Re: Pandanus

I'm a palm freak and can recite chapter and verse on
those of Lord Howe (Hedyscepe canteburyana, Howea
forsteriana, H. belmoreana, Lepidorrhachis mooreana -
a litany of stately English specific names), not to
mention pontificate on their unmistakeable morphology.

Read about the Pandanus that grow on Lord Howe Island
on this Web site below:

http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/lordhowe.html

There is mention of two kinds, P. pedunculatus of
mainland Australia (one individual on the island) and
another in context of vegetation types: "The southern
mountains are covered with a more variable suite of
rain forest and palm associations, often with Pandanus
along drainage lines..." This sentence appears to
distinguish between the palms and pandans.

Arecaceously yours,
Jason
San Francisco

--- Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> ktana wrote:
> > 
> > > Jason D wrote:
> > >>
> > >> There are a couple of Pandanus with potential,
> one
> > >> from the Himalayas near Darjeeling, the other
> from
> > >> Lord Howe Island (whose species name I forget):
> > >> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/lhi.htm
> 
> > 
> > Could it be that he is referring to Howea
> Forsterana? and not a Pandanus at
> > all?
> 
> Well this certainly seems possible, as it is
> apparently known  locally
> as the "thatch palm", so fills at least one of the
> niches of Pandanus in
> that island.
> 
> I should have thought if there were a specific
> Pandanus native on Lord
> Howe it would be mentioned in one or other of my
> refernce books for
> Oceania, but I can find no trace of it.
> 
> Visually though, judging by the pic, Howea is a 
> very typocal palm and
> not particularly similar in looks to a Pandanus.
> 
> Moira
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead
> of Greenwich Time
> 
> 


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