Hello Rashida ji This palm was only at Rajbhawan campus. i was lucky to get into rajbhawan and study it. it was planted abt 10-15 yeards back by one of the Governer's wife. it was reported by me as new record to Mumbai rather Maharashtra region.
Regards Satish Pardeshi On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot Satish ji. Perfectly matching. So I was correct in thinking > the mature fruits are the red ones after all. Feel so lucky to have got all > the three colours of the drupes. Is this palm also there at the Kalina > campus ? > > regards, > Rashida. > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:37 AM, satish pardeshi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all and Rashida ji >> I have identified this plant during my Research and got it Confirmed by >> Palm expert A.R. Kulkarni, ex professor of Mumbai University. he has got >> specialist knowledge in Palms and has created Palm garden at Kalina >> Univeristy campus, Mumbai Univeristy, Santacruz. >> seee the differences in drupes of both species >> >> *Oreodoxa regia* H.B.& K. Gen. & Sp. *1:* 305, 1815; Cooke, Fl. Pres. >> Bombay *3:* 321, 1958 (Repr.); Blatt. Palms Brit. India & Ceyl. 396, t. >> 73, 1978 (Repr.); Sharma *et al*, Fl. Mah. St. Monocot. 204, 1996. >> >> *Synonyms: **Roystonia regia *O. F. Cooke in Bailey Man. Cult. Pl. 173, >> 1949. >> >> *Common name:* Cuban Royal palm, Bottle palm. >> >> fruit a drupe, g*lobose-obovoid, acute at apex*, 1-1.5 cm long. >> >> * >> * >> >> *Adonidia** **merrillii** (Becc.) Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 329, 1919.* >> >> *Synonym: **Veitchia** **merrillii** (Becc.) H. E. Moore Gentes Herb. 8: >> 501, 1957.* >> >> *Common name: Manila palm, Merrill Palm.* >> >> *drupe oblong-ovoid with accrescent calyx and corolla, olive green turns >> to orange and then to blood red, mesocarp orange pulpy, 1.8-3.5 x 1.8 cm* >> * * >> >> *http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi >>>**Adonidia** * >> *merrillii and search* >> >> *Regards* >> >> *Satish Pardeshi* >> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM, promila chaturvedi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear all the members, >>> I have this plant of Royal palm with me for more than 30 years. First in >>> pot and for last 27 years it is in ground. In Delhi I have seen these old >>> trees only on Syam Nath Marg opposite Old Delhi Railway station. On other >>> places they are not so old. Never saw them in bloom though fish tail palm, >>> when mature, blooms profusely here in Delhi. This year when I observed bloom >>> on my tree I asked SARKARI HORTICULTURE AFSARS. I was told that it starts >>> blooming arround 30 years of age. I am now waiting for the bloom to open. >>> Promila >>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Rashida Atthar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Great Satish Pardeshi ji, this is the third possible ID for the tree! >>>> Request you to indicate the clinching characteristic please. Thanks. >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Rashida. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Pardeshi S. >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello all >>>>> it is not Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F.Cook. >>>>> it is >>>>> Adonidia merrillii (Becc.) Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 329, 1919. >>>>> Synonym: Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) H. E. Moore Gentes Herb. 8: 501, >>>>> 1957. >>>>> Common name: Manila palm, Merrill Palm. >>>>> a few trees of this has been planted in Rajbhawan, Mumbai. >>>>> Regards >>>>> Satish Pardeshi >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 11, 9:21 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Dear Promila Ji, >>>>> > As said by Pankaj ji, I even could not find any reference which >>>>> states that >>>>> > Royal palm flowers at 30 years of age. All available informations >>>>> shows that >>>>> > it flowers and set fruits profusely and the mature purple fruits are >>>>> used >>>>> > for propagation of new plants . >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards >>>>> > Tanay >>>>> > >>>>> > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Pankaj Kumar < >>>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > Ms. Promila Chaturvedi >>>>> > > To my surprise, these palms flower almost every year almost in our >>>>> > > colony and school....I couldnt find a reference which says that it >>>>> > > flowers in 30 years.... >>>>> > > Please do let me know if you come across any. >>>>> > > In many nursery these plants are being sold, but to my knowledge, >>>>> in >>>>> > > general conditions, these plants never gives out branches too, to >>>>> most >>>>> > > probably the plants on sale are from seeds. >>>>> > > Please do share more info on its flowering if you have..... >>>>> > > Regards >>>>> > > Pankaj >>>>> > >>>>> > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:43 PM, promila chaturvedi >>>>> > > <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > > > Dr. Kumar, >>>>> > > > Roystonia regia does not have fruits, though it flowers when it >>>>> is >>>>> > > arround >>>>> > > > 30 year of age. One, in my house has got some sort of bloom. If >>>>> it opens, >>>>> > > > I may be able to send a picture or two. >>>>> > > > Promila >>>>> > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar < >>>>> > > [email protected]> >>>>> > > > wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > >> This I think is a Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F.Cook., commonly >>>>> planted >>>>> > > >> in the gardens sometimes incorrectly called as Bottle Palm. >>>>> > > >> Pankaj >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > Tanay Bose >>>>> > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>>>> > 9830439691(Mobile) >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Satish Pardeshi >> Plant Taxonomist >> Mumbai, Pune >> > > -- Satish Pardeshi Plant Taxonomist Mumbai, Pune
