Pigafetta Elata

[steve99]

The Pigafetta Elata is certainly far from common in South East Qld, although its not as if they wont grow well here, it's just that they don't come up in palm nurseries too often.   While I was at fellow Palmtalker Andy Green's place yesterday I took these pics of his Pigafetta Elata which was planted around 7 years ago.  I must admit it's growing well and looking good ! 

My Pigafetta Elata on the other hand is a bit of a veteran.  It was planted way back in 1997 and has powered along despite yearly frosts which have ultimately killed several other species of palm in my garden.  I get a least three or four light frosts every year and in the worst years probably seven or eight.  A bad frost about 8 years ago killed two of my three 30ft Arenga Pinnatas stone dead in just a few days, but my piggy just kept powering along unfazed.  So I consider it a lot tougher than what many give it credit for.

 

[DUNDEE]

Lucky you don't get Cyclones..not one of my 18 pigafetta's survived Cyclone Larry, being the first to fall over  ... and despite their great height, the best to stand up to the 300 km/hr plus winds were royals and foxtails... guess it makes sense, both coming from cyclone prone regions.

[steve99]

 

Hey, that's scary stuff Dundee !   

[DUNDEE]

Yep.. was hunkered down under a mattress downstairs and never heard the roof rip off over the sound of the wind. Thats my roof in the foreground , the rest of the house is in the distance behind the trees. Second shot was one of four shade houses wrecked in the space of half an hour.

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

this palm is very nice and bigger; and good luck for rebuild the nursery palm.

[NApalm]

Interesting reading. Great piggies steve and wow dundee. That looks terrible. All rebuilt now?

[comic097]

Looking good Steve, she's a beast, unbelievable pictures Justine  

[Josh-O]

14 hours ago, DUNDEE said:

Lucky you don't get Cyclones..not one of my 18 pigafetta's survived Cyclone Larry, being the first to fall over  ... and despite their great height, the best to stand up to the 300 km/hr plus winds were royals and foxtails... guess it makes sense, both coming from cyclone prone regions.

holy crap!!!!

[Josh-O]

14 hours ago, steve99 said:

The Pigafetta Elata is certainly far from common in South East Qld, although its not as if they wont grow well here, it's just that they don't come up in palm nurseries too often.   While I was at fellow Palmtalker Andy Green's place yesterday I took these pics of his Pigafetta Elata which was planted around 7 years ago.  I must admit it's growing well and looking good ! 

My Pigafetta Elata on the other hand is a bit of a veteran.  It was planted way back in 1997 and has powered along despite yearly frosts which have ultimately killed several other species of palm in my garden.  I get a least three or four light frosts every year and in the worst years probably seven or eight.  A bad frost about 8 years ago killed two of my three 30ft Arenga Pinnatas stone dead in just a few days, but my piggy just kept powering along unfazed.  So I consider it a lot tougher than what many give it credit for.

 

Steve,

they look amazing!!!

[CLINODAVE]

Gorgeous pig, Steve. My own pigs are sp. filaris.  Took pic in early a.m. so hard to see.  Aside from cyclones, do you guys get wind events much in your area?  Your pig looks pretty untattered.  We had gusts near 30 mph here yesterday and I was hating it cuz they can do some tearing of the leaflets. 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2016 by CLINODAVE

[Zeeth]

I'm surprised they do so well there if you get yearly frosts. They're said to be pretty tender in Florida, and I don't know of any large, mature ones (which is probably also a product of our hurricanes). 

[steve99]

4 hours ago, CLINODAVE said:

Gorgeous pig, Steve. My own pigs are sp. filaris.  Took pic in early a.m. so hard to see.  Aside from cyclones, do you guys get wind events much in your area?  Your pig looks pretty untattered.  We had gusts near 30 mph here yesterday and I was hating it cuz they can do some tearing of the leaflets. 

 

Yes, we get plenty of wind here.  There has been many occasions  when we've had winds of 30 - 40 mph and my piggy does get a little tattered.

 

[abilio garcia]

Olá,
Você pode enviar sementes de palmeira Pigafetta elata (palmeira Wanga) para a Europa (Portugal)? Ou recomendou alguém vendedor para mim?
Atenciosamente
Abilio

[abilio garcia]

Hi,
Can you send Pigafetta elata palm seeds (Wanga palm) to Europe (Portugal)? Or recommended someone salesman for me?
Sincerely
Abilio

[palmfriend]

Hi,

Pigafetta seeds are not that easy to come by - getting them sprouted is another (difficult) 

story. They have to be very fresh. In Europe the probably best supplier is rps but they don't

have them available right now. 

Just my two cents.

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

[greysrigging]

Filaris are very finicky.... easy to sprout, but as a coloniser species, they like open disturbed ground/soil, without shade or competition from other plants. Mine grew like rockets but declined as other species crowded them out. A very 'tropical' species in growth requirements.

[abilio garcia]

6 hours ago, palmfriend said:

Hi,

Pigafetta seeds are not that easy to come by - getting them sprouted is another (difficult) 

story. They have to be very fresh. In Europe the probably best supplier is rps but they don't

have them available right now. 

Just my two cents.

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

Thank You.

Do you use any treatment or procedure to make them germinate? I have a greenhouse and a thermal mat for my seeds (trees and other palm trees) and soon I hope some UV lamps, I hope that will be enough.

[palmfriend]

22 hours ago, abilio garcia said:

Thank You.

Do you use any treatment or procedure to make them germinate? I have a greenhouse and a thermal mat for my seeds (trees and other palm trees) and soon I hope some UV lamps, I hope that will be enough.

You're welcome.

I am usually using boxes filled with (Canadian) peat moss year around and put them on a heat mat

just during our winter months January and February. The challenge during the winter months is to

keep them moist but not wet  - to avoid fungus. 

I think you are prepped well, it should work. As mentioned before, getting a hand on fresh seeds is 

probably the hardest part. 

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

[abilio garcia]

1 hour ago, palmfriend said:

You're welcome.

I am usually using boxes filled with (Canadian) peat moss year around and put them on a heat mat

just during our winter months January and February. The challenge during the winter months is to

keep them moist but not wet  - to avoid fungus. 

I think you are prepped well, it should work. As mentioned before, getting a hand on fresh seeds is 

probably the hardest part. 

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

1 hour ago, palmfriend said:

Yes. I am also looking on Indonesian sites.But still nothing.

Regards 

 

 

1 hour ago, palmfriend said: