Pritchardia sp.?

[Sabal Steve]

Anyone know which species? Thin trunks, about 5" wide. Maybe 10' - 12' tall. Behind reptile house at zoo.

[Sabal Steve]

[QUINNPALMS]

Minor?

[Matt in OC]

Another vote for Minor. Love those.

[JasonD]

Minor, I'd think. Such a great plant.

[Sabal Steve]

I thought P. minor as well, but solely by the size of the plant. Just seemed so much proportionally smaller. I've actually had no luck finding these in SD, but, I haven't looked all too hard. I'll have extras if anyone local wants to pick one up.

Thanks for the help

[Stevetoad]

Minor. I've collected seed from there too but didn't have any luck getting them to pop. I got a p.minor but for the life of me I can't remember where I got it from. I think I got it from the quaman.

[quaman58]

Floribunda has had them recently; Ron Lawyer has some bigger ones as well. Really cool palm.

[Matt in OC]

Mark in Oceanside had some small ones recently.

[Sabal Steve]

I've met Mark a few times, real nice guy. Uncommon stuff at great prices. I pretty much just go to him and Joe D. He practically gave me a Pritchardia napalensis, but I didn't have the room for it, so I gave it to a friend.

I'm interested in minor, because I believe it grows slower, and my other palms would outpace it. Plus, it's nice and compact, and I thought that the leaf undersides had a bit of color?

Edited July 2, 2014 by Sabal Steve

[JasonD]

Sabal minor's leaf undersides are quite silvery-satin, coppery when younger.

[Tyrone]

There's nothing like coming across a beautiful palm laden with fresh seed.

[Sabal Steve]

Minor. I've collected seed from there too but didn't have any luck getting them to pop. I got a p.minor but for the life of me I can't remember where I got it from. I think I got it from the quaman.

Let me know if you want one. They've started germinating.

[Sabal Steve]

There's nothing like coming across a beautiful palm laden with fresh seed.

Isn't it! San Diego is great, there's always something germinating it seems. We really have a great selection of public plantings. I bet there's around a hundred species at Balboa alone.

[Sabal Steve]

Here's a few more photos

(Photo: Kyle Wicomb)

[Al in Kona]

Pritchardia napaliensis, endemic to the island of Kauai, is listed as an endangered species and any seed collecting from the very few plants in habitat is prohibited yet I've heard it said that rats eat most of them. So I guess anyone growing this species from seed must be getting them from sources outside Hawaii or there are some trees in cultivation here that others are not aware of or being told about. Then too "they" say any seed that comes from outside habitat could very well be a hybrid but then again there's no real proof how easily Pritchardias might hybridize, it's all conjecture. So . . .

[Sabal Steve]

Pritchardia napaliensis, endemic to the island of Kauai, is listed as an endangered species and any seed collecting from the very few plants in habitat is prohibited yet I've heard it said that rats eat most of them. So I guess anyone growing this species from seed must be getting them from sources outside Hawaii or there are some trees in cultivation here that others are not aware of or being told about. Then too "they" say any seed that comes from outside habitat could very well be a hybrid but then again there's no real proof how easily Pritchardias might hybridize, it's all conjecture. So . . .

The seed was ripe on these. I believe about 50% of the seeds that I collected germinated; they were somewhat troublesome to clean. I bought a P. napaliensis from a guy named Mark in Oceanside. I believe that he had a few of them. It was a strong grower, and seemed less reliant on K. I gave it to a friend.

The zoo has a number of Pritchardia varieties throughout. They have some really impressive mature palms there.

So no on P. minor? I thought that we had this one nailed down.

Edited September 27, 2014 by Sabal Steve