acoelorrhaphe wrightii

[96720]

Didn’t it sucker like crazy? Looks like you kept it a single trunk!!

[Pal Meir]

17 hours ago, ZPalms said:

Dang that sucks, have you thought about getting another? Would it have been ok if you let it sit in water indoors?

Yes, I think so. It was one of the easiest indoor palms because you couldn't overwater it.

[ZPalms]

Opened it's new frond up and it's about to open another already, this dude is gonna grow so fast once the heat arrives 😍

Edited February 11, 2024 by ZPalms

[Harry’s Palms]

I’ve always wanted one of these palms. Ever since I saw them at Balboa Park in San Diego, Harry

[ZPalms]

20 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I’ve always wanted one of these palms. Ever since I saw them at Balboa Park in San Diego, Harry

I just went on google to check those out but what a great clump and very tall! I love how they can keep a small footprint but have many palms, you should 100% get one! 🤠

Edited February 11, 2024 by ZPalms

[96720]

Just remember they are slow so buy the biggest one you can find!!

[ruskinPalms]

I love these but have not planted any because of the thorns and their heavy suckering nature and my little yard is already becoming a little tough to mange from all the seedlings and suckers from the C. lutescens that I probably over planted. I’m a little leery of suckering palms these days from a long term management standpoint. 

[ZPalms]

44 minutes ago, ruskinPalms said:

I love these but have not planted any because of the thorns and their heavy suckering nature and my little yard is already becoming a little tough to mange from all the seedlings and suckers from the C. lutescens that I probably over planted. I’m a little leery of suckering palms these days from a long term management standpoint. 

 

I'm more of a solitary palm person myself, but I envisioned this palm in the location I selected for growing it. If I can successfully zone-push it and it fills in some of the space, it would make for such a cool entrance palm. As for thorns, I do love thorny palms. I do get occasionally scratched by my washies and Chamaerops, but that's my fault for carelessly running my hands through them. The only suckering palm I have to pick from that can handle my area without protection is Chamaerops. but, it wouldn't give me the look I wanted but I do have one planted right across from it 🤠

It's gonna suck when one of these days if I get to that point that I'll have to start pruning the suckers, I wish removing them and potting them worked unless that is possible, I hate killing potential palms

Edited February 11, 2024 by ZPalms

[Harry’s Palms]

I would put this down the hill where I have my Phoenix Reclinata and other palms that have sharp thorns. I can gaze down at them or go down and visit them like I did today. I just don’t have to get close enough to be poked by them! The only palms with thorns that I have near my house are the Pygmy Date palms . 

[ZPalms]

Took this photo yesterday in the sun and after the sun went behind the trees

It’s just finishing up opening that new leaf to the rightish and gave it fertilizer the other day! 🤩

[Silas_Sancona]

8 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

Took this photo yesterday in the sun and after the sun went behind the trees

It’s just finishing up opening that new leaf to the rightish and gave it fertilizer the other day! 🤩

Lookin' good!

[ahosey01]

I hate to be a wet blanket because these are awesome palms, but have you ever seen an old one of these in habitat before?  The clumps are positively massive.

I parked next to one in Harlingen yesterday visiting a field grower and its footprint was significantly larger than my van.  My van is a Chevy Express 3500 with an extended wheelbase lol

[ZPalms]

3 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

I hate to be a wet blanket because these are awesome palms, but have you ever seen an old one of these in habitat before?  The clumps are positively massive.

I parked next to one in Harlingen yesterday visiting a field grower and its footprint was significantly larger than my van.  My van is a Chevy Express 3500 with an extended wheelbase lol

If mine out performs my expectations, I’m gonna try and maintain its size but if it does do very well then I’ll possibly move it in a similar spot with more space

[Silas_Sancona]

19 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

If mine out performs my expectations, I’m gonna try and maintain its size but if it does do very well then I’ll possibly move it in a similar spot with more space

I wouldn't worry about how big it may get ..many ( many, lol ) years from now..   Have seen specimens where they were kept to about a dozen or so trunks and each looked fine.  Doesn't have to take up a ton of space if you don't have it a lot of space to spare.

Grow it and enjoy..

[ZPalms]

55 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

I wouldn't worry about how big it may get ..many ( many, lol ) years from now..   Have seen specimens where they were kept to about a dozen or so trunks and each looked fine.  Doesn't have to take up a ton of space if you don't have it a lot of space to spare.

Grow it and enjoy..

I do lie where it is, It has a decent spot, just have to keep it away from the house 😋

[edbrown_III]

In my front yard in JAX

 

 

[hbernstein]

I respect all of you growing the species in zones and environment WAY different than habitat. They do best when kept constantly moist or wet. They have vicious teeth on the petioles. They look especially nice when kept thinned to several trunks, rather than several dozen. It's relatively easy to maintain them that way, if started when small. If allowed to grow big and dense, thinning will be much more problematic and unsightly. They are absolute potassium/magnesium hogs, as evidenced by many of the photos. Well grown specimens are very beautiful. 

[edbrown_III]

a few of mine in Jacksonville FL ...

 

[ahosey01]

On 5/4/2024 at 6:02 PM, ZPalms said:

If mine out performs my expectations, I’m gonna try and maintain its size but if it does do very well then I’ll possibly move it in a similar spot with more space

Do you want some photos of the giant local ones?  I drive by them almost every day so I can snap a pic.

[ZPalms]

9 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

Do you want some photos of the giant local ones?  I drive by them almost every day so I can snap a pic.

I always enjoy seeing photos of them!

[ahosey01]

On 5/18/2024 at 9:21 AM, ZPalms said:

I always enjoy seeing photos of them!

Here you go.  This one's huge.  There's one at a local wholesale grower's that's considerably larger.

[ZPalms]

13 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

Here you go.  This one's huge.  There's one at a local wholesale grower's that's considerably larger.

that clump is so beautiful and lush!

[ZPalms]

We need the rain sooooooo bad, all the grass is crispy and hand watering is the worst!

Apart from that this dude is looking great!

[ZPalms]

So it begins, the first sucker has appeared! 🤠

Fortunately and unfortunately, we had our roof replaced. A bunch of people were throwing stuff off the roof, and it was just chaos. They damaged a leaf and it’s torn, but luckily, they had enough sense to cover it with a bucket before putting their tarps down. But, of course, when they were dragging things through, things happened, leading to other mishaps and damage to some of my other plants. But thankfully, everything is alive with just minor scuffs!

[SeanK]

On 5/7/2024 at 11:51 PM, edbrown_III said:

In my front yard in JAX

 

 

Impressive for JAX

[Hillizard]

I see my Acoelorrhaphe wrightii has finally started to develop trunks, sort of, after years in the ground. It's sheltered in the shade of a Sabal. It attempted to bloom this year but the inflorescence was not successful. It's among my least favorite palms to prune as the petiole thorns are always ready to 'attack' the unwary. 😬

[sonoranfans]

A neighbor has two that were planted in 1986.  They are huge have dropped many seeds Im sure, and they are a trimming nightmare if you want to remove the dead leaves.  The over trimmed ones are likely from growers who found them easier to trim with less leaves and their thorny petioles.

 

Here are the two palms, over 30' tall for sure and about 25 foot wide.

a closer shot of one

[ZPalms]

Got home from NYC on Tuesday, and all of my palms have had quite a growth spurt since the last time I saw them, which was back in September. I came back to a shocking amount of growth and changes on everything. Since the last photos I posted back in august, the sucker has laid itself down, and the original palm has just gotten bigger in general.

I can imagine next summer the new sucker will look like its own palm. 🤠

[ZPalms]

I was a dummy and left my protection stuff over the palm for the last week, and of course, the palm decides it wants to speed its growth up and push a frond out. Not only did it not open, but it's floppy. I put a tomato cage around the palm to hopefully let it create some sugars and stiffen and open the frond. 🙄

[gyuseppe]

here in southern Italy they grow very well

[Fusca]

Here's one I recently purchased a few months ago.  I planted it in a swampy part of my yard in full sun.  I think it's got at least 2 suckers, maybe 3.  

[KsLouisiana]

On 1/16/2025 at 10:52 AM, ZPalms said:

I was a dummy and left my protection stuff over the palm for the last week, and of course, the palm decides it wants to speed its growth up and push a frond out. Not only did it not open, but it's floppy. I put a tomato cage around the palm to hopefully let it create some sugars and stiffen and open the frond. 🙄

Looks great still!

[KsLouisiana]

I will be putting this in the ground soon! Very excited! Zone 9 on a south facing wall so it should hopefully get pretty big!

[SeanK]

On 1/17/2025 at 2:20 PM, Fusca said:

Here's one I recently purchased a few months ago.  I planted it in a swampy part of my yard in full sun.  I think it's got at least 2 suckers, maybe 3.  

Swamp, full sun is probably the preferred environment 

[gyuseppe]

they saw in January 2017, more than - 5.7 degrees celsius, none burns on the leaves, no one died

[KsLouisiana]

31 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

they saw in January 2017, more than - 5.7 degrees celsius, none burns on the leaves, no one died

Wow. That is really great cold tolerance.  Thanks. 

[gyuseppe]

I think you can grow it in southern Louisiana

mine are over 20 years old

[KsLouisiana]

2 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

I think you can grow it in southern Louisiana

mine are over 20 years old

How big are yours? I wonder how fast they grow. I've seen one in town here at a Mexican restaurant that looked pretty nice.

[gyuseppe]

no, they don't grow very fast here, in the winter they don't grow here

[donalt]

they are beautiful palms and easy to grow. especially exotic with good night lighting! love these palms