Your top 5 FAN palms??

[Trópico]

Back when I was growing up fan palms were more of a Botanical Garden curiosity. There were none out in the street. Now they are being used more, and I am glad.

My top five are:

1. Licuala ramsayi

2. Bismarckia nobilis

3. Livistona mariae ssp rigida

4. Licuala mattanensis

5. Corypha utan

[Kris]

Dear Fank  

i love the question...but only 3 came to my mind immedietly !

1.Bismarkia_Silver form(Only)

2.Caryopha_Lecomteii.

3.Caryopha_(TaliPot).

4.Breha Armeta or the super silver Sp.

5.Washy Filifera(while the other forms not close to me).

Love,

Kris  

[NatureGirl]

Yes Kris I'm participating! My top five fan palms:(not necessarily in order of which I like best)

Latania

Sabal mauritiiformis

Copernicia

Coccothrinax

Pritchardia

[ruskinPalms]

Great question!

1. Bismarckia nobilis (blue, green and all variations in between - sorry Kris   )

2. Thrinax radiata - 2 and 3 are a tie

3. Thrinax morrissii

4. Pritchardia thurstonii

5. Washingtonia robusta and hybrids with filifera - pure filifera is nice but I can forget about that one here...

Honorable mention: Cocothrinax argentata, Sabal palmetto, Sabal minor, Serenoa repens, Livistona species, the rest of the Pritchardia species. I have never seen a Corypha in person, so I really can't put it on my list based only on pictures, but I bet they are spectacular!

[NorCalWill]

Of the ones I've seen in person, I'd narrow it down to these:  

 Corypha umbraculifera because of it's enormous size and the sound that it makes when the wind moves it's leaves

Washingtonia filifera, how could you not like this palm after hiking through Indian Canyon in Palm Springs?

Rhapis multifida because it is strikingly elegant.

Latania loddigesii because it has a bold appearance with it's sharp lines and beautiful color.

Bismarkia nobilis because it just is what it is...noble

...however, there is not a palm that I don't like.

[quaman58]

Okay, first the ones I can actually grow,

1) Licuala elegans

2) Licuala ramsayi

Marginal, but growing:

3) Kerriodoxa elegans

Facinated by their rarity;

4) Pritchrdia viscosa

5) Prichardiopsis jeanneneyi

Bret

[Trópico]

Darn 5 is not enough!

6. Pritchardia thurstonii

7. Copernicia baileyana

8. Latania loddigesii

9. Livistona decora

10. Sabal causiarum

11. Copernicia rigida

12. Coccothrinax 'azul'

13. Serenoa repens (blue form)

[ghar41]

I'll keep my list restricted to cold hardy palms.

1. Trachycarpus martianus "Khasa Hills"

    (Long, arching petioles and large, nearly entire leaves are really attractive.)

2. Trachycarpus fortunei "wagnerianus"

    (A must for every cold palm garden.)

3. Trithrinax campestris

    (Pictures never do it justice, see it to believe it.)

4. Rhapidophylum hystrix

    (After our January freeze, mine looked like they had just been dropped off by a florist.  Perfect!)

5. Brahea armada

    (Especially attractive in bloom.)

Honorable mention:

I've never been especially impressed with Washingtonia, partly because "Filibusta" volunteers everywhere here, even in the cracks of sidewalks!  But last year a local church trimmed the skirts off of 5 "W. filifera's" lining the street.  When these mature trees bloomed, they were the most picturesque "manicured" palm I have ever seen.  Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures!  

[Gileno Machado]

Coccothrinax barbadensis, and every other Coccothrinax species too,

Latania loddigesii

Bismarkia nobilis

Copernicia prunifera

Licuala mattanensis sp "mapu" (but mine are still strap leaves...)

One more, very unusual, amazonic Lepidocaryum tenue:

[ruskinPalms]

ahh, I need to add a number 6... probably more like a tie with Washingtonia for number 5.

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

[Kris]

(NatureGirl @ Jun. 08 2007,11:08)

QUOTE

Yes Kris I'm participating !

Dear Xena  

thanks very much,since people who know & grown palms in

nurseries in a big way or as enthuiesist.should make a dent in

our forum posts since a lot of folks like me from around the globe who are a total novice in this arena should be helped

by more proffessional & heavy weights of this forum.

and i found many just interact in palapa's and other topics but

cared less to help new commers in this main discussion board

this was what was happening when i joined this forum.

but now things have improved a lot.

so once again thanks to the worrior princess.and hope this

board is greatly benifited by your interaction...

Lots of love,

Kris  

[osideterry]

My 5, and I'm sticking to ones I can grow in my plot of dirt:

Sabal maurtiiformis

Licuala spinosa

Livistona decorum

Cocothrinax miraguama

Bismarckia nobilis

[Gtlevine]

I guess I'll chime in.

Brahea Moorei

Bismarck Nobilis

Livistona Benthamii

Brahea Armata

Livistona Rotundifolia

[Kim]

Fan palms I am growing:

Rhapis multifida

Brahea armata

Brahea nitida

Coccothrinax argentea

Coccothrinax fragrans

[doubravsky]

1) Licualas.. can't grow most of em though

2) Pritchardias (Thurstonii my fav... )

3) Bismarckia Nobilis

4) Brahea Armata in full bloom

5) Livistona Saribus

[DoomsDave]

Fan of fans

These I'm growing:

Bizzie

COcothrinax dussiana

Rhapis Alicia

Pritchardtia hillebrandtii

P. lanaiensis

[Joe palma]

1) Copernicia baileyana (growing)

2) Brahea decumbens

3) Licaula ramsayi (growing)

4) Kerriodoxa elegans (growing)

5) Chamaerops humulis v. cerifera (growing)

5) Brahea clara

5) Licuala distans

5) Trachycarpus wagnerianus (growing)

5) Pritchardia beccariana (growing)

5) Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (growing)

....bit of a stuttttter on 5 there....

Ok,... I can't count past that!

[waykoolplantz]

1. Corypha umbraculifera  (a spacing of 7 in Tali-Alley)

2. Cocothrinax Borhidiana  

3. Copernicia Macroglossa/Baileyana/Rigida  (and the other 15 species of Copernicia we have in the ground)

4. Bismarckia Nobilis

5. Beccariophenix Madagascarensis

5.1 Borassus Aethiopium

[Palm Guy]

My five would be:

1. Licuala Mapu

2. Chamaerops Humilis var. cerifera

3. Bismarkia Nobilis (silver)

4. Pritchardia thurstonii

5. Sabal Bermudana

Mike

[cfkingfish]

For me, it would be:

1. Copernicia fallaensis

2. Hemithrinax rivularis

3. Pritchardia viscosa

4. Licuala micholitzii

5. Lodoicea maldivica

[Palm Guy]

Hyphaene thebaica- One of the more interesting Fan Palms that I thought would be worth mentioning...tree- like branches.

[epicure3]

Any varieties of the following:

1. Pritchardia

2. Coccothrinax

3. Brahea

4. bismarckia

5. sabal, I guess

[osideterry]

I took 10 minutes to tally the above lists by genus (species = to much work). Not weighted by how they placed either, only how many times a genus was mentioned:

1. Bismarckia (12)

2. Licuala (11)

2. Pritchardia (11)

4. Brahea (10)

5. Coccothrinax (9)

6. Copernicia (7)

7. Corypha (5)

7. Livistona (5)

7. Sabal (5)

10. Latania (4)

[tim_brissy_13]

In no particular order:

Lodoicea

Corypha umbraculifera

Brahea armata

Sabal sp (can't choose between them)

Kerriodoxa

Some Pritchardias, Latanias and Licualas are close behind

[Ntheastpalms]

My top five are

Licuala ramsayi

Licuala peltata var sumawongii

Kerriodoxa elegans

Pritchardia hillebrandii

Livistona fulva

[Kris]

Dear Michael Ferreira  

thanks for that lovely palm visual,suddenly seeing it,i thought

that it was a dragon blood tree.very beautiful fan i suppose..

love,

Kris  

[Walter John]

Here's 5 that come to mind.

Latania lontaroides

Pritchardia pacifica

Bismarckia nobilis

Licuala radula

Kerriodoxa elegans

[madagascarbob]

Best in my yard :

Licuala peltata

Livistona sp. elegans

Pritchardia hillebrandii (blue dwarf)

Brahea brandegeei

Trachycarpus martianus

Oh I left out Nannorrhops ritchiena

[Kathryn]

Livistona chinensis

Livistona decora

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

Copernicia alba

Sabal causiarum

I stuck to ones that I am growing. I also have Bismarckia in the ground, but it is too much trouble here and won't last long.

Also have several Trithrinax - not enought size on them to compete with the others above yet.

[ron@springhammock]

My favorite worldwide:

Lodoicea maldivica - because it's so exotic

Corypha umbraculifera - because it makes Kyle look like a little monkey

Copernicia fallaensis - because it's dramatic and Cuban.

Mauritiella armata -  because it's Amazonian with a different kind of palmate leaf and I keep trying to grow it with no success.

Kerriodoxa elegans - because it's just plain elegant.

[ron@springhammock]

As for what's in my garden; the first two would have to be my native Sabal palmetto and Serenoa repens.  Individually they don't mean much, but as a whole, they are the dominate feature of my garden and it would have been impossible for me to actually plant and grow what's naturally here.  Everything I add is just ornamentation.

[ron@springhammock]

and for three I actually planted;

Livistonia saribus - Growing in the shade with petioles at 7+ feet and big shiny leaves.

Rhapidophyllum hystrix - Stick it in a pot and forget about it for over a decade, yet remains lush & elegant enough to put next to my front door.

Bismarkia nobilis - Even though it's still small and buried in a sea of saw palmetto, the color just pops out of the landscape.  

I also have plenty of other contenders that may become my favorites in the future once they get some size to them, including Kerridoxia, Pritchardia, Coccothrinax, Hemithrinax, Thrinax, Chuneophoenix, Licuala, Corypha ...

[PalmTone]

Lets see...

in no particular order...

1. Bismarckia nobilis

2. Copernicia fallaensis

3. Licuala ramsayi

4. Sabal causiarum (just because of its trunk)

5. Pritchardia pacifica

[sonoranfans]

(Trópico @ Jun. 08 2007,10:38)

QUOTE

Back when I was growing up fan palms were more of a Botanical Garden curiosity. There were none out in the street. Now they are being used more, and I am glad.

My top five are:

1. Licuala ramsayi

2. Bismarckia nobilis

3. Livistona mariae ssp rigida

4. Licuala mattanensis

5. Corypha utan

In the desert, fans rule, only a few feathers are hardy with the cold.  I would love to grow many palms, but the Fans I have that I really like or would like to get:

1) Bismarckia(4, growing out from the freeze, rapidly, great color)  My largest has 6' fans, wow!

2) brahea armata(7, take the desert in stride, fantasitc color in the full sun).  Sure wish I could get a brahea clara.

3) sabal bermudana(1, just a little blue in it, very nice, thick crown)

4) sabal uresana( I want one, am looking, have the spot picked out, haunting blue tint in pics)

5) livistonia chinesis(1, very nice green, droopy tips, not so easy to keep here, but mine looks great so far)

Honorable mention:

sabal minor "louisiana" some nice blue tint in my small one

chamaerops humilis cerifera: (4 small ones,<5 gal) some terrific blue hues, probably will be in the top 5 when they grow larger.

Silver Mazari: (1 seedling)another grey/blue flavor for the desert.  Would like to get some more of these.

these palms grow well here, my choices require that I can keep them looking good in my yard.

[SubTropicRay]

Licuala cordata

Licuala orbicularis

Any 3 Coccothrinax

[SunnyFl]

Not necessarily growing them (yet), but here are my 5 favorites:

Thrinax excelsa

Thrinax morrissii

Kerriodoxa elegans

Licuala grandis

Bismarckia nobilis

and a few other favorites: Coccothrinax - argentata and azul; and Serenoa super-silver (Hobe).

[deezpalms]

In no particular order from what I'm growing:

Bismarckia nobilis

Brahea clara

Coccothrinax miraguama

Pritchardia hillebrandtii

Licuala elegans

[paulgila]

there are so many good ones its hard to pick,but here goes:

1.licuala grandis

2.chelyocarpus

3.kerriodoxa elegans

4.lodoicea maldivica

5.any pritchardia in a white wine sauce.

[Zayin]

1.Latania Lontaroides

2.Trachycarpus Oreophilus (because it's a &*$% to grow)

3.Brahea Decumbens

4.Kerridoxia Elegans

5.Trachycarpus Latisectus "Verigata" ( only cause i germinated one and am treating it better than my kids)

Z

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

You know, it's impossible to choose five when I haven't even seen all the candidates yet.  I guess I'll just list the palms I've grown or see often....

Sabal palmetto - can't beat a palm that will tolerate a short lived 12" snow, 150 mph hurricane wind, submersion and fire...all in 1 year.  

Livistona decora - Oh so graceful

Trachycarpus fortunei - a palm tree that thrives in cold, wet places where most palms die.  I love seeing them amongst conifers, and deciduous, temperate trees.

Copernecia baileyiana - Holy Cow!  What a plant.

A silver specimen...Thrinax morrisii, S. repens, B. armata, B. nobilis, I just can't choose one.