Licuala Mapu Flowering

[rhapis]

One of my mature Licuala Mapu.This is the 3rd time it has

flowered this year

[bgl]

Must be very exciting! Hopefully you'll be able to harvest some viable seeds from it!

Bo-Göran

[rhapis]

I'll be trying a technique that I've tried on another Mapu which

is hanging onto 13 seeds at the moment and with some luck I'll

be able to get this one to hold onto a few as well

[Cedric]

Wow that is exciting! I've never seen a mature mapu, does it have a trunk or are they able to flower when quite small?

[rhapis]

It's had a trunk for a while but you'd expect that after 14 years

[Cedric]

Not bad! I was in the process of ordering a batch of advanced seedlings thought it might make an interesting ground cover. Can you tell me +- the eventual spread of one of these?

[fan palm]

very cool!

[Cindy Adair]

Beautiful plant and I wish its progeny well!

[Patricia-CR]

[rhapis]

Hi Cedric the leaf diameter is about 300mm and the canopy

is about 1metre in diameter.Here are a couple of pictures of

another specimen in seed.These photos are also on Facebook

(Planet Palm) and I also have variegated Rhapis photos on Facebook

(Planet Rhapis)

Edited June 14, 2013 by rhapis

[_Keith]

Beautiful.

[tropicbreeze]

I think mine have a while to go before I can even start thinking of flowering. But they're in the ground and seem quite happy. Here's to 10 or so more years of happiness at least.

[Cedric]

Thanks Rhapis so they would actually remain a ground cover for quite a while. One meter is a good spread, do they get this spread before putting on a trunk? I will take a look at "planet Rhapis" are you a nursery?

[Patricia-CR]

Rhapis, breathtaking beautiful.

[rhapis]

They get a 1 metre spread long before they get a trunk but that

is as big as they get and I just grow them in my backyard