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Saribus rotundifolius blossoming

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March 17Mar 17

Hello

I have an old saribus rotundifolius with, what I think, are flowers. It has never bloomed before and I would like to know how long the process will take for it to blossom? One of the flowerstalks is turning brown. Is that normal? The other one is still green and looks more healthy.

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March 17Mar 17

Is the palm in the ground or in a pot? I have read "The plants that are used as potted plants do not generally flower." Source: https://palmpedia.net/wiki/Saribus_rotundifolia But congratulations on growing this palm in your location, where the climate must be challenging.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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March 17Mar 17

Judging by the photos, it looks like this is growing indoors in an atrium. Very healthy specimen all the same.

Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a 2012: 9b 1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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March 17Mar 17

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The palm is planted in the ground. I work as a gardener in a huge mediterranean indoor garden, and this is one of the palm trees.

This specimen has never bloomed before, so I was very excited to see these huge flower stalks. I have not found any information of how and when the flowers will appear in these almost alien-like long stalks. I am just wondering about the brown colour. Is it normal?

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March 19Mar 19

On 3/17/2026 at 2:09 PM, Sarah R said:

The palm is planted in the ground. I work as a gardener in a huge mediterranean indoor garden, and this is one of the palm trees.

This specimen has never bloomed before, so I was very excited to see these huge flower stalks. I have not found any information of how and when the flowers will appear in these almost alien-like long stalks. I am just wondering about the brown colour. Is it normal?

I have a photo of the local mature specimen setting fruit, but it's difficult to make out the exact color of the petioles in the photo.

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