Fishtail Palm (Caryota urens), Norfolk Island Palms (Rhopalostylis baueri) in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
By Delonix1
2 Dec, 2010
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Fishtail palms are common and some of the fasted growing palms in the world. It can grow to 30ft/10m in less than 5 years. Photo taken Dec. 1, 2010.
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Rbtkew:
Several species grow here: Caryota mitis, gigas, rumphiana, ochlandra and cummingii. There's a few other species grown by palm society member collectors.
4 Dec, 2010
We have these growing in the Palm House at Kew,but they can never achieve their full size. It is great to see them growing outdoors.
4 Dec, 2010