ceiba pentandra growth rate

[BigBpalms]

bought this guy back in march at the lue show on Erics recommendation- was about 12" tall 1 gallon- now roughly 5 months later its just eclipsed 6' tall- about a foot per month mutch faster that the other ceiba species I have planted.

[Eric in Orlando]

Good to see it growing well One planted at LG is almost 10ft in its 2nd year.

[fastfeat]

Last week saw a large tree of this growing at LA Arboretum in Arcadia that I originally thought was a Bombax ceiba. I didn't think this tree would take SoCal winter temps.

[Peter]

Which tree are you speaking about Ken?

[fastfeat]

It's in the SW area, above the cart path, not far from the Senna spectabilis and the new Plumeria plantings.

[Peter]

Is it the thorny, relatively thin one right beside those plumerias and very close to the Tabebuia cross? It's not the one up there by the road that's gigantic is it?-that one is a Bombax ceiba with giant, scarlet flowers?

[fastfeat]

I thought Jim said it was the big one above the road; I thought it looked like a Bombax. Maybe I got them reversed? (We were doing a bunch of pruning in the heat that day).

Other "errors" we discovered:

--The two big "Cedrela fissilis" (north side of lagoon) are actually Toona ciliata.

-- Big Peltophorum "pterocarpum" (near big Luehea divaricata) is P. dubium.

-- Two "Schizolobium" (jungle area near lagoon) are Peltophorum spp.

Oh well, mistakes happen...

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Oh well, mistakes happen...

Tell me about it.

[Peter]

Yes that's the one-I think it's labelled as pentandra, but I've seen the flowers and they are certainly Bombax ceiba. It does look different from the others, so I'm guessing it's from seed and not grafted like the other 2 down by the buildings. There is a knobby Ceiba up there as well-I can't quite remember what it's labelled as now. It's much smaller and I've never seen it in flower.

[Palms1984]

Last week saw a large tree of this growing at LA Arboretum in Arcadia that I originally thought was a Bombax ceiba. I didn't think this tree would take SoCal winter temps.

I was holding a large one for a friend. This tree amazingly grew fast through winter here in San Diego!

[Peter]

Here is the aforementioned Bombax ceiba at the LA Arboretum:

[amazondk]

It might be a while until it gets to this size. Most of the big ones in the area were cut down years ago for making plywood. But, this one on the other side of the Negro River by the meeting of the waters managed to survive. The darker colored part of the trunk is where the previous years annual flood level was. These trees normally inhabit areas that are periodically under water around here.

dk

[Eric in Orlando]

Wow, that is a giant !!!

[amazondk]

Eric,

The Saumauma as the tree is known here is the largest tree of the forest. They tower over already tall trees.

dk

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

This is how big they can get in about 120 years.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11705

[Eric in Orlando]

Here is the Palm Beach tree a couple weeks ago, planted 1892. GThe white wall behind it is about 10ft tall.