P. Pacifica fans: post up yours

[eacdmd86]

What a great looking palm!  I recently added a Pacifica to my backyard after losing a young triangle to rot.  My wife and I found it scouting through a local nursery, and we immediately loved it. It's quickly becoming one of my favorites.  In the wind, the upright fronds have this crazy slinky move that sounds cool too.

Growing like crazy with four new fronds emerging.  Here are some pics of it. Would love to see some more from this community...bet there are some spectacular ones!

 

And here it is filling out it's corner nicely. The dwarf betel nut to the right we found at the same time. I think I'm addicted

Edited June 10, 2022 by eacdmd86

[Tracy]

19 hours ago, eacdmd86 said:

Pacifica to my backyard after losing a young triangle to rot.  My wife and I found it scouting through a local nursery, and we immediately loved it. It's quickly becoming one of my favorites.  In the wind, the upright fronds have this crazy slinky move that sounds cool too.

Growing like crazy with four new fronds emerging.

Nice specimen.  I have always been advised that Pritchardia pacifica is a no go here or if it lives looks rather marginal in Southern California.  Hence never attempted the species.  My "substitute" is Pritchardia beccariana.  Until some our friends in Hawaii share their P pacifica's, I'll post my climate suitable substitute.

[bubba]

A local:

[bubba]

[eacdmd86]

6 hours ago, Tracy said:

Nice specimen.  I have always been advised that Pritchardia pacifica is a no go here or if it lives looks rather marginal in Southern California.  Hence never attempted the species.  My "substitute" is Pritchardia beccariana.  Until some our friends in Hawaii share their P pacifica's, I'll post my climate suitable substitute.

I like that beccariana! What's the palm next to it?

1 hour ago, bubba said:

A local:

Wow nice! Those palms get huge. Hopefully that takes awhile

[Tracy]

2 hours ago, eacdmd86 said:

I like that beccariana! What's the palm next to it?

Wow nice! Those palms get huge. Hopefully that takes awhile

Palm next to the Pritchardia in my photo is Cyphophoenix nucele. 

[palmfriend]

Hi,

I share the love for this palm but unfortunately I can't offer a larger specimen so far. I had a good looking young one

that got beetle attacked last fall and it still fights to get back on track, another young one collapsed three weeks ago -

I have no clue why - but I still got 'a backup one' hidden in my most jungle like spot and I pray for it to keep going...

It looks pretty good and I hope it will do well.

 

Lars

 

[Kim]

I was surprised to learn Pritchardia sp. can be a difficult grow in the area of Hawaii where my garden is, not really sure why. There are Pritchardia pacifica to be seen, of course, but not as many as you might expect. In Hilo there are some fronting the Home Depot, and in Kailua-Kona along Ali'i Drive, and a sprinkling here and there. Surprisingly, not many to be seen in the resort areas -- or maybe not so surprising; cocos dominate. You'd think some of the resorts would go all-out with all kinds of native and exotic palms, but... not so much. The Panaewa Zoo in Hilo is one of the best places to find a greater variety of palms.

[palmfriend]

1 hour ago, Kim said:

I was surprised to learn Pritchardia sp. can be a difficult grow in the area of Hawaii where my garden is, not really sure why. There are Pritchardia pacifica to be seen, of course, but not as many as you might expect. In Hilo there are some fronting the Home Depot, and in Kailua-Kona along Ali'i Drive, and a sprinkling here and there. Surprisingly, not many to be seen in the resort areas -- or maybe not so surprising; cocos dominate. You'd think some of the resorts would go all-out with all kinds of native and exotic palms, but... not so much. The Panaewa Zoo in Hilo is one of the best places to find a greater variety of palms.

Kim, 

what you stated fits with the countless images I took randomly when I visited Hawaii in 2006 (when I was still not in palms...). Coconut palms in almost every photo , pictures of

Pritchardias were more by accident...

@eacdmd86, no hijacking inteded - I hope it is ok to post two, three Pritchardia images I took at that time for the love of this species...

Kona Airport

Hilo and...

...Hilo again.

I have no idea if those ones are still there but looking at them now (with the palm googles on) makes me almost eager to grow more of them over here...

 

Lars

 

 

 

[Kailua_Krish]

1 hour ago, Kim said:

I was surprised to learn Pritchardia sp. can be a difficult grow in the area of Hawaii where my garden is, not really sure why. There are Pritchardia pacifica to be seen, of course, but not as many as you might expect. In Hilo there are some fronting the Home Depot, and in Kailua-Kona along Ali'i Drive, and a sprinkling here and there. Surprisingly, not many to be seen in the resort areas -- or maybe not so surprising; cocos dominate. You'd think some of the resorts would go all-out with all kinds of native and exotic palms, but... not so much. The Panaewa Zoo in Hilo is one of the best places to find a greater variety of palms.

In a different climate zone than you but I also have issues with the native pritchardia here. The interesting thing is pollen analysis from the marsh adjacent to where I live suggests pritchardia were the dominant tree species here pre human settlement. Ive tried all of the island native species and they're all a little challenging, the only ones that grow really well here are P. remota, hillibrantii, and pacifica (none of which are native to Oahu).

[Frond-friend42]

I don't have any pacificas personally, but I love pritchardias. First pic is from Quepos, Costa Rica, second from Princeville, Kauai.  I find it interesting that pacificas don't do so well (like everything else does) near Hilo. It seems to be the most cultivated, which makes me gravitate more towards the other.

But their distinctive dark leaves are quite pretty. Is the last pic pacifica or beccariana? I posted it as beccariana but I'm less sure now.

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

On 6/10/2022 at 4:50 PM, eacdmd86 said:

I think I'm addicted

Welcome to the club !!!

T J 

[eacdmd86]

Great pictures everyone!

 

On 6/12/2022 at 5:14 AM, palmfriend said:

Hi,

I share the love for this palm but unfortunately I can't offer a larger specimen so far. I had a good looking young one

that got beetle attacked last fall and it still fights to get back on track, another young one collapsed three weeks ago -

I have no clue why - but I still got 'a backup one' hidden in my most jungle like spot and I pray for it to keep going...

It looks pretty good and I hope it will do well.

 

Lars

 

Great looking young palm. That would definitely catch my eye

 

On 6/12/2022 at 10:38 AM, palmfriend said:

Kim, 

what you stated fits with the countless images I took randomly when I visited Hawaii in 2006 (when I was still not in palms...). Coconut palms in almost every photo , pictures of

Pritchardias were more by accident...

@eacdmd86, no hijacking inteded - I hope it is ok to post two, three Pritchardia images I took at that time for the love of this species...

Kona Airport

Hilo and...

...Hilo again.

I have no idea if those ones are still there but looking at them now (with the palm googles on) makes me almost eager to grow more of them over here...

 

Lars

 

 

 

Love the size of the palm in the airport picture on the right

[chinandega81]

Here is mine, about a year and a half old in North Miami.

[Brad52]

Here's one of mine that I think is P pacifica...

[bubba]

One more perhaps:

[paquicuba]

I'm in Weston. Mine is 6 years-old and look how tall it's. 

[Frond-friend42]

[realarch]

Hmmmm…..P. pacifica do great here in Hilo! They are used primarily in commercial plantings rather than in residential gardens. They are beautiful, but so are the native species which I prefer to plant in my garden.

The photos are P. pacifica along the main drag in Hilo, you can’t miss them.

Tim