Very First Flower on Parajubaea torallyi

[Jim in Los Altos]

Excited to finally see a flower on one of my P. torallyi. This one is 18 years old from germination. 
 

 

[happypalms]

Beautiful that will give the mailman something to look at. Your palm is now an adult congratulations! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Massive! Certainly fills that space nicely. Harry

[Rivera]

Lovely!

I happened to pass this six-in-a-row sidewalk planting in SF's Mission District last night. 

[Harry’s Palms]

^^^^ That’s cool! Harry

[Jim in Los Altos]

2 hours ago, Rivera said:

Lovely!

I happened to pass this six-in-a-row sidewalk planting in SF's Mission District last night. 

Wow, beautiful but what’s going to happen with the overhead utility wires? 

[Jonathan]

2 hours ago, Rivera said:

Lovely!

I happened to pass this six-in-a-row sidewalk planting in SF's Mission District last night. 

This looks amazing, they make a really cool streetscape. I agree with Jim tho, the powerlines are a worry.

Congrats on the flowers Jim, will be interesting to see if it sets any fruit. Mine are a few years away still, but Troy has had a couple of years of fertile seeds from his Pt v microcarpa which is a similar age. Fingers crossed.

[Hu Palmeras]

Congratulations on your Parajubaea. Now all that's left is for your Parajubaea Sunkha to flower. And remember I told you that your Sunkha will produce seeds very soon. And your Torallyi flowered first.

[Rivera]

58 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Wow, beautiful but what’s going to happen with the overhead utility wires? 

Yes, it's a concern. Mostly, I see palms allowed to grow past (or through) them here, even large palms like CIDP. But they do get trimmed aggressively where they contact the lines. Not ideal. 

[SeanK]

15 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Excited to finally see a flower on one of my P. torallyi. This one is 18 years old from germination. 
 

 

Very nice. Took a long time to flower, though. It that your mailbox or an EV station next to it?

[Jim in Los Altos]

1 hour ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Congratulations on your Parajubaea. Now all that's left is for your Parajubaea Sunkha to flower. And remember I told you that your Sunkha will produce seeds very soon. And your Torallyi flowered first.

My sunkha first flowered three years ago but has never set fruit.  

[Jim in Los Altos]

1 hour ago, SeanK said:

Very nice. Took a long time to flower, though. It that your mailbox or an EV station next to it?

Yeah, these usually do take many years to flower. I gave a bigger torallyi that hasn’t flowered yet. No EV here so, yes, that’s a mailbox.