Palm Id please

[galveston1602]

Found this one growing in a neighborhood, its obviously been here for several years (10 or more maybe???)  This is the only tree like it on the island (that ive seen),   Im only guessing about the age but since ive never seen on for sale locally it had to have been brought in as a small palm via the mail or some such thing...    

It does appear to be very healthy!

anyone care to take a guess on age/type?

[paulgila]

i'm not sure what it is but i like the series of pics with the "pullback" effect! ::

[deezpalms]

I'm pretty sure that it is indeed a Carpentaria. The form of the canopy and the infloresence looks just like the one in my book.

[surgeon83]

You mean I've lived here for over 2 years and there was a carpenteria I didn't know about?  Certainly doesn't look like a recent transplant.  I have never seen one for sale here and have yet to see one in real life aside from my bifid leaf seedlings.  

Please do PM me with the address

[spockvr6]

Looks like a Carpentaria to me as well.

As for age---

I recall RLR posting that his Carpentaria went from small palms to over 17 ft high in 3-4 years.

I have also seen some around here that were 3-4 years from seed and I could not believe their size.  I thought the owner was fibbing about their age!

These palms are among the fastest out there.

That one in the photo is seeding......that might be a good clue as to it approximate minimum age.

[Logolight]

I have a few Carpentaria seedlings that sprouted about 4 weeks ago and are already approaching 5 inches high.  They've got another 3 inches to grow before they hit the lid in the box they're germinating in and they won't even have their fist leaves yet when it happens.  So yes they can grow very fast.

[Alberto]

Galveston...9a...9b...What lows survived this palm???

[galveston1602]

Alberto,

Thats a good question and why i wanted to know about how long it would have taken to get that tall....

9a/9b is very debateable about our area... its officially a 9a but we havent been below 30 in 10 years.   so I suspect that this tree has probably never seen less than 30 of course I bet it was covered with snow in 2004!