Here is another one of mine that is about ten years old1 and 12 feet tall grown in part sun.

Ed in Houston

 

Here's our Arenga Engleri Palm :

BTW its growing in the ground and not in the pot,as it appears in these stills.

Love,

Kris.

 

Here are some better pictures of my plants. They're kind of jammed into places that make it impossible to take nice shots like some of you have.

This is the tall type.

 

Here is a shot of mine...

 

Edited April 18, 201610 yr by Tampa Scott

Mine is essentially in full sun, as the photo is taken looking almost due East, with the low wall on its south side.  The wall behind is 6' tall, so I would guess one would classify it as the shorter variety.  I have found it to be quite tolerant of very little water.  It has always been very rigid with almost no arch to the fronds.  I planted this as a 7 gallon in 2010, and I'll guess it may have been about 4' tall then.  It has definitely filled out, but no fruiting yet. 

Tracy, yours appears to be the short type. Aside from being shorter, the leaves are thicker and it has a much denser overall appearance.

Tampa Scott's looks like the tall type. Much thinner leaflets, more upright, less dense.

Yep, this is also the type of my Arenga. But another one is fruiting, while it is still remarkably small, fruits are also small!

This is a way underutilized species.

I think one of the reasons is that it's hard to start from seeds, or at least slow. I wish mine produced more seeds . . . .

Here is mine. The main stem died due to fungal infection, an year ago. It is growing in full all day sun, in an frost exposed place, being watered daily from march to october. This is its possible looking. I am growing another one in another yard of mine.

Here is mine planted in shade, and probably too close to the house. Its been in the ground about 5 years from an overgrown 15 gallon can

2 hours ago, Patrick said:

Here is mine planted in shade, and probably too close to the house. Its been in the ground about 5 years from an overgrown 15 gallon can

It is too close to the house, but it likely won't matter unless you want to paint the wall.

FYI, a plant that size can be dug and moved. I did it with one of mine, moved well, make sure you water a lot when it's first moved.

4 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

It is too close to the house, but it likely won't matter unless you want to paint the wall.

FYI, a plant that size can be dug and moved. I did it with one of mine, moved well, make sure you water a lot when it's first moved.

Thanks Dave, I was under the impression they didn't like disturbances. That's good to know! I probably will paint and move it (though not in that order. (Who paints palms? Unless you're embarassed by Potassium troubles )). When I move my palms there's usually a huge custom built wooden box involved, knap sack and hurt backs!

Here's a link to a post about moving a big Arenga engleri back in July of 2008.

 

The board is about a foot across, maybe ten inches (30 CM, maybe 24 cm)

 

In its new location, next to a fellow A. engleri shorty

This group has been in the ground for about 6-7 years. Planted them from 1 gallon pots.

They didn't so much for the first few years, but really took off a year or two ago. Tallest leaves are reaching about 8 feet in this picture.

Here are mine that went into the ground about 4 years ago, the one growing in the front garden gets more sun and less water showing a compact form…the other growing in the back garden gets more shade and water. Both have flowered in the past two years but only the one in the rear has produced seed. I don’t fertilize them…I spread compost around the base and then add mulch on top.

Updated photos of my A. engleri. Hard to capture it all in just one. I remove  clustering stems because of lack of room. I like the single trunk look. I got it in a 4" pot from my first Searle sale.

....another angle from my neighbors driveway:

New Zealand - not a common Palm here despite perfect conditions. I suspect it is because they aren't the best looking option for gardens and not widely available

Edited September 9, 20169 yr by HASNZ38S