How to differentiate between King Palm and Adonidia Merrilli palm?

[Yalcin]

Please support with photos

[bubba]

Adonidia merrilli is so ubiquitous in this area that not a great deal of attention is paid to it. That stated, I have a picture of a Syagrus skiz. recently taken and three (3) Am are accidentally caught to the left of the Syagrus specimen. They are shorter with a prominent yellow/green crownshaft. These palms are indigenous to the Philippines and are referred to as Christmas palms because they fruit bright red around Christmas. They are a beautiful palm, and very difficult to grow in Mediterranean climates. Remember, the cluster of three is to the left of the Syagrus in this picture.

[bubba]

The King Palm is pictured below. It is indigenous to Northern Australia and grows well throughout many regions in the world, including mediterranean climates:

[Yalcin]

What do you think Bubba? Is this King or Merrilli Palm? The seller claim that this is a Bottle Palm but I don’t think so, these are something else. .

[tim_brissy_13]

1 hour ago, Yalcin said:

What do you think Bubba? Is this King or Merrilli Palm? The seller claim that this is a Bottle Palm but I don’t think so, these are something else. .

They are Archontophoenix alexandrae

[bubba]

What Tim said. Those are beautiful Kings. 

Although the Christmas palm, indigenous to the Philippines, is classified as a zone 10 Palm according to the USDA, its growing profile resembles that of Cocos nucifera. Your outstanding mediterranean climate most likely will ensure the inability to grow it in Cyprus.

Southern California has a climate that appears to contain more heat than yours in Cyprus. I have never seen a picture of a Christmas palm grown in southern California. That does not mean that you should not push the limits. Plant a Christmas tree palm and prove the palm world wrong!
 

 

 

[bubba]

Better pictures of some Adonida merrilli:

[bubba]

Closer:

[Xenon]

37 minutes ago, bubba said:

Better pictures of some Adonida merrilli:

These look more like Ptychosperma elegans 

[Silas_Sancona]

Should have been the first response..

https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Adonidia_merrillii





https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Archontophoenix_cunninghamiana


https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Archontophoenix_alexandrae


https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Archontophoenix_maxima


https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Archontophoenix_purpurea

[bubba]

You folks are killing me! I will provide old crotchety Adonidia merrilli here in the very near future. Pictures are worth a thousand words!