I'd say that some nursery on Oahu would have one in a 72 inch box. They could load it into a 40' shipping container and deliver it to you.

The biggest I've seen run 20' to 25' overall from a nursery in Homestead, Florida.

Here they hardly get that tall, and just seem to produce more shoots to about the height of 30 feet.
Y do you want one that tall?

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I'm curious as to why you'd want one that BIG lol
They are a fantastic plant but easily the worlds worst landscape plant. Think of a bad habit ,they have it lol gary

Well Its for a friend and I figured if I could get the hook up I could make some money on the deal for being his eyes and ears since he doesn't have time for to look. How bout maybe going to Madagascar? But the plain ticket is 2000 so no good. I found a 30'(Foot) OA but that wont do. :( Why are they the worlds worst landscape plant?

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Go to the "tropicals" forum and look at the pic of the one in California. and this one is just starting to trunk.lol. Note also that he grew this from seed. in a supposedly bad climate. lol Now imagine that same plant in an ideal situation!!
I'm trying to think of the worst habits For me was the constant shredding of the leaves. Most painful was the 400
bucks it cost to have it removed lol. The best management for my site was removal of the trunks which sort of destroys the point in growing it in the first place.The "Fan"?? It was planted directly under 20 foot highlines right next to the property line fence.
A trip to Madagascar ,now that would be fantastic but they would probably object to40/50 foot carry ons??lol
Do you happen to know to what part of Madagascar they are native ?? Would love to see a forest of them.
Next to New Guinea that is one place I would love to see in person.
Good luck with your hunt !! gary

If you goto New Guinea, I hear the head hunters are really active about this time of the year. I would love to see that place too.

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The area has always been more famous for cannibals rather than ritual sacrifice I'm told they are far more interested in the yankee dollar now which either means that "civilization" is catching up or white meat is not nearly as good as reported?? The state department lists
"street crime, pick pockets ,riots, potential religious misunderstandings as the biggest threats?? Sounds a lot like florida lol
I always loved the interview with Herbert Axelrod noted tropical fish collector who had been all over the world several times always in the most inaccessible areas naturally where else would you find new fish lol??
Interviewer "What do you find as the most dangerous things in the jungles. Snakes ,poisonous spiders ,disease,
hostile natives??
That''s a very easy question. "Short people with machine guns." lol Loved that !!!! gary

That quote cracked me up!!

We have a Travelers Palm here behind my condo building. The top is about at the roof of a 3 story building. Lots of trunk. They'd probably sell it to you if you could figure out how to import it from Mexico - at least, I'd vote (1 of 7) to sell it.

They do fine when sheltered but this one has grown a little above the roof line and the sea breeze is shredding the leaves. I don't think they are particularly a good landscape plant unless you are looking at them from a long ways away once they get a tall trunk. If they are in the clear to see from far away then they probably don't have enough shelter.

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Had an opportunity to watch these plants installed by professional landscapers at a one story office building.
They surprised me by planting in a row "Hedge like" About 10 feet over centers. Total of 15 plants. They underplanted with Ixora and for a short time had a spectacular effect. As would be expected the winds shred the leaves and older leaves were removed giving a ragged appearence as they began to trunk the Ixora was removed so they could get underneath to remove the larger leaves. Then the hurricanes hit knocking all but 3 down. Then of course they began to "pup" spreading horizontally pushing the sidewalk up. About two months ago they were removed ,replaced with palms. Was hoping to see a good "plan " for growing them lol
I have noted a couple planted in the center of a yard where the fan was displayed well but they are still immature
trunk is just pushing up so will see how that goes. They did not make the usual mistakes of planting near a structure nor under wires like I did lol gary