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Archontophoenix purpurea

Breadfruit Bill

By Breadfruit Bill
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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Here's the one pictured in Post No. 34, grown a lot larger. About 8 feet in 6 years.

With that distracting Chambey right next to it . . . .

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comic097 Veteran

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Here's the one pictured in Post No. 34, grown a lot larger. About 8 feet in 6 years.

With that distracting Chambey right next to it . . . .

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WOW Great pic Dave

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Cikas Mentor

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Here's the one pictured in Post No. 34, grown a lot larger. About 8 feet in 6 years.

With that distracting Chambey right next to it . . . .

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They both look awesome. :w00:

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JT in Japan Experienced

JT in Japan

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Here's the overall palm. Black 1ft ruler for scale.

Note the snail munchies on the leaves. I hate 'em.

That's a very pretty specimen, Terry, both size and form. I'd like to have 20 of them all lined up in pots.

Jt

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Shimoda, Japan, Lat: 36.6N, Long: 138.8

Zone 9B (kinda, sorta), Pacific Coast, 1Km inland, 75M above sea level
Coldest lows (Jan): 2-5C (35-41F), Hottest highs (Aug): 32-33C (87-91F)

JT in Japan Experienced

JT in Japan

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And then I realize I'm responding to a 2007 post... sigh. (Still, beautiful palm.)

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Shimoda, Japan, Lat: 36.6N, Long: 138.8

Zone 9B (kinda, sorta), Pacific Coast, 1Km inland, 75M above sea level
Coldest lows (Jan): 2-5C (35-41F), Hottest highs (Aug): 32-33C (87-91F)

comic097 Veteran

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What a great thread, definitely one of my favourite palms

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EJ;) Collaborator

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Having real trouble with these. have ordered seedlings more than once. i find this palm to be very boojee! I know king palms need lots of water. But treating it like my A. Cunninghams i lost 2 in 2 weeks! im having to literally submerge them in my pond to keep these seedlings alive. is this normal for this species? Everything ive read said treat them like a standard king? 

Im in zone 9b in northern california out by the delta waterways. 

BayAndroid Experienced

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I'm in NorCal as well and I bought (5) 1 gallon trees from Hawaii. I put 2 in the ground last year, but I didn't acclimate them enough to the sun and they got burned to a crisp and then following that we had a terrible wind event that tore them up. I don't look at this attempt as being indicative of a good first try, so luckily I hedged my bets and kept 3 more in the garage all of last year and now I have been slowly introducing them into the sun and they've been doing well now for the whole day in the sun. I put them back in the garage every night, just trying to give them the best bet this Spring. I'm planning to plant them soon, I guess... Nervous! 
This time around I am going to try to find a shady location and I might look into some protection options for certain adverse weather events (occasional excessive winds / hard freezes next winter) until they get big enough that I'm confident in their survival.  

Pics of the pond and your Purpureas? 

BayAndroid Experienced

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Here's mine, the tree starting from the right to center. 

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realarch Grand Master

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Your specimens look healthy and a good size, persistence is the key. The crown shaft color is is soooo nice too. 

Mine were planted with a bit of cover, but now are tall enough to provide canopy. 

Good luck.

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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A couple more of my best one. 

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