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Well the last one worked so well, I thought I'd try another! These are  palms that I am trying to ID so I can determine water needs, and in some cases relocate or remove surrounding vegetation.

This little one is about 3-4 feet high at the crown. It was badly underwatered several years ago, then given an overabundance of water for the past 8 or so, while the nearby umbrella tree tried to crowd it out. The new leaves stay connected at the ends of the fronds, giving the newly unfurling frond a curly look I tried to capture. Old dead fronds hold on pretty tightly to the trunk. The trunk has a slight curve at the base, where it bellies out a bit in the downhill direction. 

It seems to thrive in fairly wet soil.

Santa Barbara, CA.

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Looks like a Howea forsteriana. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Yep Howea fosteriana @Tyrone gets the gold star this week. Grown by the hundreds of thousands for the indoor market in Europe. 

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5 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Looks like a Howea forsteriana. 

Here the trunk always remains clean, the old leaves fall off by themselves, with that trunk, I would never have thought of Howea

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Howea forsteriana, Kentia Palm. It would be a lot more attractive if provided afternoon shade or even all-day shade. 

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Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

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Yes, Howea Foresteriana and they really like water and some shade when they are younger . As they get older the leaf bases will come off easily , revealing a smooth , ringed trunk. Harry

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