PlantFiles Pictures: Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa (Syagrus romanzoffianum)

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Author Content palmbob Tarzana, CA (Zone 9b) August 02, 2003 03:25 PM Post #601564 Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva Syagrus romanzoffiana Queens are commonly 'bent' on purpose for lanscaping uses. They are planted in large boxes and then the boxes are dumped on their sides. Several years later the Queen has grown a right angle and is planted, hoping to duplicate the look a of the more tropical Coconut Palm http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/2052/ Click the image for an enlarged view. Lilliana Cape Coral, FL (Zone 9b) August 02, 2003 05:56 PM Post #601678 Palmbob, Lovely picture of a Queen Palm. These I am familiar with as I live in Florida and we had one of these in the front yard. They are a beautiful palm. One thing how did the trunk of the palm become curved? The ones I have seen have all had straight trunks. This one is very interesting with the curved trunk. I like it. The many pictures you have shown of all types of palms are interesting to see and the many different kinds that you have sent picures of and to name them. Thank you so much. Lilliana palmbob Tarzana, CA (Zone 9b) August 02, 2003 06:00 PM Post #601680 I had a comment on the picture how they do this at the nursery, but it didn't print... maybe it was more than 50 words. Anyway, they grow them up until they are 10' or more tall, and then they dump them, still in a large wooden box, onto their sides and leave them there a few years until this starts to happen. Then they sell them/plant them in the ground. Only problem with Queens is they tend to develop right angle turns, not gentle curves like coconut palms do, which is the look the grower is trying to achieve. 1cros3nails4gvn Bluffton, SC (Zone 9a) October 10, 2006 08:59 PM Post #2805238 Nice picture. that trunk on it looks like how the palmetto trees that grow here in SC at the edge of the beach or islands and hammocks in the marsh and tidal creeks. they tend to bend and curve out and away from the live oaks that are so massive. they also tend to be like that in areas where there is a lot of hurricane activity there are quite a few old ones that have been twisted like that we're kind of protected here in this little bight formed from NC and FL so they mainly curve due to the dappled light from the oaks. so... yeah . that was a little off topic, but that just made me think of that This message was edited Oct 10, 2006 7:59 PM

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