Borassus flabellifer

[Gileno Machado]

Niiiiice palmyras Kris...

And Mamallaputam is incredibly beautiful...when were those stone carvings made? tell us the history please...

What? changing gears with the left hand??? No way... I guess I'll let you drive for me when I visit you in Chennai...

PS, The seedling of that Big Mama you sent is doing just fine...I'll photograph it later...

[Kris]

Thanks very much dear brother Gileno,very happy that the big mama is doing fine,kindly see closely the sandy soil area.it is also close to your ranch house soil texture.so they will grow into a beauty.but one slight difference is that though the big mama will bear edible fruits like the standard form but they are gigantic in proportion like a minature croypha and recently the guy who keeps harvesting fresh borassus.F seeds from pondicherry area.told me that next time he will bring me the orange fruitcas borassus seeds.hearing this iam overjoyed...since that makes our local borassus into 3 types !

And as for as Ma malla puram history & its pallava kings i will do a complete coverage of it in months to come,and that will be posted exclusively in our travelogs..till then kindly bear with me_please !

And iam very eagerly looking forward for both my brothers visit to chennai,i.e You & M@x..

Lots of love,

Kris

[PalmatierMeg]

Kris, great pictures of beautiful sites and palms. Thanks.

[Kom Thai Palm]

Thanks Kris for pics and great informaion.

I'am surely that the origin of B.flabellifer must be somewhere in India.

And distributed nearby country over hundreds year ago.

Now aday in my country, we use it as food, sugar, syrup, thatching materials etc.

They are very usefull.

[Kris]

Dear Meg

iam very glad you liked those pictures...

Dear Komi

thanks & its been quite a while that we heard from you...And even i feel that during the colenial british raj many plants were introduced into india & many plants were all taken from our country for cultivation purpose.i would say the most constrictive work those imprealiest did was distribution of plant forms to other viable regions of the globe..

Lots of love,

Kris

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These stills are very special to me_very nostalgic !

Love,

Kris

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[Jeff in St Pete]

Kris, thanks for all the great Borassus photos! They are very beautiful and colorful palms. I especially like the ones in post#47. those tall stands are fantastic!

[fiji jim]

Great stills Kris.

Thanks for posting as I love this palm. I have heard it said that it is the second most useful palm next to the coconut.

[geonomaDude]

Hi Kris,

Thnx for the thread as it is full of interesting and cool photos.

Just one question, does palmyra palms need some kind of sand in their soil mix???

Regards,

Adolfo

[Kris]

Dear Jeff,Jim & Adolfo

thanks for stopping by and iam glad you all like those palms in their natural location...

And dear adolfo,yes those palms grow well in coastal side,with predominent sandy soil but i have seen these palm grow virtually in any soil,in any location but needs a tropical climate to grow fast..(Ref.to warm atmosphere year around)

like a phoenix sylversteris,even this palm takes up douught conditon effortlessly and it can live happy even as a coconut tree with abadent of water & salt breeze from sea-shore (High humidity tolerant). but in cold regions with water in their roots could be very detrimental..

Lots of love to you all,

Kris

[Kris]

Now lets see some stills that were taken last year,but from the same habititate...

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[Kris]

Here you can see the fruits...this starts growing from the month of April to Aug every year...

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Bring this thread up for the benefit of new members..

[Kris]

And here's a video of one that is growing in our house garden...

Love,

kris.

[jimbiz]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[DCA_Palm_Fan]

Great thread and fantastic photos!!! These trees remind me of Sabal Palmettos but with coconut tree trunks, only much more "robust" looking than S. Palmetto. Similar in shape, size appearance, and leaf shape / appearance.

Tell me, how big do those fruit get? They look like they get about the size of a small coconut with the husk on them? Most excellent thread! Thank you!

[Wai`anae Steve]

Kris, that last bunch of seeds you sent sprouted 6 of the 10. Potted 3 in the ground at different depths and 3 in pots. None survided

[Moose]

Love Borassus! Was a palm that I was gonna plant "later". Never got around to it and now there is inadequate room and sun exposure to add one to the Moose Land. Such a shame that these majestic palms are not seen in more landscapes. They are a pain in the a$$ to germinate. Pretty finicky about root disturbance when planting as well. Bismarckia is easier, probably why they are used over the Borassus.