Areca vestiara 'yellow crownshaft'

[waykoolplantz]

yes...took the cold well too...an Areca Warburgiana 10 feet away didnt fare so well tho

[cobra2326]

(waykoolplantz @ Jan. 12 2008,09:16)

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Mello Yello

You sure this isn't Areca catechu cv. 'alba'?

[calyptrocalyx&licuala freck]

(cobra2326 @ Jan. 12 2008,10:08)

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(waykoolplantz @ Jan. 12 2008,09:16)

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Mello Yello

You sure this isn't Areca catechu cv. 'alba'?

Hi Cobra2326,

Spot on.

Cheers Mikey.

[calyptrocalyx&licuala freck]

(metalfan @ Jan. 12 2008,08:47)

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Okay being the total air head I am, I forgot that I actually have TWO of these. One is teh trade plant, the other is the one I also got from Jeff Marcus. I realized this by looking in my clever little palm diary. SOmetimes, things get lost in the greenhouse, LOL, and I had to remember where I planted this 2nd one.

It too has a yellow (at least to ME) trunk, and its a little taller so I was able to get photos.

So, you may disagree, but to ME, this is yellow, not orange.

Hi Metalfan,

The first pic is of an orange form, make sure you change your

tag (post one) . Now you have found the beauty your showing.

True 'sp', COOL, metalfan, thanks for sharing your info, and

ESP; the picture.

Cheers,

Mikey.

[Utopia Palms]

(Carlo Morici @ Jan. 11 2008,18:57)

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Clayton, it is a really interesting story! So Ternate and Tidore, in Maluku, only host populations of solitary yellow-cronshafted vestiarias with tall stilt roots? Or were the yellow palms cherry-picked among the reds? Where to read more?

Corey where did you read about the altitudinal distribution of maroon/green forms?

Hey, what a palm!

Carlo

Sorry Carlo for not getting back to you as we had people in the nursery all weekend and I did not get the chance to get back near the computer at all, I should have mentioned that there are only the yellow forms growing on the islands of  Ternate and Tidore they do not have the orange/maroon forms on them! “Time” is a very rare thing around here these days as we have also set up other means of income for some of our seed collectors, such as bungalows, fishing charters etc and we help to run these as well, there just does not seem to be enough hours in the day!!

Cory I have spoken to the breeder and the First plants were collected from type locality and Not from Altitude! Where I’m told there’s great variation from one plant to another only the best coloured plants were collected for there breeding program which took many years for these plants that we now see on the market to day, if we look at the seed that is coming from these 4 generation plants from Indonesia 90% have red crown shafts and over 50% have red new leaves, given a little more work these percentages could be improved even more! I hope this answers your questions.

Gina post 36 looks like the true species, just allow plenty of room for those large stilt roots to form in the future, I think there is a photo of the stilt roots in one of the old palm books by Jones. But you will have to check on that.

I must say that the loss of habitat in places like Indonesia, PNG, Malaysia and through out the Pacific and Madagascar is the biggest problem we All face as Palm/Plant lovers, we really do need to protect what we have left before its too late as every year that goes by is one we don’t get back, you all would be quite amazed at just how much bush “habitat” is being lost each year, when I go back to some areas I don’t even recognise the same area, and my collectors are left with no income at all as they have lost all of there bust due to the Government developments, oil plantations, logging etc.

Clayton.

[Moose]

(Carlo Morici @ Jan. 11 2008,18:57)

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Clayton, it is a really interesting story! So Ternate and Tidore, in Maluku, only host populations of solitary yellow-cronshafted vestiarias with tall stilt roots? Or were the yellow palms cherry-picked among the reds? Where to read more?

Corey where did you read about the altitudinal distribution of maroon/green forms?

Hey, what a palm!

Carlo

Sorry Carlo for not getting back to you as we had people in the nursery all weekend and I did not get the chance to get back near the computer at all, I should have mentioned that there are only the yellow forms growing on the islands of Ternate and Tidore they do not have the orange/maroon forms on them! Time is a very rare thing around here these days as we have also set up other means of income for some of our seed collectors, such as bungalows, fishing charters etc and we help to run these as well, there just does not seem to be enough hours in the day!!

Cory I have spoken to the breeder and the First plants were collected from type locality and Not from Altitude! Where Im told theres great variation from one plant to another only the best coloured plants were collected for there breeding program which took many years for these plants that we now see on the market to day, if we look at the seed that is coming from these 4 generation plants from Indonesia 90% have red crown shafts and over 50% have red new leaves, given a little more work these percentages could be improved even more! I hope this answers your questions.

Gina post 36 looks like the true species, just allow plenty of room for those large stilt roots to form in the future, I think there is a photo of the stilt roots in one of the old palm books by Jones. But you will have to check on that.

I must say that the loss of habitat in places like Indonesia, PNG, Malaysia and through out the Pacific and Madagascar is the biggest problem we All face as Palm/Plant lovers, we really do need to protect what we have left before its too late as every year that goes by is one we dont get back, you all would be quite amazed at just how much bush habitat is being lost each year, when I go back to some areas I dont even recognise the same area, and my collectors are left with no income at all as they have lost all of there bust due to the Government developments, oil plantations, logging etc.

Clayton.

[Kennybenjamin]

_{I think that this link is talking about the same palm http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/28858-areca-halmahera/}

_{From what I have seen this palm looks very much like A. vestiaria, except of coarse for the colour and I have not seen a clumping one yet (I have seen probably about 10 plants that are at a size where you would expect some of them to have started clumping).}

[NApalm]

_{I think that this link is talking about the same palm http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/28858-areca-halmahera/}

_{From what I have seen this palm looks very much like A. vestiaria, except of coarse for the colour and I have not seen a clumping one yet (I have seen probably about 10 plants that are at a size where you would expect some of them to have started clumping).}

Have you got any for sale mr kennybenjamin?

[Kennybenjamin]

_{I think that this link is talking about the same palm http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/28858-areca-halmahera/}

_{From what I have seen this palm looks very much like A. vestiaria, except of coarse for the colour and I have not seen a clumping one yet (I have seen probably about 10 plants that are at a size where you would expect some of them to have started clumping).}

Have you got any for sale mr kennybenjamin?

I am sorry to say that currently I do not..... I will keep you in mind if I see them again!

[NApalm]

Cool. Cheers