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Which Pritchardia is this?

redant

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redant Grand Master

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It's mine, I bought a bunch of different ones years ago, this has been the best of the bunch for my climate never spotting in the winter. Someone wants to know.

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The look, at that size, is consistent with beccariana.

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Mike Merritt

Big Island of Hawaii, windward, rainy side, 740 feet (225 meters) elevation

165 inches (4,200 mm) of rain per year, 66 to 83 deg F (20 to 28 deg C) in summer, 62 to 80 deg F (16.7 to 26.7 Deg C) in winter.

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Cold tolerance is consistent with P. beccariana too. They actually do pretty well in Florida, and don't seem to mind the humid heat as much as some other high-elevation Hawaiian Pritchardias (though they used to be found at sea-level, so this may have something to do with that). 

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Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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redant Grand Master

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Thanks, after reviewing some pic's I believe you are both correct. Appreciate it.

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Tracy Grand Master

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6 hours ago, redant said:

this has been the best of the bunch for my climate never spotting in the winter.

Nice looking!  I was going to say the tight pleating and relatively flat leaves look a great deal like what I'm growing as Pritchardia beccariana too.  The big difference is how nice yours looks compared to mine.  Mine has struggled with spotting while my maideniana, hillebrandii, martii, flynii and bakeri show far less spotting in the same garden.  I've tried increasing several things to try to diminish the spotting but nothing has really seemed to make a noticeable difference (iron, chelated iron, liquid seaweed extract, Apex slow release Palm Plus with micro's).  I'm beginning to think my spotting may just be more climate than nutrient based, or at least a combination.  Congrats on your well grown specimen!

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redant Grand Master

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12 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Nice looking!  I was going to say the tight pleating and relatively flat leaves look a great deal like what I'm growing as Pritchardia beccariana too.  The big difference is how nice yours looks compared to mine.  Mine has struggled with spotting while my maideniana, hillebrandii, martii, flynii and bakeri show far less spotting in the same garden.  I've tried increasing several things to try to diminish the spotting but nothing has really seemed to make a noticeable difference (iron, chelated iron, liquid seaweed extract, Apex slow release Palm Plus with micro's).  I'm beginning to think my spotting may just be more climate than nutrient based, or at least a combination.  Congrats on your well grown specimen!

I have a P. Pacifica that's been in the ground since about 2008, made it through the 09/10 cold in FL which was bad at my location, shocked it made it through. It spots up terribly every winter, looks decent by fall, only to look like poo in the springtime again. Really not meant for FL.

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Tracy,

I have noticed lots of spotting on some P. bakeri in the wild. but it comes and goes. They are in native volcanic soil (obviously). which 

pretty much should have the natural balance to nutrients. So maybe its a climate thing. 

Nice looking palm Doug. 

never seen a P. beccariana, my guess would have been P. glabrata, due to the drooping leaf tips. but then again Pritchardia can be a bit tough to identify from a picture. 

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My first guess was beccariana as well, but I’ve never grown one with the lax leaf tips as Colin points out. I’m leaning toward glabrata also.

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At first glance i thought it was P.Glabrata but didnt chime in cause my pritchardia ID experience is lacking :hmm:

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Zeeth Grand Master

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I don't think the leaf is divided deeply enough for P. glabrata. 

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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1 hour ago, Zeeth said:

I don't think the leaf is divided deeply enough for P. glabrata. 

From the picture I see of the glabrata, the droopy leaf tips seem way more prevalent then on my palm.  This year I kept a copy of my palm shipment order so I'm not as clueless in the future.

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Fairly certain it isn't P. glabrata. Like Zeeth said above, the leaves are deeply divided and leaf tips a lot more droopy. Here's a photo of P. glabrata in the garden.

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Thanks Tim. I was wandering around the garden and also noticed that P. schataurii has very flat leaves with lax tips. Just in case it’s not confusing enough for everyone. Ha ha.

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redant Grand Master

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If Jeff's (Floribunda) offering in the pritchardia dept haven't change much in the last few years then it's beccariana .    

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