Chambeyronia Flamethrower Palms Update!

Time to get updates on some of the palmlings. I have a few varieties of Chambeyronia Flamethrower Palms. They get their name flamethrower because of the red coloring of the new leaf and then slowly turns green.

The first being the Chambeyronia macrocarpa or Watermelon Flamethrower Palm. This 'watermelon' variety (has a green trunk, speckled with yellow linear dots, making it look sort of like a watermelon rind).Here are a few pictures of this Chambeyronia.


This form of the Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. hookeri , or Chambeyronia hookeri, I have seen it called both and also called by the common name of Blond Flamethrower. It has a pale yellow crown shaft (as opposed to the dark green one of the regular form), and is considered the same species by most botanists, but a different one by most collectors who see how different the plant looks. It seems to grow about the same, but maybe a slight smaller tree as an adult. In general, the hookeri tends to have a brighter red color to the emerging leaf than the the standard macrocarpa.

This palm was purchased a few months ago off of Ebay as a( Chambeyronia macrocarpa X Chambeyronia hookeri ) hybrid calling it a Chambeyronia sublime, but it has not been certified. He said the cross has occurred naturally in Hawaii. That there are two very large Chambeyronia's planted next to each other one is a Chambeyronia macrocarpa and the other is a Chambeyronia hookeri. The seedlings do have a noticeable difference from either of the parents, and he also said the seeds had difference from either of the parents. And here are these pictures.

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The Third Annual Florida Tech Botanical Fest Plant and Garden Sale

Saturday I went with my buddy Aaron from A Yard in Fort Pierce Blog and we made the hour voyage north to melbourne to attend the 3rd annual FIT Botanical Fest. This was a fantastic trip. The vendors had some unbelievable deals and some of the palm dealers had palm trees I had never even seen before. There is nothing better than a rare palm sale. So I did pick up a couple palms and orchids from the sale. The first palm is a rare Lantania lontaroides or Red Latan Palm , this guy as a young palm has very distinctive red stalk and red veins running in the leaves. The next palm is a Chambeyronia macrocarpa , or red leaf palm, flame thrower watermelon form and this palms new leaf is red when it first appears. It is given the term watermelon form because of the crown having a red tint to it. I already have 1 of these but it is the blonde flame thrower and this has a yellow tint to the crown. So these were the only palms I purchased. And I bought 3 Dendrobium orchids not in bloom but 1 has a new spike growing so that 1 should bloom pretty soon The first is named Palolo Sunshine X Mary Stripes and cost $9 . The second is named Burana Jade and cost $5 , and the third is a Jacquelyn Thomas and cost $3 , what good deals I got on these.