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Telly the Talipot

Friday, February 9, 2007

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About Telly

Telly is a Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) living at Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu, Hawaii. This palm makes "Nature's Biggest Bouquet" - the world's largest inflorescence! Its leaves are 10 feet long and up to 16 feet wide. Talipots only flower once and then die. These giant palms are native to Sri Lanka and Southern India. Telly was planted at Foster Botanical Garden in 1967.

Honolulu Botanical Gardens

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More Pictures:

A Talipot Palm in Full Flower. Up to 60 million cream-white flowers are produced.

I feel so tiny standing right under Telly!

A close-up of the leaf petiole. Notice the sharp "teeth" along the edges...it looks like a saw-blade.

The view from underneath a giant Talipot leaf (10' diameter).

Telly's nephews! In front of Telly are baby Talipot palms. These are from Telly's sibling who flowered two years ago.

A 10-year-old Talipot palm.

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