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Originally Posted by chong
I am not aware of any coconut that can be considered hardy. There are some palms that have the name "coconut" that are in fact not coconuts, not just not considered as such. There are ornamental coconuts that are true coconuts and are members of the "Cocos" family.(The ones we had in pots in the Philippines came from Malaya (now Malaysia). The specie that you have is not. It's a very pretty plant though:
PlantFiles: Pictures of Pasopaya Palm, Bolivian Mountain Coconut (Parajubaea torallyi) |
Whether you consider it a "real" coconut or not, my point was that the grower may have made some mention of something such as this and the reporter picked up on it in a more general sense. It does supposedly produce edible fruit that sort of tastes like coconut. I'm almost tempted to buy another one when looking at the pretty pictures at
Bolivian MOUNTAIN Coconut 5 GALLON Cold hardy LIVE Palm - eBay (item 220369932327 end time Mar-29-09 22:32:06 PDT).
Still, the main point of mentioning this grower to begin with was of her being a supplier of fresh durian since that's what Bob was wanting to try.
I asked my friend if he happened to get a card or phone number for her but he said he did not. He said she was very busy at the market (as I would imagine) and didn't have much time to talk.
Harvey