Giant FISHTAIL palms.
By Stan510
19 Feb, 2022
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The largest of the numerous types of Caryota "fishtail" palms is this C. gigas. This is on the smaller size- with more water and fertilizer they become enormous.
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You really need to see one in person Kate. I once saw a photo of one here in the bay area growing next to a home that looked like mine..same size. That palm given much better care than the zoo specimen had fronds that arched OVER that house. Fronds as long as the house is. Totally out of scale and why I loved it-ha.
21 Feb, 2022
Caryota gigas really needs a lot of room. They become monstrous trees! It look good a the zoo.
25 Feb, 2022
The lighting that day in January was so low even in the early afternoon. It was hard to get a good photo of anything.
I wish the zoo would go all in on the tropicals..the climate is super mild all year. Rare to be hot also in summer.
27 Feb, 2022
It would be nice to see more tropicals.
4 Mar, 2022
They unlike the SD Zoo,have no horticulturist on staff. Its groundskeepers and one local nursery owner who I think is donating those tropicals that you see. I did talk to him once and he said that between nobody who really knows plants and the need to cut water use...this zoo is slowly adding exotic plants. I only saw a few new plants since i was last there about four or five years ago. But the older ones have really grown give them that.
6 Mar, 2022
Honestly, palm fronds THAT size I would love to see…arching artistically over the house - beautiful I would say!
6 Mar, 2022
Those who lavish those palms Kate can get humongous frond growths. Almost unbelievable.
7 Mar, 2022
https://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/43502-caryota-gigas-giant-thai-mountain-fishtail-palm
Here’s a pic of the giant Caryota at the San Diego Zoo. Unfortunately, it was cut down when they redid this area.
10 Mar, 2022
Those were looking primo. Most people just don't water them or feed them enough.
14 Mar, 2022
Very true.
I noticed some of your pics have just disappeared. This pic of the Caryota isn’t visible, anymore. I noticed some of my pics have disappeared, also. I’m not sure why.
21 Mar, 2022
Same for everybody's older photos. Older than a week or so.
They might have run out of room to host 5mb and its for lower mb? Pure guess.
23 Mar, 2022
Whatever I posted from Feb1st to 21st is a broken link. Older and newer photos are still there.
23 Mar, 2022
Love their big sprawling shape!
19 Feb, 2022