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Monday, February 13, 2012
Palm stone
The stone/seed from which my palms have sprung. Well, they sprang from their own individual seed, but all looked like this. Amazingly, the root emerges from the middle of the back of the stone, through a tiny hole that looks like it was drilled. I've never seen that before! I guess only growers-of-things-from-seed will be at all interested in this post, if anyone at all.
But I am.
But I am.
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It looks suspiciously like a Phoenix palm seed and if so is not welcome due to the nasty spikes that appear when you have forgotten about it. If you have such a palm in your vicinity it could be an unwelcome gift via a bird.
Hmm....I got it from a palm growing in Blenheim and grew it here in Southland. I don't think it's a Phoenix palm, but one from the Canary Islands - some sort of edible date palm. I can't quite remember though, what the parent looked like, graceful or spiky. I'll try to find out.
Hmmmm... seems the Phoenix palm and the Canary Island palm are one and the same...
The Canary Island Date Palm is by far the most common feather palm grown in New Zealand gardens. It has deep green arching fronds and a trunk studded with bases of old fronds. When young, the trunk tends to be quite bulbous but as it gains height it becomes more tree-like. A mature tree may be up to 18 m high and have a very solid trunk. The fruit is about 40 mm diameter and yellowish orange. Phoenix dactylifera is the true 'Date Palm' of commerce that is such a well-known symbol of North Africa and the Middle East. It has shorter fronds in a less dense head than Phoenix canariensis. It is much taller when mature, up to 25 m high. Both Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix dactylifera will withstand -8°C when established but should not be exposed to hard frosts until the have a short trunk. Phoenix dactylifera needs hot summers to grow well and is unlikely to produce edible dates in a cool summer climate.
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Your blog is so educational Robert; here was me thinking it was a McDonalds cheeseburger.
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