Pritchardia viscosa

[neoflora]

Pritchardia viscosa-- Only 4 mature trees stand in habitat and

not often seen in collections.

min. 5 sprouts / $45 plus shipping to your location. Contiguous U.S. only.

max.15 sprouts/ $120 plus shipping.

I have only 15 available.

The majority of the sprouts are about 1-2 inches tall.

This palm grows quick, leaves are silver on the underside,

and the palm has a smaller stature than

some other Pritchardias. PM for more info!

[Matt in SD]

Hi Ron,

Are these seeds off of the palm in your courtyard? I have one that I got from you a few years ago, and along with several others that have these, I'm not convinced these are really viscosa. Do you have a photo of the inflorescence? P viscosa is so named because the flowers produce large amounts of a sticky, syrupy liquid. I've heard that it can be like honey dripping off.

I'm really curious, because there are some other interesting Pritchardia in the same area in Kauai that also have the white tomentum under the leaves. Some of these are a bit more common, like P minor, but some are about as hard to come by as viscosa, like P hardyi, and P perlmannii. P minor and P perlmannii are smaller plants which would match yours, while viscosa is the biggest and hardyi is also pretty large. I'd love to see a photo of your palms flowers, might help figure out what it is.

Thanks,

Matt

[MattyB]

Ron, no disrepect meant, but I'm a bit skeptical too. I've seen palms that people bought from you as P. viscosa that look more like P. minor to me. See the photo attached of one such palm bought from you. The inflorescense was not sticky at all and was in full swing with bees visiting it.

The white tomentum is amazing on these! Is this P. viscosa, P. minor, or some other Pritchardia? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

-Matt

[Shon]

If that's minor I'm getting one for sure. Looks like that one is shaded? Nice pics Matty.

[neoflora]

Ron is out of town... He'll be back to discuss this soon! Thanks! The seeds have now sold out.

[Jeff Searle]

An interesting thread, with an interesting palm. I look forward to the outcome of this one.

Jeff

[pogobob]

I have a small one growing here from Rons palm, and whatever it is it's very different from any other pritchadias I've seen. Very small and compact, covered in velvet begging to be caressed! I'm gonna get me some more, set another one aside for me Neo

[LJG]

I am not sold this is Viscosa, but I bought a 5 gallon from Ron of this plant because it is a killer Pritchardia. Like Bob said, it is different then any other one I have seen.

[neoflora]

The palm I have in my garden was a gift from a friend on mine. I wrote an article about it in the palm journal years ago. The seed was collected by a noted Pritchardia expert. I had another well respected palm grower staying with me at my house. He was the person who identified it as P. vicosa. He and a friend of his spent alot of time, basically guarding the wild stand of P. vicosa. A leaf sample was sent for DNA. However, I never followed up on it. The seeds match up with those of P.vicosa. All seeds that I have gotten in the past of. P. minor have been different. Like others have said this palm looks different! It is a knockout and very hardy for So. Calif. If any are interested we have nice size 15gals. starting at 150usd. Thanks, Ron

[MattyB]

Interesting story Ron, thanks. I'm not 100% convinced that it's P. viscosa but I am 100% convinced that this palm, whatever it is, is one of the most beautiful pritchardias I've ever seen. And I agree that it does look a bit more fuzzy than the P. minors I've seen. Why isn't the flower sticky? Wierd.

[canelgat]

Do anybody knows how to get a single seedling of that pretty palm in Spain, or even a couple of seeds?

[paulgila]

so no one is really sure what it is?

[amazon exotics]

I have never seen one in person but have seen pics of Viscosa & seeds, and the seed of Viscosa seem to be more oblong than round like the ones on Neo's palm. I'm not a expert on Pritchardia but that's what I noticed. I agree with everybody that it is a stunning palm. I thought they were protected by law and illegal to have? Maybe Hodel would know for sure?

[The Germinator]

Any Left? Do you ship to California?

[BS Man about Palms]

Any Left? Do you ship to California?

I doubt Ron ships bigger stuff but San Clemente, CA isn't that far away from you ...

(PS, Ron you should get your location on your profile or signature)