List of palms of the park of Maspalomas – Palmetum

Canarius | Monday April 5th, 2010 |

The Palmetum of Maspalomas

The Palmetum of Maspalomas is a public area of 20.000 m2 devoted to palms, in the dry and sunny South of Gran Canaria.

Palmetum of Maspalomas opened in July 2008 and now hosts a growing collection of rare palms.

This is the list of species of palms growing in the park:

  • Acoelorrhaphae wrightii
  • Adonidia merilli
  • Allagoptera arenaria
  • Archontophoenix alexandrae
  • Archontophoenix cunnighamiana
  • Areca catechu
  • Areca lutencens
  • Areca triandra
  • Arenga australásica
  • Arenga engleri
  • Arenga micrantha
  • Arenga tremula
  • Bismarckia nobilis
  • Brahea armata
  • Butya yatay
  • Carpentaria acuminata
  • Caryota maxima
  • Caryota obtusa
  • Caryota mitis
  • Caryota urens
  • Ceroxilon alpinum
  • Chamerops humilis
  • Chanbeyronia macrocarpa
  • Coccothrinax sp
  • Copernicia alba
  • Copernicia berteroana
  • Cryosophila argentea
  • Dictyosperma album
  • Dypsis lastelliana
  • Dypsis leptocheilos
  • Dypsis madagascariensis
  • Eleais guinensis
  • Gaussia maya
  • Howea belmoreana
  • Howeia forsteriana
  • Hyophorbe lagenecaulis
  • Hyophorbe verschafeltii
  • Jubaea chilensis
  • Jubaeopsis caffra
  • Latania loddigesii
  • Latania lontaroides
  • Latania verschaffeltii
  • Livistonia benthamii
  • Livistonia chinensis
  • Livistonia australis
  • Livistonia marieae
  • Nannorrhops ritchiana
  • Parajubaea torally var. microcarpa
  • Parajubaea torally var. torally
  • Phoenix canariensis
  • Phoenix dactilifera
  • Phoenix reclinata
  • Phoenix roebelenii
  • Pseudophoenix sargentii
  • Pseudophoenix vinifera
  • Pritchardia hillebrandii
  • Pritchardia pacifica
  • Ptychosperma elegans
  • Ptychosperma macarthurii
  • Ptychosperma salomonense
  • Raphia farinifera
  • Ravenea rivularis
  • Ravenea xerophyla
  • Rhapis excelsa
  • Roystonea oleracea
  • Roystonea regia
  • Serenoa repens
  • Syagrus romanzoffiana
  • Syagrus schizophylla
  • Trachicarpus wagnerianus
  • Trachycarpus takil
  • Trithrinax brasilensis
  • Thrinax sp
  • Veitchia joannis
  • Veitchia arecina
  • Wallichia densiflora
  • Woodyetia bifurcata
  • Sabal mauritiiformis
  • Sabal palmetto
  • Sabal yapa

The collection of palm trees is impressive Maspalomas Palmetum is very interesting.

List of new palm species for May-June 2010

Canarius | Wednesday March 31st, 2010 |

New palm species are always sprouting in the palm nursery. Seeds take two or three years of growth and then they can be sold through the website at Canarius.com, in the palm section of the shop.

In the next few months we will add the following palm species to our catalog.

They are more than seedling now and they will reach their optimal size in few m0nths.

Palm species 2010

  • Arenga hookeriana
  • Brahea sarukhanii
  • Brahea sp. Nuri
  • Brahea sp. Super Silver
  • Butia odorata
  • Calamus erinaceus
  • Chamadorea ernesti-augusti
  • Chamadorea microspadix
  • Chamadorea pinnatifrons
  • Chamadorea plumosa
  • Coccothrinax boschiana
  • Copernicia hospita
  • Corypha umbraculifera
  • Cyphopoenix elegans
  • Cyphopoenix nucele
  • Dictyocaryum lamarckianum
  • Dypsis ambositrae
  • Dypsis pinnatifrons
  • Euterpe edulis
  • Guihaia argyrata
  • Licuala peltata var. sumawongii
  • Parajubaea cocoides
  • Phoenix roebeleni
  • Pritchardia munroi
  • Ravenea madagascariensis
  • Ravenea sambiranensis
  • Ravenea xerophila
  • Trachycarpus fortunei
  • Trithrinax brasiliensis

We await your comments and questions about our palm species for 2010.

The Palm Honey in La Gomera

Canarius | Wednesday February 17th, 2010 |

The Palm Honey in La Gomera

It is all about palm “honey”. See how the palm sap is collected from tall, wild palmtrees in La Gomera. Spectacular images, nice music. Subtitles in Spanish. PALM HONEY is a syrup manufactured in the island of La Gomera, one of the seven Canary Islands.

The process is as follows:

  1. The upper leaves of the palm are removed (Phoenix canariensis).
  2. The top is cut until the man gets to the soft white part that forms the “core” of the palm.
  3. A channel is placed to collect the sap produced from this “wound”.
  4. The cut must “heal” daily at dusk to mane the sap during the night. During the day, the sun’s heat would spoil the liquid.
  5. At dawn, the craftsman collects the liquid and boil it for a long time until it becomes a sweet, thick black liquid.

This is an excellent food, very good flavor and with many properties.

The palm does not die by this process and quickly recovers. Every five years or so, it can again be tapped”. The best time is summer and extraction is most popular in the areas of Taguluche, Tazo, El Ingenio and Alojera.

You can buy different types of palm honey from the Canary Islands in the Honey Section of our Shop.

Parque Botánico Maspalomas en Gran Canaria

Canarius | Tuesday February 16th, 2010 |

Parque Botánico Maspalomas en Gran Canaria

Nice botanical park of 12.000 m2, located Maspalomas, right at the bottom of the hill which takes you to Playa del Ingles, at the end of the golf area. It is open from 10:00-18:00h except from Sundays and holidays. There is no entrance fee.

Palm Honey Video – Miel de palma de La Gomera

Canarius | Monday February 15th, 2010 |

Great video, showing the traditional process of palm honey production.

You can buy different types of palm honey from the Canary Islands in the Honey Section of our Shop.

Miel de palma de La Gomera

La miel de palma es un sirope que se fabrica en la isla de La Gomera, una de las siete Islas Canarias.

El proceso es el siguiente:

  • Se cortan las hojas superiores de la palmera (Phoenix canariensis).
  • Se rebaja el cogollo hasta encontrar la parte blanda y blanca que forma la “médula” del tronco.
  • Se coloca un canal para que mane la savia que produce esta “herida” en la palmera.
  • El corte debe “curarse” diariamente al oscurecer para que mane la savia durante la noche. Si se hiciera de día, el calor del sol estropearía el líquido.
  • Al amanecer, el artesano recoge el líquido y lo hierve durante mucho tiempo hasta que obtiene un líquido dulce, espeso y negro: la Miel de Palma de la Gomera.

Se trata de un excelente alimento, de muy buen sabor y con muchas propiedades curativas y dietéticas. Las palmera no mueren por este proceso y cada cinco años, aproximadamente, pueden volver a ser convertidas en “guaraperas“.

La mejor época para la extracción es el verano y las zonas más famosas son las de Taguluche, Tazo, AlojeraEl Ingenio.