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My Palms - not sure of the names of a few and need help to identify them.

Posted on 15 Feb, 2009 16 comments

I know these as Golden Cane (Dypsis lutescens, I think) and I’ve got about 30 of these growing on the property, mainly down the long driveway into our place. The tallest is about 7 metres high.

This shows the fruit on one of them:

I have one under the pergola and two in pots in the courtyard:

I have the majestic Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) which stands at around 8 metres and drops orange fruit everywhere. It is considered a noxious plant because the fruit bats have dropped the seeds all over parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales and it has become naturalised in native forests and rainforests.

I also have the Triangular Palm – Neodypsis decaryi.

I have some coconut palms – cocos nucifera – only the two tallest have fruit.

Now for the palms I don’t know the names of – need help with these!

This one has bamboo-like stems and orange bracts? (I’m not sure what they’re called).

I have three of these – they have sharp thorns on the bottom of the stems.
This is the biggest one – stands around 6 metres tall:

These are the thorny stems:

This is one of the littlest and you can clearly see the thorns:

Now this one I don’t know (it has thorns!):

Nor do I know this one (looks a bit like the last one but has no thorns):

This one is quite small and I have no idea about it either:

And now this one – which is quite tall at around 7 metres:

And then there is this one which has quite slender stems and it is also around 5 metres tall:

Finally I’m sure this one is called the Fishtail Palm – Caryota mitis:

Well they are my palms and I would appreciate it if anyone could name a few of the unknowns for me.

Comments

Justjan

Hey Bernieh, I think one of your palms is the yellow latan palm (latania verschaffeltii). The small one with the cute leaves. Try googling to verify. The red ones we have it in Singapore too. i saw it yesterday at the Botanic garden. I shd have copied down the name.

You have many palm trees :) very tropical feel..I feel at home

15 Feb, 2009

Justjan

Ah ha..I found it. It's the red sealing wax palm (Crytostachys lakka) , native to Southeast Asia, Australia and East Indies.

15 Feb, 2009

Blodyn

Sorry I can't name your palms but I enjoyed looking at them. They have fantastic fronds.

15 Feb, 2009

Terratoonie

I agree with Hywel.
Wonderful photos :o)

15 Feb, 2009

Bonkersbon

Agree..they look superb...

15 Feb, 2009

Spritzhenry

Pity we can't grow these over here, Bernie. Maybe Marguerite might know some of them? They are wonderful shapes. Sorry I can't help.

15 Feb, 2009

Dottydaisy2

I have never seen so many palms you must have an enormous garden, they all look very healthy.......loved the pictures just sorry cannot help you with the names.

15 Feb, 2009

Andrearichter

I think they are Chamaerops Humilis - Hardy Fan Palm. There are many of these fan palms so I may be totally wrong. I love palms and I love your blog

15 Feb, 2009

Raquel

You have beautiful palms..do you eat the coconuts?

15 Feb, 2009

Bernieh

Well thanks all for the lovely comments. I checked the Latan palm, the Sealing Wax Palm and the Hardy Fan Palm - but I'm still not sure they match exactly. Andrearichter you're right - there are lots of fan palms!! Raquel - as neither my hubbie nor I are big fans of coconut, they just fall to the ground and roll down the hill!! (bit of a waste really)

15 Feb, 2009

Gilli

Hi Bernieh, I love all your palms. Wish they would grow around here. I can't help you with any of the names but I did enjoy seeing them all. :o)

16 Feb, 2009

Delonix1

Bernieh:

I will identify what I know in numerical order:

1. Dypsis decaryi (old name Neodypsis decaryi)

2. Chamaedorea seifrizii (syn: erumpens) - Bamboo Palm

3. Elaeis guineensis - African Oil Palm? -Does is produce any fruit? (Pic after Bamboo Palm)

4. Fan Palm with thorns - Livistona species (which are native to Australia) too many species native to your area to identify without looking at this palm in flower.

5. Fan Palm with no thorns - Pritchardia species (probably paicifica or thurstonii)

6. Next one - Licuala ramsayi - which are native to Queensland, Australia.

7. Next one: Adonidia merrillii - Christmas Palm? Does it have bright red fruit?

8. Next one: not clear enough for me to identify.

9. Last one: Fishtail Palm - Caryota mitis (only if it clusters) There's many species of Caryota

16 Feb, 2009

Marguerite

Delonix I am not sure you are right with number 4. After the close up of the thorns of the African oil palm ( yes, that one is right, I have several in my garden too ),what you call number 4 is number 5, I think it is a Livistonia chinensis.That number 4 is also an african oil palm to my mind, because they start off like that, as I have had some babies too. Number 6 is not correct either, as the Licuala ramsayi is different, upright and round. If only I could find my picture ( it is here on GOY in my collection ). The Licuala ramsayi is indeed native to QLD and I have seen them in Mission Beach in their natural habitat.6 Is I think the Pritchardia pacifica ( Fijian fanpalm )...What you call number 9 is number 10. The number 9 ( one but last one ) is I think the foxtail palm, if Bernieh means the front frond. Number 8 is beautiful, no idea, it looks bluey. Bernieh, there definitely is no sealing wax ( lipstick palm ) amongst them as I have one in the garden and it has a definite red trunk. I name number 7 a Licuala grandis, as I can remember the name for one in my Darwin garden.
Have a look at this site Bernieh, very interesting and informative.The Palm and cycad association in Oz.
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/index.html

15 Mar, 2009

Bernieh

Yes thanks again Marguerite I was also sure I didn't have a lipstick. I will check out that website and see if I can match the photos with names.

15 Mar, 2009

Delonix1

Marguerite:

I'm not sure if I agree with you. The 15th palm photo from the top is a Livistona species...however, Livistona chinensis has dropping tips and has a costapalmate frond.

The 17th Palm photo from the top is some species of Licuala - it's difficult to tell from the angle of the photo, however, I'm almost positive it is Licuala ramsayi - because it has large divided leaflets.

The 16th palm from the top maybe a Pritchardia pacifica...it's very really difficult to tell from this photo. Generally, they have very orbicular fronds...especially when you.

18 Mar, 2009

Marguerite

Delonix, the Licuala ramsayi is round, have a look at my picture please.
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/67254-licuala-ramsayi/member/Marguerite
you probably are right: the 15th from the top more than likely is the rotundifolia, see :
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Livistona/rotundifolia.html
and not chinensis.
I do not recognise the trunk of the Pritchardia pacifica, however this is for Bernieh to compare.
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/67255-pritchardia-pacifica/member/Marguerite

Something for you Delonix anyway to check out:
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Licuala/index.html
as you can see there are at least 50 species of Licuala palms, you can have a field day.

18 Mar, 2009

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