Re: Largest Leaf

From: Dana Scholle <dana at homecom.com> on 1997.09.12 at 18:14:09(1241) Just to put in my own two cents I happen to be a palm fanatic as much as an aroid fanatic! I so envy all you guys that live in the warm areas! At 09:41 AM 9/12/97 -0500, you wrote: +More >Julius, >I have Raphia farinifera, the Raffia Palm, growing in my backyard, which >can get leaves over 20 metres long on a trunk up to 10 metres. >But what you are looking for is Raphia regalis, which is rarely cultivated. >PALMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, by David Jones describes it as: "This species >has the longest leaves of any palm and indeed the longest leaves of any >plant in the world. A specimen collected in the Congo was measured at 25.11 >metres or about 75 feet. Of this, about one-third consisted of the petiole >and the rest was the rachis bearing the leaflets... This palm occurs >naturally in Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon and the Congo. Plants are almost >stemless or have a short, stout trunk, each with few leaves." > >Maybe I should plant my Am. titanum near the Raffia just to see which gets >full size the quickest! > >Dewey, my vining aroids look their best when climbing a tall palm trunk. >(Palms are good for something) > >Don Bittel > > >

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