Comments on: Landscaping with Ptychosperma macarthurii (Macarthur Palm)

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:16:01 +0000

Sorry, Hazel…we don’t have images of its seedlings and saplings.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:35:15 +0000

Hi,

I was wondering if you can share with me the pictures of this palm’s seedlings and saplings? I’m not sure if those I’ve got are in deed that of P. macarthurii.

Thanks a million.

Cheers
Hazel

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:04:20 +0000

Glad to know you’ve had them verified, Kathleen.
Thank you so much for your generous offer. As it is, I think the photos here are more than sufficient to illustrate the features of this palm.
Cheers!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:11:45 +0000

No problem! I’ve since had the photos ID’d as the MacArthur palm by the folks at the Hawaii Tropical Garden near Hilo, so I was on the right track. If you want to see them for possible addition to your website, I’d be glad to send them your way.
~Kathleen

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:12:45 +0000

Hehe…frankly, I’m no expert on plants/flowers ID, Kathleen! Just a home-gardener who enjoys collecting information online or elsewhere about plants and the like and sharing them here. The best advice I can render is to click on some of our photos above to view them large and make comparisons with your photos from there. Sorry!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:59:43 +0000

Hi Jacqueline, I have 2 photos of what I believe to be the flower clusters you describe above. Would you accept an email from me, containing those photos for verification? I took them at Akaka Falls, on Hawaii’s Big Island last month. Thanks!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:32:36 +0000

Will try to help ID your plant if I can, Andrea! But how…you’ve not disclosed your blog address for access to its pictures?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:37:51 +0000

I am very sorry for the 2 of you, Jacq and Autumn Belle, i was absent here for a few days. The plant i am inquiring about is not bougainvillea nor Euphorbia millii. I am also familiar with most plants but this one I just saw for the first time in Malaysia. I will be posting it in my blog (asap) so please help me with its ID. Thank you very much. You two are very diligent in posting, serve as my snack, hehe.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:06:42 +0000

Andrea – it’s very likely that the plant with waxy flowers and thorny trunk that you’ve described could be Euphorbia milii as suggested by Autumn Belle above. Have a look at some pictures/features of this plant at our article here: http://www.jaycjayc.com/euphorbia-milii-crownofthorns/ for comparison. Hope the ID fits your query.

Autumn Belle – thanks for your help. How alert you are! I’m positive that you’ve nailed the right ID for Andrea. Strange that this plant just slipped my mind in spite of growing 3 varieties in our garden….hehe, my brain getting rusty! ;)

By: Autumn Belle

Autumn Belle — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:17:42 +0000

Jacq, is Andrea talking about the Euphorbia milii (Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant) ? The description looks like it.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:49:40 +0000

Sorry, Andrea! Basing on your description of the flowers and trunk, I know not of any plant resembling that. The closest is Bougainvillea with thorny stems but flowers are papery, neither waxy nor known as 7-needle.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:16:43 +0000

Hi Jacqui,
When i was staying for a week vacation in my friend’s house in UKM (University Kebangsaan Malaysia), i was fascinated by the plant in her yard. The flowers are so nice, waxy and the trunks have may thick thorns. They call it 7-needle plant. Do you happen to know it. If you have an email add i will attach it for identification, that is if you dont mind. I hope you know it. Thank you so much.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:49:05 +0000

You’re most welcome, Autumn Belle! Me too, I can’t remember the botanical names, offhand…the common names are much easier for me. Haha…almost all the plants’ names in this blog are gathered after much googlling and research online, though most are now not registered permanently in my human database!! LOL!!
Pinang Merah Palms…is it also known as Lipstick Palm that I just wrote about here: http://www.jaycjayc.com/lipstick-palmtree-crytostachys-renda? If so, I can understand your problems, having experienced them before. Remembered too that we suffered blisters and body-aches when we had to remove them from our garden a decade ago! But it was wonderful having enjoyed them while it lasted.
Thanks a lot for visiting and sharing your thoughts…really appreciate!

Cheers!

By: Autumn Belle

Autumn Belle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:52:53 +0000

Thank you very much for identifying this palm tree that we often see everywhere. I’m really at a loss as to the names of many palms and trees that line our roads and public areas. This palm looks like it need a lot of space. I have grown 3 pinang merah palms on my small garden plot and now regretted it because it take up a lot of space. The dead leaves are large and not easy to dispose off. I have to cut them up into small pieces before the garbage collecter is willing to collect.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:28:47 +0000

A young shoot must have healthy roots to grow, James. Probably those that you separated didn’t have them and thus weren’t able to survive. My son encountered the same problem with one of the young suckers of Lady Palm that I gave him.
To ensure success, try digging a little deeper around the sucker that you want to separate from the parent trunk so that its roots can be shoveled out together.

Hmm…think you read my mind…I had intended to experiment propagating this palm as a follow-up to this article…but yet to do so?? ;)