Giant Fishtail Palm

This palm is in full glory, growing just 150 feet East of Iraivan Temple in Rishi Valley. It is astonishingly productive, creating thousands of flowers and seeds in all stages of maturity. It is officially called Caryota obtusa, and is a native of Laos and Cambodia. Enjoy seeing it up close.

Photo taken from Iraivan Temple

It is also called Giant Fishtail Palm from this fishtail shape of the fronds.

So graceful, and unusual for a palm

these fronds can be 20-25 feet long.

From below

So happy in the tropics

The inflorescence can be 18 feet long!

This is the early flower stage.

Then comes the seeds

Early seed development. Who designs these things?

More seeds.

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