Sommieria, 2 species!

[doranakandawatta]

Seen in Singapore, beautiful palms!

Regards

Philippe

[aussiearoids]

Sommieria leucophylla Becc., Malesia 1: 67 (1877).

Heterotypic Synonyms:

Sommieria elegans Becc., Malesia 1: 68 (1877).

Sommieria affinis Becc., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 37 (1914).

[Eric F]

Very nice.

[Alicehunter2000]

Yet another palm I've never heard of.....you tropics people kill me with your endless species. Cool but enviable.

[Cindy Adair]

Seeds from RPS germinated well for me several years ago. My seedlings looked healthy initially, but believe it or not, even I thought I should grow them up a bit before planting them. It was a mistake. I was down to one which was declining so I planted it last summer out of desperation. My husband reported it as deceased last November. It's the one with the dime in the photo. The first photo I believe is from Fairchild Gardens inside their old greenhouse. The others are two species from Nong Nooch-hover for names.

I do plan to try again as it's a nice palm! If anybody knows of someone who sells them and ships to Virginia, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll try seeds again and get them in the ground sooner.

[realarch]

Thanks Philippe and Cindy for the photos. I saw that patch of Sommieria in Singapore and wow, they were beautiful.

I have no idea how old the large ones in the Singapore garden must be, because I don't think these are fast growing palms.

I was lucky enough to find one back here in Hilo.

Here are a couple of pics, one in Singapore and the little one in my garden. Both are S.leucophylla

[Cindy Adair]

Yours is not little Tim! I am very jealous! Both of your photos show gorgeous plants. I didn't even know they got that big...