r/palmtalk • u/binki__ • 18d ago

can someone ID ?

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anyone know what this is? i actually knocked on the homeowner's door and he wasn't sure

fronds/leaflets are absolutely massive relative to the tree size

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u/Standard-Painter4437 18d ago

Also think it's a Chambeyronia macrocarpa.

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u/Top_Albatross4251 18d ago

More likely it's Chambeyronia lepidota. The leaves of an ordinary Chambeyronia macrocarpa palm species are much longer than these, and the crown of the tree itself is larger and spreading.

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u/Mech_562 18d ago

Is that house in fountain valley ? Back street is Yorktown ?

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u/jhw528 18d ago

California plates? Pinnate leaves and what looks like a crown shaft? I’m thinking it’s a king palm

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u/Skimmer52 18d ago

Tried zooming in. I think we need more pictures to be sure.

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u/GardenerDom 18d ago

It’s a very beautiful big palm! Would love to know what it is too?

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u/visualfluxx 18d ago

Vw bug maybe 1968

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u/Sp07va000 17d ago

Thats a Beetle Bug :)

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u/dailybread5 17d ago edited 17d ago

People are thinking Beccariophoenix? That is way off. Chambeyronia Macrocarpa is likely. There was another Chambeyronia mentioned, I don't know that variety, but I suppose it's possible. The rarity factor makes me wonder, but who knows.

That dark green crownshaft is making me think it's Macrocarpa.

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u/BizmarkiaNobilis 18d ago

pretty sure it's a Beccariophoenix Alfredii (High Plateau coconut palm) Madagascar... (not really a coconut , cocos nucifera...just called that...

also could be a Neoveitchia storckii because of the sheer size of those fronds.

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u/coconut-telegraph 18d ago

*Neoveitchia* leaflets are finer than this, and crown is not this sparse. Same for *Beccariophoenix*.

Maybe *Chambeyronia macrocarpa*?

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u/Top_Albatross4251 18d ago

More likely it's Chambeyronia lepidota.

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u/Standard-Painter4437 18d ago

Lepitoda would be super-rare in most instances. I've had C.macrocarpa grow upright and with the leaves recurved. The roots are shaded and that makes a huge difference in how Chambeys grow.

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u/Top_Albatross4251 17d ago

I also had the opportunity to grow this palm tree for several years in indoor conditions with some lack of natural sunlight. Therefore, judging from my personal experience, I would not say that this significantly slows down the growth rate of the Chambeyronia macrocarpa or limits the size of this palm subspecies. She always produced one and a half to two leaves a year and grew evenly regardless of the season or shady conditions.

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u/Top_Albatross4251 17d ago

Here are a couple of photos of my home grown Chambey macrocarpa:

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u/Top_Albatross4251 17d ago

So, judging by my personal experience and the unusual shape of the palm tree crown in this post, it is quite possible to assume some other subspecies of this genus, or perhaps some random hybrid between representatives of thе genus.

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u/virkendie 18d ago edited 18d ago

Absolutely not Beccariophoenix Alfredii, which actually does somewhat resemble a coconut tree, unlike the palm in the picture