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Rhopalostylis sapida - Nikau Palm


Rhopalostylis sapida - Nikau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida)

This is one of very many large Nikau palms growing at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. Photo taken on February 19, 2025.



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Last i saw they were just fronds no trunk. Somethings grow faster in SF than in the rest of the bay. Never a frost or lows in the 30's. Always 40f above.

23 Feb, 2025

 

It makes a difference.

I can’t believe how large all those Rhopalostylis have gotten over the last 20 yers. The Howeas have gotten big, also.

26 Feb, 2025



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