Water logged

[Brad52]

Most of these palms have been in place for > 1 year, they are in what I call the pond - normally dry but during big rain events it will fill and spill, holding about 4' of water.  Up to the petioles on the Areca vestaria, half way up the trunk of Macrocalyx red and others, totally submerging a new H rheophyticia.  This time I'd say they were in some serious water for perhaps 24 hours or so, fully drained this AM and so far all look normal.

[Palmarum]

Some individuals might like it more than others. I would think the Hydriastele rheophytica would have fun in that situation. It might think it's back in the wild.

Ryan

 

[Brad52]

Now after draining...in photo2 the rheophytica is between the the 2 aroids barely visible left of the 'Stingray' next to the puddle

Edited December 23, 2021 by Brad52

[realarch]

Brad, been a soggy week, looks like your ‘pond’ drains quickly. It also looks like a lot of blue rock in your garden, thankfully with some fractures. 

I have a bit of everything here in Hilo, but no ponding. 

Tim

[Merlyn]

On 12/23/2021 at 5:29 PM, Brad52 said:

Now after draining...in photo2 the rheophytica is between the the 2 aroids barely visible left of the 'Stingray' next to the puddle

That's pretty wild!  There are quite a few palms and other plants I don't immediately recognize.  Could you give me a brief rundown on the ones that tolerate the lake?  I see a Curcuma/Tumeric in there, and a Bambusa Vulgaris Vittata (Hawaiian Gold) that probably loves it. 

[Brad52]

Merlyn, the yellow bamboo is S brachycladum (prolly the nicest bamboo out of 200+ varieties I've grown) and it stays above the water, the water level stops at about the small Pritchardia and spills away.  The curcurma-like plant is actually a native orchid, not sure which of the 3 that one is, hopefully a Nun's orchid but 2 of them have deeply veined strap leaves.  

Near the 2 big aroids is an Areca macrocalyx 'Red' that gets water about 1/3 up the crown shaft but it used to almost fully submerge.  The rheophytica is newly acquired and was fully under, the lipstick palm and adjacent aroid there 'Regal Shield' get a nice drink.  There are heliconia, volunteer Coleus and volunteer Impatiens that drown (these guys pop up all over, I have impatiens trying to establish in my driveway), the triple palm I forget the species and would appreciate an ID! A couple of bromeliads drown, the Mauritia flexuosa loves it, the Areca vestaria 'Red' seems fine with it, an Areca sp. gets water about a foot up the trunk.  Weeds don't seem to mind...several other palm species that are just above the water line in that area.

This area was totally hidden with thick brush about 14 months ago and I did not know it was there, I cleared it and decided to painstakingly peel back the thick mat of fern roots in order to expose the lava flow and now I call it the pond.  Trying to jungle it up some.  Lots of fast growth for a year and it all initially would fully submerge for as much as a day + at a time.

 

Edited December 27, 2021 by Brad52

[Merlyn]

@Brad52 thanks for the rundown and additional pictures! 

 

[Brad52]

Time for everybody to get another drink today and the next 2 days...

[Brad52]

Might be nice and watered at this point...

[Darold Petty]

Are you certain that the rootball is thoroughly wetted ?    

[Brad52]

No, not certain, I'd have to use my mask/snorkle to confirm!