Pinanga batanensis
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Contents
Habitat and Distribution
Batan Islands, Philippines. Tropical Moist Forest.
Description
Solitary to 20 ft, light brown with widely-spaced light gray rings. Crownshaft 2 ft, light silver or grayish green, bulging slightly at base. Leaf pinnate, 6-8 ft., arching, dark green. Fruit teat-shaped, deep orange. Editing by edric.
Culture
Cold Hardiness Zone: 10b
Comments and Curiosities
"Great looking robust solitary, species of Pinanga from Philippines. Has a large, light green crownshaft as a young palm, but turns a great purply color with age. Flower spathe is a bright, striped structure that looks a bit like a banana. Develops a deeply ringed olive green to grey-silvery trunk. Too bad this is too cold sensitive to grow here in southern California." (Geoff Stein)
A rare species from tiny Batan Island, located halfway between the Philippines and Taiwan. (RPS.com)
- IMAGE GALLERY
Tropical Qld., Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall
Tropical Qld., Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall
Tropical Qld., Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall
Tropical Qld., Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall
Tropical Qld., Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall
Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein
Lyon Arboretum - University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein
Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein
Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein
Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein
Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein
Las Marias, PR. Photo by Cindy Adair
Photo by Paul Craft
Photo by Paul Craft
Photo by Paul Craft
Flecker Botanic Garden, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 26/09/15 Photo by Russell Cumming.
Flecker Botanic Garden, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 26/09/15 Photo by Russell Cumming.
Flecker Botanic Garden, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 26/09/15 Photo by Russell Cumming.
Flecker Botanic Garden, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 26/09/15 Photo by Russell Cumming.
Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Photo by Hana Palms
Whitsundays,Nth Queensland, Australia. Photo by Richard Ellem.
Photo-Rare Palm Seeds.com
External Links
References
Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.
Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.
Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.
Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).
Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.
