I’ve been observing this palm for probably 50 years now. It was planted at Two Harbors Catalina island around 1920-28. Its looking better now than a few years ago due to the drought ending. It gets only rain, no irrigation.

Nice size one Bob they are very slow from seed but very robust

I haven’t been back to Catalina Island since my sailing days . I never went ashore at Two Harbors so I never got to see those palms , they look very old indeed , almost 100! In those days , 70’s and 80’s , I would’ve never paid much attention as we lived on our sailboat , so palm enthusiasm was just secondary in my life. The narrowing of the “neck” tells a story of its stress during dry times. Harry

Might even be safe from the weevil out there...

Great looking palm. Definitely one to plant for future generations.

The one at Perth zoo that they cut down to put a set of children’s swings in for a new restaurant area was about that size and planted in the 1920s. It was one of only two mature Jubaea in Western Australia. The other one is at the zoo about 50m away luckily in a garden bed - for now anyway.

I remember as a kid looking at it and thinking how big it was. Luckily I germinated a seed from it before they destroyed it.