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Arenga Engleri in BLooM!

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QUINNPALMS Experienced

QUINNPALMS

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by far the best smelling flower! The aroma has been floating around my house for a few weeks now!

Heres a picture:

I have another one that has ripe fruit , apparently you cannot handle these due to the

calcium oxylate crystals

. causes burns to the skins...

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Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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The aroma of the flowers are great. I cleaned the fruit from the seed with no ill effects, lots of single leaf plants growing in the lawn now.

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bahia Community Regular

bahia

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What a difference in appearance you get growing this species in a suitable hot/humid location. I've got a couple that are/have bloomed here in Berkeley, Calif where they don't waft any fragrance, do set seed, but are just incredibly slow to push growth; probably just one or at most two new fronds in a year. I wouldn't bother planting these locally again, failure to thrive in a cool foggy summer location where summer nights are typically 55°F and, days seldom hit 75°F. Love the size and distinctive foliage, but it doesn't like my climate.

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Alberto Grand Master

Alberto

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I also have 3 flowering every year. The aroma in garden is delicious!

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Smells EXACTLY like Osmanthus Fragrans, sweet olive, people SWOONED when they caught a whiff of that.

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Phoenikakias Grand Master

Phoenikakias

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by far the best smelling flower! The aroma has been floating around my house for a few weeks now!

Heres a picture:

I have another one that has ripe fruit , apparently you cannot handle these due to the

calcium oxylate crystals

. causes burns to the skins...

I still wonder if those crystals do exist in the fruits. My Arenga engleri has been fruiting since last year, I have cleared many seeds and still no hand-irritation. Unless my hands look like those post-6141-0-58147700-1344196873_thumb.jp (they fortunately don't), I doubt there are such crystals in the fruits of Arenga engleri. Moreover I have recently discovered that an animal has learned to feed on them, while still unripe

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Jason in Orlando Experienced

Jason in Orlando

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It may depend on the individual plant how irritating the fruits are. I picked some seeds off one of the plants at Disney's Animal Kingdom a couple of years ago, and my hands burned like they were on fire for about 20 minutes. Washing them only spreads the pain. I picked some seeds from some Arengas growing at Disney's Hollywood Studios last year and had no problems (Note: the latter were from what may be Arenga ryukyuensis which was separated from engleri; not sure if this makes a difference).

Jason

Skell's Bells

 

 

Inland Central Florida, 28N, 81W. Humid-subtropical climate with occasional frosts and freezes. Zone 9b.

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Nice photograph!

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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