Rattans?

[jayfro6]

I could be wrong, but I think the rattan walking sticks and wicker furniture is made from the U.S. native Berchemia scandens, rattan vine.

[CromulentKevin]

I just bought a calamus inermis on impulse. I'm assuming it has very little chance to live outside in Temecula due to it's tropicality (though someone correct me if I'm wrong). Also I don't know if I'd be able to find a spot where it wouldn't stab people and pets. So I'm thinking I might try it as a houseplant.

[edric]

Thanks, Hawaiian Woodrose, Merremia tuberosa, Ed

Ah gonna have to google that, me being the plant curious obsessive that i am!

Edit, I googled, and I see its your avatar!

Nice plant, related to Morning Glory! (Convolvulaceae)

Told you I was plant obsessed!

Unless you bring them back from Hawaii, so far I am the only one you can purchase these flowers/seedpods, in the continental U.S., trying to get them to produce second blooms, or dried flowers, is a lot of trouble, it takes three years before you will get any dried pods, to much humidity, and the black mold gets it, and it falls off, it needs to be moderate humidity, even here on the hill, I must use a back pack sprayer, with fungicide, Ed

[BobSDCA]

I really like the look of rattan palms, but I especially like them when they are small. I only have a Calamus caryotoides. It has been a bit slow, but doesn't mind neglect either. Now that it's growing faster, it is producing cirri and flagella....really awesome! I also like the palm for the Aussie common name, Fishtail Lawyer Cane, and Wait-a-Bit Palm. Nice palm for so. Cali - takes shade and some lack of water, though not too drought tolerant here - gets some burnt leaf tips if it gets too dry.

[kylecawazafla]

Bo,

Are the rattans used for furniture plantation raised or are they harvested in the forest?  Boy, they do not look too friendly.  The climbing palms around here are a bit nasty too, but I think these look worse.

dk

What are some of the climbing palms in the new world?? Is Desmoncus the only one??

[Howeadypsis]

Wow Bob you can really see why that one has the name caryotoides!

Lovely!

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

One of the benefits that these palms provide to their forest habitat is weaving the canopy together. Along with lianas, they strengthen the canopy and hold it together against tropical storms. They are also a source of drinking water in the forest, just cut one of the old stems and you get a little drink. The thing that makes them work in a rainforest makes them a problem in a garden.

Aren't there some species with less or no thorns that would not be so viscious? It is like Bouganvillea in that it wants to grow to the sky through a canopy but man! What a maintenance problem. I won't grow Bougies for the same reasons.

Geraldo

[merrill]

QUOTING KYLE FROM POST #45: What are some of the climbing palms in the new world?? Is Desmoncus the only one?? END QUOTE

Hi, Kyle:

Chamaedorea elatior from the New World is, for me, the most desirable climbing palm. Before vining, it is as attractive as any Chamaedorea. When vining began, mine became much less attractive, at least to me! It is virtually unarmed, which makes it unique amongst the palm vines.

Best Wishes,

merrill

Edited April 12, 2009 by merrill

[Eric in Orlando]

We have several climbing palms in the collection here. Is there any botanical gardens that has a collection? I know a few years ago Montgomery was was adding a collection of climbing palms, we have had several donated by them. I try to grow mostly the ones that seem to have potential hardiness, ones from northern India, southern China, eastern Australia, etc. I like the climbers as they are unusual and hardly ever seen. Here are some we are growing.

Calamus usitatus, this was about 20ft up into the tree then the whole clump blew out after Hurricane Charley. No way was it going to get put back up so I cut it off and is letting it regrow.

Calamus aruensis (syn. C.hollrungii )

Calamus tetradactylus

Calamus caryotoides

[Eric in Orlando]

Calamus latifolius (syn. C. inermis)

Calamus sp., collected in Thailand, was thought at first to be a Plectocomiopsis, the tree behind it was hit by lightning last Oct. and it killed the main stem but the suckers have survived

Oncocalamus tuleyi- native to Nigeria and Cameroon, Africa

Desmoncus orthacanthos

[Eric in Orlando]

Plectocomia himalayana

Plectocomia elongata

Daemonorops jenkinsiana

[Eric in Orlando]

Chamaedorea elatior

and Calamus erectus, one of the few, non-climbing Calamus species

[Howeadypsis]

Fabulous pics Eric,want one! Or two

Nice Philodendron with the Desmoncus there,Monstera?

[JasonD]

Plectocomia himalayana is a prodigious monster in the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Beautiful spines. At the Oakland Lakeside Palmetum across the bay is a Calamus caryotoides, I believe, that always looks cute and happy, but seems to grow slowly.

[Eric in Orlando]

Fabulous pics Eric,want one! Or two

Nice Philodendron with the Desmoncus there,Monstera?

yes, it is Monstera deliciosa.

[Howeadypsis]

Fabulous pics Eric,want one! Or two

Nice Philodendron with the Desmoncus there,Monstera?

yes, it is Monstera deliciosa.

Ah yes one of my favourite houseplants, the swiss Cheese Plant. Been a while since I had one of those!