Coconut Palms in Noonamah

11 years ago

Thought I'd add to the coconut photos, so these are some of mine that I took this morning. I started out with a dawn shot but I've put that one last.

Tall one visible from the road out front when driving to my place. There's an Archontophoenix on the left and some Carpentarias on the right.

These are in the main garden. they were a part of a group of about 10 coconuts in the garden that never fruited despite being so tall. That was an advantage, not having nuts raining down. Bad enough when the fronds fall but at least they make a warning noise. Then a couple of years ago lightning took out six of them in one flash. These 2 were on the outer of the group and spared. Now this year they've started fruiting for some reason. Not happy with that.

Under tree canopy, amongst Carpentaria Palms.

This one fruits but doesn't produce a lot. Or at least some animal gets up there and eats the small immature nuts. I often see the husks on the ground.

Tall one again, produces a lot of nuts but is out of the way.

There's always nuts around, LOL. But it is a bit of a worry when you have visitors and you start wondering whether any of then are standing under a possible shower of coconuts.

Some sprout fairly quickly, some just don't sprout.

There's something that likes young/immature coconuts, but have never worked out what it is yet.

Disposal of excess nuts is a problem.

Usually I throw them aside to deal with later. But then forget about them.

This one fell over. Don't know why the roots just suddenly gave out one day. I watched it going slowly. Was going to remove it but then decided it would look good curved up. I'm going to prop it up a bit higher then plant some bromeliads on it to stop kids from running up along it.

These are the ones which have all the trouble in the dry season. They should be bigger with a larger crown. When I get around to sorting out some irrigation they should do better.

This was dawn today.

Comments (9)

garyfla_gw
11 years ago
Hi
Cocos are so pretty profiled against the sky.
You seem to have lots of land . i removed my cocos several years ago due to space and the mess. I let the neighbors grow them lol
Know anything about Caryota zebrine?? I believe it's native to your area?? was given a very small seedling and I'm so impressed with pix I've seen
great pix!!! gary
us_marine
11 years ago
Nice coco's! Wish my climate was warm enough for them!

- US_Marine
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stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
11 years ago
Being 12 degrees south of the equator AND near Humpty Doo? what more can you ask?
us_marine
11 years ago
stanofh- If only California was shifted further south. Like San Deigo being the same latitude as Miami, Fl. That would be interesting. Coco's would probably be easy in SoCal.

-US_Marine
tropicbreezent
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for all the comments.

Gary, C. zebrina is from New Guinea, not here. Apparently is grows in high altitude areas so it a bit more cold hardy. The similar C. ophiopellis is from the lowlands in Vanuatu and is more cold sensitive. I've got 2 of the zebrina, they're slow growing but beautiful.

US_Marine, I found I couldn't move the place where I was to lower latitudes, so I ended up moving myself instead.

Stanofh, yes definitely, it's the being near Humpty Doo that makes all the difference, LOL.

Cloud left over from the overnight storm helped colour up the sky this morning.
tropicalzone7
11 years ago
Beautiful pics! Those palms look beautiful. They must grow really well for you in such a nice and tropical climate! And I always like a sunset pic with palms in it!
Thanks for sharing!
-Alex
kygarden99
11 years ago
I wish I lived in a zone that could support Coconut Palms as pretty as yours! Those are such pretty palm, my favourite is the curved one. :)
tropicbreezent
Original Author
11 years ago
Alex, there's one set of palms I use for sunrise photos and another set I use for sunset photos. They're always the same palms, just different days, LOL.

AustinGarden, I thought that palm was a goner, but it hung in and kept growing. So I just secured it a bit more and give it a bit more attention to make sure it's okay.
coconut_palm
11 years ago
Hey Tropicbreezent, your palms are beautiful. They are huge. We can only dream of ones that size in Texas. We are just blessed that we can get them to grow outdoors at all here in South Texas. If we can get one up to 20-30ft. in overall height, before we loose them in a bad winter, we are doing really good.