Is this Sabal maritima

[edbrown_III]

I collected seeds from Rio Bot garden in early 90's

This is one of the trees.  I would welcome any identity

firts photo is overall. second is close up of petioles that shows  the massive character of the plant. It is simular in size to S. domingensis but I didnt collect form DR>

Best regards,

Ed

[edbrown_III]

see petiole compared to hand

[cfkingfish]

It is too green and the petiole is too long for it to be a S. maritima. It looks like the jurassic version of S. yapa.

[Kris]

Dear Ed Brown  

Thanks for those lovely stills,sabal or not that

palm is terrefic.iam very glad you collected the

seeds to propogate that nice fan palm in your

garden_I like that quality in you.you are a

true palm lover.

that palm must be a hybrid between tailpot &

sabal variety_just guessing  

Love,

Kris.

[Jeff Wilson]

Here's John and Faith's Sabal maritima for comparison to your palm, Ed.

Hope this helps some.......

[Jeff Wilson]

closeup of the crown:

[edbrown_3]

Thanks,

its massive like the Bischoeks but the leaves droop and the color is greener which CK has pointed out .... Its just the yapa I have seen are smaller trees.  It came from the Rio Piedras Bot garden that has several sepcies of sabal so perhaps it has mixed blood.

Best regards,

Ed

[Alicehunter2000]

How bout another picture standing next to the tree. I keep flipping back and forth trying to visualize how big it is. Anybody ever figure out what it is? It would be nice to try up here in cold country.

David

[Ken Johnson]

I have seen this type before. It is not a yapa. I doubt it is mauritima.

Does it have some "red" highlights?

[edbrown_3]

Ken,

no red highlights. I dont know what if is ... The seed are from Bot Garden in Puerto Rico with many species of Sabal.   Did you see this tree in Florida or Carribbean. ?

Its probably a hybrid but what of ?  Hersh Womble had a real stout arborescent Sabal that he got from Alabama a number of years ago but it didnt have the massive petioles (as I recollect)

Alice,

I will take a picture with it this week end when I ahve daylight.

Best regards,

Ed

[John]

My Maritima is awsome,the petioles are bigger than any Sabal I've ever seen and and as silver as I've ever seen,the edge of the petioles is razor sharp. I collected seed in the late 80's in Nagril We were On our way to Black River to collect Long Thatch Calyptronoma swartzii.We drove from Nagril to Treasure Beach.very nice day trip,we saw some maritma's growing on the edge of the Morasses. One was so differant We went back for seed.A real outstanding palm.Anyone in the Sarasota area stop by I'll take you for the tour.

[edbrown_3]

Merry Christmas John and Faith,

Note the size of the petioles in the second photo---  This is what got me to thinking S. maritima--- but the color isnt right. Seed was collected in PR at a bot garden with lots of species of Sabal present.

I thought I collected it off a S. yapa like plant but the clarity of the memories have evaporated over time.

Best regards,

Ed