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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

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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    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. 

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

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    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

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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. 

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

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

    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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