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'Which Pritchardia is this' sequel

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@palmtreesforpleasure and @tim_brissy_13 after the original thread I  have doubts about the identity of my two Pritchardia specimens. I am totally in the dark about the usual diagnostic features applied in the genus, since I do not have the relevant  book of Don Hodel. I can only say that the first sp is more prone to nutritional deficiency (sensitive to alkalinity) but also cold hardier. Besides it has already bloomed at a much smaller size and its flowers are more yellowish. So here we go:

First one obtained as Pritchardia lowreyana

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Second one obtained as Pritchardia hillebrandii:

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39 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

@palmtreesforpleasure and @tim_brissy_13 after the original thread I  have doubts about the identity of my two Pritchardia specimens. I am totally in the dark about the usual diagnostic features applied in the genus, since I do not have the relevant  book of Don Hodel. I can only say that the first sp is more prone to nutritional deficiency (sensitive to alkalinity) but also cold hardier. Besides it has already bloomed at a much smaller size and its flowers are more yellowish. So here we go:

First one obtained as Pritchardia lowreyana

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Second one obtained as Pritchardia hillebrandii:

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Really difficult in your case from the photos without clear images of the inflorescences and we’d need to understand full size fruit size and shape. The only observation I’d note is that the second one appears to have scattered lepidia on the abaxial surface of the fronds which would rule out P hillebrandii. 
 

Here’s a link to an article with a key. 
 

https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vol51n4supplementPritchardia.pdf

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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8 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Really difficult in your case from the photos without clear images of the inflorescences and we’d need to understand full size fruit size and shape. 

Just found  close ups of the flowers in the first specimen. Inflorescences were roughly as long as the petioles.

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Great pictures on those flowers; I'll weigh in after checking my books as well this evening. The first has the "look" of lowreyana, or possibly maideniana. 

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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