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T TIKIGIKI Tiki Socialite Australia Joined: Aug 18, 2022 Posts: 452	T TIKIGIKI Posted posted on Thu, Feb 2, 2023 2:17 PM in reply to MadDogMike The triangle palm you mention is a really ugly plant when it gets big in my opinion. (Dypsis decaryi) The plant you ask about is commonly called a Travellers Palm, (it's NOT really a palm at all) because you are supposed to be able to drink the water that collects at the bottom of each leaf, ....but I seriously would not recommend doing that unless really dying of thirst! Proper name Ravenala madagascariensis. They prefer to fan out in an east/west line and if planted otherwise MAY over time SLOWLY re-orientate. The wind does tatter the leaves but the plants don't seem to mind. Definitely worth seeking out, Traveller's Palms do make a spectacular feature and even mine gets a lot of comment. Not sure how they would handle serious winter though. Occasional frost would be OK I think. Here's a young one very like what I have now. (I bought an advanced specimen). but they can look like this when older: They flower rather like the strelizia. And have marvellous bright BLUE seeds! [ Edited by TIKIGIKI on 2023-02-02 14:27:51 ]

The triangle palm you mention is a really ugly plant when it gets big in my opinion. (Dypsis decaryi) The plant you ask about is commonly called a Travellers Palm, (it's NOT really a palm at all) because you are supposed to be able to drink the water that collects at the bottom of each leaf, ....but I seriously would not recommend doing that unless really dying of thirst! Proper name Ravenala madagascariensis. They prefer to fan out in an east/west line and if planted otherwise MAY over time SLOWLY re-orientate. The wind does tatter the leaves but the plants don't seem to mind.

Definitely worth seeking out, Traveller's Palms do make a spectacular feature and even mine gets a lot of comment. Not sure how they would handle serious winter though. Occasional frost would be OK I think. Here's a young one very like what I have now. (I bought an advanced specimen). $_3 but they can look like this when older: il_794xN.4007340447_9e3e Ravenala,_travellers_palms,_on_Maui il_794xN.3059497551_mrwp Plantes_entre_deux_immeubles They flower rather like the strelizia. 1280px-Travellers-Palm-flower And have marvellous bright BLUE seeds! Ravenala_madagascariensis2

[ Edited by TIKIGIKI on 2023-02-02 14:27:51 ]

Post #807733 by TIKIGIKI on Thu, Feb 2, 2023 2:17 PM