Pigafettas in flower

[CLINODAVE]

Most of my P. filaris trees have begun pushing out flower stalks over the past week. I noticed the male trees shown in the attached pics are raining flowers down to the ground continuously.

Has anyone else observed these flower showers in their Pigafettas? Or other palm species, for that matter? Don't know why I never noticed it before.

It's kinda neat hearing the gentle tapping of the flowers as they hit the ground-level vegetation.

[CLINODAVE]

Coupla pigs together in flower.

[Jeff Searle]

Pretty nice! The very first ones I ever saw were some monster trees growing down in Costa Rica at the Wilson Botanical Garden. BUT....this is not a palm we will ever see seeding here in south Florida.

[realarch]

I've seen these palms in person and they are magnificent. Still hoping for some viable seed Dave, to compliment my P. elata, which are getting close to the ' monster' stage. You need to stop by and check em out.

Tim

[Josh-O]

this is truly a spectacular looking palm. Nice pictures

[Jim in Los Altos]

Nice, Dave. If I lived where those could grow, I'd have lots of them!

[hbernstein]

Pretty nice! The very first ones I ever saw were some monster trees growing down in Costa Rica at the Wilson Botanical Garden. BUT....this is not a palm we will ever see seeding here in south Florida.

C'mon Jeff, plant some on some high ground, stick around another thirty years, and it'll be plenty warm for little Piggies.

[Cindy Adair]

I like these a lot! I will never forget the rows of fruiting ones in Nong Nooch Thailand at the 2012 Biennial. Congratulations and thanks so much for sharing the photos.