Chambeyronia macrocarpa x2 - RIP

[PalmatierMeg]

After nearly a month with little to no rain and temps just this side of h_ll, yesterday we got clobbered with a thunderstorm that brought gale force wind, horizon to horizon lightning and nearly 5" of rain. This morning we ventured out to pick up debris and upright plants and pots. On the west side of our back yard jungle we discovered two of our trunking Chambeyronia macrocarpa broken in two. The smaller palm had been declining over time and I already figured out it was not long for this world. But the larger palm totally surprised me. It had broken in two places and inside both breaks showed evidence of rot and/or disease. Superficially, it had appeared healthy before the storm. For documentation, I took the following photos.

Chambeyronia macrocarpa #1

 

Chambeyronia macrocarpa #2

[John hovancsek]

Ouch

[The Gerg]

Sorry. That sucks.

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

Nooooooo !!!! 

[Reeverse]

Do you have others? And have you had much luck with the Chamberyonia in your parts 

[joe_OC]

What a major bummer, Meg!  Hope the rest of your palms fared well.

[Palm Tree Jim]

That’s not good news.

 

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Chambeyronia macrocarpa #2

Sorry to see that happen.  It does look like there was evidence of a problem before these winds even on your second one.  I'm watching a Foxy Lady which is showing signs of an infection (posted in a different string).  The first symptom my Foxy Lady showed was a little leaning like Kentia's can get and more recently some oozing further down the trunk, but not as bad as what I see above.  I guess I should prepare myself for a similar outcome as you had.  The question is whether I should do something proactively to replace it before it falls on something else or just wait and enjoy it as long as possible.  On the bright side, it looks like at least you had no collateral damage from these two collapsing!  So what do you have in the container ranch ready to replace these with?

[PalmatierMeg]

I have others planted and a couple in pots. My Chambeyronia grove in the back yard once had 8-9  palms. With these latest casualties I have 4 or so still alive in the grove and 3 more elsewhere. I also have two E. edulis Orange Crownshaft in pots.

[jimmyt]

Condolences to you........

[palmsOrl]

I’m sorry for your losses Meg.  At least you have a few left.  At least in the future you might be able to prevent such losses with ample irrigation during dry, hot spells.

[Briank]

Sucks!! Mother Nature is just cruel sometimes.   But looks like all your seedlings in trays made it through ok! 

[BS Man about Palms]

Bummer...glad you have others!

 

[Rickybobby]

Sorry for your loss it seems that they were very vulnerable