My Acrocomia has grown pretty fast this year I hope it gets a thicker base and plumose leaves next year. How fast have Acrocomias fared for you this year? Share them please.

First of all, this is my palm when it arrived on january, it didn't start growing until spring was close, which is when I planted it. The palm comes from the state of Tabasco in southern Mexico.

April 2nd 2023, My spring or "Semana Santa" vacations started and I decided to start planting palms. The first one was obviously my Acrocomia.

Yesterday. It's still growing pretty fast even though it's fall.

 

Wow. Wasted no time in putting out a set of spines.

1 minute ago, SeanK said:

Wow. Wasted no time in putting out a set of spines.

Yes, they get bigger on every new leaf, when I got it the spines were pretty small and they weren't that sharp but these bigger ones are extremely sharp.

Nice palm!  but ist seems a little bit too close to the wall...

5 hours ago, masatepino said:

Nice palm!  but ist seems a little bit too close to the wall...

I'm hoping it will lean a bit to stay away from the wall, I'm adding soil to it occasionally.

I have another Acrocomia on the sidewalk but it isn't as happy, it must have a nutrient deficiency. Does anyone know what's wrong with it? It's growing but it's wayy slower than the one on my garden. I put a bunch of dry leaves around it yesterday to help it grab nutrients. I don't think it's the plants surrounding it because since I put them around it the palm started growing a bit faster. At least its size is gonna make it easy for me to protect it this winter.

Very cool where in N. Mexico are you located? 

36 minutes ago, Palmfarmer said:

Very cool where in N. Mexico are you located? 

Monterrey

2023 - 2026, extremely fast. Never affected by freezes but appears to have a phytoplasma disease from which it seems to be healing. There's 2 new spears coming up fast.

Acrocomia are hardy palms and grow fairly fast here in South Texas. I am aware of one or two individuals that survived palmageddon up in Corpus Christi 5 or so years back. I believe they survived an ultimate low of 17f and at least 2 consecutive days where the temperature never rose above 32f. Very tough. I am a little surprised that they are not more common around here. Yours look to be taking off, good luck with them.

58 minutes ago, Austinpalm said:

Acrocomia are hardy palms and grow fairly fast here in South Texas. I am aware of one or two individuals that survived palmageddon up in Corpus Christi 5 or so years back. I believe they survived an ultimate low of 17f and at least 2 consecutive days where the temperature never rose above 32f. Very tough. I am a little surprised that they are not more common around here. Yours look to be taking off, good luck with them.

Yeah, they're hardy. There are other 2 in my town that I have found. One of them is pre 2011 and both survived 2021 unbothered, even fruited and grew very very fast after the freeze, faster than Syagrus romanzoffiana.

This is my other one, same age as the one in the backyard, in the sidewalk.

Here is one of the 2 adult ones in my town:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bfj6xX2Q8kqyLyk19

The other one (Pre 2011):

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ro9zfzhK7HfUvwLTA?g_st=ac

2 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Yeah, they're hardy. There are other 2 in my town that I have found. One of them is pre 2011 and both survived 2021 unbothered, even fruited and grew very very fast after the freeze, faster than Syagrus romanzoffiana.

This is my other one, same age as the one in the backyard, in the sidewalk.

Here is one of the 2 adult ones in my town:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bfj6xX2Q8kqyLyk19

The other one (Pre 2011):

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ro9zfzhK7HfUvwLTA?g_st=ac

Thanks for the response and pix. When I look at various sources, this species is shown as being native as far north as Adama along the coast and possibly as far north as La Florida inland. As you and I have both seen, this palm is capable of surviving much further north than either of those locations. Do you have any knowledge or experience of what you perceive as natural/native populations of this palm occurring in more northern locations in northeast Mexico?

25 minutes ago, Austinpalm said:

Thanks for the response and pix. When I look at various sources, this species is shown as being native as far north as Adama along the coast and possibly as far north as La Florida inland. As you and I have both seen, this palm is capable of surviving much further north than either of those locations. Do you have any knowledge or experience of what you perceive as natural/native populations of this palm occurring in more northern locations in northeast Mexico?

There is a small population of Acrocomia mexicana in Weslaco Texas. The mother palm was moved elsewhere (didn't die) but the seeds sprouted long after and there are juvenile palms in the area. @richtrav was the one who showed me this population.

Mother palm before it was removed (2000's)

Descendants

@Austinpalm In Matamoros used as ornamental possibly

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DMHnXReudQZtbFHL7?g_st=ac

Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas.

5 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

There is a small population of Acrocomia mexicana in Weslaco Texas.

Actually it’s on the north side of Harlingen. But there are some in Weslaco (and a very old totai if they haven’t cut it down)

This is one in Laredo from late 2017, it’s not there any more on Google Street View

One on the grounds of the Hacienda Santa Engracia just north of Cd Victoria Tamps, circa 2003. Last time I was there (2021) I did not see any Acrocomia

48 minutes ago, richtrav said:

Actually it’s on the north side of Harlingen. But there are some in Weslaco (and a very old totai if they haven’t cut it down)

Thanks for reminding, I confused the names.

35 minutes ago, richtrav said:

One on the grounds of the Hacienda Santa Engracia just north of Cd Victoria Tamps, circa 2003. Last time I was there (2021) I did not see any Acrocomia

That's not too far from General Zaragoza, NL.