Attalea butyracea

[Mandrew968]

This is the one at Fairchild. She is a great grower and indeed a monster of a palm! One thing I have noticed about this palm versus other species of Attalea is that the fruit on this palm is less woody and more fleshy like a queen palm seed. I find most Attalea hard to germinate, due to this dense covering on the seed(they must get rodent help, in the wild--super hard outer shells!). Who else has this palm growing? I think this is one of the largest pure species of Attalea that there is. Are there any other distinct differences in this palm compared to the more common cohune? Does cohune have the fleshy seed like this one or the rock hard wooden one?

[Mandrew968]

This is the small one I planted at my In-laws. It seems to be developing that purple rachis that is indicative of cohune... They also have windows in the leaves, but grow out of it.

[Mandrew968]

My Attalea funifera is quite different, for comparison, though it too has windows in the leaves.

[Gbarce]

I have one Attalea butyracea. Not sure if there is an actual trunk yet-- just leaves shooting out of the ground at this point but they are about 20 feet tall. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

[Gbarce]

Here's my baby

[Gbarce]

Not sure if I can say that there is a trunk there already

[Gbarce]

I just realized now how big this species will get-- judging by the relative size of the Bismarkias on the right and the Livistona rotundifolia to it's left.

[Mandrew968]

Not sure if I can say that there is a trunk there already

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Oh yeah, Gene-there's a trunk. It's just under the ground right now. Is that the only Attalea species in your collection? Looks good!

[Richie]

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This is my Attalea Amygdalina. It is about 30 years old. grown from seed. It's awesome.

[Gbarce]

yup it's my only Attalea. They take up a lot of space so I can only accommodate one, but it's in a pretty prominent spot.

[PalmnutVN]

Here's a few shots of Attalea butyracea at Nong Nooch....

[Daryl]

One of my favourites. Nice crisp photos Nick

[hbernstein]

No comments from California. Probably because they're awestruck.

Anyone tried an Attalea on the West Coast? Is there any species that might make it?

[PalmnutVN]

Many thanks Daryl

[Daryl]

Here's a couple of photos of my largest A.butyracea....it is in amongst other plants so I can't get an overall shot of it. It is now about 25ft tall and has grown faster than I thought it would have...it is about 14 years old and has received no care or attention...one tough palm!

I like the dark brown petioles. They have lighter stripes all over them which adds some character.

Daryl

[PalmnutVN]

Lovely stuff!

I wish I had room to grow one of these huge beasties

[Daryl]

Nick, they only take up less than 1 square metre...

[PalmnutVN]

I think you may have possibly omitted the operative prefix kilo-

Actually, it's the wrath of her indoors that worries me the most.....

If I tried crowbarring one of these lovelies into my garden, I can imagine that after previous warnings, her trusty, hammered steel wok would connect rather swiftly with a

particularly sensitive part of my anatomy