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Thread: Once in a Lifetime - flowering of the Corypha umbraculifera

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    Once in a Lifetime - flowering of the Corypha umbraculifera

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    Two 79 years old Talipot palms Corypha umbraculifera in the Singapore Botanical Gardens’ Palm Valley is putting up their Once-in-a-Lifetime flowering.

    The inflorescense has already emerged and will continue to bloom throughout December, afterwhich the palms will die.

    Go and experience the spectacle for yourself (the palms are about 50ft tall without the blooms), but as usual here’s some pics to entease…

    Last edited by hwchoy; 15th Jun 2007 at 18:42.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    wah!Amazing!!!

    I never thought u r a palm tree lover!
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    google my name, you will find even more surprises
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    ya ya!! saw this the other day....it was pretty cool...maybe go see again next week..heehee..

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    It is a beauty!

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    check here , here, here and here

    multi-interest fella.... :P

    vincent
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    whew! for a moment I thought you found all my gerfren pix

    so they finally updated my FB entry.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    after more than a year, the fruits are finally being shed…

    Last edited by hwchoy; 15th Jun 2007 at 18:41.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Pretty fruit... So, will the palm tree actually die after that??
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

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    already mostly dead.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Serious? They grow to 79 years old, flower and die? What a loser for a tree... I mean, trees' lifespan are supposed to be almost eternal, right?... That's quite sad...
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    why!? you grow to 30 years old, have 3 kids, then die when you're 70. something like that. no?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    actually some palms are terminal flowering, that means the flower spike grows from the terminal apex, after which there can be no more leaves. quite a few palms do that.

    where do you think you get your sago huh? look up Metroxylon sagu.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Was always under the impression that trees can last almost forever, unless it was killed by lightning, lack of water or sickness or other human-induced causes... Never thought a big tree can die off after flowering...

    Sago? Isn't that from the Sago tree bark?
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

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    Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justikanz
    Was always under the impression that trees can last almost forever, unless it was killed by lightning, lack of water or sickness or other human-induced causes... Never thought a big tree can die off after flowering...

    Sago? Isn't that from the Sago tree bark?
    well different folks different streak I guess.

    sago, like I said, look up Metroxylong sagu. there use to be a clump at the main entrance of SBG, not sure still there anot. oh its the sago palm lah, not tree. anyway also not from the bark s
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Not from bark?? Ehh... I thought I saw that in a documentary... Interesting...
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

    I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted! ), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted! ), C.tonkinensis(Melted! ), C.walkeri, C.wendtii 'Brown', C.wendtii 'Green', C.wendtii 'Green Gecko', C.wendtii 'Tropica' and Cryptocoryne x willisii

    Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...

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    wow this is an amazing piece of info... didn't know that palm could flower
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    Quote Originally Posted by CacaManiac
    wow this is an amazing piece of info... didn't know that palm could flower
    wah lao, ever heard of toddy? never eaten attap chee? what about coconut?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justikanz
    Not from bark?? Ehh... I thought I saw that in a documentary... Interesting...
    not the bark, from the pith, scrape out the pith from the chopped off trunk.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy
    wah lao, ever heard of toddy? never eaten attap chee? what about coconut?

    hahahaha !!!! u damm mean leh.
    no everyone is so well informed as you mah !

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