Pelagodoxa henryana differences

[Palms Brisbane]

Hi All,

Ordered 2x Pelagodoxa henryana. They seems to have slightly different colour midsection on leaves one green one orange...and seeds look slightly different sizes. Thoughts?

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by Palms Brisbane

[D. Morrowii]

The way I understand it the one with the smaller seed and yellowish petioles and midribs is known as Pelagodoxa mesocarpa and the other is Pelagodoxa henryana. Good read on it at the link below.
 

https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PALMSv63n3p113-146-Hodel-Pelagodoxa.pdf

[Hurricanepalms]

There is also anecdotal evidence that the mesocarpa form is slightly more cold tolerant. 

[Palms Brisbane]

2 hours ago, D. Morrowii said:

The way I understand it the one with the smaller seed and yellowish petioles and midribs is known as Pelagodoxa mesocarpa and the other is Pelagodoxa henryana. Good read on it at the link below.
 

https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PALMSv63n3p113-146-Hodel-Pelagodoxa.pdf

Link is amazing thank you.

[realarch]

Thanks for the link Dean. I had heard of the two types over the years and it just remained an antidotal discussion. Threads like this make me run out to the garden to check out a specific palm per the discussion. My two appear to be P. henryana. No orange, just green, They were acquired as seedlings back in 2015 and have yet to flower. 

Tim

[D. Morrowii]

37 minutes ago, realarch said:

Thanks for the link Dean. I had heard of the two types over the years and it just remained an antidotal discussion. Threads like this make me run out to the garden to check out a specific palm per the discussion. My two appear to be P. henryana. No orange, just green, They were acquired as seedlings back in 2015 and have yet to flower. 

Tim

Tim, 

Welcome to it. I bought 2 P. macrocarpa from Jeff last year and found that link while searching around a bit to see what exactly I had. My Hawaiian imports seem very happy here in FL. as long as they’re In pots I guess. I’ll bet yours are awesome! I’ll be looking for that “my Pelagodoxa henryana  is flowering” post from you in the near future. 

[PalmsandLiszt]

On 5/13/2022 at 7:24 AM, Palms Brisbane said:

Ordered 2x Pelagodoxa henryana. They seems to have slightly different colour midsection on leaves one green one orange...and seeds look slightly different sizes. Thoughts?

You first photo (with the yellowish rachis) looks very much like my seedling, which I bought as P. mesocarpa.

 

(Sorry, world's worst photographer here, but hopefully the yellow rachis is clear)

[Palms Brisbane]

2 hours ago, PalmsandLiszt said:

You first photo (with the yellowish rachis) looks very much like my seedling, which I bought as P. mesocarpa.

 

(Sorry, world's worst photographer here, but hopefully the yellow rachis is clear)

Thanks for sharing

Scott