Difference between revisions of "Cocos nucifera"
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*'''Habit''': solitary with a crown of 3-6 feather leaves (at least in California) | *'''Habit''': solitary with a crown of 3-6 feather leaves (at least in California) | ||
*'''Height''': 10' estimate | *'''Height''': 10' estimate | ||
| − | *'''Trunk''': single; 12" diameter; clean trunk; narrowly ringed; grey | + | *'''Trunk''': single; 12" diameter; clean trunk; narrowly ringed; young trunks covered with burlap-like fibrous matting; older clean trunks grey |
*'''Crownshaft''': none | *'''Crownshaft''': none | ||
*'''Spread''': 15' | *'''Spread''': 15' | ||
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*'''Wind Tolerance''': excellent | *'''Wind Tolerance''': excellent | ||
*'''Salt Tolerance''': excellent | *'''Salt Tolerance''': excellent | ||
| − | *'''Growth Rate''': | + | *'''Growth Rate''': slow (in California) |
*'''Soil Preference''': adaptable but seems to prefer sandy soils | *'''Soil Preference''': adaptable but seems to prefer sandy soils | ||
*'''Light Requirement''': full sun | *'''Light Requirement''': full sun | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | + | File:Coconut grove.jpg| | |
| + | File:CoconuteSing.JPG|Singapore | ||
| + | File:Coconuts beach 2.jpg|Hawaii | ||
| + | File:Coconuts blowing 2 Honolulu airport.jpg|Hawaii | ||
| + | File:Coconuts blowing day 2 FO.jpg|Hawaii | ||
| + | File:Coconuts in yard Kona.jpg|Hawaii | ||
| + | File:Cocos nucifera var spicata.JPG| | ||
| + | File:Cocos nucifera Samoan.jpg| | ||
| + | File:Cocos Samoan Dwarf Coconut.JPG| | ||
| + | File:Coconut DT.jpg|Hawaii | ||
| + | File:Coconut indoor Gaylord.JPG|indoor in large greenhouse hotel, Orlando, Florida | ||
| + | File:Coconut with coconuts.jpg| | ||
| + | File:Coconut with golden fruit Singapore.jpg|Singapore | ||
| + | File:Coconut, Indoors, Orlando.jpg|indoor palms in greenhouse hotel, Orlando | ||
| + | File:Cocos young.jpg| | ||
| + | File:coconut trunk.JPG| | ||
| + | File:Cocos trunk.jpg| | ||
| + | File:Coconut trunk matting.JPG|matting on younger indoor palm | ||
| + | File:Coconuts Home Depot.JPG|for sale in California | ||
| + | File:Coconut palms HD no flash.JPG|advertised as indoor foliage plants | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category: Cocos]] | [[Category: Cocos]] | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 24 January 2015
Common Name: Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera has not been included in publications on palms for California, but since some palms manage to survive BARELY it is being included here. 99% of efforts to grow these outdoors routinely meet with failure, even in the very best climates of California. But every now and then a perfect microclimate is discovered and one manages to grow. The famous coconut of Newport Beach is the prime (and really ONLY good example). But it is most certainly the exception to the rule, having grown several feet of clear trunk. However it seems off and on to skirt disaster and sometimes looks like it will die soon. Some have had success inland near the Salton Sea as well, but that success sadly was fairly short lived (maybe 3-4 years?). These palms will tolerate temperatures down to freezing briefly, but rely on subsequent heat to survive. Periods of chronic cool is what is so lethal to this palm in California. Many have grown coconuts to maturity in Florida where temps have dropped below 32F nearly yearly, but their winters are otherwise far warmer than our miserably cool California winters, which has been the key to their trees' survival.
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Singapore
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
indoor in large greenhouse hotel, Orlando, Florida
Singapore
indoor palms in greenhouse hotel, Orlando
matting on younger indoor palm
for sale in California
advertised as indoor foliage plants
