Geonoma brevispatha

[caixeta]

 Beautiful Geonoma , found only in the biome Cerrado (acid soil ) and areas flooded altitude.

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[colin Peters]

Geonoma is an amazing genus, one of my favorite. They grow great here in Oahu, Hawaii, up at Lyon arboretum in a very, very wet valley, but 

not so good for me down close to sea level .There are many beautiful, G. epitiolata, atrovirons, scottiana etc. up there., just wish I could replicate them

aloha,    thanks for sharing your beautiful part of the world

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Leaves.

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Seedlings.

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Trunk.

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Spathe.

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Inflorescence.

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Fruits.

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The end..

[Kennybenjamin]

I love geonoma but they are almost impossible for me to successfully transition from seed / seedling into a mature palm.... very fussy when young

[User00]

nice pics

[Mandrew968]

With the exception of a few widespread species, Geonoma seems to be such a fine tuned palm that if you introduce them to a dissimilar environment, they break down... The trick is to find a species that is similar to your personal garden, like the boys did in Frisco with undata. I need one that likes sea level coastal...  

[richnorm]

I've been trying to establisha G. brevispatha  for several years now without much success.  I grew it in progressively lighter mixes (ultimately in 1 inch pine bark) but still struggled to get more than one or two good leaves. Last year I made a small raised bed next to a tiny stream (seasonally dry).  It got some good volcanic soil over clay.  time will tell if allowing the roots to find their way into fresh water does the trick but I am not hopeful!

[PalmTreeDude]

Nice!