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| − | '''''Brahea moorei''''' is on many growers 'want list' as it a magnificent palm, but an extremely rare one. This is a smallish, 'user-friendly', single or clustering palm with soft, blue-green leaves, no petiolar spines and nearly pure white undersides to the leaves. As a young palm it has relatively common looking circular green leaves, but as it matures (which takes many years) the leaves eventually turn a greyish-blue-green color with ornamental white leaflet divisions. Mature palms are scarce | + | '''''Brahea moorei''''' is on many growers 'want list' as it a magnificent palm, but an extremely rare one. This is a smallish, 'user-friendly', single or clustering, basically trunkless palm with soft, blue-green leaves, no petiolar spines and nearly pure white undersides to the leaves. As a young palm it has relatively common looking circular green leaves, but as it matures (which takes many years) the leaves eventually turn a greyish-blue-green color with ornamental white leaflet divisions. Mature palms are scarce in California, but some exist in northern California UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens (see below), and here in there in southern California |
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| − | + | File:Brahea moorei another view from overhead UCB.jpg|palm in UC Berkeley botanical garden, northern California | |
| + | File:Brahea moorei floewring from above UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley plant from above showing flowers | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei from above UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei in palm garden UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei in flower UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley | ||
| + | File:Brahea mooreia flowering showing length of flower stalks UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley showing length of mature flower stalks | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei larger GL.jpg|maturing palm in Escondido, California, garden of Gary Levine as are all the subsequent photos | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei gary.JPG|Escondido, California in garden of Gary Levine | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei smaller GL 14.jpg|Gary Levine garden, southern California, Escondido | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei top of matuing leaf GL.jpg|Levine garden | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei dorsal surface of leaf GL.jpg|Levine garden | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei foliage shot UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei underleaf.JPG| | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei leaf underside on bigger plant.jpg| | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei underside of leaves UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei note no spines GL.jpg|note the unarmed petioles | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei flower stalks UCB.jpg|flower stalks, UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei flower and hand UCB.jpg|Flowers | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorea flowers up close UCB.jpg|flowers in northern California | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei mature flower UCB.jpg|UC Berkeley | ||
| + | File:Brahea moorei fruits UCB.jpg|maturing fruits in northern California | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category: Brahea]] | [[Category: Brahea]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:38, 31 July 2015
Common Name: Dwarf Rock Palm
Brahea moorei is on many growers 'want list' as it a magnificent palm, but an extremely rare one. This is a smallish, 'user-friendly', single or clustering, basically trunkless palm with soft, blue-green leaves, no petiolar spines and nearly pure white undersides to the leaves. As a young palm it has relatively common looking circular green leaves, but as it matures (which takes many years) the leaves eventually turn a greyish-blue-green color with ornamental white leaflet divisions. Mature palms are scarce in California, but some exist in northern California UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens (see below), and here in there in southern California
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Horticultural Characteristics
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palm in UC Berkeley botanical garden, northern California
UC Berkeley plant from above showing flowers
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley showing length of mature flower stalks
maturing palm in Escondido, California, garden of Gary Levine as are all the subsequent photos
Escondido, California in garden of Gary Levine
Gary Levine garden, southern California, Escondido
Levine garden
Levine garden
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
note the unarmed petioles
flower stalks, UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
Flowers
flowers in northern California
UC Berkeley
maturing fruits in northern California
