Butia Odorata growth and flowering age

[Ninja88]

 

What is the average age and size that butia odorata's first flower and or produce fruit? I've seen it listed as 7 years old, but that seems to young.

Also does their growth seem to slow down the older and bigger their fronds get? My smaller tree seems to be growing faster than my bigger tree. 

[Fusca]

56 minutes ago, Ninja88 said:

 

What is the average age and size that butia odorata's first flower and or produce fruit? I've seen it listed as 7 years old, but that seems to young.

Also does their growth seem to slow down the older and bigger their fronds get? My smaller tree seems to be growing faster than my bigger tree. 

Good question - I've been wondering when my Butia will finally flower!  Fact is they're quite variable in appearance and apparently in time-to-flower as well!  Here is my largest which I bought as a 7-gal back in 2013 which has yet to flower.  In the same nursery at the same time I bought mine was one slightly larger than mine which was already flowering!  

 

[Chester B]

Mine flowered for the first time last year. About 9-10’ overall height   It’s bigger in person than it looks in this photo. 

[Ben in Norcal]

3 years from a 15 gallon here.  But that's a yatay, which is significantly faster than odorata.  I planted each side by side in 2014 and the yatay has been flowering for years and the odorata has not yet.

[Chester B]

The one I posted was 3 years from a 24” box. Palm was around 4’ at the time of planting. 

[Ninja88]

8 hours ago, Chester B said:

The one I posted was 3 years from a 24” box. Palm was around 4’ at the time of planting. 

Very nice growth, your palm has more than doubled in size. Did you get fruit last year? Also how many years in between the 2 pictures?

[Chester B]

5 hours ago, Ninja88 said:

Very nice growth, your palm has more than doubled in size. Did you get fruit last year? Also how many years in between the 2 pictures?

There is some fruit still on the tree that has been slowly growing.  Last year was a cool summer so the fruit was delayed.