Areca macrocalyx

[realarch]

Nothing like summer to spur significant growth from these beautiful palms. The older two have grown under canopy and are tall and thin. The younger one is in full sun, much more robust, and it’s not uncommon to drop two fronds at the same time coming out of winter. Clean, colorful, compact,  just a great garden palm.

Tim

[Kim]

Looking good! Oh, and those Joeys in the background, oh my! 🤩

[Jonathan]

That’s a beautiful palm and a beautiful garden Tim. I love the slightly more wild look you've got going there...it has that ruins in a jungle vibe!

[Nico971]

Such a nice color. At what size did you plant the one in full sun ? 
amazing garden 😍

[realarch]

Hey Kim, mahalo. The Joey’s are finally getting some size to them after a few previous try’s and setbacks. I love em.

Jonathan, this is the tame part of the garden, 😀 There are other sections that truly have the ‘jumgle’ vibe.

I checked out South Arm on google maps, interesting looking part of Tasmania. Planning an excursion there next year…..a lot of interesting adventures to experience. 

Nico, planted out as a one gallon about four years ago. These particular palms are fast growing and more robust in full sun. The red color is variable, sone pink, shades of red, and some stay green and never show any color. 

Tim

 

[peachy]

Tim am I seeing things or does one of them have leaves like A catechu dwarf ?  I bought one of these last year but it decided to croak after a few months. I would like to try again but they are fairly pricey here and there is no guarantee of a red crownshaft either.  When you go to Tasmania, can you chuck a red one out of the plane window as you go over Brisbane please ?

Peachy

[Kim]

16 hours ago, peachy said:

Tim am I seeing things or does one of them have leaves like A catechu dwarf ?  I bought one of these last year but it decided to croak after a few months. I would like to try again but they are fairly pricey here and there is no guarantee of a red crownshaft either.  When you go to Tasmania, can you chuck a red one out of the plane window as you go over Brisbane please ?

Peachy

I wouldn't have thought that, but since you pointed it out -- yeah, very-short-to-no petiole, much like A. catechu dwarf. However, comparing the two side-by-side, you would never mistake one for the other. Not the extreme recurve nor overall breadth of the frond of a dwarf A. catechu, and of course the thin trunk and  red crownshaft are dead giveaways for A. macrocalyx. But hey, they are both Areca genus, so, yeah, but no.

[realarch]

Peachy, boy if I could chuck or flush a macrocalyx over Brisbane, you know I would. It would help if you painted a target on your roof. 

All of the Areca’s I’ve seen have no or very short petioles. Like Kim alluded to above, macrocalyx and catechu dwarf have very different leaf arrangements. 

I hope you can find another one, maybe Richard has some in one of those ‘chock full of palms’ green houses of his. 

Here are a few photos, one is a A. catechu dwarf the other is the A. macrocalyx, 

Tim

[peachy]

Thank you for the photos and enlightenment @realarch and @Kim.  Now that I have seen and compared the descriptions I see how I incorrectly misidentified the palm in question.  Silly little woman that I am.

Peachy