Show us your Pandanus!

[Xenon]

There aren't any Pandanus in Houston, but heres a P. utillis on South Padre Island, Texas (sorry for the bad photo quality).

Show us yours (especially the more exotic species)!

Jonathan

Edited April 23, 2011 by Xenon

[aloetom]

Looks happy there !

[Tropicgardener]

Here is my Pandanus 'Fat Boy'........not sure if the correct species name is dubius or pacificus. These Pandanus certainly don't like the cold and don't even do well in some warmer subtropical areas.

[LauraAnu]

This is a picture I took a few days ago. Not mine of course

Laura

[ariscott]

Very nice... I have been looking for recent photos of my blue giant pandanus... I though I took the pics to show Peter, but I can't find it. A bit dark to go out there & take photos now...

[aussiearoids]

Daun Pandan or Pandanus amaryllifolius is a great sprawling plant you can add . Leaves are used in cooking sweet dishes and for flavouring rice , it will grow along creek edges .

Pandanus gemmifer is wide spread , growing up on the cooler tablelands as well steamy lowland . A mate is growing it over the border in NSW . It grows on steep rock walls further down my road in Tully Gorge .

This sp. can get large with many branches and also have many small offsets forming on the branches.

No pics of the offsets , but here is a male flower .

[Eric in Orlando]

Pandans are one of my favorite groups of plants. RPS has been getting lots of seed of unusual species. I am growing them to test for cold and cool hardiness here and the last 2 winters have been a good test.

Pandans are amazing from the shortest Pandanus, Pandanus pygmaeus 'Variegatus'

to the largest species, Pandanus monotheca

[Eric in Orlando]

photos of others we are growing;

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Pandans/?start=all

[Peter]

Here's my Pandanus monotheca, showing some cold damage after a tough winter but should be fine. This is the second year in the ground for me and I think this one will be a stunner for Socal-if it can make it for me it should be no problem for the coastal people as long as you can give it some shade. Yours looks great Eric!

[Eric in Orlando]

Good to see it growing in SoCA. I need to get an updated photo. We have 4 planted out and a couple are about 6ft. None have shown any damage these past 2 cold winters. All are growing under tree canopy.

[Austinpalm]

There aren't any Pandanus in Houston, but heres a P. utillis on South Padre Island, Texas (sorry for the bad photo quality).

Show us yours (especially the more exotic species)!

Jonathan

I seem to remember seeing Pandanus on Galveston Island that appeared to have survived this past winter and I guess Hurricane Rita as well. They were on Broadway Street infront of a large white stone building if I remember correctly.

[tropicbreeze]

I've managed to get quite a few Pandanus in my collection, many of them are still small, but one species very numerous and reasonably tall.

Since they're native to my place, I have a few hundred P. spiralis of all sizes up to 6 or more metres high.

Next are P. dubius (sometimes called P. pacifica but which is incorrect). They have a habit of falling over once they get a few metres and then turn into clumps when suckers come up all along the trunks. It's not a native to this area but is commonly grown in gardens.

P. aquaticus is a native, not specifically to my property but very common in the area. I have 4 small ones that I planted.

Another native, P. basedowii, is common to the stoney country nearby and I have about a dozen of those, only one forming a trunk.

P. tectorius, 4 which are all still small.

P. amarylifolius which is still in a pot because I still haven't worked out what would be the best environment for it. Michael, is this one best in full sun or less?

Another which grows quite tall and doesn't have any spines along the leaf edges whatsoever. Have a couple of small ones but haven't managed to identify them yet.

And a variegated one that doesn't grow tall, but don't have an ID.

[aussiearoids]

Zig the Daun Pandan will grow in full sun ,looks better in some shade . Scott & Anne up the road have tons of it along the edge of the creek running through there place .

I love the really big clumps of the smooth edged variegated one .

Though they can take forever to get any size to them , and often spread to much . Trevor maintains his , always trimming off old leaves , his clump is prob. 20 years old .

The other more spiney edged lineata variegated one can get to a decent size as well .

And I just love the epiphytic spiralis growing out of the paperbark tree on the entrance to Cow Bay beach up at Cape Trib'

[Eric in Orlando]

Nice !!!!

[tropicbreeze]

Thanks Michael. My creek stops in the dry season, maybe the P. amarylifolius will want more water than that. I'll have to keep it within reach of irrigation.

That epiphytic P. spiralis looks strange like that. I've never seen one growing out of a tree, and no exaggeration I've seen 100's of thousands of them. I did find a Livistona humilis growing up high in a tree.

P. spiralis in my swamp.

[Eric in Orlando]

I have some P. spiralis seedlings, can't wait until they get older !!!

[Eric in Orlando]

Here is 3 of our P. monotheca, I just took the photos for an update. None showed any damage after the past 2 years. In the first photo, I had P. veitchii, P. amaryliifolius and P. dubius nearby and they croaked.

[Xenon]

There aren't any Pandanus in Houston, but heres a P. utillis on South Padre Island, Texas (sorry for the bad photo quality).

Show us yours (especially the more exotic species)!

Jonathan

I seem to remember seeing Pandanus on Galveston Island that appeared to have survived this past winter and I guess Hurricane Rita as well. They were on Broadway Street infront of a large white stone building if I remember correctly.

Pandanus in Galveston? Who knew they could take 25F, for comparison, the kings I saw were defoliated and the old Royals at Moody Gardens seemed almost dead...even a tall Bismarckia had some moderate damage. Gotta go find it next time I'm there

A P. utillis I saw pictured in the RGV seemed pretty crispy...

By the way, love all the Pandanus shots! How tall does P. monotheca grow, Eric?

Thanks for sharing!

Jonathan

Edited April 29, 2011 by Xenon

[tropicbreeze]

I have some P. spiralis seedlings, can't wait until they get older !!!

Pandanus spiralis is quite variable. One enthusiastic aspiring PhD here split them into 8 species, but it was never accepted.

Pandanus integer St.John

Pandanus convexus St.John

Pandanus thermalis St.John

Pandanus latifructus St.John

Pandanus darwinensis St.John

Pandanus semiarmatus St.John

Pandanus yirrkalaensis St.John

Pandanus yuleensis St.John

The Aborigines here have them as 2 species, I find their distinction easily recognisable. What I like about mine is that the leaf bases remain while the main part of the leaf when dead falls off. It really accentuates the spiral effect. But a lot of P. spiralis hold the dead leaves as a "skirt" but then drop the whole leaf leaving a bare trunk.

[Donald Sanders]

Many years ago when I lived in S. Cal. I grew Pandanus. I was successful with 3 varieties, I remember Pandanus Veitchi was thought to be very

cold hardy as it was beautiful then at Lotusland, in Santa Barbara. It is variegated not real large and beautiful. I see it here once in a while.

There are so many different Pandanus, few cultivated.

I'm always interested in Pandanus. Aloha,

Donald Sanders

[palmislandRandy]

Here is a pic of my neighbor's. It's got a perfect triangle shape, but they hate it! It rains down dead leaves every time the wind blows. Lots of maintainance, but beautiful.

Randy

[aussiearoids]

This is the sp. with red edges to the foliage .

Has only been planted there about 6 years , and was approx 1m tall when I first saw it . Split up well and should get several branches soon . It has a mass of tight stilt roots , hopefully gardeners will clean up base soon . Noticed a few nests , maybe birds fell safe in amongst all the spines .

I acn relate to the mess made by these , as I had to clean up the mess made by a pair of P .solmslaubachii .

This is a swamp loving sp. and has some wicked fine spines on the leaves .

Trunk is covered in pneumataphores .

[Palms1984]

Here's one of several growing in Ocean Beach, San Diego.

[Kumar]

This is the yellow and green one I have

Similar pattern Offshoot from the above, propagated successfully

two smaller offshoots, one pure yellow and the other pure green, - produced from the same plant pictured above - these seemed to have been fused so I did not separate them

[hydrophyte]

I am getting a P. tectorius seedling that I won in an ebay auction and I can't wait to see it. I am way up here in Zone 5 but I am going to try to grow it as a houseplant.

Wow I sure would liek to try that Pandanus pygmaeus!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Here's some old Pandanus growing at Manuel Antonio Beach. My friend Nelson for scale.

[hydrophyte]

Has anybody had any experience germinating Pandanus seeds? I ran into a couple of references that said germination is difficult.

[Pedro 65]

Has anybody had any experience germinating Pandanus seeds? I ran into a couple of references that said germination is difficult.

We simply germinate our pandanus seeds on a raised sand bed in full sun, keep sand moist and they germinate with ease. ps 3/4 bury the seed. good luck.

[Tropicgardener]

Has anybody had any experience germinating Pandanus seeds? I ran into a couple of references that said germination is difficult.

They vary from species to species.........a couple of years ago I put down a heap of Pandanus solms-laubachii and got %100 germination, similar results with Pandanus spiralis but I found our local Pandanus tectorius slower and more erractic......the local trees down on the beach are now full of ripe fruit. I intend to collect a heap soon and grow some for revegetation purposes.

[hydrophyte]

Thanks for those observations. It sounds as though you were working with very fresh seed. Do Pandanus seeds keep very well for very long and do you think that I could expect seeds purchased form online stores to perform very well?

[Tropicgardener]

Not sure about how long they stay viable but would not think that they would store for any lengthy period. I have only worked with fresh seed.

[Pedro 65]

Pandanus Utilis from Madagascar Loves it here in the cool SubTropics. Neat Pandan

[hydrophyte]

I am getting some P. utilis seeds that I bought through an Amazon.com sale. Of course here in the cold north I can only grow that plant for a time as a houseplant. It will be interesting to see how the germination goes.

[malcthomas]

This my Pandanus furcatus

cheers

[Tropicgardener]

Looks great Malcolm, I have heard that furcatus can handle cold pretty well.

[malcthomas]

Looks great Malcolm, I have heard that furcatus can handle cold pretty well.

Andrew...

I'm at 37 degrees lattitude but am right on the beach and don't get frosts. I planted a utilis of the same size at the same time as the furcatus but lost it when the bank it was growing on got washed away in a flood. It would have been interesting to see how the two compared.

I was at Landsendt (auckland) last month and Dick ENDT has some New Guinea speicies fruiting. They are massive plants. I can't find where my photos are of these but they are obviously as hardy as these Himalayan ones.

regards...

[hydrophyte]

Does anybody have any ideas for getting some of the smaller species in the US?

[Tropicgardener]

Looks great Malcolm, I have heard that furcatus can handle cold pretty well.

Andrew...

I'm at 37 degrees lattitude but am right on the beach and don't get frosts. I planted a utilis of the same size at the same time as the furcatus but lost it when the bank it was growing on got washed away in a flood. It would have been interesting to see how the two compared.

I was at Landsendt (auckland) last month and Dick ENDT has some New Guinea speicies fruiting. They are massive plants. I can't find where my photos are of these but they are obviously as hardy as these Himalayan ones.

regards...

Well that is interesting to hear.........have you tried Pandanus monetheca? it seems to have a fair degree of cold tolerance seeing that it is grown in California. How does Pandanus tectorius go for you?.....Due to its southern range it would have a fair degree of cold tolerance......even some of the Queensland upland rainforest species should be able to handle cooler conditions possibly.

[AggiePalms]

There aren't any Pandanus in Houston, but heres a P. utillis on South Padre Island, Texas (sorry for the bad photo quality).

Show us yours (especially the more exotic species)!

Jonathan

I seem to remember seeing Pandanus on Galveston Island that appeared to have survived this past winter and I guess Hurricane Rita as well. They were on Broadway Street infront of a large white stone building if I remember correctly.

I believe you are right about the Galveston pandanus. There were maybe two? of them in front of one of the big old buildings on Broadway. I don't remember which building it was, I haven't been there since before Hurricane Rita. I believe they were probably P. utilis. Like so many plants I love, if they will grow there...they would almost grow here. Which means they would not grow here. Oh well, time for another trip to S. Florida.

[hydrophyte]

Today my order with five P. utilis seeds arrived. I should have known better than to purchase these from a random amazon.com seller. They were light as feathers, smell like moldy hay and were long dead. I used a shears to cut one open to make sure there wasn't a little seed hiding inside but it was just dry dust.

I should be able to find seedlings/little divisions somewhere for this species.

I am really interested in these plants. I was little bit shocked by the harsh sting of the P. tectorius leaves when I got that plant last week, but I think I can get over that. I can't wait to get some more species going. It sure would be great to find some of those shrub Pandanus species.