My Pritchardia Collection

[doranakandawatta]

Matt,

Thank you for posting pics today, I always enjoy visiting your botanic garden!

Philippe

[Tracy]

On 8/22/2013, 3:13:31, MattyB said:

Pritchardia hardyi

 

Recognizable by its peachy coloration on the petioles, flat leaf, and silvery undersides, P. hardyi is one of my favorites. It's slow growing.

Hi Matty... I was wondering how this is growing a couple of years later.  Has it sped up at all, or staying about the same?  Also what type of sun exposure it has had.  I acquired this as P flynii and am trying to decide how much sun to give it when I do plant it.

[quaman58]

Very cool, distinctive look to that one Tracey. I've never seen flynii for sale before. Hardyi has been somewhat slow for me as well.

[Tracy]

14 minutes ago, quaman58 said:

Very cool, distinctive look to that one Tracey. I've never seen flynii for sale before. Hardyi has been somewhat slow for me as well.

When I started looking into flynnii, I didn't see much.  Knowing that hardyi is one of the more closely related species, I thought I would base my decision on experience with it.  What sort of sun exposure are you giving your hardyi?

[quaman58]

Mine is pretty protected from full sun, although I don't think it's necessary. My neighbors gets a lot more sun & looks fine. The only ones that I have that seem to not care much for full blazing sun is minor & glabrata. But that is probably just an age thing. I suspect that they'll finally get over it some day.

[Matt in SD]

Hi Tracy,

I have a hardyi that is setting seed for the second year in a row after only about 4-5 years in the ground from a 2g sized plant (probably only a year ahead of yours when I planted it).  It's in full sun.  

Matt

[Tracy]

2 hours ago, quaman58 said:

My neighbors gets a lot more sun & looks fine.

 

2 hours ago, Matt in SD said:

It's in full sun.

I'm guessing you guys are neighbors, both just east of Mt Soledad. Thank you both for the insight on this.

[colin Peters]

One that I planted at a clients house is in partial Honolulu sun, and growing at a medium to slow rate. I think our sun would fry one here. One of my favorites.

aloha

[BigFrond]

There is a big difference in growth if there is partial shade in inland Cali.  I'm about 6 miles inland and the full sun planted pritchardia is slower and do get sun burn on a few of the leaves during the hottest days in August and September. The one in partial shade is bigger and better looking.

[Josh-O]

nice score Tracy!

[Lowey]

Bump,

Matty B, do you still have all your Pritchardia's ? 

[HiwaKika]

What do these brown spots mean? Just noticed it on one fan only so far.

The sales guy at the nursery wasn't sure what type this is, therefore I'm not either. Bought it in July. Been indoors on this table ever since. 

[quaman58]

Mine can sometimes get some sort of "funk" in the spear, prior to opening, which then shows up as the leaf unfolds. Nothing serious IMO.  Will be interesting to see how it handles being indoors long term, I've not seen these tried inside before.

[Frond-friend42]

11 hours ago, HiwaKika said:

What do these brown spots mean? Just noticed it on one fan only so far.

The sales guy at the nursery wasn't sure what type this is, therefore I'm not either. Bought it in July. Been indoors on this table ever since. 

My guess here is pacifica. Big stiff leaves.