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Palm ID: Peruvian Jungle

EPaul

By EPaul
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Can anyone id this palm in the photos, taken on the Peru side of the Amazon? I know they are not great shots, but I was trying to photograph wildlife looking up from a canoe at the time (you can see a Capuchin with it's tail curled in the one photo). These palms were fairly common there but I've never seen elsewhere. Palmate size was similar to a full-grown Bismarck, possibly even larger.

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realarch Grand Master

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I’d say a Mauritia flexuosa.

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

EPaul Community Regular

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@realarch Perfect - Appreciate the id.

Anyone have any experience with these or know why they aren't utilized more? Too cold-sensitive?

idontknowhatnametuse Veteran

idontknowhatnametuse

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50 minutes ago, EPaul said:

@realarch Perfect - Appreciate the id.

Anyone have any experience with these or know why they aren't utilized more? Too cold-sensitive?

They have huge fronds and trunk, plus they are seen as weeds in South America. I think someone in the forum had a M. flexuosa in Florida but I forgot who it was. And yes, they are cold sensitive.

hbernstein Proficient

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Pinecrest Gardens has a young, just trunking one. It's planted in a protected, perpetually muddy location where it gets plenty of sun. The species grows big and needs lots of water.

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mnorell Veteran

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@Jeff Searle has (or had) one in Broward County. And Charlotte @NatureGirl created this thread a few years ago about one in Micco (Brevard County, near Sebastian). So it is perhaps hardier than we all have been led to believe...

The good news for those of us in much less tropical (and maybe drier) areas is that the beautiful Sabal mauritiiformis is a more-than-decent substitute (hence its name), especially if kept in protected, somewhat shady areas. 

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Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Big? Oh yeah they get huge and with the right conditions, grow extremely fast. This one was planted about a dozen years ago as a two gallon. It was such a cute little wispy thing back then. 

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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3 hours ago, realarch said:

Big? Oh yeah they get huge and with the right conditions, grow extremely fast. This one was planted about a dozen years ago as a two gallon. It was such a cute little wispy thing back then. 

Tim

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Hope I have space for mine Tim!

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