Anyone else growing this palm, really a beauty IMO and a total water hog. Screams tropical looking to me. I have a double and a single and they have been easy growers as long as you never let them dry out. 

Edited November 13, 20196 yr by redant

From east Hawaii Island. Plant from Floribunda planted in May 2015. Glimpse of 5-gal orange bucket in right foreground.

Fruits are tiny and seeds have a very limited period of viability, especially if they dry out. This makes them hard to handle commercially.

 

How are these coming along @redantand @mike in kurtistown? I would love to see some updated pictures. I have been growing two from small 3 gallon containers and one is finally starting to get a little bigger. They are one of my slower palms even with daily watering. 

Just got a picture. It's much larger after 4 years. Lawn chair for scale.

 

Looking great @mike in kurtistown. Thanks for sharing. I find these to be one of those plants that is even more striking in person. The first couple I saw were at least 20-25 feet tall and were stunning. Now my little guys need to start catching up.

As seen at Moani: Lundkvist Garden during the 2022 IPS Hawaiian Islands biennial. 

A few C. rivialis in my garden.  They're about 20+ years old, grown from seed collected in Dominican Republic...planted on the edge of a drainage ditch and sometimes standing in a foot or more of rain water for days.....Loxahatchee Groves, Florida.

On 6/5/2023 at 3:32 PM, Hurricanepalms said:

How are these coming along @redantand @mike in kurtistown? I would love to see some updated pictures. I have been growing two from small 3 gallon containers and one is finally starting to get a little bigger. They are one of my slower palms even with daily watering. 

Ok, no idea why this forum is now rotating all my pics, sorry.  They are doing great, have a new small one just going in, the oldest is getting it's first flowers. 

Looking great @redant. Congratulations on the flowers. Hopefully, you get some seeds. @Caribbean Palms your palms were the catalyst for my desire to grow these.

Edited June 7, 20233 yr by Hurricanepalms

Great to see this lovely palm (that is native to Puerto Rico) growing well in various parts of the world. 

It is quite rare here and I have not yet seen it in habitat.

I am lucky to have about a dozen in the ground though from someone whose family used to own property with several of these palms.

One day I hope to have seedlings to share with plant lovers here!

The photo shows a trio that are not the largest, but are the easiest to photograph today.

 

Doug, thanks for the post. You rarely hear mention of this genus despite how attractive they are. I would think it would be a fairly common palm in Fla. considering its native range. 

I’ve got a C. plumeriana that has been in the ground for about ten years now and I think the C. rivalis is a bit more attractive. Full sun and always plenty of water. 

Tim

Mike Harris at Carribean Palms is the absolute big time real deal! He rarely posts but this Dude grows!