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A Veitchia arecina that I thought never existed

veitchia arecina

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January 3, 20242 yr

Today I finally found one of the palms that inspired me to grow tropical species in my climate, a mature and flowering Veitchia arecina.

6 years ago in a summer 2017 afternoon when I was younger I remember passing by a mature Veitchia arecina and it surprised me, I immediately started searching for the name of the street to come back one day and see it again but I never found it and we never passed by that street again, I searched it for 3 years and never found it so after all of that I assumed that what I saw was an illusion or that I had actually seen the silhouette of a queen palm or royal palm, I was obsessed with crownshafted palms from 2017 to 2019 and I had 3 Adonidia merrillii in between those years which died from cold snaps and/or neglect.

Today I was casually using google maps and I accidentally found it. The last street view is from 2019 so I don't know if it survived the 2021 freeze, but it seems to have been planted around 2013-16 so it survived multiple winters here and it looks very healthy, at least in the picture. I hope it's alive so I can see it again.

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