Pronunciation: prih-CHAR-dee-uh low-ray-ANN-uh
Common Name: Lowrey's Loulu Palm
Pritchardia lowreyana is another fairly rare palm for California, and thought to extinct for many years. But it has been rediscovered and now grown in some enthusiast's gardens. It is not a terribly unique looking species, but a nice looking palm nonetheless.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 7-14 fan leaves
- Height: 20' estimate
- Trunk: single; 8" in diameter; smooth and grey
- Crownshaft: none
- Spread: 10'-12'
- Leaf Description: mildly costapalmate; markedly pleated; deep glossy green on top and green below, too; semicircular; blades divided about half their length; 6 feet long (half that petiole)
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 3' long; unarmed; edges have some fibers present; un-split leaf bases; remain on upper trunk for a few years
- Reproduction: monoecious
- Inflorescence: about 4' long, drooping at the ends; unbranched except for flowers themselves; yellow flowers
- Fruit: spherical to ovoid; 2.5" long; dark brown to black when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low to moderate
- Cool Tolerance: low
- Wind Tolerance: low to moderate
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: very slow to slow
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: shade to filtered sun
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: very rare to rare
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Huntington Beach, California
Huntington beach, younger palm
estate of Pauleen Sullivan, Hawaii
Foster Botanical garden, Oahu, Hawaii
immature fruits in Hawaii
