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Phytelephas aequatorialis

realarch
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Interesting palm, getting scary big as well. Every year I look at it and go hmmmmm…… Acquired it in a 1 gallon pot in 2019, still no trunk and extremely long fronds. Interesting pinnae arrangement in pairs, thin and long.

Dioecious, I doubt I’ll be getting a mate. Too bad, I was looking forward to making my own buttons from the seeds. 

There is an orange handled full size shovel in one of the photos for scale.

Tim

 

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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    @realarch that's a new palm for me!  If you had showed me photos without an ID, I might have guessed some form of Attalea.  Thanks for sharing this cool palm!

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    One of my dream palms

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    On 5/20/2026 at 1:45 PM, Merlyn said:

    @realarch that's a new palm for me!  If you had showed me photos without an ID, I might have guessed some form of Attalea.  Thanks for sharing this cool palm!

    Arthur, similarities for sure, but different subfamilies. Phytelephanioideae and Arecoideae. Say that three times as fast as you can.

    Tim

    Tim

    Hilo, Hawaii

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    Never heard of it before, where is it from what country?

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    Habitat is Ecuador on the western slopes of the Andes mountains.

    Tim

    Tim

    Hilo, Hawaii

    On 5/20/2026 at 12:27 PM, realarch said:

    Dioecious, I doubt I’ll be getting a mate. Too bad, I was looking forward to making my own buttons from the seeds. 

    TIm, hopefully someone else nearby is growing this species as well so you might have an opportunity to find a mate for yours and get those coveted buttons. If not, you just need to convince Jason to plant a few to increase the likelihood of getting both sexes. Of course I'm assuming that Jason hasn't planted out his property yet. That palm will be a beast if it ever starts forming trunk.

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    Tracy, checking the local community colleges now for a ‘button making’ course.

    ‘Beast’ is an apt name for a trunking specimen, and the inflorescence are so interesting on a mature palm. The one in the photo is a male, obviously.

    Check these photos out, taken in upslope Hilo a few years back.

    Tim

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    Tim

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    Tim that is wild. Are you sure you didn't find that in the recent release of UFO files?

    33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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    Tracy, can you imagine wandering through a rainforest surrounded by these ‘otherworldly’ palms?

    Medusa with dreads.

    Tim

    Tim

    Hilo, Hawaii

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