross, but it may just be a yellow coloured macrocarpa because it's been much faster than any other hookeri I've had before.

[Tyrone]

One of my little hookeri's

[Steve Mac]

Tyrone, the way that I understand it now, is that a 'hookeri' is just a macrocarpa with a yellow trunk and often redder emergent leaves.

I think that is correctly called a Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. hookeri. (at the moment) The same goes for the  "Chambeyronia houialou"  variation.  (Per Jungle music.)

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. houialou. 

Our blonde one is the fastest too, and we were 'lucky' enough to get one of the 'one in twenty' Chambeys that is only Green. Woo Hoo.  :-)

[Tyrone]

3 hours ago, gtsteve said:

Tyrone, the way that I understand it now, is that a 'hookeri' is just a macrocarpa with a yellow trunk and often redder emergent leaves.

I think that is correctly called a Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. hookeri. (at the moment) The same goes for the  "Chambeyronia houialou"  variation.  (Per Jungle music.)

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. houialou. 

Our blonde one is the fastest too, and we were 'lucky' enough to get one of the 'one in twenty' Chambeys that is only Green. Woo Hoo.  :-)

It's amazing that such variation exists in one species. When reading palms of New Caledonia they speak of different varieties for different locales. I just want to grow them all them. Who knows what you'll get.

My little ones are from seed off the late Rich Trapnell's own tree of Rosebud Farm fame. He was trying to get me seed from Hawaii but that deal feel through so he sold me seed of his own that I'd seen at his place when visiting him in 2007. It makes my hookeris pretty special.

[sarasota alex]

Actually "hookeri" is not even a variety - it's a form or a morphotype. Abbreviation "var." has been used very loosely to identify intra-specific differences, but in reality a "var." requires a scientific description just like a species or a subspecies and is required to be based on a genetically distinct population.

[Tyrone]

A morphotype it is then. 

[politoCABJ]

Beautiful! Mine has popped out 2 leaves in the last 3 months, which is a pretty remarkable speed. This last one lost most of its color in just a couple days. Can you tell me if this is any kind of variation or a "regular" Chambeyronia macrocarpa? Thks!

 

 

[Tyrone]

I think it's a very healthy and beautiful regular macrocarpa.

[realarch]

Nice palm at any age, you'll get to enjoy the new red leaf for many years to come.

C. 'var' hookeri, even as it gets older, has a more intense and longer lasting red flush than the standard type. Both are still great specimen palms and over the years

can become quite robust. The crown shaft color goes from an ivory to a pale green which is always attractive. 

I'm lucky, because of a second story lanai, to continue enjoy the colorful emergent leaf as the palm has grown quite a bit. 

Here are a couple of photos. 

Tim

[politoCABJ]

Amazing! Really beautiful

[paquicuba]

This one just opening today is looking amazing.

[paquicuba]

It's that time of the year again - right on track.

[HtownPalms]

Great looking palms! I'm looking forward to growing a few of these in the near future.