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realarch

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Just a few pics of these monster palms, and they're still babies. Here's the trio shortly after planting back in mid 2010.

They are super sensitive to repotting so I just cut the bottom out of the pot and set them on some mulch and potting soil.

I really thought the weeds would eat them alive and cover them over.

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Here's the trio about a year later in mid 2011. If you look closely there are three of them. They survived the weeds and finally showing some good growth. They are planted in the open space at the rear of the property and because of the spines, are pig proof.

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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So here they are today, just monsters and a bit knarly looking in the process of revealing their trunks.

Check out the shovel in the second photo for scale. Four years of growth, not too bad.

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

waykoolplantz Veteran

waykoolplantz

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They look amazing

The Palm Mahal

Hollywood Fla

Daryl Grand Master

Daryl

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One of my favourites! Very rewarding when you see growth like that! A shame that they are just absolute water hogs, but you have no shortage of that Tim!

Daryl

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

Peter Pacific Mentor

Peter Pacific

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Gorgeous Tim! Mine is a fast grower too but it doesn't like my soil.

Have fun in Miami!

Peter

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude

LilikoiLee Mentor

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Hey Tim,

Good to see your Piggies. I like the tripple planting . Mike and I posted some pictures of ours earlier but we thought we'd post them again for those who didn't see them then. They are now over 20' tall.

I would like to hear how you and others have been so successful with your triple plantings, The only triples that have worked for us are our Chambeyronias. All of our other triples have one dwarf.

We recently lost one of three Socratea that were a couple of feet apart. I planted them that way after seeing them planted that closely at one of HIPS garden tours. They were mature and their stilts had intertwined. I had hoped to achieve the same effect.

Hope to hear some thought and suggestions on triple planting from everyone.

Lee

PS - We'd love to have a couple of the white variiety.

Planted in November of 2009 at about 16 inches tall.

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Four years later in September of 2013

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Taken a few weeks ago showing all three of our monsters.

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Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

Zeeth Grand Master

Zeeth

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I love this genus. It's too bad that they don't perform well in Florida.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

doranakandawatta Grand Master

doranakandawatta

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Hey Tim,

Good to see your Piggies. I like the tripple planting . Mike and I posted some pictures of ours earlier but we thought we'd post them again for those who didn't see them then. They are now over 20' tall.

I would like to hear how you and others have been so successful with your triple plantings, The only triples that have worked for us are our Chambeyronias. All of our other triples have one dwarf.

We recently lost one of three Socratea that were a couple of feet apart. I planted them that way after seeing them planted that closely at one of HIPS garden tours. They were mature and their stilts had intertwined. I had hoped to achieve the same effect.

Hope to hear some thought and suggestions on triple planting from everyone.

Lee

PS - We'd love to have a couple of the white variiety.

Planted in November of 2009 at about 16 inches tall.

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Four years later in September of 2013

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Taken a few weeks ago showing all three of our monsters.

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Lee,

Your monsters look great!

What are the silver leaves plants nearby? (I am not talking about your hair :) )

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

Kumar Veteran

Kumar

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What a beautiful and fast-growing palm. It would make a good fencing against our mango thieves :) Thank you Lee and Tim for the photos

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Kumar

Bombay, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 23 - 32 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 3400.0 mm

Calcutta, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 19 - 33 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 1600.0 mm

akamu Mentor

akamu

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:greenthumb: oink oink very nice indeed

CLINODAVE Community Regular

CLINODAVE

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Great looking palm Tim.

One of my favorites, mainly cuz it was David Fairchild's favorite, and I am one of his groupies.

I grow P. filaris, and much as I love their beauty, mine have grown above the height of my windbreaks and they get hammered in anything beyond a 15-mph wind. Kinda like a thousand cuts; torn leaflet here, smashed down leaflets on emerging frond there, etc. Anyway, they get to looking a bit ragged after a while in a maritime, tradewind-exposed area. Their home territory in PNG must never get anything beyond a light breeze. Lucky them.

colin Peters Grand Master

colin Peters

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Wow Tim I can see why the pigs stay away. I put in a one gallon in my garden and it has done nothing

maybe one leaf this past year. Not sure why.

Nice growth Lee, beautiful

aloha

steve99 Mentor

steve99

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I adore piggies, they're a great looking palm. My piggy started out as a seedling way back in early 1998.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Those (formerly) little Piggies are lethally armed and enormous (and gorgeous!)

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