One mean palm bactris gassiapaes

[happypalms]

The bactris  gassiapaes if ever you have been spiked by this palm then you know how deadly it is needle sharp but still a nice palm to have in the collection this one is 20 years old it loves water but quite tolerant of dry conditions but looks best with plenty of water this one has no suckers I have another one a bit smaller that the cold weather destroyed it but a year later it came back with the suckering trait and is still alive today then a accident with the brush cutter made short work off it  then it just came back stronger again you have to be super careful with it even with the mulched up leaf when working near by in the garden I don’t know what’s worse the bactris or the roebelenii 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

Here is a clumping one in Jalisco, México.

[Meangreen94z]

I love these and Acrocomia.

[John hovancsek]

I’m so glad that the one I have was the spineless one however the other ones I have are extremely armed. ( B. Millitaris B. Greyumii B. Hondurense)

[flplantguy]

Ouch! That's a handy sewing needle supplier lol.

[Las Palmas Norte]

Ain't no critters climbing those trunks.

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4 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Ain't no critters climbing those trunks.

My mother in law grabbed it one day for stability and I was almost immediately threatened with you will never marry my daughter if I have my way luckily I had warned her not to touch it and iam still with her daughter 🤣

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5 hours ago, John hovancsek said:

I’m so glad that the one I have was the spineless one however the other ones I have are extremely armed. ( B. Millitaris B. Greyumii B. Hondurense)

Nice example you’ve got do you get seeds of it and if so what do they taste like ?

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7 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Here is a clumping one in Jalisco, México.

That’s a perfect specimen you have there I wonder how the South Americans harvested the seeds in their culture ?

[John hovancsek]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Nice example you’ve got do you get seeds of it and if so what do they taste like ?

I herd they planted tall palms next to them to climb and reach over to harvest but who knows