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While visiting the Kapiti Coast on the North Island of New ZeaIand, I came across the beautiful nīkau palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, New Zealand’s only endemic palm. It’s the world’s southern-most palm species and one of those rare palms that will grow in colder climates..
Below are some more photos that show the nīkau palm. [Photos by Sandra Simpson]
Nikau palm trunk and inflorescence
Nikau bud
Nikau flower
Nikau palm is widely available in New Zealand; in the UK and Europe through mypalmshop.com; in the USA from junglemusic.net in California; in Australia from coastroadpalms.com in Perth.
There are a few nikau in Sydney and South-East gardens too Leon – Charles Moore who ran the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1848-90s loved palms and established the palmetum in the 1860s, with NZ nikaus jostling alongside Rhopalostyis baueri from Norfolk Island and lots of others. They take years/decades to get the ‘onion’ bulbous trunk alas. Worth the wait though. It’d be nice to see more in Australian gardens.