Archontophoenix Species, Walsh River King Palm

This is a great plant. So far for 2 1/2 years it's been
doing great. It grows very fast, with a beautiful
crownshaft.

This is a great alternative to the regular Alexander or Cun. The major difference that I've noticed is that the trunk is larger and from ...Read Morethe crownshaft up it resembles the Royal palm alot. Matter of fact the first time I saw one I thought it was a Roystonea Borinquena at first glance, so I had to have one. Growing great here in San Pedro CA(Los Angeles).

This palm handled the recent cold snap quite well--much better than two archontophoenix purpureas close by it. They got modest leaf burn ...Read Morefrom 35 degrees F while the maxima has no visual damage. The new leaves on this palm DO NOT blush like palm bob testifies to(I'd be willing to bet the palm he saw with a colored leaf was archontophoenix tuckeri). In south florida, this palm is not sold, and there is very little literature on it's habits as well. For this reason alone, I picked up two from an out-of-town purveyor(gave my father the smaller one). I would really like to hear more about this beauty from the aussies, since it's a local palm for most of them. If it is the largest in the genus, then I'm pretty excited for the growth to come!

The main difference is probably that this is the tallest Archontophoenix. Growing to about 30 meters tall. The rest are 15 to 25 meters tall.