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Found this last month at Ko`olau Farms in Kailua.  Hey local guys check there from time to time you'd be supprised as to what you might find.  Check Kane`ohe store also.

Anyway I put it in the ground today.

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Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Posted

It is not P. kuhlii, is it? Mine looks exactly like that...

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Posted

(ariscott @ Apr. 03 2008,16:24)

QUOTE
It is not P. kuhlii, is it? Mine looks exactly like that...

Regards, Ari :)

No not P. kuhlii,  Jeff at Floribunda says it might be P. adangensis.

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Posted

I too purchased one in a 1 gallon container from Jeff Searle labeled "Pinanga blue seed." However, mine is not mottled like the photo here. Does anyone have a clue about the species....or a mature photo? Mine is doing well and appears to be a fast grower.

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

Posted

Guys:

There appear to be two spp. involved in what is commercially known as "Blue seed". I have quite a few seedlings and young palms from both RPS and an Oz  friend's collection (who collected them in N Borneo) and there is quite a bit of variation between the two accessions. Amongst the dozen or so three year-old palms that I have from RPS, the new leaf color varies quite a bit, both at emergence and when they harden off. IMO, the very best clones are extremely handsome plants...buyer beware, however, since it is common knowledge amongst dealers that these pinangas invariably lose their vivid leaf color as they grow past the meter mark (3'+). One nurseryman urged me to blow them all out the door when they're about 75 cm (30") tall and still very showy.

Tweaking the pH of their growing media towards neutral and a steady feed at low contrations of NPK seems to visibly improve vigor and contrast in the mottling. Very acid media (<5.50) and starvation tend to leave them distinctly "white" and susceptible to frond die-back. Have never trialed them in bright sunlight, but would assume that it would not do much to enhance their leaf color.

Cheerio,

Jay

Posted

Thanks Jay,

  Floribunda reported that they would loose the molting as they age.

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Posted

I don't have a great photo of the specimen isolated, but you can see it making things real jungle like in my teeny yard....  (Excuse the cold burn spots and the brown tips - I planted this in December)

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The younger leaves have the mottling...

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And so do older ones...

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The largest spike has yet to open...  It is just doing so currently, I t reaches to about 4.5 feet overall...  I can already see it is emerging with a hint of pinkish coloration and a slight mottling...  I will try to remember to catch a series of photos as it does....  

:cool:

Posted

Very nice William....is this in full afternoon sun?

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

Posted

At best (when the sun is highest in the sky) it will recieve about 2 hours of morning sun and 3-4 as the sun sets...

Edit: Oh and for the record this one came from Searle also...  :D  When it seeds, I will grow it!

Posted

William,

  Is that Licuala spinosa in the picture.  If so it's gonna get really crowded there in a few years.

Steve

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Posted

To clarify:

What we have been discussing is actually termed sp. "blue fruit"...the seeds are brown.

The pics of William's larger plant say it all...I mean, this is pretty much a mainstream-looking P. The kids can be amazing-looking.

Jay

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