Pinangas in Puerto Rico

[Cindy Adair]

Here are a few of the Pinangas growing in rural western PR, at about 1000 ft.

First Pinanga 'Thai mottled'  which I planted less than two months ago and clearly drooping from our dry season. Far from any hoses so it will have to tough it out.

Next Pinanga watanaiana 

 

Lost label clumping Pinanga

Pinanga maculata planted 9 months ago. Looks like I need to pick up the dropped tree fern fronds here.

I know I have more but these are the ones I chanced upon carrying my camera yesterday. Please add your Pinangas!

 

 

 

[palmsOrl]

Lovely.  I never tire of seeing Pinangas in the tropical forest.

[Cindy Adair]

8 hours ago, palmsOrl said:

Lovely.  I never tire of seeing Pinangas in the tropical forest.

Thanks palmsOrl!

[Palm Tree Jim]

Must agree....Pinanga's are a great group of plants. Wish I could grow more of them.

Thanks for sharing Cindy.

[Kim]

Love the photo of your "Lost label clumping Pinanga" with all the mixed foliage plants! Beautiful garden! 

I just purchased another Pinanga from Floribunda, disticha, which exhibits nice mottling in the leaves. And I have several other species in the garden; I'll aim to get some photos to share later.  

[Johnny Palmseed]

On 2/1/2021 at 5:46 PM, Cindy Adair said:

Here are a few of the Pinangas growing in rural western PR, at about 1000 ft.

First Pinanga 'Thai mottled'  which I planted less than two months ago and clearly drooping from our dry season. Far from any hoses so it will have to tough it out.

Next Pinanga watanaiana 

 

Lost label clumping Pinanga

Pinanga maculata planted 9 months ago. Looks like I need to pick up the dropped tree fern fronds here.

I know I have more but these are the ones I chanced upon carrying my camera yesterday. Please add your Pinangas!

 

 

 

Beautiful palms as always. Do you know the name of the mottled bromeliads that look like a reverse mapu? In the 4th picture.

[Dartolution]

Goodness @Cindy Adair! *Drool* haha Beautiful! 

[Cindy Adair]

11 hours ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

Beautiful palms as always. Do you know the name of the mottled bromeliads that look like a reverse mapu? In the 4th picture.

So sorry but can’t seem to find the name of that one. It is a good grower and deserves a name!

[Cindy Adair]

Thanks for the comments all and I look forward to seeing your favorite Pinangas.

Off to battle the pica pica aka pika pika (Mucuna pruriens) annual vine that I have nearly cleared from my farm.

Timing is critical as the cute furry horrible pods become dangerous beginning next month when the wind distributes the tiny prickles which embed in your skin causing temporary misery. Then the seeds sprout and the cycle continues. Flowers are a nice deep purple, but continuing pulling up all seedlings and tossing any small pods in the trash are on my agenda for the morning!

Then in a few days back to Pinanga picture posting.

[Kim]

Finally back to do some "Pinanga Picture Posting."  A few tiny Pinanga with mottling on the leaves...

Pinanga 'maroon crownshaft'

 

Suckers of Pinanga curranii -- the tall adult is not exhibiting much mottling

Newest acquisition, Pinanga disticha "stained glass" -- it looks a little odd right now, but should grow into a beauty!

 

 

[realarch]

Nice to see your Pinanga’s Cindy, looking good! 

Kim that little P. disticha has interesting mottling color.

Now, where’s my phone, time to head bac in the garden.

Tim

[cobra2326]

Do you have any photos of the big daddy P. curranii?

[realarch]

A few Pinaga snaps, thanks for the inspiration. 

Tim

Pinanga coronata 'blunt leaf'. Still not sure where that name came from or if it's indeed a variation. Not exactly a 'small' palm.  

[realarch]

Pinanga caesia, another ' not so small' palm. So beautiful as a juvenile, with the spots and maroon leaf. Have to look up at it now, but the crown shaft is pretty sweet. 

[realarch]

Here's a P. densiflora, for the moment, a nice understory plant.

Tim 

[Cindy Adair]

So beautiful Kim and Tim! Thanks for posting. 

[cobra2326]

Tim, 

They all look great! P. caesia is my all-time favorite palm. I've still got a few in 3 gallons, hoping one day they'll be trunking for me. And stop teasing us with that densiflora! Those are tough to come by

[Cindy Adair]

Busy weeding today so only time for a few photos. Another P. maculata, solitary

And another P. "Thai mottled", a clustering species

And I snuck in a heliconia photo after lots of pruning today. I have many clumps (that came with the farm) of a few different kinds and have planted more spp. myself. The photo shows one of my prettier weeds that was obscuring entrance to a path, hence the need for chopping. Great for erosion control and color.

I do have more Pinangas and will post when I get to those areas. Keep posting yours!