fastest growing palm

[Pando]

Thanks Kevin, wow! Beautiful picture above, I really like the group planting! Those must be some 12+ feet tall now?

Neophloga sp. pink crownshaft = Dypsis rosea. I also bought it as Neophloga sp pink cs. I need to get a few more of those, it seems to like my climate also...

 

 

Edited February 5, 2017 by Pando

[BPK Palm Addict]

Great photos Kevin and Pando.  I have a small Neophloga that I am going to put in the ground later this year. 

[Jeff_Cabinda]

My 30 month elaeis guineensis

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

12 hours ago, Jeff_Cabinda said:

My 30 month elaeis guineensis

From seed? If so thats really getting with the program.

I grew a few veitchia joannis this year just for fun and they are way faster than washingtonia at the seedling stage. 

[fiji jim]

Here our fastest grower was definitely Pigafetta filaris and by far the fastest grower of them was on a steep slope in full sun and more than 7 meters in 1 year was measured a few years back.

Now they are all gone thanks to TC Winston last year. Roystonea regia would be second and they all survived the cyclone as did the Carpies that would be third fastest. Chambeyronia are slow here. A lot depends on the location though.

[GottmitAlex]

On 2/2/2017, 7:32:50, Cocoa Beach Jason said:

For me personally in coastal 10a/10b central Florida with supplemental irrigation and full sun the fastest in order:

1) Cocos nucifera 2) Archontophoenix tuckeri, 3) Roystonea regia , 4) Veitchia sp., 5) Dypsis pembana

Agree on the cocos nucifera.  Way faster than any palm around here: washies, queens etc.

13 months of growth

[sarasota alex]

So far only freestanding palms were discussed. Some rattans are much faster, growing several meters per year. Calamus manan, for example, grows over 7 meters annually under ideal conditions. Probably the fastest measured palm.

[Jeff_Cabinda]

On Wed Sep 27 2017 01:28:23 GMT+0100, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

From seed? If so thats really getting with the program.

I grew a few veitchia joannis this year just for fun and they are way faster than washingtonia at the seedling stage. 

From seeds indeed. I bought a full bucket of nuts in the market digged a hole and dropped everything down. I just kept the biggest. Elaeis is very fast in tropical climate.