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San Francisco Parajubea

el-blanco

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el-blanco

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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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Darold Petty

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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. 

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

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

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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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Darold Petty Grand Master

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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.  :)

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Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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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. :) 

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Harry’s Palms Grand Master

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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. 

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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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Darold Petty Grand Master

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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!!

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

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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. 

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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. 

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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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