Pinanga Coronata

[ellidro]

Pinanga Coronata seems to grow well in coastal SoCal. I'm amazed at how green and lush these look even though our humidity at times is in the teens. Here is a before and after comparison. Granted its no tropical growth rate but it definitely plugs away.

April 07

Jan 09

[epicure3]

Great. Another palm I need to go and get. That is a great looking specimen.

[ellidro]

Great. Another palm I need to go and get. That is a great looking specimen.

Jungle music has some great oversized plants right now. If you look for a while I bet you could find a 5g that is similar in size to the first pic.

[Matt in SD]

Yours looks great. I have a Pinanga kuhlii, which is technically the same species as coronata, but is definitely a plant from a horticulture point of view. I think kuhlii is a bit more tender, usually has more brown than the coronata's I've seen. And this was the only palm in my entire garden that had damage from the cold in Jan 2007. But it grows fast. I got a 5g plant from Jerry Andersen in August 2003. It's now about 10 feet tall overall, and has three trunks with 2-3 feet of clear trunk. It's set viable seed for 3 years now, which means it set seed 2 1/2 years from a 5g plant...that's definitely fast for SoCal.

It's the palm on the left in this photo with the leaves pushing up towards the roofline

Still some red on the leaf to the left, the leaves are not as bright red as Chambeyronia, but this leaf has been red for ~3 months now. The young leaves are nicely mottled.

And here's the current seed batch. I've actually had a tough time with the seedlings, they're easy once up to the ~4 leaf stage, but die like fly's in the winter before that.

Matt

[paulgila]

they are a tough grow when you are in east county,especially for me since i'm in a low spot.they grow but never look too great.maybe if they will look better if they can survive a few years.the ones pictured look really nice.

[Tyrone]

Matt, your one is in quite a bit of sun. I didn't know that they'd take that much sun. I've been too scared to let mine out of the shade at least in summer. I have a big hibiscus growing in front of my front door and it provides full shade for my P coronata. I want to take it out, and my wife is always telling me to rip it out, but I'm scared my coronata will burn up. However yours is doing very well, so maybe I should pull the hibiscus out.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Matt in SD]

Tyrone,

Mine gets quite a bit of sun in the middle of summer as it has no direct overhead protection. Several hours of direct, mid-day full sun. But it is on the north side of the house, so it's shaded for maybe 9 months of the year (until it gets over the roof line, which won't be much longer now). It would definitely look better with less sun, as it does get some burn in the middle of summer, but puts out a few leaves in the late summer/fall that make it look good again. But I was surprised how well it copes with the sun. I posted on here before planting it, asking if people thought it was a bad idea, and several responded that they could actually take some sun.

Matt

[osideterry]

I bought this 3-gallon from Matty B a year ago and it's more than doubled in size. This photo is from October, and the tallest leaf in the photo is now in 3rd place. It's under a roof-overhang in a well-protected spot, but shows no ill effects from seeing 33-35F this month.

[MattyB]

Looks great Terry. That was the "What the hell am I going to do with this in inland sun" sale.

[osideterry]

That explains why you also sold me the C. tepijilote and gave back the Lytocaryum. The Chamaedorea has doubled in size too.

My wife is not into palms, but that Pinanga is her favorite.

[Kim]

I agree these seem to be fast growers. This thread sent me out into my jungle to see how mine are doing:

I really like these. Does anyone know their ultimate size and girth here in the San Diego area? The roots are sneaking out the bottoms of the pots, they will want to go in the ground soon.

[JakeK]

Slightly off topic, but Pinanga coronata makes an excellent houseplant even in very low light.

[Phil]

Nick,

What amount of sun are you giving the coronata?

Phil

[Surf Guy]

Here is a picture of one growing in Point Loma. I have tried this one several times bit always seem to lose them after the second winter. They sem to get pink rot really easy. I would like to try it again though. The pictures are proof that they will grow in So Cal.

Mike

[JD in the OC]

Ours seem to like dry, sandy soil here in Florida. They'll never become popular here due to Dypsis lutescens being way overplanted.

[mppalms]

I got a bunch of Pinangas that had some hope of survival in my area from Jeff Marcus. I'm trying Pinanga javana, philippinensis, and coronata. I think some of my P. philippinensis and coronata will survive this winter. P. javana is failing for the second year in a row, and I think I'm about done with this species. It may be hardy to cold, but it doesn't like our cool winter temps.

Pinanga coronata may even be o.k. for very protected locations in warmer areas of the SF bay area. I'll update the list with pics if they survive the winter.

Jason

[ellidro]

Nick,

What amount of sun are you giving the coronata?

Phil

It's under the roof overhang on the north side of my house so it basically gets bright shade year around. No direct sun for mine although I have seen them in almost full san clemente sun looking good.

Nick

[DoomsDave]

WHOA!

Another acquisition in the offing . . . .

[tim_brissy_13]

The lowland variety (var kuhlii) struggled in Melbourne for me, but having sen these photos I am tempted to try the highland coronata some day.

[sashaeffer]

Slightly off topic, but Pinanga coronata makes an excellent houseplant even in very low light.

Just how wet did you keep yours. I lost a smaller one that I thought I was keeping damp enough. Just bought another one, much larger so hopefully will have better luck.

[Sunnie]

Yours looks great, ellidro.

I only have a small one. Planted about two months ago.

[sashaeffer]

$15 + shipping for this nice 4" "tall" from Redlands Nursery

This will reside inside only, in a shady spot in master bedroom with large East facing windows about 10 feet away. Will never see direct sun, so hope it does well. Over head light was on to take pic so looks like bright spot.

Edited December 18, 2014 by sashaeffer

[NApalm]

Great palms guys. Mine used to take nearly full sun but now the foxtails are providing more shade. Sunnie, yours will look great in that spot and sashaeffer, yours is a good size. I hope it goes well indoors

[Josh-O]

$15 + shipping for this nice 4" "tall" from Redlands Nursery

This will reside inside only, in a shady spot in master bedroom with large East facing windows about 10 feet away. Will never see direct sun, so hope it does well. Over head light was on to take pic so looks like bright spot.

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nice size amigo!!

[grant b.]

I like the couch for perspective. that palm is HUGE!