Geonoma centenalla..any one growing this?

[palmtreesforpleasure]

Took this picture at Cairns botanic gardens (was called Flecker), 

anyone else growing It?

regards

colin

[richnorm]

Is that a valid name? Looks very much like what I am growing Geonoma orbignyana (or to be fair many others!) but most likely a tropical one.

[richnorm]

http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/pt00017.htm

[Josh-O]

It also looks like geonoma undata?

[fan palm]

I always check that geonoma out when at flecker too Colin, its a nice little thing. There is a pinnate form of geonoma cuneata from centinela. This one might be it?

Cheers

Harry

[palmtreesforpleasure]

According to Kew it does not exist, it does look like undata but it would be a bit hot for them up there.

regards

Colin

[Tassie_Troy1971]

No way undata would survive Cairns !

[Peter G]

Geonama Undata struggles in Tassie too Troy, lol!

[Pal Meir]

5 hours ago, fan palm said:

I always check that geonoma out when at flecker too Colin, its a nice little thing. There is a pinnate form of geonoma cuneata from centinela. This one might be it?

Cheers

Harry

I guess you are right. Here the text from Henderon 2011, p. 61, with the location Centinela:

»14i. Geonoma cuneata subsp. sodiroi (Dammer ex Burret) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym: Geonoma sodiroi Dammer ex Burret (1930a: 165). Geonoma cuneata var. sodiroi (Dammer ex Burret) Skovex Govaerts & Dransfield (2005: 114). Type: ECUADOR. Pichincha: Santo Domingo, October 1885, L. Sodiro 187/1 (holotype P!).
Leaves pinnate; petioles drying green or yellowish; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in cross-section adaxially; rachis 30.3(16.1–44.5) cm long; pinnae 6(5–7) per side of rachis. Inflorescences staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis; non-fertilized pistillate flowers deciduous after anthesis.
Distribution and habitat:—From 0°15’–0°34’S and 79°09’–79°20’W in western Ecuador at 475(300–650) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 15). The single specimen from Centinela (Dodson 14822) is smaller than the other two.«

[Josh-O]

14 hours ago, Peter G said:

Geonama Undata struggles in Tassie too Troy, lol!