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Dying California Palm Fronds

Washingtonia filifera

Description:

Short palm tree with green fronds, when fronds are dying, they turn orange with black or brown spots.

Habitat:

Growing in garden, uses little water.

2 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
California palm
Washingtonia filifera Washingtonia filifera
Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Asian Palmyra palm
Borassus flabellifer Borassus flabellifer


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12 Comments

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

I added it to the mission and this instantly became one of the most popular pictures! Thanks for the suggestion! ;D

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

Thanks KarenL I'll look it up. :)

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

It would be a good one to add to the new Fall Into Phenology mission!

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

Thanks KarenL. It does look like a California Palm. Thanks AshishNimkar for the suggestion though. :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Karen you might be correct..!!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Nice shots!

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

Possibly, I'll add a picture of the entire tree if i can.

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

Not sure what kind of palm this is however, just love the color.

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

Thank you very much! :D

sttweets
sttweets 12 years ago

Great visualization of the structure of the leafs.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice presentation... Nature's art..!!

CoralAvery
Spotted by
CoralAvery

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jul 30, 2011
Submitted on Jul 30, 2011

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