Livistona rotundifolia seedlings

[happypalms]

Not a bad looking palm as far as livistona go the rotundifolia. Grown from imported seeds. An easy one to grow and germinate as juvenile a bit of a kerriodoxa look about them but the thorns a definite give away as to what genus it is. A tough palm that takes a lot of neglect.

[ahosey01]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

Not a bad looking palm as far as livistona go the rotundifolia. Grown from imported seeds. An easy one to grow and germinate as juvenile a bit of a kerriodoxa look about them but the thorns a definite give away as to what genus it is. A tough palm that takes a lot of neglect.

I've heard that given wet soil these things will grow like 3ft a year once they've got an established root system.  Trunk character on the big ones is beautiful.

[Fusca]

2 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

I've heard that given wet soil these things will grow like 3ft a year once they've got an established root system.  Trunk character on the big ones is beautiful.

I hope!  Of all the seedlings I have (which is many) it's one of my favorites.  Mine's about the size as @happypalms's last photo and I'm debating whether I should plant it out next week or wait another year.

[Austinpalm]

30 minutes ago, Fusca said:

I hope!  Of all the seedlings I have (which is many) it's one of my favorites.  Mine's about the size as @happypalms's last photo and I'm debating whether I should plant it out next week or wait another year.

Switch it with the S. uresana you have in that wet spot in the front yard and step back.  😁

[ahosey01]

14 minutes ago, Austinpalm said:

Switch it with the S. uresana you have in that wet spot in the front yard and step back.  😁

If this is a democracy I also vote for the same outcome.

[Fusca]

The poor uresana!  😆  Innocent victim of the yard leak.

[Harry’s Palms]

Nice looking palms . Gnarly thorns though , like it’s cousins. Sounds like they gain size fairly fast. Harry

[ahosey01]

3 hours ago, Fusca said:

The poor uresana!  😆  Innocent victim of the yard leak.

You could also sell the rotundifolius to me in order to save the uresana.  Just selflessly giving you options.

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

I've heard that given wet soil these things will grow like 3ft a year once they've got an established root system.  Trunk character on the big ones is beautiful.

The one I have planted is fast growing and starting to really move on since it’s been in the ground. I try and save all the wet areas for more exotic tropical palm species. 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Nice looking palms . Gnarly thorns though , like it’s cousins. Sounds like they gain size fairly fast. Harry

Love the thorns they seem to get you no matter what you do to avoid them. The on3 in the ground has only been in the ground for two years and is really starting to move in growth. 
Richard

[gyuseppe]

the mine survived 3 winters and died on the 4th winter

[tim_brissy_13]

Now Saribus rotundifolius. I think I recall a study into palm growth rates in the tropics a while back concluding that this is the single fastest species in the world if given ideal conditions in terms of putting on height. 
 

A couple of pictures from Bali, Indonesia. 

[ahosey01]

18 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Now Saribus rotundifolius. I think I recall a study into palm growth rates in the tropics a while back concluding that this is the single fastest species in the world if given ideal conditions in terms of putting on height. 
 

A couple of pictures from Bali, Indonesia. 

Here is a pair of street view snips from one thaht used to grow near me.  Thanks to another PTer for showing me this.

This was 2011:

 

This was 2019:

[Austinpalm]

1 hour ago, ahosey01 said:

Here is a pair of street view snips from one thaht used to grow near me.  Thanks to another PTer for showing me this.

This was 2011:

 

This was 2019:

So... 2021 took it out?  Is that wall north facing?

[ahosey01]

1 hour ago, Austinpalm said:

So... 2021 took it out?  Is that wall north facing?

No idea if it's still there, I haven't been over there.  I think @Fusca told me when I was at his house that it was dead but you'd have to confirm with him.  That wall appears to be a south wall.

[Fusca]

2 hours ago, Austinpalm said:

So... 2021 took it out?  Is that wall north facing?

Yes, I checked on it shortly after moving here in March 2022.  A full year after the freeze the dead trunk was still there and from what I could tell the crown was above the adjacent Sabals.  I'll be going by there tomorrow and I'll check on the placement but I think it was on the south side of the bank wall.

[happypalms]

On 2/18/2025 at 11:14 PM, tim_brissy_13 said:

Now Saribus rotundifolius. I think I recall a study into palm growth rates in the tropics a while back concluding that this is the single fastest species in the world if given ideal conditions in terms of putting on height. 
 

A couple of pictures from Bali, Indonesia. 

Couple of nice pics there lazing around in Bali hey, while we grow all the palms. Piggafetta is meant to be a fast species as well.