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Phoenix theophrasti

2012-01-17T18:05:21Z

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|genus='''''Phoenix'''''
|species='''''theophrasti'''''
|continent=europe
|habit=solitary or clumped
|leaf_type=pinnate
|height=10-15 m
|trunk_diameter=40-60 cm
|sun_exposure=full
|watering=
|soil_type=
|common_names=Cretan Date Palm
|synonyms=
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{{Palm Page}}
[[Image:Picture_268.jpg|left|thumb|GKP St.Pete, FL]]
[[Image:Picture_270.jpg|center|thumb|GKP St.Pete, FL]]
[[Image:Picture_272.jpg|left|thumb|GKP St.Pete, FL]]

==Habitat and Distribution==

Native to southern Greece (Crete) and southwestern Turkey (Datça Peninsula).

==Description==
Similar to ''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]'' in overall appearance but usually shorter, not over 15 m tall. The fruit is a small date with only a thin, sour-tasting flesh layer around the seed.

 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}
[[Category:PHOENIX|theophrasti]]

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2012-01-17T17:59:19Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Phoenix theoplasti<sp>

Phoenix theoplasti<sp>

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2012-01-17T17:59:19Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Phoenix theoplasti<sp>

Phoenix theoplasti<sp>

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2012-01-17T17:59:19Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Phoenix theoplasti<sp>

Phoenix theoplasti<sp>

Sabal sp. 'Lisa'

2012-01-17T17:52:43Z

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2012-01-17T17:48:14Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Sabal lisa

Sabal lisa

Dictyosperma album

2012-01-17T17:44:59Z

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{{Palmbox
|image=Dictyosperma album Sul.jpg
|image_caption=
|genus='''''Dictyosperma'''''
|species='''''album'''''
|synonyms=None
|continent= Islands
|habit=Solitary
|leaf_type=Pinnate
|height=12m
|trunk_diameter=25cm approx
|sun_exposure=Full sun
|watering=
|hardiness=Not cold-hardy
|common_names=Hurricane palm or Princess palm
}}
==Habitat and distribution==
'''Dictyosperma album''' is found in tropical areas. It is nearly extinct in habitat because of wholesale conversion to farmland.

==Description==
Dictyosperma album is a medium-sized palm generally reaching about 12 meters (36 feet) in height. Its small fruit is inedible. It is called the hurricane palm because it can suffer strong winds (usually) without being destroyed. This is quite a variable palm and propagation is by seed.

==Culture==
In tropical or semitropical climates such as Brisbane, Durban, Miami, Singapore or Honolulu (or in a warm, humid greenhouse anywhere), these are among the fastest-growing palms. They are also called Hurricane Palms because damage from storms that wreck other plants is repaired near-overnight by the palms' rapid natural growth rate.

They are tender to freezing cold, with qualifications. A brief freeze in Miami, or southeastern Brazil, for example, will cause damage, but, usually, not death, when the freeze is immediately followed by warm, humid weather. Dictyosperma are much less tolerant of the long, cool spells (nights under 50 F) that characterize winters in Mediterranean climates like Southern California, Western Australia or southwestern South Africa. In such places, they "spot out" (turn yellow with brown spots) and stop growing until warm weather comes again in spring. Likewise, they also perish quickly in true desert areas or as newly-planted specimens in "reverse dry desert winds" in warm temperate climates, such as the Santa Anas in California, or the Scirocco in southern Europe.

One possible trick for raising these palms in a warm temperate climate (the warmer the better) is to plant them among other leafy plants, like flowering gingers, bananas, or bamboo, which raise the ambient humidity and create a more-favorable microclimate. Dictyosperma album var. rubrum is possibly more tolerant to dry Mediterranean climates and has been seen growing perfectly in inland San Diego in half day sun. A nice specimen also grows in La Habra, California, about 20 miles from the sea.

 
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[[Image:Picture_279.jpg|thumb|GKP St.Pete, FL]]

[[Category:DICTYOSPERMA|album]]

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2012-01-17T17:43:05Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Dictyosperma album flowers

Dictyosperma album flowers

Kentiopsis oliviformis

2012-01-17T17:40:03Z

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[[Image:Kent oliv ov.jpg|thumb|300px|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o09.jpg|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:KENTIOPSIS OLIVIFORMIS SD.jpg|thumb|San Diego, California]]
[[Image:Kentiopsis oliviformias Hooper.jpg|left|thumb|California]]
[[Image:KENTIOPSIS OLIVIFORMIS NN.jpg|thumb|Nong Nooch]]
[[Image:Picture_274.jpg|left|thumb|GKP St.Pete, FL]]
[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|oliviformis]]

==Distribution==
Central New Caledonia (main island : Grande Terre) at low elevations (10-300m)
==Description==
Solitary, tall, erect, unarmed pleonanthic, monoecious palm.
Emergent palm. Trunk to 30m.
==Ecology==
Kentiopsis oliviformis is restricted to semi-humid forest where it occurs on schists and basalts mixed with serpentine colluvium
==Culture==
Anthesis occurs from November through December; fruits mature from February through March. Seeds germinate immediately after dispersion.

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2012-01-17T17:35:43Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: K.O. seed

K.O. seed

Sabal mauritiiformis

2012-01-17T17:32:55Z

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2012-01-17T17:29:10Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Sabal maurtiformis seed

Sabal maurtiformis seed

Pseudophoenix sargentii

2012-01-17T16:42:31Z

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[[Image:Pseudophoenix sargentii (1).jpg|thumb|Fairchild Gardens, Florida]]
[[Image:Pseudop 1492.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Juvenile form]]
[[Image:Picture_363.jpg|thumb|300px|left|est.10yr old seedling|Brandon, FL]]
[[Image:Picture_258.jpg|thumb|300px|left|ripening seed|GKP St.Pete, FL]]

A FLORIDA NATIVE:
first discovered in USA in 1886 on Elliot Key, an island 10mi from Miami, FL... Soon thereafter found on Sands Key, and Long Key as well...

==Distribution==
Florida, the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Domininca, to Mexico and Belize

==Ecology==
Pseudophoenix occurs on well drained sand or porous limestone near the coast or inland on dry hills.
==Culture==
The seeds are long lived for palms, germinating after as much as two years in storage. Fruits become buoyant when dry and may be dispersed by sea.

[[Category:PSEUDOPHOENIX|sargentii]]

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2012-01-17T16:40:01Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Pseudophoenix sargentii seed

Pseudophoenix sargentii seed

Pseudophoenix sargentii

2012-01-17T16:36:10Z

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[[Image:Pseudophoenix sargentii (1).jpg|thumb|Fairchild Gardens, Florida]]
[[Image:Pseudop 1492.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Juvenile form]]
[[Image:Picture_363.jpg|thumb|300px|left|est.10yr old seedling|Brandon, FL]]

A FLORIDA NATIVE:
first discovered in USA in 1886 on Elliot Key, an island 10mi from Miami, FL... Soon thereafter found on Sands Key, and Long Key as well...

==Distribution==
Florida, the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Domininca, to Mexico and Belize

==Ecology==
Pseudophoenix occurs on well drained sand or porous limestone near the coast or inland on dry hills.
==Culture==
The seeds are long lived for palms, germinating after as much as two years in storage. Fruits become buoyant when dry and may be dispersed by sea.

[[Category:PSEUDOPHOENIX|sargentii]]

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2012-01-17T16:33:11Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Pseudophoenix sargentii est.10yr old seedling just forming wood Brandon, FL

Pseudophoenix sargentii est.10yr old seedling just forming wood Brandon, FL

Cyphophoenix elegans

2012-01-17T15:52:02Z

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{{Palmbox
|image=Cyell.jpg
|image_caption=California
|genus=Cyphophoenix
|species=elegans
|subspecies=
|variety=
|cultivar=
|synonyms=
|continent=oceania
|habit=Solitary
|leaf_type=Pinnate
|height=15m
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|sun_exposure=Shade
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|soil_type=Rich Soils, Well drained
|msi=3B
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[[Image:Cyphophoenix elegans once more.jpg|thumb|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix elegans Bo.jpg|thumb|Big Island, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Picture_827.jpg|thumb|left|thumb|Brandon, FL]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix elegans trunk.jpg|thumb|Crownshaft Detail]]
[[Image:Cy elegan ov.jpg|300px|left|thumb|California]]
[[Image:Cypho ele tr.jpg|left|thumb|Coastal So. California]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix.jpg |thumb|200px|left| ''Cyphophoenix elegans'' germinating.]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat and Distribution==
This palm grows naturally in New Caledonia. Aproximated altitude: 1200 m.
==Description==
==Culture==
This is a surprisingly hardy palm in southern California; way too slow to be of any commercial landscaping value, but a great collector's palm, as long as you plan on living for several decades at least. It is hard to find palms larger than one gallon, but even a gallon size is pretty hardy, not only to most southern California cold, but also sun. Full, hot, blazing, summer, inland sun is pretty easy on one of these seedlings. But still, they seem to prefer some shade inland. This is one of the few 'tropical' palms that doesn't even brown tip, as long as given plenty of water. It appears to be wind resistant, as well. There are only 3-4 trunking palms in southern California, that I know of in 2007, but someday there will be a lot more. This palm looks just about as good here as in the tropics, which is saying a lot!

==Curiosities==
Its genus is monotypic.
[[Category:CYPHOPHOENIX|elegans]]

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2012-01-17T15:47:34Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Cyphophoenix elegans seedling Brandon, FL Jan 2012

Cyphophoenix elegans seedling Brandon, FL Jan 2012

Cyphophoenix nucele

2012-01-17T15:45:07Z

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[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele.jpg|thumb|Audobon Center, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Picture_828.jpg|thumb|left|Brandon, FL]]
[[Image:Cyphoenix nucele.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele crowns.jpg|thumb|Crowns, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele trunks.jpg|thumb|left|Trunk Detail, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cnuccs.jpg|thumb|''C. nucelle'' crownshaft detail, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o04.jpg|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[ Image:CyphophoeIMG 0152.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Fairchild specimen]]

{{Palm Page}}
==
== Habitat and Distribution==
Lifou Is. (Loyalty Is. chain) New Caledonia -
located around 50m elevation

==Description==
==Culture==
only endemic NewCal palm occuring on limestone (raised coral)
==Curiosities==
[[Category:CYPHOPHOENIX|nucele]]

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2012-01-17T15:36:17Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old: Cyphophoenix nucele seedling. Brandon, FL Jan 2012

Cyphophoenix nucele seedling. Brandon, FL Jan 2012

Burretiokentia dumasii

2012-01-17T13:08:22Z

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<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:BurDum1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat and Distribution==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
Occurs in rainforest on ultramafic rocks. Burretiokentia dumassii is mostly on rocky, well drained sites on oxysols derived from peridotites. 600-1100m elevation
==Description==
Solitary, sub-canopy palm 8-12m tall Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, large fronds, close, diametrically opposed pinnae. Very rare in cultivation.
==Culture==
Flowers in Sepember, and fruits in January

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurDum2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurDum3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:BurDum4.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Island, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii closer.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Flowers close-up]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|dumasii]]

Burretiokentia dumasii

2012-01-17T13:06:46Z

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__noeditsection__
<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:BurDum1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat and Distribution==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
Occurs in rainforest on ultramafic rocks. It is mostly on rocky, well drained sites on oxysols derived from peridotites. 600-1100m elevation
==Description==
Solitary, sub-canopy palm 8-12m tall Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, large fronds, close, diametrically opposed pinnae. Very rare in cultivation.
==Culture==
Flowers in Sepember, and fruits in January

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurDum2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurDum3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:BurDum4.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Island, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii closer.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Flowers close-up]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|dumasii]]

Burretiokentia dumasii

2012-01-17T13:05:40Z

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<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:BurDum1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
==Distribution==
Occurs in rainforest on ultramafic rocks. It is mostly on rocky, well drained sites on oxysols derived from peridotites. 600-1100m elevation
==Description==
Solitary, sub-canopy palm 8-12m tall Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, large fronds, close, diametrically opposed pinnae. Very rare in cultivation.
==Culture==
Flowers in Sepember, and fruits in January

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurDum2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurDum3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:BurDum4.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Island, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii closer.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Flowers close-up]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|dumasii]]

Burretiokentia grandiflora

2012-01-17T13:01:12Z

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[[Image:Burretiokentia grandiflora.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:P1020391.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Marcus Garden]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia grandiflora flwoer.jpg|thumb|250px|Flowers]]
[[Image:B.grandiflora.jpg|thumb|250px|Garden of Jeff and Suchin Marcus]]

==Description==
Trunk type: Solitary, subcanopy palm with pseudocrownshaft 8-12m tall
Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, with closely knit, narrow pinnae, erect.
Very rare in cultivation. Burretiokentia grandiflora is especially remarkable for its large flowers, bracteoles, and triad clefts
==Habitat and Distribution==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia. Burretiokentia grandiflora is only known from the Upper Riviere Bleue valley in southern NewCaledonia, from the banks of the river at 200m elevation about to the ridge of Montagne des Sources at 900m elevation
==Ecology==
Grows in very wet forest (rainfall 3000-4000mm per year) on deep, humic soils overlaying periodites or gabbros on well drained slopes or wet depressions

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|grandiflora]]

Burretiokentia grandiflora

2012-01-17T12:55:26Z

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[[Image:Burretiokentia grandiflora.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:P1020391.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Marcus Garden]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia grandiflora flwoer.jpg|thumb|250px|Flowers]]
[[Image:B.grandiflora.jpg|thumb|250px|Garden of Jeff and Suchin Marcus]]

==Description==
Habitat: Rainforest, of New Caledonia. Trunk type: Solitary, with pseudocrownshaft. Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, with closely knit, narrow pinnae, erect.
Very rare in cultivation.
==Habitat and Distribution==
Burretiokentia grandiflora is only known from the Upper Riviere Bleue valley in southern NewCaledonia, from the banks of the river at 200m elevation about to the ridge of Montagne des Sources at 900m elevation
==Ecology==
grows in very wet forest (rainfall 3000-4000mm per year) on deep, humic soils overlaying periodites or gabbros on well drained slopes or wet depressions

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|grandiflora]]

Kentiopsis magnifica

2012-01-16T16:12:02Z

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<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:KenMag1.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat and Distribution==
Kentiopsis magnifica occurs in an area of 10 x 1-4km along Col d'Amos and the Pam Penninsula ridge at the north end of New Caledonia where it grows in dense populations at 300-600m elevation
==Ecology==
Kentiopsis magnifica is an emergent tree in remnant rain forest on schists in many small, close but mostly seperate valleys. Associated palms include Basselinia gracilis, Cyphophoenix elegans, and Cyphokentia cerifera

==Culture==
Anthesis occurs from March through June; fruits mature from December through March
==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:KenMag2.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o03.jpg|thumb|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Kent mag juv.jpg|left|thumb|Australia]]
[[Image:Kentiopsis Pyfoformis.JPG|thumb|200px|Lundkvist Garden]]
[[Image:Kent mag sil.jpg|thumb|left|Hawaii, beautiful silhouette]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|magnifica]]

Kentiopsis magnifica

2012-01-16T16:08:47Z

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__noeditsection__
<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:KenMag1.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat and Distribution==
Kentiopsis magnifica occurs in an area of 10 x 1-4km along Col d'Amos and the Pam Penninsula ridge at the north end of New Caledonia where it grows in dense populations at 300-600m elevation
==Ecology==
Kentiopsis magnifica is an emergent tree in remnant rain forest on schists in many small, close but mostly seperate valleys. Associated palms include Basselinia gracilis, Cyphophoenix elegans, and Moratia cerifera

==Culture==
Anthesis occurs from March through June; fruits mature from December through March
==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:KenMag2.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o03.jpg|thumb|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Kent mag juv.jpg|left|thumb|Australia]]
[[Image:Kentiopsis Pyfoformis.JPG|thumb|200px|Lundkvist Garden]]
[[Image:Kent mag sil.jpg|thumb|left|Hawaii, beautiful silhouette]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|magnifica]]

Kentiopsis piersoniorum

2012-01-16T15:51:27Z

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[[Image:Kentiopsis Piersorniorum.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Garden of Jeff & Suchin Marcus]]
[[Image:Kp-km-dm-9-20-07 004.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Kentov.jpg|thumb|left|Lundkvist Palm Garden, Leilani Estates, HI]]
[[Image:Kentcs.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Image:K. piersoniorum1.jpg|thumb|Bill Sanford's container ranch, CA]]

Native to New Caledonia and actually the most prolific in habitat, it is very rare in cultivation due to its slow growth. It was at one time refered to as "Mackea champagne", due its wide color range - powder blue-green leaves, pinkish petiole, yellow petiole base and mint green base.
==Habitat and Distribution==
Kentiopsis piersornorum occurs in a very limited area on the east slope of Mt. Panie where it mainly occupies one valley and adjacent hills and ridges at 400-1000m elevation
==Culture==
Anthesis occurs from November through April; fruits mature from August through October. It's suggested flowering might be normally biennial or even more infrequent with the production of only a single inflorescence each time

[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|pyriformis]]

Kentiopsis pyriformis

2012-01-16T15:33:01Z

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[[Image:youngin.jpg|thumb|300px|young container plant in CA]]
[[Image:Kpyriformis1.jpg|thumb|300px|CA]]
[[Image:Kpyriformis2.jpg|thumb|300px|CA]]

==Habitat and Distribution==
Kentiopsis pyriformis grows on ultramafic rocks, often on unstable steep slopes.
This palm ranges from along the east coast of New Caledonia south of Yate, where it occurs in a fringe of forest 20km long an 100-500m wide from Touaourou to Goro villages at 5-100m elevation. The main population is at Goro on steep, unstable rocky slope above the mouth of the Kuebini River
==Description==
Subcanopy to emergent palm. Trunk 10-18m tall. Sometimes enlarged or buldging at the base, adventious roots visible
==Culture==
Flowers usually occur from November through February with a 15day delay between anthesis of staminate and pistillate flowers in the same triad; fruits mature from April through June. Seedlings of Kentiopsis pyriformis have been found germinating on red colluvium, rich in iron oxide. This material originates from the erosion of ultrabasic rocks (peridoite) on nearby slopes...
[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|pyriformis]]

Kentiopsis pyriformis

2012-01-16T15:32:14Z

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[[Image:youngin.jpg|thumb|300px|young container plant in CA]]
[[Image:Kpyriformis1.jpg|thumb|300px|CA]]
[[Image:Kpyriformis2.jpg|thumb|300px|CA]]

==Habitat and Distribution==
Kentiopsis pyriformis grows on ultramafic rocks, often on unstable steep slopes.
Kentiopsis pyriformis ranges from along the east coast of New Caledonia south of Yate, where it occurs in a fringe of forest 20km long an 100-500m wide from Touaourou to Goro villages at 5-100m elevation. The main population is at Goro on steep, unstable rocky slope above the mouth of the Kuebini River
==Description==
Subcanopy to emergent palm. Trunk 10-18m tall. Sometimes enlarged or buldging at the base, adventious roots visible
==Culture==
Flowers usually occur from November through February with a 15day delay between anthesis of staminate and pistillate flowers in the same triad; fruits mature from April through June. Seedlings of Kentiopsis pyriformis have been found germinating on red colluvium, rich in iron oxide. This material originates from the erosion of ultrabasic rocks (peridoite) on nearby slopes...
[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|pyriformis]]

Kentiopsis pyriformis

2012-01-16T15:31:18Z

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[[Image:youngin.jpg|thumb|300px|young container plant in CA]]
[[Image:Kpyriformis1.jpg|thumb|300px|CA]]
[[Image:Kpyriformis2.jpg|thumb|300px|CA]]

==Habitat==
Kentiopsis pyriformis grows on ultramafic rocks, often on unstable steep slopes.
==Distribution==
Kentiopsis pyriformis ranges from along the east coast of New Caledonia south of Yate, where it occurs in a fringe of forest 20km long an 100-500m wide from Touaourou to Goro villages at 5-100m elevation. The main population is at Goro on steep, unstable rocky slope above the mouth of the Kuebini River
==Description==
Subcanopy to emergent palm. Trunk 10-18m tall. Sometimes enlarged or buldging at the base, adventious roots visible
==Culture==
Flowers usually occur from November through February with a 15day delay between anthesis of staminate and pistillate flowers in the same triad; fruits mature from April through June. Seedlings of Kentiopsis pyriformis have been found germinating on red colluvium, rich in iron oxide. This material originates from the erosion of ultrabasic rocks (peridoite) on nearby slopes...
[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|pyriformis]]

Kentiopsis oliviformis

2012-01-16T14:27:38Z

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[[Image:Kent oliv ov.jpg|thumb|300px|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o09.jpg|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:KENTIOPSIS OLIVIFORMIS SD.jpg|thumb|San Diego, California]]
[[Image:Kentiopsis oliviformias Hooper.jpg|thumb|California]]
[[Image:KENTIOPSIS OLIVIFORMIS NN.jpg|thumb|Nong Nooch]]

[[Category:KENTIOPSIS|oliviformis]]

==Distribution==
Central New Caledonia (main island : Grande Terre) at low elevations (10-300m)
==Description==
Solitary, tall, erect, unarmed pleonanthic, monoecious palm.
Emergent palm. Trunk to 30m.
==Ecology==
Kentiopsis oliviformis is restricted to semi-humid forest where it occurs on schists and basalts mixed with serpentine colluvium
==Culture==
Anthesis occurs from November through December; fruits mature from February through March. Seeds germinate immediately after dispersion.

Pseudophoenix sargentii

2012-01-16T13:58:22Z

Ray in BrandonFL_blocked_old:

[[Image:Pseudophoenix sargentii (1).jpg|thumb|Fairchild Gardens, Florida]]
[[Image:Pseudop 1492.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Juvenile form]]

A FLORIDA NATIVE:
first discovered in USA in 1886 on Elliot Key, an island 10mi from Miami, FL... Soon thereafter found on Sands Key, and Long Key as well...

==Distribution==
Florida, the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Domininca, to Mexico and Belize

==Ecology==
Pseudophoenix occurs on well drained sand or porous limestone near the coast or inland on dry hills.
==Culture==
The seeds are long lived for palms, germinating after as much as two years in storage. Fruits become buoyant when dry and may be dispersed by sea.

[[Category:PSEUDOPHOENIX|sargentii]]

Burretiokentia vieillardii

2012-01-16T13:46:03Z

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<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:BurVie1.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat, and Distribution==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
It occurs from one end of the island to the other, seemingly wherever one enters the forest, and often forms large, gregarious populations. Schistose or ultramafic rocks, 400-1300m elevation
==Description==
Trunk type: Solitary, crownshaft, has spectacular pin stripes, Flower: emerges beneath crownshaft. Hight: To 18 meters. Spread: To 4 meters. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, diametrically opposed pinnae, light green, erect, spanning over two meters in length. Requirements: Full sun, when mature, consistently moist soil. Special note: Pin stripes are difficult, to maintain in cultivation. Rare in cultivation.

-Brown tomentum, all other Burretiokentia species have white tomentum...

==Culture==
-Year round fruiting, while others are seasonal...

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurVie2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurVie3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia vielardia crown Ho.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia sp.jpg|thumb|300px|Ho'omaluhia]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia vielardii.jpg|left|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia vielardia crownshaft.jpg|thumb|Crownshaft, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia veillardia flowrs.jpg|thumb|left|Trunk and Flowers]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}
[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|veillardii]]

Burretiokentia dumasii

2012-01-16T12:46:58Z

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[[Image:BurDum1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
==Distribution==
Occurs in rainforest on ultramafic rocks. It is mostly on rocky, well drained sites on oxysols derived from peridotites. 600-1100m elevation
==Description==
Solitary, with crownshaft. Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, large fronds, close, diametrically opposed pinnae. Very rare in cultivation.
==Culture==
Flowers in Sepember, and fruits in January

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurDum2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurDum3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:BurDum4.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Island, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii closer.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Flowers close-up]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|dumasii]]

Burretiokentia koghiensis

2012-01-16T12:11:19Z

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[[Image:Burretiokentia koghiensis pair.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Pair in Hawaii, Big Island]]
[[Image:Burretiokoginf.jpg|thumb|''Burretiokentia koghiensis'' flowering in Dean Ouer's garden, CA]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia koghiensis crownshaft and flowr.jpg|thumb|So. California]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia koghiensis flower.jpg|thumb|Big Island, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat==
Rainforest below the foot hills, of the mountains, in New Caledonia.
==Distribution==
Burretiokentia koghiensis is only known from the southeast and southwest slopes of Mont Bouo in the Mont Koghi massif above Noumea at 500-600m elevation
==Ecology==
Burretiokentia koghiensis is restricted to a narrow band of serpentine rocks located between the schistose base and peridotite cover of Mont Bouo. It occurs in the rain forest understory or canopy in very rocky habitats on brown hypermagnesian, neutral soils of serpentine origin

==Description==
Trunk type: Solitary, crownshaft, Flower: Emerges from below crownshaft. Leaf detail: Broad, erect, diameterically opposed, pinnae. Hight: To 18 meters. Spread: 3 to 4 meters. Requirements: Full sun, when mature, consistently moist soil. Very rare in cultivation.
==Culture==
Flowering of Burretiokentia koghiensis is very seasonal. Anthesis occurs August-October and fruits mature in December-January.
==Curiosities==
[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|koghiensis]]

Burretiokentia grandiflora

2012-01-16T12:00:28Z

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[[Image:Burretiokentia grandiflora.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:P1020391.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Marcus Garden]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia grandiflora flwoer.jpg|thumb|250px|Flowers]]
[[Image:B.grandiflora.jpg|thumb|250px|Garden of Jeff and Suchin Marcus]]

==Description==
Habitat: Rainforest, of New Caledonia. Trunk type: Solitary, with pseudocrownshaft. Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, with closely knit, narrow pinnae, erect.
Very rare in cultivation.
==Distribution==
Burretiokentia grandiflora is only known from the Upper Riviere Bleue valley in southern NewCaledonia, from the banks of the river at 200m elevation about to the ridge of Montagne des Sources at 900m elevation
==Ecology==
grows in very wet forest (rainfall 3000-4000mm per year) on deep, humic soils overlaying periodites or gabbros on well drained slopes or wet depressions

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|grandiflora]]

Burretiokentia dumasii

2012-01-16T11:52:51Z

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<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:BurDum1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat and Distribution==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
Occurs in rainforest on ultramafic rocks. It is mostly on rocky, well drained sites on oxysols derived from peridotites. 600-1100m elevation
==Description==
Solitary, with crownshaft. Flower: Emerges from beneath crownshaft. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, large fronds, close, diametrically opposed pinnae. Very rare in cultivation.
==Culture==
Flowers in Sepember, and fruits in January

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurDum2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurDum3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:BurDum4.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Island, Hawaii]]
 
[[Image:Burretiokentia dumasii closer.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Flowers close-up]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}

[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|dumasii]]

Burretiokentia vieillardii

2012-01-16T11:40:24Z

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<google>CH02</google>
[[Image:BurVie1.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
{{Palm Page}}
==Habitat, and Distribution==
Rainforest, of New Caledonia.
It occurs from one end of the island to the other, seemingly wherever one enters the forest, and often forms large, gregarious populations. Schistose or ultramafic rocks, 400-1300m elevation
==Description==
Trunk type: Solitary, crownshaft, has spectacular pin stripes, Flower: emerges beneath crownshaft. Hight: To 18 meters. Spread: To 4 meters. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, diametrically opposed pinnae, light green, erect, spanning over two meters in length. Requirements: Full sun, when mature, consistently moist soil. Special note: Pin stripes are difficult, to maintain in cultivation. Rare in cultivation.

-Brown tomentum, all other Burretiokentia species have white tomentum...
-Year round fruiting, while others are seasonal...

==Culture==

==Curiosities==
 
[[Image:BurVie2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:BurVie3.jpg|thumb|350px|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia vielardia crown Ho.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ho'omaluhia, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia sp.jpg|thumb|300px|Ho'omaluhia]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia vielardii.jpg|left|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia vielardia crownshaft.jpg|thumb|Crownshaft, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Burretiokentia veillardia flowrs.jpg|thumb|left|Trunk and Flowers]]
 
{{SpeciesListBackLink}}
[[Category:BURRETIOKENTIA|veillardii]]

Pseudophoenix sargentii

2012-01-14T22:15:48Z

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[[Image:Pseudophoenix sargentii (1).jpg|thumb|Fairchild Gardens, Florida]]
[[Image:Pseudop 1492.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Juvenile form]]

==Habitat and Distribution==
A FLORIDA NATIVE:
first discovered in USA in 1886 on Elliot Key, an island 10mi from Miami, FL... Soon thereafter found on Sands Key, and Long Key aswell...

also native to the Carribean and Yucatan areas

==Description==

==Culture==

Pseudophoenix sargentii

2012-01-14T22:15:03Z

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[[Image:Pseudophoenix sargentii (1).jpg|thumb|Fairchild Gardens, Florida]]
[[Image:Pseudop 1492.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Juvenile form]]

==Habitat and Distribution==

first discovered in USA in 1886 on Elliot Key, an island 10mi from Miami, FL... Soon thereafter found on Sands Key, and Long Key aswell...

also native to the Carribean and Yucatan areas

==Description==

==Culture==

Cyphophoenix nucele

2012-01-14T21:25:32Z

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[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele.jpg|thumb|Audobon Center, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphoenix nucele.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele crowns.jpg|thumb|Crowns, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele trunks.jpg|thumb|Trunk Detail, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cnuccs.jpg|thumb|''C. nucelle'' crownshaft detail, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o04.jpg|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[ Image:CyphophoeIMG 0152.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Fairchild specimen]]
{{Palm Page}}
==
== Habitat and Distribution==
Lifou Is. (Loyalty Is. chain) New Caledonia -
located around 50m elevation

==Description==
==Culture==
only endemic NewCal palm occuring on limestone (raised coral)
==Curiosities==
[[Category:CYPHOPHOENIX|nucele]]

Cyphophoenix nucele

2012-01-14T21:22:09Z

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[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele.jpg|thumb|Audobon Center, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphoenix nucele.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele crowns.jpg|thumb|Crowns, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cyphophoenix nucele trunks.jpg|thumb|Trunk Detail, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Cnuccs.jpg|thumb|''C. nucelle'' crownshaft detail, Hawaii]]
[[Image:Ho'o04.jpg|thumb|Hawaii]]
[[ Image:CyphophoeIMG 0152.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Fairchild specimen]]
{{Palm Page}}
==
== Habitat and Distribution==
Lifou Is. (Loyalty Is. chain) New Caledonia
located around 50m elevation

==Description==
==Culture==
only palm occuring on limestone (raised coral)
==Curiosities==
[[Category:CYPHOPHOENIX|nucele]]