Wow.. .what a smell!

My first real Arenga engleri flower... nice!! and the smell is powerful and fills the entire yard... too bad not all palm flowers can smell like these.

Beautiful too. How old is the tree?

Got it as a 5 gal plant 6 years ago... so maybe 10-12 years old. Has grown a lot in just 6 years, though.

hiya Bob,

I'm growing A. hookeri, do you know if this fragrance is species specific or if the rest of the genus has that added bonus?

Sorry, I don't know,.... that is much harder species to get to flower here... in fact, most cannot even get it to survive more than a few winters... good luck!

My engleri hasn't flowered yet, but it's growing in a lot of shade so I'm expecting it to be a bit slow.

My hookeri, caudata and pinnata flower regularly but I haven't noticed any fragrance from them. Never given them the sniff test from close, but from 'walking-past' distance there's been nothing.

Thanks Bob and tropicbreeze,

I've got my seedling A. hookeri(s) in a greenhouse for the winter. They're only in their second year, but I'm excited to see them bloom before I croak from old age.....

best,
don