I’ve lived in Northern California for some fourteen years. There are quite a few palm trees here. But I’ve never seen a palm tree do this:
I was recently at a resort in San Diego for work (yes, I am lucky); all the palm trees there had these crazy-looking berry bunches.
Either I am not as observant as I’d like to think, or the palm trees in Northern California don’t do this.
Does anyone know?–Is this a specific type of palm tree? Or do all palm trees do this at a certain time of the year?
Whatever it is, I think it is striking. Here’s a close-up of the berries:
