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San Francisco Parajubea

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I spotted these Parajubeas near our hotel in The Presidio.  Beautiful!!

Mine in Dana Point is struggling.  
 

Enjoy

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    Near my neighborhood there is a residence with some monster Parajubaea palms.  I will try to post an image in the next day or so. 

    San Francisco, California

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    There is a pretty big one in Ventura , producing fruit. Harry77835154267__59BB047C-8682-4083-9D19-BD67262CB9E7.thumb.jpeg.dadc48f35f7866b217836b47a372bb36.jpeg

    ‘outside a apartment building.IMG_4647.thumb.jpeg.a824b03b9586aa1bb0103516d758857b.jpeg

    there were three trunks , it looked like one trunk had been cut down many years ago.IMG_4646.thumb.jpeg.1d10b89e1394d8451ad51d53af8baeb7.jpeg

    i was able to get the fruit by hitting the infrutescens with my cane. I sent the fruit along to @DoomsDave . I hear they can be hard to germinate. Harry

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    Harry,   I think that your images show Pauleen Sullivan's Jubaeopsis caffra at the Baylor apartments ?

      Parajubaea petioles are not orange, and the fruit is not yellow.  :)

    San Francisco, California

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    3 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

    There is a pretty big one in Ventura , producing fruit. Harry77835154267__59BB047C-8682-4083-9D19-BD67262CB9E7.thumb.jpeg.dadc48f35f7866b217836b47a372bb36.jpeg

    ‘outside a apartment building.IMG_4647.thumb.jpeg.a824b03b9586aa1bb0103516d758857b.jpeg

    there were three trunks , it looked like one trunk had been cut down many years ago.IMG_4646.thumb.jpeg.1d10b89e1394d8451ad51d53af8baeb7.jpeg

    i was able to get the fruit by hitting the infrutescens with my cane. I sent the fruit along to @DoomsDave . I hear they can be hard to germinate. Harry

    Harry, Like Darold said, that’s a Jubaeopsis caffra. There are some distinctive differences between them and Parajubaea. The Jubaeopsis is considerably rarer than any Parajubaea. :) 

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

    zone 10a/9b

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    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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    Oh , right you are! Sorry for the misidentification . You are correct . Harry

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    2 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

    Harry, Like Darold said, that’s a Jubaeopsis caffra. There are some distinctive differences between them and Parajubaea. The Jubaeopsis is considerably rarer than any Parajubaea. :) 

    Recently renamed J afra which might’ve slipped under the radar. 

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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    9 hours ago, el-blanco said:

    I spotted these Parajubeas near our hotel in The Presidio.  Beautiful!!

    Mine in Dana Point is struggling.  
     

    Enjoy

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    The Kentia palms look good in the background, also. 

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    20 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

    Oh , right you are! Sorry for the misidentification . You are correct . Harry

    Grab some of those Jubaeopsis caffra seeds if you can for me, please pretty please….

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    I had already sent a few but I can go by there and get some more if I am in Ventura this weekend . They will probably be on the ground now . I will see . To get the ones you have , I just hit the fruit with my cane and they came down easily , probably even better now! Harry

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    On 10/24/2025 at 12:27 AM, el-blanco said:

    I spotted these Parajubeas near our hotel in The Presidio.  Beautiful!!

    Mine in Dana Point is struggling.  
     

    Enjoy

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    Beatiful and very, very special 

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    OK, sorry for the delay.  Here are some Parajubaea palms in my neighborhood.  Based on their massive size I assume that they are P. torrallyi, rather than P. cocoides.  The middle image palm has started to flower. The last image palm is more than three feet in diameter.

    This garden is somewhat a mystery, just two palms species and some agave plants.  ( The fan palms are Chamaerops.)   It is possible that these palms were sourced from Flora Grubb Nursery. 

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    Whoa damn @Darold Petty!

    Spec-expletive-tacular!!

    Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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    6 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

     

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    Darold, my guess is that the centre one in this pic is cocoides and the left and right are torallyi. My Parajubaeas are smaller than these guys but the growth habits are similar...cocoides seems to hold its leaves more horizontal and torallyi is more of the shuttlecock type shape.

    If any of them are sunkha, then I'm out of my depth!

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    Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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    Wish we had room for one of these, they grow so well around here.

    SF, CA

    USDA zone 10a / Sunset zone 17

    Summer avg. high 67°F / 20°C (SF record high 106°F / 41°C)

    Winter avg. low 43°F / 7°C (SF record low 27°F / -3°C)

    480’ / 146m elevation, 2.8 miles / 4.5km from ocean

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    7 hours ago, Jonathan said:

    Darold, my guess is that the centre one in this pic is cocoides and the left and right are torallyi. My Parajubaeas are smaller than these guys but the growth habits are similar...cocoides seems to hold its leaves more horizontal and torallyi is more of the shuttlecock type shape.

    If any of them are sunkha, then I'm out of my depth!

    I reckon you’re right mate. Think I see 6 Parajubs total. The tallest 3 definitely P torallyi and the smaller 3 I think must be P cocoides - the trunks looking like they’re getting too chunky for P sunkha. 

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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    1 minute ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

    I reckon you’re right mate. Think I see 6 Parajubs total. The tallest 3 definitely P torallyi and the smaller 3 I think must be P cocoides - the trunks looking like they’re getting too chunky for P sunkha. 

    Is that with the brightness of the iPhone turned up or down Tim 🤣

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    4 minutes ago, happypalms said:

    Is that with the brightness of the iPhone turned up or down Tim 🤣

    🤣 nothing like a bit of palm ID to wake up in the morning. 

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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    It is really a treat to find these where 90%+ of the palms are CIDP or robustas. 

    Some folks are more adventurous than the norm.

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