Repotted my two favorite licualas

[Gbarce]

It's the rainy season over here so I guess its the best time to do this. These two seemed to be getting too big for their old pots.

THe trunks seem to be raised because the roots coming out of the base of the trunk is starting to get exposed and the palms are beginning to lean to one side because of lack of support. Either the palms have consumed a significant amount of their soil or the root ball is over crowded anis pushing the palm up.

Either way these needed a new home.

Its nice to get a really good look at them now that they are out in teh open.

Looks like the mapu got a lot bigger than the orbicularis did.

[peachy]

I would have given them a new home Gene

Peachy

[Gbarce]

The petioles are beginning to get longer on the newer leaves on the L. Orbicularis but the leaf size look just about the same.

[Gbarce]

Close ups of the mapu

[Gbarce]

THe mapu is developing a trunk but still no signs of flowers

The orbicularis is a lot shorter but I think these are suppose to be trunkless palms right? I put soil up to half an inch up the trunk.

[Pedro 65]

Stunning Gene, AWESOME Mapu,love it, one of the many rewards of growing palms in the Tropics.

[ariscott]

Nice nice nice... I love them both. My mapus have a long way to go to be that size. Still alive and well in this weather, thank goodness....

Regards, Ari

[Tomw]

Both your palms look great, but wow what’s not to love about the Mapu!

[tinman10101]

Gene

That Mapu is so unreal!!! How old is that one and are they easy to find in the Phillipines?

Cheers!

Tin

[Jastin]

I just pulled the spear on my Mapu after coming home from a trip but then again I do live in california. I'm going to have to build a greenhouse just for palms like these! Awesome pics!

[LJG]

Wow. That is one of the nicest Mapu's I have seen.

[realarch]

A couple of real beauties Gene, they look perfect.

[chakoro]

Gene, Fantastic plants mate..what size were they when you purchased them and how long have been growing them? regards Craig.

[Gbarce]

Thanks guys. The mapu really is a beauty and its a pretty strong and relatively fast grower despite looking so delicate.

Jastin- they're worth another try. I guess and if you keep them with you in doors you get to enjoy them alot more

Tin- still a rarity over here and still very expensive if they do make an appearance

The first post ever put on the forum about the mapu was this one:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6308&st=0&p=104504&hl=mapu&fromsearch=1&#entry104504

It was about a foot tall and the leaves were maybe 6 inches across. This was almost 4 years ago.

[tjwalters]

Wow, Gene. The Mapus are simply stunning. Incredible.

[Tropicgardener]

Your Mapu is gorgeous, mine is still only little but growing steadily......

[Bill Austin]

The pic. say it ALL.

[hydrophyte]

Those are both really lovely plants Gene. Nice work!

[Peter Pacific]

Gene, please help me with my Mapu. It's about four years old, grown from seed, in a pot, and it hasn't done anything. Four tiny leaves and as one comes up another dies. It's in nearly full shade, black dirt with volcanic sand and gets plenty of water. It just won't budge. Any ideas? Peter

[Gbarce]

do you have pictures of the plant and your soil mix?

Start another thread about this so others more experinced than me can chime in too