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Calling out Rhopalostylis experts🙏

guillerman

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Has anyone seen anything like this before?

I can’t help but wonder which Rhopalostylis variety it might be. My first thought was Chatham Islands, but I’m starting to doubt that. It could possibly be a Great Barrier Island form instead. Or even a naturally occurring hybrid with archontophoenix cunninghamiana? It’s surrounded by them..

Anyway what caught my attention is the very open crown and the extremely dark crownshaft color.

I was also looking through some older Rhopalostylis photos and I think Geoff Stein used to have a few similar plants in cultivation.

Curious to hear what others think on the variety — what are your bets?

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Guillermo Cubells

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High altitude palms, ferns, cycadales, evergreen magnolias & quercus are my jam 

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tim_brissy_13 Grand Master

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Looks like Rhopalostylis baueri. Could be R baueri var cheesmanii which I’ve seen can have a purple tinge to the crownshaft but I’m not sure if that’s formally diagnostic. 

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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@guillerman looks like you’ve got a really REALLY nice Rhop. baueri purple crownshaft just like mine!

 

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I agree with the others that you’ve got an R. baueri. Incidentally, Rhopalostylis and Archontophoenix DNA is not similar and, therefore, cannot hybridize with each other. 

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Nice!! Thanks for all the insights. I had heard of an archon x sapida hybrid. Just dreaming possibly :S

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Guillermo Cubells

9b-10a climate | ~ 2 days a year of a few hours on -2 Celsius | 1400mm of rain

High altitude palms, ferns, cycadales, evergreen magnolias & quercus are my jam 

I can't help to wonder if sometimes I am crossing the fine line of sharing with generosity to feeding the dynamics of desire, ego and dependency. Or maybe there is no such thing

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20 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

@guillerman ¡Parece que tienes un Rhop. baueri morado realmente MUY bonito, igual que el mío!

 

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@guillerman looks like a nice crop of seeds on your palm. Plant some in a community pot, keep moist and they should sprout in a few months.

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