Largest Phoenix Roebelenii's?

[Axel Amsterdam]

Hi,

Is the pygmy palm better suited to the east coast or the west coast when it comes to reaching heights of around 6 ft or more? I have read a bit on the suckering Laos form and in habitat these seem to reach heights of 10 feet and more. Do these grow in the US as well?

Thanks,

Axel

[paulgila]

i am pretty sure i've seen them at 6-8 feet,can't recall seeing any 10 foot monsters.

you want any? come & get em,i dug most of mine out.

[bubba]

This is atleast a 7 footer and I have seen many 10 footers here in my area. This is an overlooked Palm in our area because it is nearly ubiquitous. They deserve more attention:

[gyuseppe]

I see that are branched,in Italy there are large phoenix roebeleni,but I've never seen a branched

[paulgila]

is it branched? hard to tell. almost looks like it could just be the one behind.

[cfkingfish]

There are P. roebellini in Venice with 12 feet, maybe more, of clear wood.

[osideterry]

Here is one with at least 9ft of clear trunk at Ralph Velez' garden in Orange County.

[BS Man about Palms]

I see lots of these as I drive around... I only pay attention if they are over 8 feet or so or multi-headed.

But I know many people remove them as they get larger because they wanted that "dainty" look. So when they are too large, out they go...

[aussiearoids]

A very impressive one growing in small park in town here , has 2 m of horizontal trunk .

So would have 4m total trunk .. I am taking a tape measure

Will try and get some good pictures of it and other plantings there . Double tall Licuala spinosa clumps , a very nice Dypsis leptocheilos and more.

[The Germinator]

There is a 20 footer here in La Habra it might be a hibrid I will try and take a picture of it.

[DoomsDave]

OW!

wHERE?

[Patrick]

Gyuseppe, there's a multi headed one (about 6 heads) at the Holiday in by the airport in San Diego, CA. You should check it out some time!

Sorry no pic

[bubba]

I have seen a number much older, skinnier and taller than these but the tallest in these two groups have over ten feet of wood:

And:

I want to see that 20 footer!

[palmcurry]

Those are nice Bubba.

Here is a monster growing in Dana Point. Obviously its a cross.

[cagary]

Were any planted at Disneyland when it first opened back in the 50's?

They should be monsters by now!

[bubba]

THese are easily ten footers. I am still looking for the very old, tall and skinny ones:

[AggiePalms]

Bubba-Those big ones next to all the white walls in the Palm Beach-Lauderdale area are very impressive in size. And they look very nice against the white walls!

[The Germinator]

OW!

wHERE?

On the corner of Beach and Imperial next to the Denny's on Beach. I think there are two large ones.

I will try and take a picture.

[bubba]

Still on the hunt. This is getting closer. It has to be 15 feet of wood. I know I have seen very old tall skinny ones somewhere:

Found some that have that hybrid thing going that Vince was showing us:

The tall ones are over 15 feet of wood.

[Kris]

Thanks for those beautiful big sized visuals.... of those lovely phoenix palms !

[Kumar]

Bubba, These look very similar to the non-urban p. Sylvestris that I see - thin trunk and sparse crown with short fronds. I photographed some on a topic here about two months ago.

[gyuseppe]

bubba roebelenii x reclinata ?

[bubba]

Cannot find those tall skinny ones but keep running into these:

Closer-up:

[The Germinator]

OK Dave here is a picture of the one in LA LA Land for you and Kris. It has to be a mix it has orange fruit at least in one of them. They both appear not to be clumping and are like I said about 20 foot or more. I would guess it was a roeb-relinatta x.

[bubba]

Germinator, That is a monster! I would say atleast 25 feet. I think the tall ones are Sylvestri-hybrid. I am still looking for a bizzare, ultra-skinny very tall one but it may have been whacked.

[Axel Amsterdam]

Bump

I came acoss this picture on the plantsofdisney website. They claim it's roebelenii. It seems very tall for a pure pygmy, or is it a cross?

[Jeff Searle]

Alex,

Your last picture is no way a pure P. roeb. First, they don't grow that tall and also the leaf arraingment is off. I can't tell from the picture, but was there suckers growing at the base? It looks like P. reclinata.

[iwan]

There was a picture posted here of a long snaking roebelenii that was planted under a (hotel) entry and was stretching for the sun. Not sure where that picture is. Might have been a MattyB pic.

[Loxahatchee Adam]

I know it's an old topic, but thought it might be interesting to add on. This roebelenii has been here for as long as I can remember. As you can see, it's in a natural pond cypress area that does get inundated in the rainy season. You can see the high water marks on the cypress from previous years' flooding.

I am 6' (1.83m) tall and my vertical reach is right at 8' (2.44m).

[Sabal Steve]

Cannot find those tall skinny ones but keep running into these:

Closer-up:

Those have at least some P. reclinata in them, but may be crossed with P. roebellini.

[jfrye01@live.com]

I recall seeing some 12-15 ft Pygmies while vacationing on Grand Bahama Island several years back...I'll dig for pictures...

[Axel Amsterdam]

Thanks Adam. what a great curvy pygmy.

It has that typical ' floridian' look imo.

[GMann]

From my experience they grow taller when they are singles. When they sucker into multiples of 3 or more they tend to be shorter.