Did you know that palm tree's sprout flowers once a year for a couple of weeks? I've seen it happen but never was in time to see the flower stalks sprouting from the leaf axils. They sprout so fast that it's easy to miss the tubular sprouts before they flower.
I circled some of the tubular flower stalks so you can see what I'm talking about. Most of the palm tree's around here have them and within a day or so start sprouting flowers. Some flowers you can see already.
The flower stalks look different from the palm tree fronds *leafs* so it was easy to spot the flowers coming.
Some of the flowers are either bright yellow like these or more of a whitish yellow.
These ones are more of the lighter whitish color.
There's a lot more white flowers than there are yellow flowers on these tree's.
Some of the flowers that sprouted are bright yellow. I'm not sure what the difference is. But so many flowers are on these palm tree's right now and the bee's are everywhere. Once the flowers sprouted from the flower stalks I don't walk under them for a couple of weeks until the flowers and bee's are gone.
I thought it was kinda cool and thought you guys would too. See, I found more flowers. lol
Wow. We have a few palm trees here - but I have never seen them in flower.
ReplyDeleteThere are flowers all over these ones here.
DeleteHi, Mary!
ReplyDeleteYour post illustrates that if you go looking for beauty in this world, you are likely to find it in abundance. It was a pleasure to view these examples of nature's handiwork on palms near you. There are 20 varieties of palms here in the various growing zones of Florida. We have scrub palmetto on our property for ground cover. I admit that when I'm out and about, I don't study the varieties of native palms carefully enough to observe those tubular stalks and flowers. I will need to look up more often because I might be missing some pretty sights.
Thanks for the lesson about flowering palm trees in your region, dear friend Mary. Have a safe and happy weekend!
You're very welcome. I'm glad you found this post informative.
DeleteNo, I had no idea that they flowered. I wonder if the flowers smell good?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. They are way up there.
DeleteWe had a lot of palm trees on Skidaway. I loved listening to them rustle in the wind. Thanks for sharing your insights. I kind of miss Palms (but I don't miss the humidity).
ReplyDeleteI can understand that. We don't get humidity too often here but when we do I hate it.
DeleteI don't think I've ever seen a flowering palm tree. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMelanie @ Books of My Heart
You're very welcome.
DeleteBeing in Florida I see them all the time. Funny though, I've never thought of them as flowers, just part of the palm.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. I see bee's all over the flower parts so I see them as flowers. They are pretty even if I can't see them very well.
DeleteThanks for drawing our attention to the flowering process of palm trees. Interesting and stirring curiosity!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome.
DeleteWe hadn't seen flowering palm trees either.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea they did that until I saw it either.
DeleteThat is cool! I didn't know palm trees flowered.
ReplyDeleteI didn't either until I saw it.
DeleteDo they have any smell? We had poplars, then acacia and now linden trees flowering which means tons of allergies LOL
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. They are high up there.
DeleteI had never seen palm trees's flowers before!
ReplyDeleteNow you have.
DeleteI've never seen flowering palm trees either.
ReplyDeleteSeems everyone learned something new today.
DeleteHow interesting!
ReplyDeleteI thought so too.
DeleteI had no idea!
ReplyDeleteI guess not a lot of people knew about it.
DeleteThis was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that they flower.
All the best Jan
I'm glad you liked the post.
DeleteWow! I did not know this, thanks for sharing your photos, too. It's like when I found out pineapples didn't grow on trees a few years back. 😯
ReplyDeleteLearn something new everyday.
DeleteNever thought of palm tree in bloom
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
I guess a lot of people haven't.
DeleteWow! I had no clue, and to see them in all their beauty is very cool! Thanks a bunch! Hugs, RO
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome.
DeleteI love palm trees and miss seeing them.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of them in Vegas.
DeleteI had no clue this happened! Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the post.
DeleteI had no idea about this. We’ve only seen palm trees when we travel in Cali, Nevada, and Florida, but they never had flowers on them while we saw them. So cool!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you learned something new.
DeleteOne of the Two of mine is Flowering right now. The Palm Tree butchers... I mean, Trimmers, come out in force about now to alleviate some residents of having to let the Palms Flower... but they trim the poor things within an inch of their lives. I like mine full and natural, we have the really tall slender trunk Palms in our Front acreage, two of them, I Love them!
ReplyDeleteWe have some of the really tall ones too. The trimmers haven't come out in a while to trim these.
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