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C. macrocarpa Leaf not as Red this Summer?

Alicehunter2000
Alicehunter2000
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Why is the leaf not as red this year? Is it a soil issue?post-97-0-84353400-1407076422_thumb.jpg

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Looks fine to me. I've noticed that they throw more leaves in the summer, but they're not as intense as winter leaves.

Keith 

Tampa, Florida (9b/10a) and Freiburg, Germany (8a).
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Hmmm ..... yes the winter leaf was more red.....this one it more orange with green in the tips

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Might be that because it grows faster in rainy season, each new leaf turns from red to green faster. If you don't catch it at its peak of redness, i.e., at night or while you are at work, you think the color is inferior.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Whoa, that's not red enough?

Looks pretty [expletive] red to me.

Joe McCarthy would NOT have approved . . . .

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Wait.

Do you have a picture of what was red enough?

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Most red emergent palms seem to open the reddest leafs during cool periods,while the color comes out less intense in the warm season. However this red,is more than red enough :)

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Thanks for the replies.....this is an old picture of the red over the winter....I thought there was another pic with the leaf more open. As you can see...it was a deep maroon red....it stayed that color for about a month before turning green.post-97-0-06998800-1407107352_thumb.jpg

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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