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 <sahanipan...@gmail.com>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 > <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> 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 < > sahanipan...@gmail.com> > > 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)
