I.D, Darwin, NT of Auatralia

[greysrigging]

Spied this clumping palm in the Darwin suburb of Stuart Park this morning. As a lapsed enthusiast, I probably haven't taken a great deal of notice of street plantings around Darwin in recent years, although since joining Palm Talk I find myself taking note of unusual specimens around town. Cant recall seeing this one before....?

Can someone name this one for me please ?

Planted on a nature strip in an industrial area of Stuart Park. I would say that these plants are not watered in the 'dry season' and they are attacked by termites so it seems.

Not much left of this clump....

Coming off a great 'wet', the other clumps seem healthy enough.....

 

[V-Cycle]

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii: Paurotis Palm

[greysrigging]

33 minutes ago, V-Cycle said:

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii: Paurotis Palm

Thanks.....I would think not a commonly grown species in our neck of the woods, but happy to stand corrected. It was unusual enough to catch my eye this morning.

[Tropicgardener]

Don't tend to see it grown a lot in Australia........ just the occasional specimen here and there. I have one growing in a seasonally boggy area of the property.

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

Here in FL, they are found in swampy areas. When planted in dry locations, they look awful by the time the rainy season begins.  This year has been exceptionally dry and the specimens planted in the driest sites nearly died.  They'll take flooding much better than drought.  

[greysrigging]

Spied this magnificent specimen in my suburb the other day. Growing in the front yard of a small unit/flat. This area was developed from the natural bush in about 1988 so I reckon it would be at least 25 years old.

Can someone ID it for me  ?

[Mandrew968]

Gebang palm. Corypha utan. Should be native in the northern territory...

[greysrigging]

54 minutes ago, Mandrew968 said:

Gebang palm. Corypha utan. Should be native in the northern territory...

Wow.....well well well, what has completely fooled me is the fact that I have a 30 year specimen in my back yard that is only a third of the size of this one....in fact mine has barely a trunk out of the ground......its still huge though. Mine grows in a very competitive backyard rain forest environment as opposed to the one pictured above.

[Mandrew968]

Here is our biggest one at work (Montgomery Botanical Center). 

[greysrigging]

Nice specimen.....I went into my backyard jungle and had a closer look at mine.....about 10 to 12' of trunk.on mine after about 27/28 years.