Ravenea rivularis  Majesty Palm  Planted June 1997

 
This image showing Ravenea rivularis (Majesty Palm) was taken September 13, 1997 just after the third month of being planted from a 5 gallon container.


 
Same palm taken November 16, 1999. Although damaged by frost and the winds of hurricane Brett, the majesty palm has recovered quite well, the overall height is about 10 feet plus and the spread is well over 16 feet.

 
Image taken November 1, 1999 showing trunk after 29 months growing in the ground.


Image taken October 5, 2000. Notice the amount of clear trunk from previous image.

 
Ravenea rivularis with 48 inch Texas yard stick (1.2 m).
Image taken 1/29/01


Circumference at base is 70 inches (5 feet 10 inches) or about 1.7 m). Overall height about 18 feet (5+ m) and overall spread is about 16 feet (well over 4.5 m).
Image taken July 3, 2001

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