University of Melbourne Palm Collection

[tim_brissy_13]

I recently had a chance to quickly swing by the University of Melbourne where they have a nice palm collection by Melbourne standards largely thanks to a collector and former palmtalker. Hope you enjoy some of these:

Trachycarpus fortunei var wagnerianus 

 

Trachycarpus martianus (L) and Arenga ‘micrantha’ (R)

 

Becarriophoenix alfredii

 

Livistona decora

 

Trachycarpus martianus

 

Arenga ‘micrantha’

 

Ceroxylon ventricosum

 

Another Ceroxylon ventricosum. There’s a group of 3 here. Hopefully a seed production factory one day in the distant future. 

 

Macrozamia macdonnellii for the cycad lovers. 

 

Linosoadix monostachyos loaded with ripe fruit

 

Archontophoenix purpurea 

 

Licuala ramsayi. Very marginal here but they look good. I’m told these are old plants, in ground over 10 years. Very slow here. 

 

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

 

Archontophoenix alexandrae

[tim_brissy_13]

And some more out in the open lawn area. Full sun for most of these ones:

Towering Phoenix canariensis and Jubaea chilensis. Nice to have a side by side showing relative size of these monsters.

 

Jubaea chilensis 

Chamaerops humilis var argentea

 

Beccariophoenix alfredii

 

Bismarckia nobilis

 

Ravenea rivularis and B nobilis

Labelled Sabal minor but clearly not. Maybe S etonia? Or a S minor x palmetto? Seems to be a lot of these dwarf Sabals floating around here that have costapalmate fronds and short inflorescences.

Caryota obtusa (formerly C gigas)

 

Trachycarpus princeps

Sabal causiarum

 

Sabal domingensis

Baby Jubaea chilensis

 

Labelled Arenga pinnata but clearly not.  I guess A engleri 

Unlabelled Arenga sp. I wonder if this is the A pinnata and labels got mixed up.

 

Pritchardia hillebrandii looking perfect

 

Allagoptera arenaria

[tim_brissy_13]

Last but not least a beauty of a Brahea that came in as B nitida (now calcarea) seed. It does have the unarmed petioles but abaxial frond surface only very slightly silver/white and the crown seems denser than typical. Maybe a hybrid?

 

[richnorm]

16 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Last but not least a beauty of a Brahea that came in as B nitida (now calcarea) seed. It does have the unarmed petioles but abaxial frond surface only very slightly silver/white and the crown seems denser than typical. Maybe a hybrid?

 

I need one of those!

[Jonathan]

Very nice collection. That P hillebrandii is a surprise...looking great. Need to figure out what I'll do with these two when they outgrow the house. They make surprisingly good house plants!

[happypalms]

Nice one Tim, someone has done there homework well with that selection of cold climate wonders. The garden curator wasn’t you by any chance 😄

[peachy]

Silly me went to Monash and missed out on all the pretty palms.

Peachy