Pinanga of Lundkvist Palm Garden
 
Distribution:
Approximately 120 species ranging from the Himalayas & South China to New Guinea, with greatest diversity in the wet areas of the Sunda shelf
A.k.a.:
Pinang, Bunga
     
Pinanga adangensis

 
 
     
Pinanga barnesii

 

 
     
August 2006
     
Pinanga caesia
 

Self germinated seedlings ("volunteers") of P. caesia

April 2006

Juvenile P. caesia "volunteer"
   
April 2006
   
 

The spent bract from a P. caesia

April 2006

 
   
April 2006
     
July 2006
     
Pinanga coronata
Infructescence of P. coronata with ripe seeds
November 2005
     

 

Pinanga coronata volunteer seedling. The seed from the parent plant nearby dropped in this lavarock crack, and began to grow. There is no soil whatsoever. As of May 2006, the palm was about 6 ft tall.

     
Volunteer seedlings of Pinanga coronata
May 2006
   
     
Pinanga insignis

May 2006

 

     
June 2006
     
Pinanga philippinensis

 

November 2005

     
 
June 2006
 
September 2006
     
Pinanga speciosa
 

Infructescence on P. speciosa with ripe seeds

November 2005

     
 
May 2006
   
   
July 2006
 
     
Pinanga sobalifera
June 2006