sur4z 423 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 How about a chamaerops humilis or a Pigafetta? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 I thought L. saribus as well, but having read what Matty said, I'm thinking Elaeis guineensis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 oooooooo that sounds like a challange to me!!! so im guessing i was wrong with l.saribus??? Yep Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 No guesses have been correct so far. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry@TreeZoo 576 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 Pholidocarpus? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 Pholidocarpus? Nope. But good guess, Jerry. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason in Orlando 20 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 Livistona decora? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 Can I have two more guesses - Syagrus schizophilla or Saribus rotundifolius (there I used it in a sentence)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 I'm stumped then. I thought it was Syagrus schizophilla for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 29, 2011 Sorry, Jason & Alex... no go. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 I'm stumped then. I thought it was Syagrus schizophilla for sure. I was kinda thinkin' you were going in that direction. Would it help if I say this palm is clumping? Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Clumping....Licuala spinosa.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Clumping....Licuala spinosa.... Ding, ding, ding... give that man a prize! Good job, Steve. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry@TreeZoo 576 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Hooo boy, I should have gotten that, considering the number of times this palm stuck me. The close-up pic suggested (to me, anyway) a much larger trunk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Well, Jerry, here is a chance to redeem yourself! Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Ravenea glauca? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Clumping....Licuala spinosa.... Ding, ding, ding... give that man a prize! Good job, Steve. Jody Nice! I was moving onto Salacca and didn't even think about Licuala. Can you guys grow Salacca in Florida? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 OK, so for guessing game #3 I'm gonna guess Ravenea rivularis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 I'm gonna throw one into the ring as well. Can you guess the name of this palm? The two palms in the background are a helpful clue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 hedyscepe canterburyana... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 oops hedyscepe canterburyana for matts and i think r. rivularis as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Nope, not Hedyscepy, good guess though...if you think wrong answers are good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Nice! I was moving onto Salacca and didn't even think about Licuala. Can you guys grow Salacca in Florida? I have a Salacca zalacca for many years. It got pretty big. I can't remember what happened to it. It died either from a cold winter or too little water during a dry spell. But certainly in the right place and with sufficient water, we can grow them here. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Not a Ravenea. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 mattyB is howea belmoriana? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Nope Ken, not H. belmoreana, it wouldn't have a crownshaft. Those are H. forsteriana in the background though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 So Jody's is not a Ravenea. Hmmmmmmmm. How about Orania palindan? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 oh ho i know its from lord howe um um ' ok someone help me lep Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 jody is it a cocosoid? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 I don't think so, but I am not a palm taxonomist. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Mine is not from Lord Howe Island. The pic was take in San Diego at a garden. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Jody, Oraniopsis appendiculata? I saw one in San Fran and it was sorta Ravenea-like Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 MattyB carpoxylon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Great guess Ken, I always think Carpoxylon when I see this pic! But not correct. I actually think that this palm can look very similar to Carpoxylon, but one major difference is that it grows very well in our SoCal climate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 Mine is not from Lord Howe Island. The pic was take in San Diego at a garden. how are they a clue then??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 If you see Howea then you know that the pic was probably not taken in a tropical climate and therefore that narrows it down. You haven't learned the art of background clues yet? I remember when I I.D.'d a Pseudophoenix that looked a lot like Dypsis decipiens because I noticed that the walls in the background were made from limestone; an obvious SoFla or Carribean clue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 ugh. I knew its in Cali but what, what... we know its pinatte, curving leaf, thinish trunk with congested leaf scars due to slow groth in cali. Pacific palm? Clinostygma savorianum? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 An Jody your thing looks like a mad moutian coconut? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 i have much to learn oh wise one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted September 30, 2011 ugh. I knew its in Cali but what, what... we know its pinatte, curving leaf, thinish trunk with congested leaf scars due to slow groth in cali. Pacific palm? Clinostygma savorianum? OK Ken, you're workin' it. Not Clinostigma though, think further south, but another good guess. You're right, the congested leaf scars are due to slow growth, but not because it's growing in California. This is incicative to the genus, of which I'm pretty sure there's only two named species, with several different named forms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
