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Pandanus species I.D.?


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About a year ago I was given two Pandanus plants (species unknown). All I know was the guy said when he was in Hawaii he obtained seeds and grew the plants. Because he lives in a mobile home park and was totally over planted, the landlord forbid him from planting any more plants; hence why he gave the pandanus plants to me. What I'm trying to discern is just what species of pandanus they are. 

Photos 1 and 2 below show one of the two pandanus mentioned above, an overall photo and a closer up leaf photo.

Photos 3 and 4 below show a clumping pandanus species I have growing back in my wooded area. This pandanus was given to me about 10 years ago by a Palmtalk member.  I don't recall him telling me what species it was.

Photo 5 shows three potted Pandanus tectorius I bought last July from Floribunda. Note that these are a different shade of green than one in photo 1. I would never have purchased these if in fact pandanus 1 is also Pandanus  tectorius. 

Regardless, I will find a place for those in photo 5. I may just plant them as a group.

I understand Pandanus tectorius develops a trunk, branches, and stilt roots. I was hoping the pandanus in photo 1 will grow a trunk, branches, etc. 

But the pandanus in my wooded area, after 10 years or more, obviously doesn't develop a trunk, branches, etc.

Anybody have any guesses as to what species 1 and 3 are?

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Mad about palms

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It is hard to say, pics 1 and 2 do look like P. tectorius. 

3 and 4 may be P. odorifer (syn. P. odoratissimus)

Are there spines on the 3 plants in pic 5? Do you have a closeup of the leaves?

 

 

 

 

 

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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2 hours ago, Eric in Orlando said:

It is hard to say, pics 1 and 2 do look like P. tectorius. 

3 and 4 may be P. odorifer (syn. P. odoratissimus)

Are there spines on the 3 plants in pic 5? Do you have a closeup of the leaves?

 

Yes, the Pandanus plants in pic 5 were sold to me by Floribunda as Pandanus tectorius (leaf detail shown in below pic). Floribunda was out of Pandanus utilis, so I bought tectorius because I thought they were a different species than the one (and I have two of these) in pics 1 and 2. I really don't need, nor want, five Pandanus tectorius plants, but I will just plant these three in some out of the way location. I may just triple them up for a different effect. The three I just bought are a different shade of green than those in pics 1 and 2, but that may change over time.

I will do some Google research on Pandanus odorifer (that you think pics 3 and 4 look like). You can't really tell from my pics, but the tips/top of the outstretched leaves are nearly 10 feet high.

 

 

 

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Mad about palms

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#1 looks like my larger tectorius. Mine might be slightly bigger, just starting to get some prop roots now. But the leaf colour is the same as those in #5.

Don't know what the others are but have seen similar in rainforest (lower light).

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Those potted specimens are probably P. tectorius. This pandan has a huge range from Papua New Guinea to the Philippines and northern Australia over to Micronesia, French Polynesia, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. There might be variations.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Well, I Googled Pandanus oderifer, and I see it also develops a stem/trunk with branches. However,  the pandanus I have in pics 3 and 4 is clumping. It started out as one plant, so perhaps it's not P. oderifer. No matter what is the case, it is what it is. I still like it in my garden, and it was a freebie!

Mad about palms

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