Some Veitchia Time

[realarch]

So, I was going to say......this is my favorite genus, but it seems almost every genus is my favorite. Ok, I really like

this genus and it contains some wonderful species. Here are a few from the garden, from medium large to rather diminutive.

Great leaf color and some interesting trunk/crownshaft marking. Easy grow, relatively pest and disease free and not fertilizer hogs. 

Veitchia subdisticha, a small grove of seven, full sun, and on a steep slope. They love the extra good drainage.

[realarch]

V. vitiensis. Great little palm with a nice droopy habit. Good crownshaft color too. Got these back in 2011 as seedlings......somewhat of a slow grow

and seemed a bit fragile in the beginning. I should probably get some more and fill out the grouping. Great leaf color. Small palm, good scale. 

[realarch]

V. sessifolia. Another small palm and looks similar to V. vitiensis. Even slower and more fragile than V. vitiensis. I think I had six and managed to lose five of them.

This one pulled through and seems happy. Crownshaft not quite as nice as the others. 

 

 

[realarch]

V. metiti. Ummm.....verdict is still out on this one. Kinda wimpy even in a grove of six. Looking better though, so time will tell. Skinny little dudes and not much of a crown. Pretty leaf. Kinda slow.

 

 

 

[realarch]

V. arecina. Great palm and some of the first palms I planted back in late 2008. Spectacular as a small palm and just as nice as a large specimen. The white crownshaft and those black markings at the base of the petiole are so distinctive. Never regretted planting what could be called a common palm. Fast, beautiful, and never a PIA.

 

 

 

[fan palm]

Wow tim! some very cool veitchia and some i have never heard of.  I will add these to my list. Cheers!

[realarch]

Last one. V. joannis. Another beautiful species, pendant leaves are the feature. The crownshaft not near as nice as V. arecina in my opinion. Growth pretty much the same as V. arecina. (this spell check is driving me nuts, gonna have to check into that) 

Hard to get a good photo of this one, but it's finally starting to have a presence. 

 

Tim

 

[User00]

Great photos 

[comic097]

Great pics Tim

[awkonradi]

Thanks for sharing

[Really full garden]

These are my Veitchia joannis. These are the offspring of my oldest palm.The first palm that I germinated in Guatemala.I received the seeds from the famous Inge Hoffman and actually carried them on the flight with me in January 1989.

These are planted at the entrance to my beach house and have been in the ground about 12 yrs. I have two more Veitchia joannis closer to the ocean ,but they do not look as nice as these do.

I have V.arecina too,but Veitchia joannis is my favorite.

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[Cluster]

All of those Veichtia are nice, my vote goes to the Joannis though, the pendant leaves are very nice. 

[doranakandawatta]

I have V.arecina too,but Veitchia joannis is my favorite.

Interesting information; I'll enjoy my Veitchia joannis.

In the same way I'd recommend  to PT members not to plant Rhopalobaste beside V. joannis; they do not match., too similar but different; you'll compare and find one species nicer than the other.

 

[Matt in OC]

How does Veitchia arecina compare with winin, especially in SoCal? Any comments?

[PalmatierMeg]

Tim, you have so many nice Veitchia specis. I would love to try some of those smaller ones but they are almost impossible to find. My occasional extra cold winters make them marginal here but the ones I have have gotten large so I hope dense jungle plantings and the nearby canal will give them an edge.

[CLINODAVE]

Gorgeous palms, Tim!

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

I really enjoy the large Veitchia species commonly used in the warmer parts of FL.  They add an exotic flare to the skyline wherever they can be grown. I know of one or two successful planting outside the Coconut zones, but they are uncommon, and I presume the species is V. winn, the purported hardiest of the genus.  I have little exposure to the small ones but some look like they'd work in pot for a while and might be worth a try considering those beautiful crownshafts.  If I were just one climate zone warmer, I'd have a yard full of them!  Thanks for posting pix of a genus that doesn't get enough respect!  

[mike in kurtistown]

Neat palms, Tim, especially the smaller, rarer species that I know nothing about. I have just germinated some Veitchia pachycladys, maybe they'll be winners.

 

[Cluster]

I had the impression Joannis was slightly hardier than Coconuts, maybe they can grow in south california.