Arenga pinnata

[Palmgrover]

This is my friend paul standing next to one. mabey 30' tall.

[Dypsisdean]

A BEAST

I mean the Arenga, not Paul.

[Palmgrover]

Here's a better shot,  anyone have any photos of theirs?

[maskona]

Arenga pinnatas are from Malaysia. They grow to about 35 feet give or take. Thier fiber is used as housing material in other countries and the palm is used for sugar in most countries. After they finish blooming and set seed, they eventually die.

[Rob Pittman]

They are great palms that have to grown or you run the risk of throwing the plant into seeding early.  The palm dies once the seeds have run their course and will commonly seed upon being dug up.

I have seedlings and a few in the yard.  Not a speed demon for sure.  They may need extra time to establish.  I have not found any of the arengas to be very fast though.

One of my favorites and pretty cold hardy to boot!

[Kris]

hi palm grower those pictures are nice.the 2nd picture gives us a clear idea of what stuff this huge creature is.

Lovely pictures & share if you have more of these.

it resembles to me like it is a Raphia Farimifera palm_of which iam a fan.

one family one tree..

[tim_brissy_13]

Arenga pinnata has become one of my favourite palms after getting my only one 3 years ago.  In three years it has not put on a lot of height, but the base is wider, it holds more leaves and the leaflets are wider.  A. pinnata has surprised me with cold and cool hardiness.  The botanic gardens in Cairns, Mt Cootha Brisbane and Sydney all have big A. pinnatas.

Here is mine in the back left corner of the photo.  Some silver can be noticed on the undersides of the leaves.  The 5 palms on the right of the A. pinnata are Dypsis albofarinosa, Oraniopsis appendiculata, Kentiopsis oliviformis, Actinokentia divaricata and Cyphophoenix nucele on the end.

[Kom Thai Palm]

Arenga pinata and Arenga westerhoutii are very similar and hard to identify, and I'm not sure this picture one.

Both are widely spread from South to North Thailand, found anywhere here. We use it's fruit as food!!!

Local common name we call 'Taow', and it's fruits we call 'Chid'.

Chid seem like solid jelly, we mix with syrup and ice, try it on hot season (about 40'C here) , good taste.

This shot take from KMITL university, Bangkok.

[Kom Thai Palm]

Zoom to trunk

[Kom Thai Palm]

crown

[Kom Thai Palm]

leaf

[Kom Thai Palm]

Above seem like to be A.westerhoutii and this like to be A.pinata (not sure).

[Kom Thai Palm]

last shot, Fruits  :laugh:

[Kathy]

So this last one is at the end of its life?

Does someone know the cold tolerance of these?

[Kris]

Dear Tim Brissy those pictures on young saplings are really very nice.

And dear Redvdox all your pictures are very nice and we can see your effort to give your best shot for the benifit of our forum members world wide_ a big thank you to you guys.

If any of the members of this forum have more pictures do join in this post and also give your information regarding this palm.

One family one tree...

[amazon exotics]

Hi, There is one close to twice the size of the one in redvdox's first photo at the Edison Home in Ft. Myers Fl. It is a truly awsome sight.  ???

[DoomsDave]

There's a HUGE one at the Crystal Court, in Costa Mesa, back behind South Coast Plaza.

Try to get a pic, if no one beats me to it . .. .

dave

[bgl]

Redvdox,

those are some very impressive specimens!!

Here's one of ours. It's surrounded by other palms, so it's very difficult to photograph, and this is the best I can do! I bought it from Palms of Paradise in Hilo as an Arenga pinnata, ten years ago, and not only is it a double (which I guess could be explained by two seeds in the pot), but it is also suckering! And A. pinnata is supposed to be solitary!

[Tyrone]

(bgl @ Jul. 25 2006,23:36)

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I bought it from Palms of Paradise in Hilo as an Arenga pinnata, ten years ago, and not only is it a double (which I guess could be explained by two seeds in the pot), but it is also suckering! And A. pinnata is supposed to be solitary!

An impressive specimen I reckon.

If it's really suckering though, it's unlikely to be A pinnata. Could it be Arenga obtusifolia?

Arenga westerhoutii has leaflets more in a single plane than A pinnata. Also the fruit is a different colour. Arenga pinnata has yellow fruit and westerhoutii has black fruit.

When I went to Tioman Island Malaysia I saw big stands of A westerhoutii in the wild and they were magnificent and very neat looking with that flatter leaflet plane. At the time I assumed they were pinnata, but on further investigation I realised they were westerhoutii because of the black fruit and leaf difference.

Personally I love both of them, but initially was put off of pinatta because of the poor ratty pictures of it in most palm books, but if you see a good one in the flesh, they're totally beautiful and unforgettable, and just oose that South East Asian tropical feel.

regards

Tyrone

[Jeff Searle]

Nice pitures everyone.

How about some pic.'s from Tioman island?

[Alan_Tampa]

This is a poor quality photo (from my cell phone) of Arenga pinnata in Tampa, Fl.  It belongs to Frank Tintera.  I hope from the patio furniture that the size of the specimen can be seen.  It is about huge tall and pretty damn wide.

[paulgila]

another cool thing about a.pinnata is that the fibrous "hairs" that cover its trunk are used in bali to make the roof of the temples!

[bgl]

This is what the fruit looks like (see post 18 above). Any ideas?

[Al in Kona]

Here is my one and only Arenga pinnata.  I planted it as a seedling thinking it was an A. undulatifolia, as that's what the tag read.  It grew very slowly the first three years.  I was actually ready to pull it out and put something else in its place when all of a sudden it started to grow  So I left it but only to discover it was indeed Arenga pinnata.  Here is last year's picture of it.  I'd go out and snap an updated picture but we are having afternoon rains.

[Tyrone]

Rainforest undercanopy shot of young A westerhoutii's

[Tyrone]

Underleaf detail

[Tyrone]

Looking up to a large one.

[Tyrone]

another

[Tyrone]

The black fruit of A westerhoutii. A pinnata fruit is yellow.

[DoomsDave]

Doink!

This is epic.

Scream!  Holla!

Da horra!

dave

[aussiearoids]

One of the large A.pinnata at a mates has flowerd , some seed has set . Got several pics but an unable to add to this post ..

[Walter John]

Here's one in a Darwin/Palmerston suburban yard. There was quite a few in small yards and once they go up, they don't seem to take up much room, like a lot of palms I suppose.

[Walter John]

(aussiearoids @ Aug. 11 2006,19:25)

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One of the large A.pinnata at a mates has flowerd , some seed has set . Got several pics but an unable to add to this post ..

Why not Michael ? Photo size ?

[tim_brissy_13]

Wal,  I think I remember seeing that A pinnata a few years ago when I went to Darwin.  Was it on the main highway through Palmerston?

[SouthFLA]

My pinnata just started pushing out inflorescence at approximately 10 years old. I'm going to attempt to prolong its life as long as possible but removing all flowers as soon as they emerge. My hypothesis is that removing the flowers will prevent certain hormones from forming and extend the lifespan for a few more years. Has anyone tried this before? Typically, how long does a pinnata live once you see flowers?

[PalmatierMeg]

The downtown Ft. Myers palm park has a monster A. pinnata that must be 4-5 stories tall, 3' diameter trunk. I can't get a proper photo of it. It was a beast when I moved here in 1993. I have no idea how old it is, probably decades (park was established in 1955) and so far has never flowered. When/if it does it will cost the city $$$ to remove.