Congratulations!!

Looking Good U S Marine..

Love those Coconuts trees....

Laura in VB

Nice specimen!

Very nice!! It reminds me of my oldest coconut palm, very compact, and pretty fast at splitting fronds! I dont know what kind of coconut it is though, but I think it might be Malayan Dwarf.
It looks great! It would be really cool to see pics of a fruiting Coconut palm outdoors in Cali some day!
-Alex

Unless grown in a tropical greenhouse and then moved outdoors briefly, seeing a coconut fruiting in California will never happen. Even getting them to fruit indoors in greenhouses is a real challenge. They don't even fruit in Hawaii unless they're near sea level (though they happily grow quickly to maturity and look perfect at the higher elevations).

That is true, Ive seen coconut palms at high elevations in Hawaii, but they dont have fruit on them. The ones at sea level are loaded with fruit though so its pretty interesting to see how minor temperature differences make a huge difference.
Apparently they fruit in Bermuda, but the fruit never has a chance to reach maturity.
-Alex

That is true, but both those places do not get as hot as the valley does. The nights here are cooler of course and the rest of the year is cooler than those places but still fairly warm, except winter. I think I have a chance at flowering in summer because high 90f's and 100f's are the normal temps. It may have to be very warm for a long time to get it to flower, but I think summer is long enough.
I seen a post from someone from this forum who lives in florida that had one fruit not to far after spring started. So it gives hope. As far as getting them to ripen here, maybe... I do plan on using a green house of some sort in winter. So I'll find out eventually. lol
I just like the challenges, makes thinks more fun in the end. :)

Thanks everyone for the comments :)
- US_Marine

I have seen fruiting coconuts in Hawaii and other tropical locales at higher elevations, no problem at all. As long as the temperature is constantly warm and there are no insane drops of temperatures then it should be OK. In Panama, where I'm from, I've seen coconuts fruit way above sea level, same in Hawaii. Must be the strong equatorial sun that helps keep things hot!

Someone on here suggested spraying Wilt-pruf on palms
which require high humidity-this sounds like a good
move during the cooler drier part of the year(winter/fall) and
during the change over period between warm/cold,cold/warmer.

Sounds like a good way to keep it from drying out indoors-etc!

May also keep WSM in check.....

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The only possible way to see a fruiting-or at least flowering coconut in California is when the Newport Beach coco finally gives up..like many plants-flowering before they go to the great Bali in the sky!
Still no big rush,btw,of coconut planting -or at least efforts- in Newport? Still,just the one? Must be plenty of other sandy coastal areas near brick or cinderblock in soucal.

NewPort Beach is too cold. It will need more heat than what Cali's coast can provide. Thats why inland has the greatest chances. There are other coconut palms in SoCal, I read and seen pics on other forums. But NewPort is still the biggest and oldest.

If you look at temps from Puerto Penasco,Mexico where the furthest north a coconut palm as been known to fruit, its surprizingly close to California. Although the fruit never mature and only grow to soft ball size, thats not bad. Its temperatures are pretty close to SoCal's desert but more humid etc. But the temps are alot alike in many ways. Who knows, but I think some more tries need to be conducted.

- US_Marine

I have a 60 footer in my yard ^_^. But for a container yours looks good.