Nypa palms

[edbrown_III]

I visited my wifes home a few days ago and shot some pictures at a Triboa bay park

Heres a few Nypa palms that really grabbed me --- very big and robust in the hot asian tropics

[paulgila]

awesome palms!

is that in the PI?

[realarch]

Wow, those are robust! I've only seen photos of Nypa in standing water and don't ever recall seeing the bases.

These guys must be in an area that gets flooded regularly. Where in Asia Ed?

[Wanderanwills]

They look really healthy

Regards

Stephen

[tropicbreeze]

For ages I've wanted to grow some Nypa palms. They grow wild up the coast from here but in a really difficult to access place. Looking at them in the photo, completely dry (looks like it's the dry season), they'd probably grow in my swamp which does dry out during the dry season. I could give them some irrigation to keep soil humidity levels up during the dry and the rest of the year they'd be standing in water. I'd thought they always needed to be standing in water but it's worth a try.

[Kris]

Very nice visuals...

[edbrown_III]

Good to hear from everyone and thanks for all the kind wordss

Its in the PI---- near Subic Forest. right before the end of the dry season s--- its a real dry el nino or nina year

(which ever one creates the drier dry season in the hot tropics) /--- I think this area dries out each year though -- but water table is just a few feet down. I had seen Nypas in a bunch of places before but these are the largest girth I had ever seen ---

Best wishes.

Ed

[Jonathan]

Very interesting Ed, thanks for posting that.

The Nypas certainly look out of context all high and dry.

The little house in the background must be very close to the water during the wet season....

Cheers,

Jonathan

[Explorer]

You can grow Nypa easely from seeds. And you can find those seeds on beaches in tropical Asia, probably also Northern Australia. Nypa grows in tidal estuarian swamps. Its a common plant in tropical Asia.

About 8 years ago I had found some seeds on a beach in Malaysia and took them home. Now there is one nice Nypa palm grown from that seed in the botanical garden in Leiden. Its in a big pot in standing in the Victoria amazonica bassin.

Keep it wet, sunny and hot and it will grow!

Alexander

[Explorer]

About 60 million years ago Nypa was found along the Thames river estuaria. Also in America fossils proof that it was ones growing there!

Alexander

[tropicbreeze]

A lot of it grows naturally along some of the Queensland coast, also some along the Northern Territory, but I don't think there's any along the Western Australian coast. Although it likes mangroves and estuarine swamps, I understand it still requires a good freshwater input. That's the same for a lot of mangrove species.

[RyManUtah]

i like them! =]