Wallachian disticha male and female flowers

[happypalms]

An absolute amazing couple of flowers, Mother Nature never stops putting on a show. And this year on the disticha both the flowers have come out together. The male and female have certainly done there thing. This event has taken five flowering seasons for both to appear together. This could be the year I get seeds! 

[Harry’s Palms]

Very cool looking inflorescence, unusual. It is a miracle , when you think about it . Even if you have male/female specimens of dioecious palms , the timing has to be just right. Harry

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Very cool looking inflorescence, unusual. It is a miracle , when you think about it . Even if you have male/female specimens of dioecious palms , the timing has to be just right. Harry

Iam super happy about it, you wait nearly 25 years for an event like this, could be worse though waiting for Haley’s comet again! 
Richard 

[Phoenikakias]

Replacement already put in to the ground  anticipating the removal of the old one. Those are offspring of a previous plant of mine. Hopefully they turn out either hybrid with Arenga engleri or Wallichia disticha loves sticky clay in the ground as much as former.

[gyuseppe]

On 10/13/2025 at 12:12 AM, happypalms said:

Iam super happy about it, you wait nearly 25 years for an event like this, could be worse though waiting for Haley’s comet again! 
Richard 

Richard the Halley's Comet will be visible again in 2061 !

[gyuseppe]

13 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Replacement already put in to the ground  anticipating the removal of the old one. Those are offspring of a previous plant of mine. Hopefully they turn out either hybrid with Arenga engleri or Wallichia disticha loves sticky clay in the ground as much as former.

Konstantinos, I knew it! You see hybrids in every plant!

[Phoenikakias]

13 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Konstantinos, I knew it! You see hybrids in every plant!

I do not see yet any hybrid here, just a wish. Those seedlings were really very vigorous, but hated root disturbance. If I knew it, I would have sown seeds directly in to this spot. Generally speaking however, mutation and hybridization are the locomotives of evolution.

[happypalms]

14 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Replacement already put in to the ground  anticipating the removal of the old one. Those are offspring of a previous plant of mine. Hopefully they turn out either hybrid with Arenga engleri or Wallichia disticha loves sticky clay in the ground as much as former.

I like the rope setup, that’s one problem with the Wallichia genus and Caryota unfortunately sooner or later they will come down. And a B lot need to be sited well for future garden plants getting destroyed. At least you have started another in anticipation of the inevitable! 

[happypalms]

14 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard the Halley's Comet will be visible again in 2061 !

Somehow I don’t think I will be seeing it this time round! 

[tim_brissy_13]

Based on the latest info, looks like Wallichia has finally been officially lumped into Arenga. 
 

As an aside, I don’t have access to the article,  but I’m really curious which Arenga has been placed into Caryota…

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Based on the latest info, looks like Wallichia has finally been officially lumped into Arenga. 
 

As an aside, I don’t have access to the article,  but I’m really curious which Arenga has been placed into Caryota…

Interesting stuff, they never stop doing research and modern science certainly keeps on improving. 
For now it shall stay as wallichia to me. It’s hard to pronounce half the palms I have and I finally get it correct and then they change the names 🤣