Palms growing in the Chiriqui coastal area of Panama,

[rooikop]

What I want to do is show the variety of palms growing in the coastal belt of the Pacific coast of Panama  specifically in the Chiriquí province, There is a rich variety of Palms and some interesting ones, What I will do start to photograph the different ones I come across  and show case them .If anyone has any particular species they want to see let me know,

The first photo is of Acrocomia aculeata or its local name is Coroso,This is the view from the property.,it is a very useful palm, nice hearts, and edible seeds, also a very good oil is obtained from it , better than the Elais palms, One thing wrong with it , Its a very spiny palm.  but is a dominant palm on the coast .Another very common and striking palm is   Attalea butyracea.I have a few on the property and there are plenty on the hill opposite us, It has an unmistakeable shape and is a big palm. Used locally for thatching.

One more palm which we have growing on the property and one which grows in the bush near us is Cryosophila guagara a fascinating fan palm which has stunning silver undersides to the leaves and the trunk gets alot of root spines, a very beautiful species.

I shall continue with some more palms  next time,We are going up our mountain to see what we can find.

 

 

 

[Harry’s Palms]

Thank you for sharing , these are some interesting palms. I look forward to seeing the higher elevation varieties. Harry

[idontknowhatnametuse]

I have both Acrocomia aculeata and Attalea butyracea, they are very cold hardy considering their habitat. I heard Bactris major occurs in mountain areas in central america, you should be able to find other Bactris sp. in there as well.

[rooikop]

1 hour ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

I have both Acrocomia aculeata and Attalea butyracea, they are very cold hardy considering their habitat. I heard Bactris major occurs in mountain areas in central america, you should be able to find other Bactris sp. in there as well.

Yes we have some very interesting Bactris on our property and quite few down by the mangroves,There is a very skinny one that clumps. Ill get some photos of it.

[rooikop]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Thank you for sharing , these are some interesting palms. I look forward to seeing the higher elevation varieties. Harry

Yes I will do a trip up into the mountains , in the cloud forest its not far from me, Lots of incredible stuff, we went on a seed hunting trip one day a couple of years ago, great fun, need to do it again.