Attalea amygdalina

[Pedro 65]

Attalea amygdalina here is getting longer leaves ( 20 + ft) and wider at the base, this Attalea is native to Colombia and was planted 16 yrs ago from an 8" pot, it has much larger siblings in Townsville, who else is growing Attalea amygdalina and has pics to share.

Pete

[dalmatiansoap]

Uffff!!!!

[Pedro 65]

Uffff!!!!

and they dont form a trunk, just big fronds erupting out of the ground ,it will be amazing when it flowers.

Pete

[Tropicgardener]

Looks great Pete......... I was recently given seed from one fruiting in the Townsville Palmetum........hopefully I get a few up, would look awesome on my acreage

[dalmatiansoap]

Impressive plant however! Still s zone fare away for me. What's the hardiest Attalea?

[Kailua_Krish]

In my experience Attalea dubia has been pretty hardy even as a small seedling (just now going pinnate), down to 22F or so with no damage. It has good frost protection from high canopy and is within 10 foot of our garage however. Ive had it planted out for approx 3-4 years or so now

[Pedro 65]

Looks great Pete......... I was recently given seed from one fruiting in the Townsville Palmetum........hopefully I get a few up, would look awesome on my acreage

Attalea's certainly would look awesome on your acerage Andrew, all best with germination.

Pete

[Jeff in St Pete]

Hi Pete, Do you think this unlabeled Attalea at Wilson Botanical Garden is A. amygdalina?. It had an infructescence sticking straight up from the center. One of my friends put their hand in that photo for scale.

With Katrina in front

Seeds

Another angle with Ben in front of it

[Pedro 65]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the pics, I have no Idea but thanks to the aid of these" 2 great books" there is quite a few Attalea's with subterranean trunks and 1 mentioned is Attalea iguadummat that you showed in the Wilson Botanical Garden thread.

Be great if Gileno could chime in to answer your Q Jeff and one I have re Amygdalina being.. are the specimens tagged as Amygdalina in Townsville ( pic below taken by Nach Von Vincent) which now have large trunks "really amygdalina"

Pete

[Zeeth]

Attalea is an amazing genus. I like the idea of one with a subterranean trunk! The leaves are the best thing about this genus.

[Gileno Machado]

Lovely Palms amigos.

I am a great fan of Attaleas but this is a Genus of many different species and they are difficult to tell apart. I have a dozen species here and I keep updating the labels so they don't confuse me when showing the visitors. The only different species since the early Sagres is probably the Attalea funifera, with Its quite distinctive plumose leaves.

[Jeff in St Pete]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the pics, I have no Idea but thanks to the aid of these" 2 great books" there is quite a few Attalea's with subterranean trunks and 1 mentioned is Attalea iguadummat that you showed in the Wilson Botanical Garden thread.

Be great if Gileno could chime in to answer your Q Jeff and one I have re Amygdalina being.. are the specimens tagged as Amygdalina in Townsville ( pic below taken by Nach Von Vincent) which now have large trunks "really amygdalina"

Pete

Hi Pete, I remember the A. iguadummat at Wilson as that one had a label. This one was in a different area of the garden and was not labeled. I guess there are a lot more species with subterranean trunks than I thought.

[Pedro 65]

Hi Gileno, when you have some "spare time", can you Please take pics of your Attalea's and post ? including a new pic of this stunning Attalea funifera of yours you have on the Pacsoa site.

Many thanks in advance, Pete

Hi Jeff, no doubt you got seed and are germinating them ? yes the books mention quite a few with subterranean to very small trunks, my mind is now on Funifera , great name and great looking Attalea.

Pete

[Jeff in St Pete]

Hi Jeff, no doubt you got seed and are germinating them ? yes the books mention quite a few with subterranean to very small trunks, my mind is now on Funifera , great name and great looking Attalea.

Pete

I didn't collect any of those seeds Pete. I've never had much luck with Attalea seeds in the past. They take too long to germinate and I end up tossing them. Here in Costa Rica, A. rostrata seeds fall on the ground and lay there for a year until they turn black before they all start to germinate at the same time. I used to wait and pull up the seedlings and they all transplanted well. A friend once brought me a single seed of A. cohune that she collected at a garden in Belize. It took well over a year but it did finally germinate.