Mixing different palms & cycads

[Al in Kona]

Went out to snap a few palm pics recently and ended up trying to take some group shots as well.  Here are two of them that will give you an idea of how and where a few of our palms are placed on our sloping lot.

 

#1   SW partial view looking upslope

Left to Right

Foxy Lady  -  far left rear

Encephalartos kissambo  -  left front

Bactris gasipaes

Hyphorbe lagenicaulis

Attalea sp.  -  rear, right of center

Arenga undulatifolia  -  partial view infront of the Attalea

Encephalartos sclavoi

Clinostigma samoense

[Al in Kona]

#2    downslope partial view just to north of house

        Left to right

Jubaeopsis caffra

Arenga pinnata

Ceratozamia 'molongo'

Carpentaria  -  tall thin trunk, crown out of view

Pritchardia schattaueri

Roystonea venezuelana (R. oleracea alliance)

Wodyetia

[Al in Kona]

#3  Opposite direction from pic #2.  Taken from the Wodyetia (in pic #2) and looking N. upslope toward house.

List of palms & cycads here:

Cocos nucifera                  Ceratozamia 'molongo'

Carpentaria                                "           mirandae

Jubaeopsis caffra                        "           kuesteriana

                                                  "            sp.

                                          Dioon tomasellii

                                          Zamia integrifolia

[Walter John]

How fast has the Attalea been for you Al ? and the Arengas undulatifolia and pinnata. They be your biggest palms ?

[Gbarce]

Love your garden Al!!!

Hawaii must have the best weather for growing anything on the planet.

[Kris]

Dear Al  

i love your plants & the landscape.since i like garden & residential properities without compound walls but hedges & fencing made by using palms & cycas...this kind of garden looks far attractive than walled properties..

thanks & love,

Kris  

[Al in Kona]

Wal, yes those palms are some of my biggest.  The Arenga pinnata was very slow growing the first three years but then it really grew quite fast.  The Arenga undulatifolia was planted much later and it too was rather slow growing for a few years but now I'd say it's speed of growth is medium.  The Attalea sp. palm in the above pic, is this same one here (below).  I'd probably have to say the same for it as for the two Arengas in that it took a few years growing time before it sped up to be a medium speed grower.  The Attalea was planted as a small 5-gallon size plant almost 11 years ago.  It has SUPER LONG leaves growing straight up from the base (no real trunk formed yet).  I do not know what Attalea species this is.  All I can say is that it is different from my other two Attaleas which are from the Puerto Vallarta area of West Mexico, which is supposedly A. cohune (formerly called Orbignya guacayule).  

This picture was taken from street level and the palm grows at a slightly lower level so the base of the palm is not visible here.

[Gileno Machado]

Al:

This Attalea of yours is really outstanding... I've seen a picture of a similar specimen described as Attalea amigdalina somewhere and I guess they're native to Colombia (?). I'll have to take a picture of another trunkless Attalea sp planted in a local public park to compare...but yours looks absolutely perfect...

[Danilopez89]

Bump for a killer thread.

I found this thread while looking for pics and info on Attaleas.

Al, I like how you took pics and described the layout of your property, it would be really cool to see a progress pic on these areas of your place and to see  how much your garden has changed and grown in 8 years.

That attalea is super sexy! 

Has it formed a trunk yet?