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Pacific Drive, Sumatra Trail, Borneo Trail, Taveuni Trail, Bali Walk, Nia's Garden, Tongan Drive, Metroxylon Avenue, Polynesian Circle |
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13 species from the Bonin & Caroline Islands to Samoa, Fiji Island, New Hebrides (Banks Group), the Solomon Islands & New Ireland |
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Clinostigmas, being rainforest palms, love our environment and do extremely well. C. savoryanum is the smallest & slowest, probably about a 4.5 on a 1-10 scale. C. harlandii & C. exorrhizum are about a 6.0-6.5 & C. ponapense & C. samoense are very close at about 7.0-7.5.
Clinostigma samoense is a tall, very elegant, palm from Samoa. It will reach a total height of about 60-65 ft with a long, keylime colored crownshaft, and very long drooping fronds. The crownshaft is the part of the palm just above the darker green trunk, and just below the crown. All Clinostigma palms are single-trunked and fast growers. A Clinostigma samoense will grow from a height of 5-6 ft to 20-25 ft in about 5 years.
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"Mystery Clinostigma," July 2006 |
| C. exorrhizum |
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July 2006
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C. exorrhizum seedling
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February 2007 |
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| C. harlandii |
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Adventitious roots of Clinostigma harlandii, November 2005 |
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| C. ponapense |
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June 2006 |
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Trunk of a Clinostigma ponapense
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February 2007 |
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| C. samoense |
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C. samoense with the taller mystery Clinostigma in the background, April 2006 |
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Inside of an old C. samoense frond |
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C. samoense crowns, April 2006 |
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inflorescence of Clinostigma samoense |
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Juvenile frond of Clinostigma samoense |
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juvenile leaves of a Clinostigma samoense
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root system of Clinostigma samoense
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September 2006 |
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December 2006 |
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C. samoense seedling , October 2006 |
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January 2007 |
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| C. savaiensis |
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February 2007 |
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| C. savoryanum |
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August 2006 |
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| C. sp. "Mystery Clinostigma" |
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Looking up the trunk of the tallest of Lundkvist Palm Garden’s Clingostigma 'mystery' palms This palm, planted in April 1997 at five feet, wasapproximately 60 ft tall in December 2006." |
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July 2006 |
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After Pigafetta palms, the "mystery" Clinostigma is the fastest & most robust grower. It will add about 5 ft of trunk per year & would be about an 8.5 -9.0 on a 1-10 scale.
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Crown of "mystery" Clinostigma
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April 2006 |
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Inflorescence of Mystery Clinostigma, June 2006
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The base of the Garden's tallest Clinostigma 'mystery' palms. |
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August 2006 |
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November 2006 |
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