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Sic My Big Bad Corypha on you!

DoomsDave
DoomsDave
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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(krisachar @ Dec. 28 2006,02:20)

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Dear Ariscott  :)

do you have pictures of those palms you spoke,

if so we all like to see them & feast on it !

Thank you/Love,

Kris.

Sorry Kris. We were going to take pics today, but it has been raining all day.... Well, at least it is good for the garden.... We will try again tomorrow...

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

(aussiearoids @ Dec. 29 2006,01:45)

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One of about 50 Coryphas planted at a mates place in Whyanbeel . They are all about 20 years old .

Here they are bordering a Heliconia bed alternating with some Syagrus spp.

Michael,

That coripha avenue is an inspiration... If only they are easier to get and faster growing... I remembered looking at them as we drove in...

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Most of the ones planted there are C umbraculifera and many are about the size of Kyles picture in the first post .  There are a few C.utan , personnaly I prefer them .

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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    Here's another view of rows of Coryphas , you can see the tops of Attaleas in the next rows . There the spacing is Corypha  then  Attalea , these are each side of a row of shade houses .

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    Michael in palm paradise,

    Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

    Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

    Michael,

    Do you know the spacing between those coryphas?

    Regards, Ari :)

    Ari & Scott

    Darwin, NT, Australia

    -12°32'53" 131°10'20"
    • 2 months later...

    Hey guys iam madly in love with this Sp.

    so i just bumped it_for new commers  :)

    love conquers all..

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    Talk about huge, check the human near the ceroxylon

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    Sol Cooper

    Hobart Tasmania

    42 degrees South

    Mild climate - mostly frost free

    I thought that this may be a Corypha but perhaps not?

    Any Ideas?

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    Regards Andy.

    Bangor, Norin Iron Zone 9a Min temp normally around -3 Degrees C, rarely -6C. Only 2 x -2.0C so far, verging on 9b this year. No snow or Frost this Winter. Several just subzero's this year, lets hope it stays this way. Normally around 5C to 10C + in winter, with lots of wind & rain. Summers usually better, 20C to 25 C occasionally 25C to 28C, also quite humid being a coastal town

    AJQ - the above picture sure looks like a Sabal sp. to me.

    bgl - your photo in Post 39 does not look like a Corypha lecomtei to me.  From pictures of young plants of C. lecomtei sent from Thailand and from my own as well, they have a different look.  Here's my C. lecomtei which currently stands at about 1.3 m (52") tall.

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    Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

     

    No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

    Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

    Nice sunsets!

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    Close-up of leaf  . . .

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    Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

     

    No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

    Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

    Nice sunsets!

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    Al,

    I agree, and this was actually discussed in some other recent thread. I believe I showed you this palm when you were over here recently?

    Anyway, I bought this palm and a few others from Oscar Jaitt (Fruit Lover's Nursery)in Opihikao. He brought C. lecomtei seeds AND Borassus flabellifer seeds back from Thailand several years ago, and I bought plants of both species from him. I bought the one in Post#39 as a C. lecomtei, but I was beginning to have doubts several months ago. After comparing to my other Borassus and C. lecomtei palms, I'm now convinced the one in Post#39 is, in fact, a Borassus. Oscar probably got some of the seedlings mixed up....

    Bo-Göran

    Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

     

    Hey guys, look at my baby.  Planted in ground in Sept of 05.  Not a lot of growth seen by Jan of 07corphaUtan10Sept05.JPG

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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

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    Dear andy  :)

    that palm in picture looks more close to a yellow latania kind

    than a Corypha.Sp since the trunk & hanging leaves looks

    different to me_but iam no palm expert though !

    thanks for the still..

    Dear Al  :)

    those are preety beautiful palms & thanks for the stills.

    Dear Waianae Steve  :)

    Lovely stills of those young giants..

    And thanks to all for keeping this thread so active,and its

    fires still burning  :D

    Love,

    Kris.

    love conquers all..

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    .

    Hi there Kris,

    I have never seen a Yellow Latania before so I have nothing to compare. This piccie in  #48 is a Massive Fan Palm though, whatever it is and definitely one of the biggest that I have ever seen.

    It was taken in Kota Kinabalu in Borneo last November. :D

    Regards Andy.

    Bangor, Norin Iron Zone 9a Min temp normally around -3 Degrees C, rarely -6C. Only 2 x -2.0C so far, verging on 9b this year. No snow or Frost this Winter. Several just subzero's this year, lets hope it stays this way. Normally around 5C to 10C + in winter, with lots of wind & rain. Summers usually better, 20C to 25 C occasionally 25C to 28C, also quite humid being a coastal town
    • 3 years later...

    More great Corypha photos! wub.gif

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    Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

    Here's a still of talipot palms,still taken in lalbagh gardens,Banglore(south india)

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    Here's a still of C.Locomtei,this palm is very common to thailand.And the still courtesy our friend Komikrit.

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    Here's a still of Corypha Utan.var Macropoda in its final stages taken in chennai(south india)

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    Here's a still of C.Macropoda growing at our roof top gardens..:)

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    By the way we have collected most of the corypha's and they all seem to love our hot-wet tropical climate..:D And my special thanks to our forum friends ! :winkie:

    Lots of love,

    kris :)

    love conquers all..

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    I took these at Nong Nooch in 2005 - I'm curious how much larger they are now.

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    Resident of Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, San Diego, CA and Pahoa, HI.  Former garden in Vista, CA.  Garden Photos

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    Visuals of Corypha Macropoda....

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    love conquers all..

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    those are some great photos! HUGE!!!

    "it's not dead it's sleeping"

    Santee ca, zone10a/9b

    18 miles from the ocean

    avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

    Here's the one I saw in Maui. Me for scale.

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    "it's not dead it's sleeping"

    Santee ca, zone10a/9b

    18 miles from the ocean

    avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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