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Chuniophoenix hainanensis

Al in Kona
Al in Kona
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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My nurseryman friend Garrett, at Kalaoa Gardens (www.palmsinkona.com) grows many palms from seed. Look how quick he managed to get this tiny Chuniophoenix hainanensis to flower and fruit! I wonder what his secret is - he won't tell me.

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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!

Cool! I have C. nana and have been looking to add this one to my collection.

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

I grew this palm from seed about 13yrs ago. The seed were labeled Chuniophoenix hainanensis though the plant resembles Chamerops Humilis. I dont think Chunophoenix has thorns on the petioles but I haven't seen the petioles close enough to confirm this. Dispite its small growth rate, the plant gets plenty of water and receives Az sun untill noon. The thorns on petiole are angled downward - opposed to upwards on Chamerops.... Any ideas on what this plant is???

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    It's definitely not C hainanensis. C hainanensis has no thorns and no hastula (the little "lip" at the end of the petiole).

    Matt

    San Diego

    0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

    East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

    Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

    Wow, thorny petiole but purely palmate -- not so common apart from Chamaerops and...? Maybe it's a costapalmate species but lacks a costa as a juvenile. In which case I'd venture Livistona.

    Jason Dewees

    Inner Sunset District

    San Francisco, California

    Sunset zone 17

    USDA zone 10a

    21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

    Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

    Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

    Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

    40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

    perhaps Livistona muelleri

    Best regards

    Ed

    My nurseryman friend Garrett, at Kalaoa Gardens (www.palmsinkona.com) grows many palms from seed. Look how quick he managed to get this tiny Chuniophoenix hainanensis to flower and fruit! I wonder what his secret is - he won't tell me.

    I think it is glue :) gmp

    Good eye guys, I'll have to investigate the Livistona angle. I found these picks on google after the feedback...

    See petioles - facing downward

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    Plants at similar size

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    My nurseryman friend Garrett, at Kalaoa Gardens (www.palmsinkona.com) grows many palms from seed. Look how quick he managed to get this tiny Chuniophoenix hainanensis to flower and fruit! I wonder what his secret is - he won't tell me.

    Viagra? :lol:

    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

    Now that's Cool...

    M.H.Edwards

    "Living in the Tropic's

    And loving it".............. smilie.gif

    If that palm was growing here in BC,even with the best of conditions that would be about two years old. I suspect that since it is growing in Hawaii, it's a fair bit younger. Is it even possible for a palm to be that precocious, and have an even rudimentary inflorescence at that age, much less one that is actually producing fruit?? Bizarre.

    Jody

    Chilliwack British Columbia

    Zone 8/9 until 3 years ago. Now Zone 6b.

    Don't even get me started.
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    My nurseryman friend Garrett, at Kalaoa Gardens (www.palmsinkona.com) grows many palms from seed. Look how quick he managed to get this tiny Chuniophoenix hainanensis to flower and fruit! I wonder what his secret is - he won't tell me.

    Gibberelic acid...

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