10 Coccothrinax pics taken in garden

[Al in Kona]

The 10 pics below show some of the Coccothrinax secies that I'm growing in the garden here in South Kona.

Not fast growing but these are some of the less common forms out there.

Left to Right:

1. Coccothrinax salvatoris

2. " " - leaf (top view)

3. " " - leaf (underside view)

4. Coccothrinax borhidiana

5. " " - top view (see next post for this one)

6. Coccothrinax pseudorigida

7. Coccothrinax yunaguensis

8. Coccothrinax sp. (tag read 'Plateada'), possible hybrid?

9. " " (top view) " " "

[Al in Kona]

These two were omitted from above post in error:

#5 - Coccothrinax borhidiana top view and

# 10 - Coccothrinax 'azul' now planted in the ground

[SubTropicRay]

That looks great Al. Is that C. pseudorigida clumping yet?

[plantapalm]

How old is your Coccothrinax borhidiana? I just planted my seeds, and I am patiently waiting for some to pop.

[Jeff Searle]

Al,

The Coccothrinax look great and should grow great for you out in that climate of yours. Were starting to see a few C. borhidiana's flower and set seed now. For the future, this will help bring down the cost maybe where the palms will be more affordable. Glad to see their growing so well for you.

Jeff

[rozpalm]

Those are some great looking Coccothrinax Al. I especially love your C. pseudorigida. That is one I still have not been able to find.

[freakypalmguy]

Very nice Al. I am always pleasantly surprised and impressed at the diversity of your garden.

Matt

[ixigena]

The 10 pics below show some of the Coccothrinax secies that I'm growing in the garden here in South Kona.

Not fast growing but these are some of the less common forms out there.

Left to Right:

1. Coccothrinax salvatoris

2. " " - leaf (top view)

3. " " - leaf (underside view)

4. Coccothrinax borhidiana

5. " " - top view (see next post for this one)

6. Coccothrinax pseudorigida

7. Coccothrinax yunaguensis

8. Coccothrinax sp. (tag read 'Plateada'), possible hybrid?

9. " " (top view) " " "

Great growing Al,

Are these species adapted to high rainfall? In my area on September2007 to April2009 have high rainfall (climate changes) 12 hours a day. Please describe yours. Thank you

Hendriks

Edited March 11, 2009 by ixigena

[elHoagie]

Fantastic Al! Thanks for posting.

[tikitiki]

Love that Coccothrinax borhidiana it is next on my list.

[Kris]

Dear Al

Very nice palms & beautiful stills...

Love,

Kris

[Kim]

Very nice collection, Al! How long have these been growing in your garden? They are known for being slow; are you seeing different growth rates among your various Coccothrinax? Very appealing palms.

[SubTropicRay]

Al,

Do you have C. montana or C. alexandrii? Both are "fast" when discussing Coccothrinax growth rates.

Ray

[fdrc65]

Loook at this beautiful Coccothrinax borhidiana

It thrives without any problem in Palermo (southern Italy) so it should be a zone 9b palm.

bye

Federico

[Al in Kona]

Thanks for comments on these Coccothrinax. Now to answering some of your questions:

Ray - no, the C. pseudorigida has not shown signs of clumping yet. My plant is still quite small. I only hope this one is a true species. Yes, I do have small potted plants of C. montana, C. alexandrii and also C. munzii.

plantapalm Michael - My C. borhidiana was ground planted from a very small 1-gallon seedling size plant about 8.5 years ago. It is growing in an out-of-the-way area and rarely ever gets fertilized or supplemental water. Therefore I'm a bit surprised it has grown as well as it has.

ixigena - just how these Coccothrinax might grow in your 7-month long high rainfall climate is difficult to say. If you have excellent drainage and about 5 drier months I'd try some of them. Most of these Coccothrinax species are native to the Carribean islands, especially to Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Perhaps others can give you their opinion on this.

Kim - practically all of my Coccothrinax species in the garden were planted as very small seedlings at different times.

Most of these have been growing now for anywhere from about 4 to 9 years.

Federico - Your C. borhidiana is looking spectacular! How old is it?

I know we'd all love seeing more pics of Coccothrinax from other gardens either posted here or on a new thread, OK?

[Al in Kona]

Hey you Coccothrinax people show us some of what you have growing in your gardens or in containers. Yeah many of them are slow growers but very beautiful palms. Tell us about them and show us some pics.

[aztropic]

Here are a couple of coccothrinax that are growing well for me in Mesa,Arizona.From left to right C. gundlachii, C. miraguama, and C. borhidiana.

Others growing around the yard include montana,argentata,salvatoris,barbadensis,crinita,munizii, and alta.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Edited April 1, 2009 by aztropic

[MattyB]

Bump

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Bump

Thanks, Matt....very cool post to bring back....

Rusty

[Stevetoad]

Coccothrinax and Thrinax are becoming my favorite palms. Thanks for the bump Matt. Great pics too

[Kennybenjamin]

Yeah nice pics and nice plants!!!

I currently don't have many in the garden but definately will start to accumulate some more, I like them and they generally seem to easy to grow!

This is the favourite in my garden..... was bought as Coccothrinax argentata?? Has has grwon a lot since being planted about 3 years ago, it really was very small and the growth has pleasantly surprised me!