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Brahea Super Silver


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5 hours ago, Stevetoad said:

Here an update. The lowest petiole is 7ft. Not sure of the overall height. It’s getting close to the bottom of the crown being taller than my roof. I’m looking forward to letting its crown stay full. It will also get full sun at that point. 

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steve does yours exhibit green on the top side of the fronds and silver underneath?  with yours so tall now, im sure its hard to tell.  of all the super silver i have seen, this seems to be a recurring characteristics including mine.  i will post pic of mine after the rain and 32F temp in santa clarita.  lol. 

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On 5/11/2018 at 3:36 AM, Grasswing said:

Hi everyone,

I ordered sprouted seeds of Brahea super silver and received them today. What surprised me is the size of the seed they are growing from, it is really small for a Brahea. Do you think it is legit super silver or the seller sent me something else?

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Give each one a separate pot and wait. 
 

Slow to start but so damn well worth it!

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17 hours ago, tinman10101 said:

steve does yours exhibit green on the top side of the fronds and silver underneath?  with yours so tall now, im sure its hard to tell.  of all the super silver i have seen, this seems to be a recurring characteristics including mine.  i will post pic of mine after the rain and 32F temp in santa clarita.  lol. 

Yes. Mine shows some green well blue green between the pleats on top and on bottom. Definitely not solid silver or like armata. 

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25 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

Yes. Mine shows some green well blue green between the pleats on top and on bottom. Definitely not solid silver or like armata. 

thanks steve for the confirmation.  yours is the biggest i have seen and very nicely grown.  it is so weird that in the wild they are completely silver top and bottom but judging from the habitat size, they are very old and maybe a trait that is inherited over time.  

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2 minutes ago, tinman10101 said:

thanks steve for the confirmation.  yours is the biggest i have seen and very nicely grown.  it is so weird that in the wild they are completely silver top and bottom but judging from the habitat size, they are very old and maybe a trait that is inherited over time.  

When the rain ends I’ll climb on the roof and get a good shot of the top of the crown

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On 12/14/2021 at 11:31 AM, Stevetoad said:

When the rain ends I’ll climb on the roof and get a good shot of the top of the crown

Got up there today. It’s actually a lot more. Silver than I thought. Here’s some rooftop shots. First shot is the top of the leaf. Second is the bottom of the Same leaf. 

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2 hours ago, Island mnt. said:

How much trunk you think it’s grown in this last year. is it getting fertilized?

I’d guess about a foot. I haven’t fed any of my palms in about 8 years. They don’t seem to need any. 

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I’m right in between 9A-B and For what I’ve seen it’s more about snow then cold, mine have about a foot and a half of trunk (3yrs old) under a cold frame and 25* doesn’t hurt them but the ones I put out that got 37* with a few inches of direct snow hurts them bad or kills them. Snow blowing into the cold frame isn’t very hurtful.  Also if it rains and then it deep freeze’s  isn’t pleasant to them.    At least with the weather patterns here in north cali. At 2,000ft they need some care till bigger. The bigger they are the more tolerant I’m sure they’ll be.  

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6 hours ago, Steve in Florida said:

Does anyone have experience with 'Super Silver' in zone 8b?

Yes, it does fine with heat and humidity and is super silver. It was however not very cold hardy compared to my other Brahea. It died, wish I had another. 

Current Texas Gardening Zone 9a, Mean (1999-2024): 22F Low/104F High. Yearly Precipitation 39.17 inches.

Extremes: Low Min 4F 2021, 13.8F 2024. High Max 112F 2011/2023, Precipitation Max 58 inches 2015, Lowest 19 Inches 2011.

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On 9/19/2018 at 9:01 AM, Marius said:

It appears that my Palm purchased as B clara is Super Silver. It has no petiole spines. Any thoughts please? 

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This is an update of this one currently. Still not sure if it’s super silver or calcarea/ nitida. 48FEDAAA-9F72-4015-9DB3-03CB1F6A6811.thumb.jpeg.6cb0e9b0ba46b9d1ed1b228d385f447c.jpeg

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On 9/19/2018 at 9:04 AM, Marius said:

Also purchased 3 B dulcis. Are these dulcis or calcarea?  They too have no spines / thorns on the petioles. 

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This is what these three look like now. Petioles are still smooth. Again not sure if they are super silver or calcarea/ nitida. 

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Super Silver is Super silvery from the get-go. If your is/was green with fan leaves then it’s not likely a super silver. It’s not like 

I think Dulcis can be green or gray. 

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2 hours ago, Collectorpalms said:

Super Silver is Super silvery from the get-go. If your is/was green with fan leaves then it’s not likely a super silver. It’s not like 

I think Dulcis can be green or gray. 

Every Super Silver I know of and have seen started out green, then later, green on top and silver on leaf bottoms and finally completely silver. From what I’ve read and been told by growers, they always start out green. 

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20 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Every Super Silver I know of and have seen started out green, then later, green on top and silver on leaf bottoms and finally completely silver. From what I’ve read and been told by growers, they always start out green. 

I concur.  All my four crops of 'Super Silver' from RPS seed started out green.  Brahea armata reliably starts out white/silver.

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3 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Every Super Silver I know of and have seen started out green, then later, green on top and silver on leaf bottoms and finally completely silver. From what I’ve read and been told by growers, they always start out green. 

From what I’ve seen your right. Mine was olive green for a long time until it finally started to show some silver on the bottoms. As it got bigger and bigger it got more and more silver. Eventually the bottoms and tops will turn silver. There’s a thread somewhere on here that shows mine turning from green to silver. 

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Hi,

one of my seed grown Braheas - 

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Looking beautiful already - I'll give a bit more time to be planted out.

 

Lars

 

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29 minutes ago, xoRudy said:

Here’s my Super Silver, any idea when I should start seeing Silver lol. 

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Yeah. Pretty soon it looks like. You’ll start seeing a little bit on the petioles first. Then a bit under the leaves then some on the tops. It’s a cool age for me. Each leaf would have just a little more silver than the last. 

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On 10/14/2022 at 5:13 PM, Stevetoad said:

Yeah. Pretty soon it looks like. You’ll start seeing a little bit on the petioles first. Then a bit under the leaves then some on the tops. It’s a cool age for me. Each leaf would have just a little more silver than the last. 

That's great info, thanks!  I have one about the same size, but it is still solid green.  I got it a few years ago from TCHP, it has been a slow but steady grower.  I thought that I got a dud because it didn't start out silver.  Fortunately I left it in the front yard in a nice spot and didn't trash it!

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One of the pretiest brahea...although can tell the difference between nitida (last 2 pics) and ss

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