Tallest palm you have ever seen

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

I am sure this thread has already been started in the past but i have a few pics to share.  If you got any impressively tall palm pics put them here.

These are the tallest ive seen (robusta in sarasota reaching LA size)

Tallest wild palms ive seen are still these sabals by ft island beach.

I thought this sabal palm at blind pass beach on manasota key seemed tall despite the windy conditions on the beach front.  any idea if is wild or planted?  lots of wild ones around but this one i cant tell.

 

 

[Tomw]

The palms in picture one and two are Attalea cohune’s, the second picture shows my friend Dale Holton for scale and I’m guessing that tree in picture 2 has about 80 ft. of trunk and that is the shorter of the two. These pictures are taken at Caracol in Belize.    

[Dypsisdean]

This may be the tallest palm I have seen personally. Pritchardia schattaueri - Kona side of the Big Island, Hawaii.

[Pal Meir]

Livistona nitida in habitat, c. 40 m tall:

[DCA_Palm_Fan]

The tallest palms I have seen in real life are the same very tall washingtonia robustas that many others have also seen.  That said, the tallest that I have seen in photos are of the Quindio Wax Palm (Ceroxylon Quindiuense)  which grows in the Cocora Valley of Columbia.  Now THOSE are, the worlds tallest palms I would think and they are in fact the worlds tallest Monocots.  They can,and do grow to around 150 feet, and occasionally push 200 feet.   I discovered these palms a few years ago via instagram posts from that place. 

[palmfriend]

Hello there,

I am not really sure which one it might be - so, I am going to post two pics:

Borassus flabelifer (Angkor Wat, 2009) or...

..these Cocos nucifera on Rarotonga (Cook Islands, 2005)

best regards

Lars

 

[Cindy Adair]

Interesting topic! I know I have seen many very tall palm trees, but tend to photograph the small ones more often. If I can find any decent shots especially with something/someone to indicate size I will add them here. In the meantime I look forward to contributions of others.

[palmfriend]

17 hours ago, Tomw said:

The palms in picture one and two are Attalea cohune’s, the second picture shows my friend Dale Holton for scale and I’m guessing that tree in picture 2 has about 80 ft. of trunk and that is the shorter of the two. These pictures are taken at Caracol in Belize.    

That is such a beautiful palm - thank you so much for posting!

I have bought seeds a while ago because I truly like this one but I got no luck. Maybe I am going to try it one day again -

best regards

Lars

[cfkingfish]

21 hours ago, Mr.SamuraiSword said:

I am sure this thread has already been started in the past but i have a few pics to share.  If you got any impressively tall palm pics put them here.

These are the tallest ive seen (robusta in sarasota reaching LA size)

Tallest wild palms ive seen are still these sabals by ft island beach.

I thought this sabal palm at blind pass beach on manasota key seemed tall despite the windy conditions on the beach front.  any idea if is wild or planted?  lots of wild ones around but this one i cant tell.

 

 

Excellent pictures! I recognize most of those areas well, I lived in Sarasota/Venice area for 12 years, Manasota Beach is the most underrated beach in Florida! All of those Sabals there are natural and oddly tall considering their location. 

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

1 hour ago, cfkingfish said:

Excellent pictures! I recognize most of those areas well, I lived in Sarasota/Venice area for 12 years, Manasota Beach is the most underrated beach in Florida! All of those Sabals there are natural and oddly tall considering their location. 

agreed manasota beach is my favorite beach ive been to in florida.  It is very underated and that could possibly be a good thing or else hotels might start popping up everywhere!

heres a few manasota beach pics 

[Darold Petty]

Full disclosure , I do not have photographs to accompany this story...

In year 2000 the IPS Biennial visited New Caledonia.  One highlight was a visit to Mt. Panie, including helicopter shuttles from sea level up to the palm zone elevation. (saving time, avoiding exertion and fire ants!)  I don't truly remember if it was later that day or the next but we had a fabulous dinner in the adjacent bush.  The location featured a fully mature grove of Roystonea oleracea that had been planted by French colonialists in the 19th century.  These palms grew in an ideal climate, and more importantly, the location is NOT subject to lightning strikes.  Consequently these palms had achieved their maximum potential of height, and they were surely 40 meters tall.  The dinner was bar-be-que, shrimp or lamb cooked to order on site, with of course, French wine.  The hosts were unsure about the weather, and had arranged both  tented and open sky seating for the group. A classical string quartet played while we dined, (no rain, under the open sky).  High powered theatrical, colored lighting was installed to illuminate the palm crowns, changing colors to the music as the fronds danced in the night wind, although the air was still at ground level.  I cannot convey how pleasurable this entire dinner and light show was.  I would have to rank this with my wedding day, and my hike up Mt. Gower.

  This remains the most memorable event of any IPS Biennial I have attended.  After the royal treatment in Thailand in 1998, we wondered how a small hosting group from New Caledonia with lesser resources would respond, but they surpassed every expectation.  If any of my fellow participants have photos, PLEASE post them ! 

[Yunder Wækraus]

10 hours ago, palmfriend said:

Hello there,

I am not really sure which one it might be - so, I am going to post two pics:

Borassus flabelifer (Angkor Wat, 2009) or...

..these Cocos nucifera on Rarotonga (Cook Islands, 2005)

best regards

Lars

 

ប្រាសាទអង្គរវត្ត!❤️

[Cindy Adair]

4 hours ago, Mr.SamuraiSword said:

agreed manasota beach is my favorite beach ive been to in florida.  It is very underated and that could possibly be a good thing or else hotels might start popping up everywhere!

heres a few manasota beach pics 

Off topic, but thanks to you and Christian, I will add this beach to my list for my future visits to Florida! I have gotten many excellent travel tips and met many IPS members through PalmTalk!

[realarch]

I always like this topic when it pops up from time to time. Sometimes you see such tall jaw dropping palms, you have to catch your breath.

Here are a few more. (I've posted these before)

The first one is Bactris gasipaes just north of Hilo.

The second is R. oleracea at Foster BG in Honolulu.

The third is also at Foster, Attalea cohune. 

Tim

[Mandrew968]

Yeah, I guess no one has ever gone to Colombia... good reason to have the next biennial there--all the palms will be obsolete, in this thread...