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When do Carpoxylon macrospermum look their best? Post your favorites

bubba
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Several different stages:

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What you look for is what is looking

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    Two examples. Please add your favorites:22EEF3B3-6A20-4B9C-9353-B9D8E51DD0D0.thumb.jpeg.4a35fb427186b3aa7accc12f46f355e8.jpeg

    What you look for is what is looking

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    One more middling stage:

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    What you look for is what is looking

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    A couple of quick photos from Google Maps (Feb. 2024).

    Lakeland City Hall: Has added some trunk and frond width since this photo 5 months ago.

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    Barnett Park: Those who went on the summer CFPACS tour remember this one.  It looks a LOT better than in this photo now and was impressive during the tour.

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    Lake Wire: They pruned this instead of letting it self-clean.  It's a relatively recent addition.

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    I'll get some better photos of these next time I'm downtown.  Mine is growing well, but still a little smaller than these since I bought it small.

     

    Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    Just my take, but I think they always look their best; a magnificent palm.

    Kim Cyr

    Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
    and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
    All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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    This was from 10+ yrs ago from our honeymoon in Kaui. It's still my screen saver on my phone 😃 What I would do to be able to grow this palm ! 

    T J 

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    T J 

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    I must admit , I know very little about this palm . I really like the look . Sadly they probably won’t grow here . Harry

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    It sounds crazy but I like how the trunks look stunted/bonsai even when planted out in the landscape.

    No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

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    Mines are still so small. 
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    5 minutes ago, SubTropicRay said:

    It sounds crazy but I like how the trunks look stunted/bonsai even when planted out in the landscape.

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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    Would enjoy other pictures of these palms in other areas at all stages. Great comments and other great pictures!

    What you look for is what is looking

    Carpoxylon macrospermum, yes definitely a beautiful palm - at any time. Here are a few of mine. Most of the palms in the photo are Carpoxylons except the tall palm on the right (a Clinostigma samoense) and the somewhat robust Chrysalidocarpus sp. almost dead center in the background.

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    Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

     

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    Thank you! More!

    What you look for is what is looking

    I just planted mine. It was a three gallon just starting to go pinnate and getting roots out the bottom, so i decided to get it established sooner than later. Fast grower, but im finding many palms grow roots much faster than the spear grows. I placed it in the edges of the forest canopy about 20 to 30 feet from the house.

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    It’s getting crowded back here but this younger one seems to be doing well. Looks like it will be awhile before I start seeing a trunk though.

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    They seem to always look good. Here is one of mine.

     

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    18n. Hot, humid and salty coastal conditions.

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    My own personal specimen.

    07/22/2022: The day it hit the ground.

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    07/19/2024: Almost two years later

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    Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    On 7/16/2024 at 10:54 PM, kinzyjr said:

    I'll get some better photos of these next time I'm downtown. 

    Some better photos of the specimens on city grounds:

    Barnett Park:

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    City Hall:

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    Lake Wire:

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    Common Ground:

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    Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    Yeah, great palms at any size, but I do rather like them at the size in Bubba’s first post. Being able to look ‘at’ that beautiful crown shaft rather that ‘up’ at was a nice focal point in the garden.

    These are now very tall and majestic with quite the collection of babies at the bases. 

    In the one photo the Carpoxylon’s are the two tall ones on the left. 

    Tim

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    Tim

    Hilo, Hawaii

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