our Carpentaria's growth

[doranakandawatta]

I remember Oliver K's Carpentaria acuminata growing in Germany, (Hi Oliver!)
Here our Carpentaria acuminata starting to show nice leaves in Doranakanda garden:

january 2011: (just planted)

august 2011:

august 2012:

january 2013:

[Daryl]

Watch it rocket away from this size!

[doranakandawatta]

Good to know!

I was very happy to see them starting to make such new leaves last month.
As you can see on pics, from 2011 to 2012, they didn't change too much!

Thanks

[tropicbreeze]

Carpies are my fastest growers, but the first couple of years they are a bit slower. It only takes about 4 to 5 years to get up around 10 metres. The trouble is that they seed so prolifically and virtually continuously that seedlings just carpet the ground. They're also fairly drought tolerant although slower growing then, and a magnet to termites if a bit stressed.

[Laisla87]

I have a seedling here in the ground for a couple of years and it is slow but growing nonetheless

[Stevetoad]

Looks like a rocket taking off to me

[doranakandawatta]

august 2011:

April 2013:

new babies from seeds collected in december 2012:

one Carpentaria in our evening garden:

Can you, Palmtalk members, show us your Carpentaria? Thanks!

[pindo]

how many years to bloom the first time?

best

[Peter Pacific]

I don't have any close ups but here's mine. I have many of them scattered throughout the property and they're really fast growers. Pretty soon you'll have seedlings of your own.

Tallest palm center right

Peter

[doranakandawatta]

Thank for showing pics of a lovely garden,

I see also Ravenala and Plumerias in your garden, can you post more pics?

regards

Philippe

[Daryl]

Carpentarias are fast! When I lived in Darwin my (well loved) Carpies put on 6 feet of trunk in one year.

Down here in southern Queensland, they are not quite so fast, but they certainly aren't slow either...

Late afternoon golden light shining on my oldest Carpies...

[doranakandawatta]

Daryl,

Thanks!

Carpentaria palms planted in clump is interesting, your photo is nice!

I look forward to seeing ours trunking like yours, but at the stage they reached now, it should start soon.

[ariscott]

Carpies?? seriously? I don't have one.... Scott kept on hiding them from me when they popped up every now and then and I kept on mowing them.....

[rhapis]

They grow like weeds in North Queensland where the conditions are perfect for them

[pindo]

Hello

...sorry. Nobody can tell me how many years takes one Carpie to bloom for the first time?

thanks

[doranakandawatta]

Hello Jose,

Sorry I can't since mine are young plants, bur I would say 5 or 6 years?

[Dave-Vero]

Here's my largest Carpentaria (of three):

Planted summer 2006. This is August.

Fast enough? March 2008

October 2010. I wish it could be held at this height.

July 2011, recovering from freeze damage, December 2010.

October 2011. Fruit!

April 2013, after a mild winter (short freeze in March):

[pindo]

  On 5/7/2013 at 3:30 AM, doranakandawatta said:

Hello Jose,

Sorry I can't since mine are young plants, bur I would say 5 or 6 years?

Thanks friend...!!!!

[pindo]

Thanks Dave .

now ...I have idea when mine will bloom

[tropicbreeze]

  On 5/5/2013 at 9:24 PM, ariscott said:

Carpies?? seriously? I don't have one.... Scott kept on hiding them from me when they popped up every now and then and I kept on mowing them.....

Have you found that few hundred seed I scattered on your place a couple of years ago?

I've got about 30+ that are over 20 metres high. Probably over 100 that are over 2 metres tall. And several thousand seedlings. A very long pole saw would come in handy but I don't have one.

Edited May 8, 2013 by tropicbreeze