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A few Raphia's.

Pedro 65

By Pedro 65
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Pedro 65 Grand Master

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Loving this warm winter we are having so far and so are the Raphia's.

Shakira is giving some scale on 2 of the 3 Australis and is between 2 Farinifera, the smallest Raphia in the pics is Taedigera.

The waters edge get very cool in winter but Raphia's laugh at that, they are always happy in full sun with "constant water" source.

Please show Raphia's "you are growing".

Thanks Pete :)

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Zeeth Grand Master

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Does anyone grow Raphia regalis? That's the species that supposedly has the longest leaves in the plant kingdom.

Keith 

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

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Pedro 65 Grand Master

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Does anyone grow Raphia regalis? That's the species that supposedly has the longest leaves in the plant kingdom.

Australs in a Rainforest situation like the "recorded" Regalis in the Congo would grow leaves as long... and was the recorded Regalis a 1 of ? why is their "no pics" of Regalis in Palm books ?? :)

Our shaded Australis has longer leaves than its "good looking" full sun brothers.

Show us your Raphia's Keith

Pete :)

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I took these pics Pete, 18 months ago at the Cape Town ( South Africa ) Botanical Garden, this was a massive palm

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Does anyone grow Raphia regalis? That's the species that supposedly has the longest leaves in the plant kingdom.

Australs in a Rainforest situation like the "recorded" Regalis in the Congo would grow leaves as long... and was the recorded Regalis a 1 of ? why is their "no pics" of Regalis in Palm books ?? :)

Our shaded Australis has longer leaves than its "good looking" full sun brothers.

Show us your Raphia's Keith

Pete :)

Have had similar difficulty finding pics of R. regalis, but recently saw that Palmpedia has a new set of images (R. regalis).

Ours are still pretty small:

R. regalis

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R. hookeri

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R. mambillensis

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nasty little spines on the leaflets of all 3 species (cm scale):

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Pedro 65 Grand Master

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Paul, thanks for the pics of Australis in Capetown, its a Biggun.

George, I look fwd to future updates on the growth of your Raphia's and the Regalis on Palmpedia with Pedro standing beside it has great colour, the "old" specimens lack the presence Australis has but the 3 maturing look great and have great colour,( they look very Australis) all best with yours.

I look fwd to other folks Raphia's they have growing.

Pete :)

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in Singapore Botanical Garden:

Yollilo palm (nice name)

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Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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These have a real 'lost world' look to them. The photos in #1 and #3 really gives an amazing sense of perspective. Now to wonder how heavy those leaves are ... :drool: This palm would fit nicely into Bill Austin's photo album tiled 'giant palm Thanks for the photos Pete.

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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

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Philippe, after seeing the taedigera in Singapore and the vast difference to mine I went and checked old Rosebudfarm lists ( where I bought many many palms over the past 20 yrs) and sure enough mine is Raphia vinifera not taedigera.

So correction, our small Raphia is Vinifera. Its been much slower than Australis and Farinifera but its up and away now.

Kumar, I too feel Raphia's are very Lost World/ Jurassic and give that feel here in the gardens when they start getting great size.

Pete :)

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Those ones are monsters Pete !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Pete,you got a truly awesome place!!! Unbelievably beautiful! And the Raphia are monsters!!! Do they ever get clean trunks or are dead leaf bases always retained?

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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Pete,you got a truly awesome place!!! Unbelievably beautiful! And the Raphia are monsters!!! Do they ever get clean trunks or are dead leaf bases always retained?

Thanks very much for that comment Kostas, we very much love where we live and yes the leaf has to be cut at the start of the petiole as the crownshaft stays on till it rots away as 1 pic shows and the other shows the Australis that "really " needs some tidying up.

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Pete :)

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Pete,

Seeing pics of your garden and what we can guess in the background, it seems Singapore Botanic Garden is not better than your place,

How many Roystonea on your avenue?

Many thanks for posting pics.

Best regards

Phiilippe

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Pete,

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Is this a Raphia? (in Gardens By the Bay, Singapore)

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Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Wow! Incredible size! I had once heard that R. farinifera has the second longest leaf in the plant kingdom... second only to the giant kelp beds off the coast of Southern California which can reach nearly 400 feet long in the ocean.

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Awesome Pete! Just awesome!!! :drool: Thank you very much for sharing :)

I tried germinating Raphia ruwenzorica in the past which should grow great here but never got any to sprout.

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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Hey Guys, South African here now in Melbs. Pedro where did you get R. australis seed? Would love to start growing them. Gotta give them a shot seeing they grow in CT which is like Melbourne. 

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Pete, those palms look incredible. I would hate to have to trim one. Never seen any Raphia look as good as yours, locally or habitat. You grow, Boy!

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