Difference between revisions of "Ceroxylon quindiuense"

Geoff Stein - Author & Editor
Line 38: Line 38:
 
|}
 
|}
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
−
 
+
File:Ceroxylon quindiuenses GGP.JPG|Golden Gate park, San Francisco, California
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuenses D.JPG|San Diego county, California
 +
File:ceroxylon quindeuense again.jpg|Huntington gardens, near Pasadena, California
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense  H again.JPG|Huntington gardens
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense Huntington shot 5.JPG|Huntington gardens
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense looking nice 10-06.JPG|Huntington gardens
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense leaflet undersides.jpg|underside of leaflets, Huntington gardens
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense leaf underside sunny day.jpg|underside of leaflets
 +
File:Ceroxylon leaf underside again.JPG|underside of leaflets of juvenile palm
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense petioles.jpg|petiole and new leaf spike colors
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindiuense trunking finally H 14.jpg|Huntington gardens 2014 finally trunking
 +
File:Ceroxylon quindieunse trunk GGP.JPG|trunk on palm in San Francisco, Golden Gate park
 +
File:Ceroxylon 9-05.JPG|San Fernando valley, young palm (lived 4 years, seemingly doing well, until hot day killed it off 4 years from this time)
 +
File:Ceroxylon 6-07.jpg|San Fernando valley, getting bigger
 +
File:Ceroxylon new leaf 3-08.JPG|March in San Fernando valley, 4 months before acutely died
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
[[Category: Ceroxylon]]
 
[[Category: Ceroxylon]]

Revision as of 18:51, 29 December 2014

Pronunciation: sir-OX-ill-lahn kihn-dee-oo-ENSS-ee/kihn-dee-oo-ENSE


Common Name: Andean Wax Palm; Quindio Wax Palm

Ceroxylon quindiuense is one of the more commonly grown Ceroxylons in California, if there really is such a thing. This is a very large and impressive palm, with a nearly pure white, waxy, elegantly ringed trunk and long, nearly straight to slightly arching leaves with coppery undersides. It is a slow growing plant until it forms a trunk and then it picks up a lot of speed. It is a high elevation species (up to nearly 10,000' and has some fairly good cold hardiness). It is far better suited for growing in a cool, temperate climate, such as that around the Bay area in northern California, than the hotter southern California climate. Still, several are managing to get to the trunking size in the southern end of the state. In nature this is the tallest palm tree in the world (sometimes making it to 200').

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: solitary with a crown of 18-25 feather leaves
  • Height: 50'-70'
  • Trunk: single; greyish-white; thickly waxy; dark coppery to dark grey rings are various angles just off horizontal (rarely very evenly ringed)
  • Crownshaft: incomplete, consisting of multiple leaf bases/indistinct; 3'-4' tall
  • Spread: 10'-30' depending on angle of leaves
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; flat, though sometimes appearing slightly plumose; leaves tend to be held very vertical, rarely dipping below horizontal, except in very old palms; 15'-18' long; silvery (young palms) to coppery (older palms) underside of leaflets; bright green dorsally; leaflets somewhat pendulous; spike of new leaf often coppery
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 1' long; unarmed; silvery wide base fading to light green of rachis
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence:
  • Fruit: spherical; 3/4" in diameter; orangish-red with ripe
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 25F
  • Drought Tolerance: poor
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: low
  • Cool Tolerance: good
  • Wind Tolerance: low
  • Salt Tolerance: unknown
  • Growth Rate: slow to fast eventually
  • Soil Preference: moist and well draining
  • Light Requirement: filtered to full sun
  • Human Hazards: leaves of mature palms very heavy and can do vehicular damage as well as to passers by and plants below
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: does not like hot weather
  • Transplants?: unknown
  • Indoor?: unknown
  • Availability: very rare, though occasionally available at specialty palm nursery

  • Golden Gate park, San Francisco, California

  • San Diego county, California

  • Huntington gardens, near Pasadena, California

  • Huntington gardens

  • Huntington gardens

  • Huntington gardens

  • underside of leaflets, Huntington gardens

  • underside of leaflets

  • underside of leaflets of juvenile palm

  • petiole and new leaf spike colors

  • Huntington gardens 2014 finally trunking

  • trunk on palm in San Francisco, Golden Gate park

  • San Fernando valley, young palm (lived 4 years, seemingly doing well, until hot day killed it off 4 years from this time)

  • San Fernando valley, getting bigger

  • March in San Fernando valley, 4 months before acutely died

Retrieved from "https://www.palmpedia.net/palmsforcal/index.php5?title=Ceroxylon_quindiuense&oldid=5540"