Attalea oleifera

[Gileno Machado]

We visited a friend in the countryside of my state (Pernambuco, NE Brazil) this weekend and I took a few pictures of the beautiful Attalea oleifera (locally called Pindoba) in habitat...

[Gileno Machado]

a few more:

[Gileno Machado]

last one:

[sick1166]

wow

[MattyB]

Love the palms and the countryside. Thanks Gileno.

[paulgila]

very beautiful! thanks for posting these pix gileno!

[Walter John]

Excellent Gileno, habitat pics are habit forming.............for me

[nomolos]

Looks like parts of Tasmania minus the palms

[peachy]

Oh what a pretty palm. I wonder if I could grow one here. See what you have done ? Nice photos btw.

Peachy

[Tyrone]

Gileno, you always post some of the most fascinating habitat shots around. I'd imagine that area was forest that has been felled, but still, it shows what is a very uncommon palm in the wild. Does it get cold there? Is this one that would grow in a frost free but cool winter climate like mine?

Best regards

Tyrone

[Al in Kona]

Gileno, a little over a month ago and we were captivated by the palms and scenes and food (eating at all those Churrascarias!) in areas from Rio de Janeiro to Bello Horizonte to Sao Paulo and now you are back home in Recife and checking out palms in Pernambuco state. Guess we never get tired of looking at palms in habitat, as I did the same here. The day after we got back from our trip my nurseryman friend, Garrett, asked me to come along with a few others (including our Palmtalk moderator Dean Ouer) to check out Pritchardia schattaueri in habitat here in South Kona. It ended up being a mini Kona PRA!

Those Attalea oleifera are very nice growing in that area of NE Brasil which looks to be about at 8 degrees latitude S., which would be very tropical for anyone wanting to try them in areas that experience cold winter temps, I would think. Worth a try however. Doesn't that area sometimes experience a fairly long dry season also? Anyway they look nice and the countryside is quite green too. I have a tall (just starting to trunk) Attalea that I don't know the species. Here is a pic - any idea what it might be?

[amazondk]

Thanks for the pictures Gileno. Are the fruits similar to the babaçu, A. speciosa?

dk

[Gileno Machado]

Gileno, you always post some of the most fascinating habitat shots around. I'd imagine that area was forest that has been felled, but still, it shows what is a very uncommon palm in the wild. Does it get cold there? Is this one that would grow in a frost free but cool winter climate like mine?

Best regards

Tyrone

Thanx everyone for the comments...

Tyrone, this area is located some 80 Km inland from my place at a moderate elevation ~500 meters or so. It gets much cooler there than here at the coast but I don't think it ever gets any lower than 13 to 15°C on occasional coller nights in the winter there. It also rains much less than here, and there have been some hard periods of drought in the past. The original vegetation is a mixed transition between Alantic forest pockets in the more humid valleys and a more open type of "agreste", semi-arid trees and bushes elsewhere. Attaleas seem to thrive well in such conditions and even in cooler environments...want to try a few seeds?

[Gileno Machado]

Gileno, a little over a month ago and we were captivated by the palms and scenes and food (eating at all those Churrascarias!) in areas from Rio de Janeiro to Bello Horizonte to Sao Paulo and now you are back home in Recife and checking out palms in Pernambuco state. Guess we never get tired of looking at palms in habitat, as I did the same here. The day after we got back from our trip my nurseryman friend, Garrett, asked me to come along with a few others (including our Palmtalk moderator Dean Ouer) to check out Pritchardia schattaueri in habitat here in South Kona. It ended up being a mini Kona PRA!

Those Attalea oleifera are very nice growing in that area of NE Brasil which looks to be about at 8 degrees latitude S., which would be very tropical for anyone wanting to try them in areas that experience cold winter temps, I would think. Worth a try however. Doesn't that area sometimes experience a fairly long dry season also? Anyway they look nice and the countryside is quite green too. I have a tall (just starting to trunk) Attalea that I don't know the species. Here is a pic - any idea what it might be?

Al, your palm is great...but I wouldn't be able to determine the species...they're all so similar...They're among my favs here as young adults, at the size of yours...when the leaf vertical effect is even more pronounced.

Where are the beautiful Pritchardia schattaueri photos from habitat? Warm regards...

[Gileno Machado]

Thanks for the pictures Gileno. Are the fruits similar to the babaçu, A. speciosa?

dk

The fruits are actually smaller than babaçus, Don, but the batches are huge...PM me if you want a few, please...