Dear Radha, Sonia, Thanks for the beautiful pictures and info. My traveller's palm too has flowered for the first time this year (almost 3-4 years since planting). I was thinking of chopping the sticky, gluey flower bracts. But your seeds have given me a reason to wait. Not sure if it will get pollinated though. Still very curious as to what could the lemurs be looking for among these palms that they are used for pollination. Also this species propagates vegetatively as well. Mine already has a new growth crowding the main tree and putting out its leaves which are about a meter long already.
Thanks Satish On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Sonia Chauhan <[email protected]>wrote: > Amazing! I have never seen it flowering & fruiting. Thank you Radha ji > for sharing this lovely sight. I was under the impression that this > species does not flower & fruit in India since it is pollinated by > ruffed lemurs. > > The Kew website has an interesting article on the reason behind the > blue colour, a rare colour for seeds : > > > http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/millennium-seed-bank/blue-seeds-of-madagascar.htm > > Regards, > > Sonia Chauhan > > On 27 November 2012 15:15, radhaveach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > here are pics of the seeds of Ravenala madascariensis, Travelers Palm > taken in a private garden. > > When the seeds are ripe you find lots of pieces of what looks like blue > plastic littering the ground beneath the tree - they look quite unreal. > > > > best regards > > Radha > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --
