virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 coccothrinax miraguama Nope. pritchardtia? Nope. could be coccothrinax we have to wait for Jody to get a break in the weekend activities. And nope. Alex still has a mystery palm posted. Yep, and I have no idea what it is! Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoomsDave 10,022 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 Jody, without any further details, this is a fool's errand . . . . How about a clue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 OK, Dave, since you asked, it is a monotypic genus from the South Pacific. Few have been seen this size in Florida. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 Another photo of the same specimen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 There are three monotypic genera in the South Pacific - Carpoxylon, Pelagodoxa and Sofia. I'm going with Pelagodoxa henryana Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 Another photo of the same specimen Ceroxylon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 What is a Sofia? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 There are three monotypic genera in the South Pacific - Carpoxylon, Pelagodoxa and Sofia. I'm going with Pelagodoxa henryana Good job, Alex. You got it. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 Another photo of the same specimen I still have no idea, but I think Ken might be on the right track. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 Another photo of the same specimen I still have no idea, but I think Ken might be on the right track. Jody Ken is definitely on the right track. It's not Ceroxylon, but a genus most closely related to it. With less then a handful mature trees like this one anywhere outside of its native habitat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daandernach 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 It's Juania australis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 What is a Sofia? http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/psg_solfia_samoensis.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 It's Juania australis. Right on!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJG 1,288 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Chuniophoenix hainanensis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Chuniophoenix hainanensis Thats a clumper no? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Chuniophoenix hainanensis Thats a clumper no? Yes, Chuniophoenix hainanensis is a clumping palm, but I don't think it starts clumping until it gets larger. Regardless, it is not that species. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Ok that was a good one alex, I thought ken had it with ceroxylon. I think I know jody's. The split leaf bases are a clue: schippia concolor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 I'm gonna throw another one in the mix. Guess this palm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Chamaedorea klotzschiana Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Ahhhh youre too good. Thats correct. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Matty, that's one of my favorite Chams. I love those leaves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 How about this one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 I know I'm wrong but I'm guessing anyway acanthophoenix rubra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Not an Acanthophoenix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 I think I know jody's. The split leaf bases are a clue: schippia concolor Actually, the leaf bases are not split, and Schippia does not have a heel... so no. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daryl 1,800 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 How about this one? Desmoncus sp? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 How about this one? Possibly one of the Old World rattans? Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Now what about this thing? Dypsis? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Now what about this thing? Dypsis? Nope, but right location. Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 For the record, here are the overall shots of my first four guessing game entries: Pseudophoenix lediniana Licuala spinosa Calyptronoma rivalis Pelagodoxa henryana Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 How about this one? Desmoncus sp? Correct! Desmoncus costaricensis in habitat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LJG 1,288 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Jody, R. xerophila? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Johnson 199 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Now what about this thing? Dypsis? Nope, but right location. Jody ravenia? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virtualpalm 65 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK. Here is another difficult one. Jody Now what about this thing? Dypsis? Nope, but right location. Jody ravenia? Yep. Species? Jody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Let the guessing continue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 I'm getting confused on what we're guessing on. If Alex's above is Ravenea then it's R. albicans. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevetoad 2,020 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 im lost on whats what now... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarasota alex 269 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 I probably should've waited for Jody's to finish before posting mine. Jody's is a Ravenea and he wants to know the species. Mine is not a Ravenea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyB 2,158 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 OK, so Alex's is Allagoptera caudescens? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
