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Attalea phalerata


WaianaeCrider

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Do these palms have male and female trees?  The reason I ask is mine has been in the ground about 20 years and has had fruit for many years but none ever get to the size of the one I planted.   I'll get some pictures tomorrow w/a ruler  for size of fruit.  Attached here is a 2009 picture.  I stand about 6 foot tall.

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Steve

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Attalea are monoecious. They are very slow growing and probably take many years to flower.

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Meg

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Aloha Steve, Not sure if yours is A. phalerata or not, or mine could have been mislabeled. The A. phalerata I have, which was consistent with ones I saw in Peru, have long arching leaves with many droopy pinnae, stout, thick trunks, and much shorter in stature than A. cohune or butyracea. The one in your photo looks like it has a more upright vertical leaf with fewer, stiffer pinnae.

Mine grew like a rocket and started flowering constantly after six years or so. The seeds haven’t been fertile yet, but I imagine soon. 

I’ll post some pics later on, the seed pods and flowers are stunning. ‘ Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ stuff. 

Tim 

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Tim

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Found the reason the fruit/seeds not getting big.  Some kind of bug getting in and eating the inside.

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Steve

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I agree with Tim - I believe it's another species of Attalea but not phalerata unless it's a variation that has more upright leaves.  Every one that I have seen on trips to Brasil have more plumose leaves and smaller fruits.

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Jon Sunder

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Guess the source for the seed had the palms mis-labeled.  Mahalo.

Steve

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