How far apart should I plant Licuala 'mapu'?

[Gbarce]

I am planning to plant 3 or 4 Licuala mapu in the ground. How far apart should I space them?

I imagine that once they are in the ground there is no way to move them after this!

[Jeff Searle]

Gene, such problems! I think a grouping of 4-5' from each other should look good. I'm sure they'll look great once planted and hope you'll post a picture. Your garden has always looked great before when you shared some pic's before.

[Bill Austin]

Gene here what I did with mine .

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The first one they are about 3 feet apart and the second they are a little over 2 feet.

[comic097]

Great pics Bill

[Cindy Adair]

Mine are grouped three each and probably too close together at about two feet apart. Bill, yours look wonderful!

I can't access my photos as I'm still in Florida on the last day of a palm adventure including new treasures from the famous Searle sale. Sorry to digress and hope for more mapu ( or whatever the new name is) photos!

[Gbarce]

Mapu has a new name??? I'll never get used to this. We planted them already, pictures later

[Gbarce]

the 3 mapus that are going to finally be 'set free'

roots are popping out of the pots and I don't think Ishould transfer to a bigger pot anymore

[Gbarce]

I planted them about 3.5 feet apart. The hole on the right was too close I think so we didn't put a plant there yet

We break the clay pot's bottom (it's an artform), Then we break the sides and slowly slide them out.

[Gbarce]

One thing I am planning to do is add a lot of "non green" plants around these Licuala mapu to help them visually stand out.

I have a heavily variegated bamboo at the back and I am planting a lot of Yellow leaf (the new leaves at least) philodendrons around them like ground covers.

If I end up with an all green planting I don't think I can fully appreciate the L. Mapus

[Gbarce]

Since Jeff likes to see the rest of the garden (and I took a bunch of pictures anyway) , I'll just post them here anyway even if it's off topic already

Now that the rainy season is beginning to let up a bit we made some alterations. For those of you who remember old pictures of my garden updates-- that brown patch use to be a plant bed.

Now it's a more open layout and I get to show off the dwarf Areca Catechu better

[Gbarce]

The tall palms are pretty established in this bed so we added a lot of smaller plants

[Gbarce]

Added a Browneopsis ucayalina -- too bad no new leaf right now

Lots of philodendrons-- I just top cut these guys and stick them in the ground and they do fine

Philodendrum gloriosum and some orchids on the trunk of the Pelagodoxa

[Gbarce]

Lots of Agleonemas-- like the philodendrons, I just snap off the tops and stick them in the ground.

Like what I did with the Mapus, we planted a lot of non-green plants around these Dypsis brevacaulis to help them stand out visually. You have some white and yellow agleonemas, yellow philodendrons and pink/purple calatheas

[Gbarce]

Dypsis brevacaulis

trimmed the Licuala ramsayii

Added this division of a variegated bamboo to give some contrast to all that green

[Gbarce]

Have this tall Coccoloba rugosa and we tied a lot of orchids on it's branches

[Gbarce]

I like that the Dwarf Areca Catechu is more exposed now

Parting shots

[avanza]

cool

[ohad88]

WOW! amazing!!

[tikitiki]

Looks incredible.