arenga engleri

[gyuseppe]

the beautiful arenga engleri, I made it from seed in the early 2000s, the seeds took a year and a half to germinate! 5 years ago it flowered and produced a lot of seeds that were all lost, because I could not collect them, I was in bed

[Harry’s Palms]

I have had one for about 30 or more years . It now has dark red or orange fruit, not sure if the seeds will be viable as it’s the only one I have. When they feel like they want to come off easily I will try to germinate them. They are very nice palms and hardy. Harry

[dalmatiansoap]

Nice plant! I don't have luck with them, something I must be doing very wrong. Are yours in full sun?

[Tomas]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I have had one for about 30 or more years . It now has dark red or orange fruit, not sure if the seeds will be viable as it’s the only one I have. When they feel like they want to come off easily I will try to germinate them. They are very nice palms and hardy. Harry

I have one single plant on my terrace in Rome and it's seeds are fertile.

I used the seed for experimenting with the delidding method. It's quite simple with Arenga engleri and they start germinating immediately 

[Phoenikakias]

In my garden seeds germinate naturally in the ground! Not many, because most spots are bone dry. But wherever there is irrigation and decent soil, small plants pop up!

[gyuseppe]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I have had one for about 30 or more years . It now has dark red or orange fruit, not sure if the seeds will be viable as it’s the only one I have. When they feel like they want to come off easily I will try to germinate them. They are very nice palms and hardy. Harry

the seeds are fertile I found about 50 seedlings sprouted by themselves around the plant

[Patrick]

I would advise wearing latex gloves when cleaning the fruit from the seeds due to a very irritating compound in the fruit- sone kind of acid I forget the actual name. I learned the hard way many years ago when cleaning A. hookerii fruit. It wasn't the end of the world, but was pretty unpleasant. 

[Harry’s Palms]

5 hours ago, Patrick said:

I would advise wearing latex gloves when cleaning the fruit from the seeds due to a very irritating compound in the fruit- sone kind of acid I forget the actual name. I learned the hard way many years ago when cleaning A. hookerii fruit. It wasn't the end of the world, but was pretty unpleasant. 

I had a similar experience with some Caryota fruit when I was in Kauai. My hands started tingling , then went numb for about 25 minutes. It kinda scared me . Thank you for the reminder. Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

9 hours ago, dalmatiansoap said:

Nice plant! I don't have luck with them, something I must be doing very wrong. Are yours in full sun?

Mostly full sun , a bit of shade from a couple Howea. Harry