bajajudy
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Blue Palm/Bismarck bloom
I have never been able to figure out if this was a blue palm(which is what we thought when we bought it) or Bismarck but it is in bloom and here are
the pix
Any palm experts out there?
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bajajudy
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One more
Whacha think?
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El Jefe
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I would say you have a bismarckia nobilis. Nice bloom! Ours is 8 years old and no blooms yet.
here is a link
http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Bismarckia_nobilis
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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Hey Jefe, I think you are right.
We think ours is about 10 years old.
Stop by in a few months for some seeds!
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I agree it's a bismarckia. Ours has had lots of seeds for the last several years, but they have been infertile. Apparently, no male trees around or
the bees haven't been doing their job.
Fertile seeds are almost the size of a golf ball.
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Today's pic
Here is what it looks like today.
Pretty little yellow flowers coming out.
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Two of the four pods
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Quote: | Originally posted by john68
I agree it's a bismarckia. Ours has had lots of seeds for the last several years, but they have been infertile. Apparently, no male trees around or
the bees haven't been doing their job.
Fertile seeds are almost the size of a golf ball. |
There are 100's of them in the Puerto Los Cabos marina gardens so maybe we will be lucky and get some seeds.
I saw a pic of the seeds and thought that they looked big, but didnt know they were that big.
I will post pix as the pods change.
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bajajudy
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This is not my palm
But I found this image on line
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Judy,
Here is a Blue Palm with "fruit" at Rancho Santa Ynez.
[Edited on 5-13-2013 by tripledigitken]
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Ken
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Do you have a shot of the whole tree?
Thanks
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Judy, Yours is definitely a Bismarkia, the giveaway is the way the leaves spiral out of the petiole, also Bismarkias are a lot more robust than a blue
fan palm.
[Edited on 5-13-2013 by monoloco]
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Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Ken
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Do you have a shot of the whole tree?
Thanks |
Sorry, no got.
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