Eureka Areca

[realarch]

Wandering in the garden today and my Areca's wanted their photos taken, so I obliged. I'm always amazed how colorful and varied this genus is, but at the same time

have such similar traits you can always seem to identify them. Really nice palms for the garden. All still pretty much babies, but making good progress.

A. catechu

acquired as macrocarpa, but I thinks it's macrocaylx

A. caliso with A. triandra directly behind

[realarch]

A.catechu dwarf

A. macrocalyx and one in the background not near as showy

A. vestiaria orange solitary

[realarch]

And a couple more:

A. catechu var. alba

A. vestiaria var. maroon

[realarch]

Oh, and one more. Can't forget A. guppyana.

[Bill Austin]

Tim looking REALLY good your albas leaf look so green what are feeding them I can't get mine to green up always look so yellow.

[Stevetoad]

Awesome...just awesome. I'm trying to get my wife to want to move to Hilo. One of my life goals is to live on the big island. So far it's a no go. Still working on it....until it works. Thanks for making my itch worse.

[CharlieM]

Awesome...just awesome. I'm trying to get my wife to want to move to Hilo. One of my life goals is to live on the big island. So far it's a no go. Still working on it....until it works. Thanks for making my itch worse.

With housing so cheap today you could buy a second home and just come in the winter. Saw a house today for sale in Lellani 1.22 acres and 1200 sf for $99K, you could plant plams forever on your lot:-)

[Stevetoad]

Awesome...just awesome. I'm trying to get my wife to want to move to Hilo. One of my life goals is to live on the big island. So far it's a no go. Still working on it....until it works. Thanks for making my itch worse.

With housing so cheap today you could buy a second home and just come in the winter. Saw a house today for sale in Lellani 1.22 acres and 1200 sf for $99K, you could plant plams forever on your lot:-)

Your killing me. Buddy of mine offered me a tile setting job out there. Hawaii is exactly my idea of heaven. Warm humid breezes, warm water, warm rain....it's almost so beautiful you could puke...in a good way.

[Tropicgardener]

Yeah great photos there, I only have A.catechu, A. triandra, A. vestiaria and A. guppyana.........would love to get some more.

[palmislandRandy]

Those are beautiful! I think I've killed at least one of each of the Arecas you posted

[Tomw]

Wow, your Arecas are to die for!

[Xenon]

The A. catechu var. alba are amazing, everything else too!

Jonathan

[The Silent Seed]

Those are beautiful, and inspiring! So far, my only experience with Areca are the Home Depot ones (long gone), and currently trying to germinate Areca engleri and A. tremula seeds - it's been a couple months now... Love the trunk colors!

[bgl]

Tim,

All your palms look incredible! I'm guessing you're happy you're here and not where you used to be!

Bo-Göran

[Kim]

Tim, from your photos I can see I need to collect more examples of this genus. Every one is a beauty. And those dwarves, so precious! (sorry, but they are too cute)

[palmcurry]

Always had a thing for these palms. Keep the photos coming as they mature.

[Xenon]

Those are beautiful, and inspiring! So far, my only experience with Areca are the Home Depot ones (long gone), and currently trying to germinate Areca engleri and A. tremula seeds - it's been a couple months now... Love the trunk colors!

I think you're referring to Arenga not Areca...I get it mixed up sometimes too.

Jonathan

[PalmatierMeg]

Areca is one my favorite genera. If only they weren't so cold sensitive.

[The Silent Seed]

OOPS!!! Yes, I was talking about Arengas.... But what I said, applies to the above plants - beautiful !

[realarch]

Thanks everybody.

Bill, I fertilize about every 6 -8 months with the HGC mix. These guys burned for over a year, but now are adapting to full sun. They are getting robust as well.

Stephen, I lived in San Diego for 24 years and am soooooo glad I'm here.

Andrew, I could always use some more macrocalyx and alba's.

Bo, you got that right!

Kim, they are cute, I should probably name them.

Vince, I hope to be posting for a long time.

[ariscott]

Nice Areca, Tim . They definitely need to be planted more.... hard to find anything unusual though. I like them as they seem to like Darwin condition better than the rest of tropical genus....

Regards, Ari

[aussiearoids]

There are lots of nice Areca spp. and yes Ari some seem hard to get .

A. dayung looks amazing also A. insignis .

A. ridleyana is on the top of my must get list .

Small growing A. vidaliana is one I got from Mikey a few years ago .

pics later ,though some should be posted here somewhere .

Edited June 18, 2011 by aussiearoids

[realarch]

Oh yeah Michael, post some pics. I've never even heard of those species.

[ariscott]

It is hard enough to find A. macrocalyx, let alone those species you mentioned, Michael...

Regards, Ari

[Daryl]

Amazing palms Tim..they all look a picture of health! What a a great genus Areca is. I should try and grow more here, but they do struggle when they are smaller as my winters are a little cool.

Daryl

[Pedro 65]

CHUNKY Palms Tim, All VERY Appealing, well grown, well spaced and well planned. The Broad Leaflets on Arecas are Super. Pete

[Walter John]

Thanks for posting these rippers, I agree with every one else, "there's something about Arecas". The green of a junior betel nut has always done it for me and how can we forget vestiaria, one of THE palms that sucked me into this game.

[ariscott]

Just realised how chunky your Areca vestiara orange is.... I like it!!!

[tjwalters]

Very nice! I wish more of them (species) were amenable to pot culture. My A. triandra is doing very well, but I've not had as much luck with A. vestiaria and A. ipot. Trying A. vestiaria again - seeds are beginning to sprout.

[Brad Mondel]

Those albas are incredible!!