Geonoma atrovirens flowering

[olivier971]

A so great surprise today in the garden ..

[XYZ]

Nicely done!! Mine started flowering earlier this year but I haven't bothered doing anything with them yet since I received a fresh batch of artificially-propagated seed from a friend while I procrastinated about hand-pollinating them. These palms are, IMO, one of the very best geonomas as potted subjects for greenhouses.

Seedlings do have a nasty tendency to die for no apparent reason when small, but once they reach 16 cm/6" pot size they seem quite easy in cultivation.

J

[Pedro 65]

2 hours ago, olivier971 said:

A so great surprise today in the garden ..

Spectacular looking all over Oliver,  grown to perfection  Well done, I lost mine by planting them small ..

She's a real beauty, thanks for posting your beautiful beast a nice early Xmas gift to see it flower just before Xmas...

Pete

[Cindy Adair]

What a beauty and lovely photos too! 

I do not have this one and I see Palmpedia lists 38 Genoma spp!

I would love to try them all, but so far have G. bondariana, conduruensis, cuneata v. cuneata, sp. entire leaf, and sp. Panama, assuming they all prove to be different species.

None are nearly as big as yours! Thanks so much.

 

[Monòver]

Congratulations!!! Like Pedro says, it is a perfect grow. And now, flowering.

Mine is 10 cm, may be in a future i will see the same.

[annafl]

Stunning plant and inflorescence!  I've never seen this in person, and now I have an idea of what this palm is and can be.  Thanks!

 

[Palms4Steve]

Stunning looking Palm. 

[Bill Austin]

Thanks for posting Olivier that is as well grown as any one could ask for 

[olivier971]

the flowering  continues

more and more impressive

And only for the moment male flowers

 

[doranakandawatta]

WOW Olivier,

Does this happen ever christmas?
Wonderful pictures of the very interesting species,
How old is the plant? (I start now with just germinated seeds)
and what do you - Palmtalk members - know about synonymy? (G. atrovirens and G. macrostachys ),  
I am lost since seeds and seedlings look very different (RPS seeds)

[richnorm]

Collect some pollen!

[olivier971]

2 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

Does this happen ever christmas?

Not sure, it's for me the first complete flowering but last year it did one in August but stopped before opening flowers. Another inflorescence is currently growing and will probaly flower soon

2 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

How old is the plant? (I start now with just germinated seeds)

it is more or less 10 years old.

Here is the same in 2010 :

2 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

and what do you - Palmtalk members - know about synonymy? (G. atrovirens and G. macrostachys ),  
I am lost since seeds and seedlings look very different (RPS seeds)

I don't know, but, yes, it seems to be quite different ...

[olivier971]

2 hours ago, richnorm said:

Collect some pollen!

Of course ;-)

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Very attractive palm!

[sarasota alex]

Great palm Olivier!

[sarasota alex]

On 12/24/2016, 12:10:03, doranakandawatta said:

and what do you - Palmtalk members - know about synonymy? (G. atrovirens and G. macrostachys )

Geonoma atrovirens and an identically looking G. tamandua are not morphotypes of an extremely variable G. macrostachys. Not all macrostachys look like this though.