Cindy Adair Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 I have been asked by a Tahina project donor to start a topic listing Botanical gardens world wide that currently grow Tahina spectabilis. I think this is an interesting idea, especially if pictures are added, perhaps even with a Tahina mug or a person wearing a Tahina shirt included for scale. It would be nice to try to see all the public Tahinas, much as I now visit my holy grail Lodoiceas (double coconuts). That is once air travel is safer, as I believe there are no Tahinas (or double coconuts) in Puerto Rico public gardens. Remaining Tahinas in pots or seeds or seedlings (when seed is next available) could be gifted to a garden with an appropriate climate, but lacking this monotypic genus now. Or mailed to me (just kidding). OK up to you all to keep this topic alive with some photos and a list! 2 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Someone staying inside today please help research this topic. I will start: https://fairchild.gardenexplorer.org/taxon-18589.aspx If I understand it correctly, the link above lists four Tahinas at the famous Miami, FL Fairchild Gardens and locates them on a map. Anyone have a photo whether old or recent or can confirm that four still grow there? If only I could visit today and check it out myself! Please check out the plant inventory on any Worldwide local gardens to see if they grow this species? Phone calls to gardens (if open) would work too. Some gardens may have them under glass just like at last visit two greenhouses in Chicago had one double coconut tree each. Thanks! Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.dadluvsu.com Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Can't say for certain, never been able to travel there, but palmpedia shows photos of this palm attributed to Nong Nooch Gardens, Thailand... http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Tahina_spectabilis www.dadluvsu.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinzyjr Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Looks like the Merwin Conservancy in Hawaii can be added to the list: https://merwinconservancy.org/2015/11/featured-palm-tahina-spectabilis/ Supposed to be A few at McBryde and NTBG’s Conservation and Horticulture Center : https://ntbg.org/news/tahina-palm/ Lakeland, FL USDA Zone (2012): 9b | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (1985, 1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a | 30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thanks folks! Some nice photos and information on those links. Keep it up as I'll bet there are more spread around the world.... Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Singapore Botanic Gardens, photos taken June 17, 2016: 1 2 Kim Cyr Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Gardens by the Bay, Singapore -- for some reason, I don't have a pic of the Tahina group from my 2016 visit, but I do have a few photos from my first visit there, September 9, 2012 not long after the gardens opened. Not to be confused with the taller palms, the Tahinas are the little bitty palms that almost look like ground cover. 3 2 Kim Cyr Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Thailand, my one photo taken September, 2012. The Tahina is the small green fan palm just beyond the stone spheres. Fortunately, Bo took several photos the same day. I hope he doesn't mind if I add them here: 4 2 Kim Cyr Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Not your typical public garden, but arrangements can be made to visit Usina de Arte and its Parque Artistico-Botanico. It is located outside the town of Xexéu, in the municipality of Agua Preta, Pernambuco, Brazil. This unique location is the former Santa Teresa sugar mill and assorted outbuildings and a wonderful old house and grounds, all converted to a center for arts of all kinds, and a botanic garden where PalmTalk member Gileno Machado has been planting furiously. Visited January 2020. Outside the "Big House" and down the slope toward the pond, is a Tahina! The palm is not situated in the main botanic/sculpture garden, because it would be much too exposed to the searing sun, whereas here, there is some tree canopy and irrigation to give it some relief. J Just to give you some sense of this nascent garden, I'm adding a couple of photos, hopefully not going too far off-topic. The "Big House" Some of the botanic/sculpture garden 3 2 Kim Cyr Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgl Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Another shot of one of the Tahina spectabilis in Palm Valley in Singapore Botanic Garden. I took this photo on July 10th, 2017, almost exactly a year after Kim's photo above. There are a handful of Tahinas in this general area but it's conceivable that this is the same palm that Kim has in her photo above. (EDIT a few minutes later - after carefully comparing the two photos I think they are two separate individuals, but definitely in the same area). 1 3 Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgl Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Passing through Singapore in February 2018 on my way to Surabaya I had an extra day to meet some friends and also an afternoon visit to Gardens by the Bay, which is always a great experience. It opened to the public on June 28, 2012, and Kim and I were fortunate to visit in September that year (on our way to the Thailand Biennial), see Kim's photos above. The growth of the palms has been nothing short of spectacular, thanks to Singapore's non stop heat, 12 months of the year. And as can be seen, the Tahina spectabilis group has performed extremely well! Photo taken on February 17th, 2018. 3 Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Great additions Kim and Bo! Photo journals second best to being there. Plus a reference for the future. 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Searle Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Great! Much more than I was expecting to see at these gardens. Jeff Searle Brothers Nursery Inc. and The Rainforest Collection. Southwest Ranches,Fl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PALM MOD Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 It is so rewarding and a testament to PalmTalk and the IPS that a palm unknown 14 years ago, with so few individuals left in precarious habitats, and that only produces seed once in its lifetime is already growing happily in so many public and private gardens around the world. I have always wondered how many palms have never made it outside their natural habitat and succumbed due to their habitat destruction - never to be seen and appreciated - not even in photographs. 2 1 Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gileno Machado Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Kim said: Not your typical public garden, but arrangements can be made to visit Usina de Arte and its Parque Artistico-Botanico. It is located outside the town of Xexéu, in the municipality of Agua Preta, Pernambuco, Brazil. This unique location is the former Santa Teresa sugar mill and assorted outbuildings and a wonderful old house and grounds, all converted to a center for arts of all kinds, and a botanic garden where PalmTalk member Gileno Machado has been planting furiously. Visited January 2020. Outside the "Big House" and down the slope toward the pond, is a Tahina! The palm is not situated in the main botanic/sculpture garden, because it would be much too exposed to the searing sun, whereas here, there is some tree canopy and irrigation to give it some relief. J Just to give you some sense of this nascent garden, I'm adding a couple of photos, hopefully not going too far off-topic. The "Big House" Some of the botanic/sculpture garden Thanks for your pictures Kim, that Tahina has grown a bit since then. We have actually planted a second Tahina there, in the open area. Now we’re having a nice mild (and wet!) winter here. Let’s see how it performs through our long summers though. You and Bo visiting here was great. Come back next year. 2 Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C 2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinzyjr Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Guess we should include this link since it has information about this palm as well as photos of various specimens in public and private gardens: http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Tahina_spectabilis Lakeland, FL USDA Zone (2012): 9b | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (1985, 1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a | 30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted July 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 I am so appreciative of all the posts, even as I step back on my comments due to other commitments. Keep them coming and they will be searchable on PalmTalk for years. Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Montgomery Botanical Center. My father for scale... 6 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realarch Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Good Grief! Speechless. Tim 1 Tim Hilo, Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dypsisdean Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 4 hours ago, realarch said: Good Grief! Speechless. Tim Second that - thanks for the pic Andrew. 1 Kona, on The Big Island Hawaii - Land of Volcanoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlyn Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Here is a photo of the small one in part shade, taken in November 2018. It's in the Leu Gardens palm area, just North of the Phoenix circle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlyn Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 And here's the larger one, just around the corner. Also taken in November 2018 at Leu Gardens: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric in Orlando Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 We have 7 planted out at Leu Gardens. The biggest is maybe 6ft overall. 3 are in the Palm Garden, 3 in the Tropical Stream Garden and 1 in the Idea Garden. One of them in the Tropical Stream Garden is growing in moderate shade and growing fine. I will get current photos in the next couple of days. These were all grown from the first batch of seed that was available. 5 Eric Orlando, FL zone 9b/10a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Kelley Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 To the best of my knowledge, Hilo has two Tahinas in free, public gardens. The one at the zoo is well hidden and will not become visible to the public until it gets considerably larger. However, the one growing in the University of Hawaii at Hilo Palm Garden is going gangbusters. Not as fast as those in hotter climates like South Florida or Singapore, but pretty fast by cooler Hawaii standards. It is roughly ten ft (3 m) tall. It seems to have a new giant frond every time I stop by. Just a few years ago it was much, much smaller. Looks like it might swallow its neighbors in a few more years. The UHH Botanical Gardens were planted and are maintained by retired biology professor Don Hemmes. If visiting Hawaii, it is certainly worth a visit. Besides palms, there is a comprehensive cycad collection and a large bromeliad collection. Currently the campus is closed due the pandemic, but will most likely reopen in the summer of 2021. So was this photo taken by an unmanned drone? I'm not sayin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Update from this week. This palm's gravitas doesn't transfer to photos... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji jim Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Nice pics there. It was quiet difficult to capture a good pic due to the crowded space, however here are a few. I obtained 10 seeds in 2007 or 6, not sure. The larger planted here is about 6 meters tall now. The smaller germinated at the same time but was restricted in a large container for several years after the first was planted. 2 Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Here is another one at sea-level. Glove and saw for scale. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxpalms Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 One at Kew. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Haycock Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 There are two growing next to each other in Cairns Botanical Garden, Queensland Australia. 3 For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Haycock Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 The largest I’ve seen in Australia is located at Queens Garden, Townsville. 4 1 For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Haycock Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 A trio planted at Townsville’s Palmetum, Queensland Australia. There is also a small one at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Australia, and 2 at the Palmetum, Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Sorry don’t have pictures. 2 For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji jim Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 I am surprised that this species could grow well at the latitude of Sydney, Oz. What location are these stills captured? jim Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnymak Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 On 3/17/2023 at 5:07 AM, fiji jim said: I am surprised that this species could grow well at the latitude of Sydney, Oz. What location are these stills captured? jim Are you referring to the last three small individuals? They are in Townsville, QLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji jim Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 Thanks for the reply. So, I guess that the one at RBG Sydney is under some protection from the cold winters. Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Haycock Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 14 hours ago, fiji jim said: Thanks for the reply. So, I guess that the one at RBG Sydney is under some protection from the cold winters. No protection for the Sydney specimen. The gardens are in quite a mild microclimate. For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxpalms Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Palmetum one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji jim Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 That's a beauty. Where is it? Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxpalms Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 On 4/15/2023 at 5:20 AM, fiji jim said: That's a beauty. Where is it? If you are talking about the one I posted, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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