Licuala peltata Sumawongii in Samarakoon's garden

[doranakandawatta]

Samarakoon has only one plant, but this plant is fruiting and is now the mother plant of many seedlings. One day we'll plant a group of these pelota 'Sumawongii' in our Licuala garden.
We'll have to give them space.

[Richie]

Beautiful palm Philippe  , I have only 2 in my garden so far ,  one about half this size and a smaller one in my creek . They certainly grab your attention and aren't that slow growing , so I may have to get a couple more .

[gilles06]

that's a very nice palm, i love it

[The Palm Nut]

These are great palms not particularly fast grower down this far south but certainly an eye catcher. I have four, this one being the biggest and producing seed but none of the seeds have been viable. The Licuala grandis is the small one in the picture, its 20 plus years old.

[Cindy Adair]

Those are stunning!

This post reminded me that I have yet to move two of my three as they turned out to be this species (identified on PalmTalk) and thus planted way too close together! Good thing digging and planting are fun for me and not work, especially in the lovely shady microclimate where these reside. Plenty of good spots nearby. 

I also have no complaints that they were bought as another Licuala species. I only paid for one tiny seedling and two were freebies so now I have three nice trees!

Do Licualas move fairly easily?

[Riddler]

49 minutes ago, The Palm Nut said:

The Licuala grandis is the small one in the picture, its 20 plus years old.

Wow , a Licuala grandis in Port Macquarie, i wouldn't have believed it if i hadn't seen it. Your peltata looks amazing too.

 

[The Palm Nut]

On ‎11‎/‎04‎/‎2016‎ ‎8‎:‎10‎:‎06‎, Cindy Adair said:

On ‎11‎/‎04‎/‎2016‎ ‎8‎:‎10‎:‎06‎, Cindy Adair said:

Those are stunning!

This post reminded me that I have yet to move two of my three as they turned out to be this species (identified on PalmTalk) and thus planted way too close together! Good thing digging and planting are fun for me and not work, especially in the lovely shady microclimate where these reside. Plenty of good spots nearby. 

I also have no complaints that they were bought as another Licuala species. I only paid for one tiny seedling and two were freebies so now I have three nice trees!

Do Licualas move fairly easily?

 

Hi Cindy

My experience with transplanting these are limited, but the ones I have transplanted though small, recovered well.

[The Palm Nut]

On ‎11‎/‎04‎/‎2016‎ ‎8‎:‎32‎:‎14‎, Riddler said:

Wow , a Licuala grandis in Port Macquarie, i wouldn't have believed it if i hadn't seen it. Your peltata looks amazing too.

 

Thanks Riddler

Years ago I used to protect it with a portable hothouse during winter months and pile on the mulch around it for protection (the trunk is about 20cm longer under the soil) the effects of winter show up as browning leaf tips (I cut them off as you can see) and one or two stunted frons depending on how wet and cold the winter has been. Its a slow grower this far south but that's ok I'm just glad that it's lasted this long.