Variegated Screw Pine Tree

Origin: Polynesia

 Pandanus veitchii  

Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Pandanus (PAN-dan-us)
Species: veitchii

Veitch's Screw Pine

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Live Keikis (small plants/pups) about 12-30 inches tall with 6-20 leaves.

Ready to be plant in a 1-3 gallon container.

These plants may need to be rooted in water.

The petioles (leaf stems) and the leaves are a glossy green.  

  These are young plants so the variegation is limited. As they mature they will increasingly become more colorful.

Common Names
Variegated Hala, Variegated Screw Pine
Pandanus
Pu hala
Screw Pine

Alternative Botanical Names
Pandanus chamissonis
Pandanus douglasii
Pandanus menziesii
Pandanus odoratissimus

Potential or Traditional Uses
Fiber
Landscape
Lei (Flower or Seed)
Medicine

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Height:
20-40 ft.

Hardiness:
USDA Zones 9-11, Minimum Temp - 26 degrees
Full Sun or Light Shade - Plant in fast draining soil.
Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade

Danger:
Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction
Plant is spineless

Other details:
Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
Suitable for growing in containers

Soil pH requirements:6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)

          This particular Pandanus is like a jumbo spider plant on steroids. Its leaves broaden with age, and its variegation changes from pinstripes in youth to a watercolor-like gradation, the distal ends of the leaves turning a uniform, ivory white. Creating a striking landscape effect wherever it is used, the Variegated Screw Pine creates a tropical landscape effect wherever it is used. It has an open multi-branched silhouette and can grow to 40 foot in height and can spread 12-30 feet. Grown as an exotic landscape specimen in frost-free zones, trees will experience leaf burn at below 28 F. The Hawaiian Screw Pine is a medium to fast grower and can tolerate light drought, and salt spray. An exotic tropical species from Polynesia that produces a robust, stilt-rooted trunk and a thick densely spiraling crown of mildly spiny light green and often yellow/white striped leaves with very attractive red margins. Variegated Screw Pine has a pyramidal, sometimes irregular, open, but much-branched silhouette, the smooth, stout trunks topped with full, graceful heads of long, thin leaves, three feet long and three inches wide, emerging spirally from stubby branches. 

               The yellow-green foliage color adds to the striking nature of this exotic tree. Pandanus veitchii also makes a stunning container plant for indoors or out. The saw toothed leaves are similar to those of a pineapple plant and emerge spirally from the stilt raised trunk to create a spectacular tropical effect. Small plants are tough and easy to grow and will grow for anybody. Striking plant with long sword-shaped leaves produced in a spiral rosette. As a trunk forms the tree will branch to form several heads, eventually giving a very regular conical specimen plant about 40 feet tall and wide if space allows. Suitable for the home or a greenhouse.

 

Pandanus veitchii is a small tree growing 20 to 40 feet in height and from 15 to 35 feet in diameter. The trunk is stout and the branches grow at wide angles to it. It has distinctive long blade-like leaves (lau hala) about 2 inches wide and over 2 feet long. Most varieties have spines along the edges and on the midribs of the leaves. Spineless and variegated forms are available. The leaves are spirally arranged towards the ends of the branches and leave a spiral pattern on the trunk when they fall. Pandanus veitchii trees develop support or prop roots (ule hala) at the base of the trunk and sometimes along the branches. It has a stout, wide-branching trunk ringed with many leaf scars. Screw pines received their common name from the fact that the strap-like leaves are spirally arranged around the branches.              

As screw pines grow larger, they produce prop roots around the base of trunk. These roots act as anchors and aid in keeping the screw pines upright during times of heavy winds and rain. Pandanus is known for the many thick prop roots near its base which provide support as the tree grows top-heavy with leaves, fruit, and branches. Sometimes, though, the lower trunk is injured and decays, leaving the screw pine standing on its prop roots.

                   The leaves  are used to make mats and baskets in the tropics. These leaves are tough which makes them useful for thatching, mats, and baskets. Branches have prominent leaf scars which encircle the stems. Large brace-roots emerge from the trunk several feet above the ground, helping to support the plant. Screw-Pine is capable of reaching 50 feet in height but is not usually seen over 25 feet in USDA hardiness zone 10 and 11, with a spread of 15 feet. Growth rate is slow to moderate, depending upon fertilization and watering schedules, and Screw-Pine is very popular for use as a specimen or container planting. But pines they are not; these odd plants are monocots, related to grasses, orchids, and palms. It is not a true pine tree; it is a member of the Pandanaceae family.

P. veitchii makes an outstanding houseplant, as it tolerates dry air and infrequent watering. It should be summered outdoors, when moved indoors situated close to a large east window. It will never fruit (according to ufl.edu's profile) and should stay within 10' as a container plant.

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