New Beccariophoenix

[ahosey01]

Finally took the plunge after thinking about it for years.  Fairly close to the house but still has room.  In a flood irrigated lawn..  about 8ft tall. Old fronds looked like crap at the nursery but it was in full blazing sun in a poor soil mix, irrigated with salty well water.  I think it will be happy in it's spot, assuming it's hardy here.  My Bismarckia hasn't burned in three winters so I expect this will be similar.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Which species is it. I’m assuming B. alfredii. 

[Looking Glass]

Great palm!  I imagine that at your temperatures, this time of year, that one would appreciate a tremendous amount of water, especially early on.   

Whenever I think of an Alfredii role model, I think of the one that was at Searle Bros Nursery down here.    I snapped a pic of it one of the times I was there, but it really doesn’t demonstrate the true robustness or beauty of that one.   Something to look forward to….
 

[ahosey01]

6 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Which species is it. I’m assuming B. alfredii. 

Yep - alfredii.  At least that's what it was sold to me as.  I don't know if I'd be able to confidently distinguish if the ID was incorrect.

[Josue Diaz]

Looks great. Alredii is a tiny bit more sensitive to frost than Bismarckia - at least the leaf tips show a bit more damage - but that could also be due to them being whisped around in any wind event. 

 

[Merlyn]

In my yard similarly sized (overall height) Bismarckia and Alfredii took about the same damage.  Just some leaf tip burn on both, though it was more visually obvious on the Alfredii.  On the Bismarcks the browned sections were kind of "tan" and blended in with the silvery fans.