Pinanga speciosa starting to trunk

[doranakandawatta]

I knew about this species only from what I saw on Palmpedia, with nice pictures of BGL mature and fruiting plants.

So I planted here and there few seedlings and I have been so happy to discover this colorful trunk after I removed an old leaf.

So much looking forward : 

1. to seeing my plants growing

2. before that, to enjoying photos Palmtalkers will post (from some hawaiian gardens or from Australia ????)

[Mantis sp.]

Beautiful colors! 

[Kennybenjamin]

Great photo, beautiful palm!! Enjoy it

[NApalm]

[Pal Meir]

Same colour as this one! 

Oops … it seems not to be a palm …

[Really full garden]

This is my P. speciosa. Its about 3m tall and has flowered a few times without producing seeds. I wish I had a small grove of these instead of the single plant I currently have.

[mike in kurtistown]

I saw the suggestion of photographs from Hawaii, and here are three pics. These are from seeds purchased in April 2008. The four palms were planted, probably from 1-gal pots,.in July 2013. One of the original five died for unknown reasons. I neglected to do something for scale, but these are 15 to 20 feet tall (4.5 to 6 meters).

The location is a low spot where a lot of trees from the clearing of my lot were buried. It turns out to be an amazingly fertile spot for planting palms, and I wish I had used it for some harder to grow and scarcer palms. It receives some shading during midday during the winter months, but no shading during the summer.

[colin Peters]

I wish this was mine, but it is up at Lyon Arboretum in Manoa, I've never had any success here with them. It must be too dry, even

with daily irrigation.