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"Holy Grail" palms by region.................................

trioderob

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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Clearly I agree with the double coconut as my holy grail palm. Seeing it last week in the wild only confirmed that choice. I think it would grow perfectly in Puerto Rico. This photo is from a botanical garden in the Seychelles but I also have many shots taken in reserves and there were these palms even on the sides of the road.

 

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NorthFlpalmguy Proficient

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Easy to grow, but hard to find is Sabal v.lisa

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Nice! This is my choice as well. I've seen hundreds of thousands of sabal palms in the woods and not a lisa variation in any.

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Clearly I agree with the double coconut as my holy grail palm. Seeing it last week in the wild only confirmed that choice. I think it would grow perfectly in Puerto Rico. This photo is from a botanical garden in the Seychelles but I also have many shots taken in reserves and there were these palms even on the sides of the road.

 

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Duke of Edimburg's Lodoicea in Mont-Fleuri garden !

Looking forward to discovering your next posts and pics, Cindy!

Thanks

 

 

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Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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topwater Experienced

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Cindy, were you able to get seeds or anything to try in PR?   Also waiting for Seychelles pics, I don't see how they could beat your lovely Licualas however .  :)

My grail is easy, Corypha umbraculifera or either Borassus spp.   The bigger the fan palm,  the bigger my overall feeling of palmy euphoria!

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doranakandawatta Grand Master

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Cindy, were you able to get seeds or anything to try in PR?   Also waiting for Seychelles pics, I don't see how they could beat your lovely Licualas however .  :)

My grail is easy, Corypha umbraculifera or either Borassus spp.   The bigger the fan palm,  the bigger my overall feeling of palmy euphoria!

for you:
Talipot, Corypha umbraculifera, in srilankan countryside.
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You're right : it isn't less beautiful than Lodoicea palm.

 

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

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Here in cold North Florida

Fan palm....Bismarkia...easy enough to get a hold of....but rare as hens teeth planted in these parts.

Feather palm......JxS.... is probably the real holy grail for here.....only a few of us palm nuts even know of these

Costapalmate......As MCrawford said above.....Sabal "Lisa" .....BTW that one looks awsome!

 

 

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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foxtail Mentor

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Freebie Florida's Phoenix loureiroi :interesting:

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Josh-O Grand Master

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Dypsis Black Stem!

(had to do it before Moose pays a visit here)    :mrlooney:

 

to funny Ando :floor:

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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Here in cold North Florida

Fan palm....Bismarkia...easy enough to get a hold of....but rare as hens teeth planted in these parts.

Feather palm......JxS.... is probably the real holy grail for here.....only a few of us palm nuts even know of these

Costapalmate......As MCrawford said above.....Sabal "Lisa" .....BTW that one looks awsome!

 

 

Yes, pretty slim picking up here with the better looking ones being EXTREMELY rare.

I would say in addition to those maybe a rogue queen here and there (there used to be a GORGEOUS 25+ ft. one in a slight micro-climate neighborhood in Shalimar pre-2014)

 And did see a 15-20 ft. L. decora at someone's house near a bayou farther up in the mainland, although haven't been by to see it since the 2014 freeze event. Also there is a really nice clump of some kind of Livistona planted in 2014 for the new addition to the Destin Commons shopping mall- seemed to survive the early 2015 freezes very well. 

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I'm proving some of this true so far for So Cal. ... Kentiopsis piersoniorum... or Lemuriophoenix halleuxii 

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

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I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Kentiopsis pyriformis

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Kim Grand Master

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Holy Grail palm that I could grow if it were available:  Lodoicea maldivica.  Many photos attest to its beauty and size.

Holy Grail palm that I feel very fortunate to be growing:  Tahina spectabilis, a wonderful, wonderful palm to watch as it grows exponentially with each new leaf.

(not the greatest photo, but the most recent)

 

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Phoenikakias Grand Master

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In some parts of central and northern Europe people can grow many kinds of Trachycarpus and Butia but it is impossible for them to grow CIDP. So they very much need a CIDP looking alike Phoenix specimen with moisture tolerance of Phoenix porphyrocarpa and cold tolerance of Phoenix theophrasti and such a hybrid is considered the holy grail there, so I have been literally told.

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Zeeth Grand Master

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Bruh gotta be Pritchardia viscosa and also Pritchardia bakeri. 

aloha

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Were you ever able to collect P. bakeri seeds for yourself? I remember you caging the inflorescence so that rats wouldn't get to them a few years ago. 

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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Stelios Experienced

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Beccariophoenix fenestralis. So far no luck here for me.

And generally for the region here CIDP is becoming the Holy Grail. With the red palm weevil killing them soon there will be none left.

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Bruh gotta be Pritchardia viscosa and also Pritchardia bakeri. 

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Bakeri would be fantastic as well!

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Josh-O Grand Master

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Butia x Syagrus Abreojos. Maybe someday someone will make the cross... :rolleyes:

that would be a very cool cross

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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Josh-O Grand Master

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Dypsis baronii Sp. black stem.

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Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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trioderob Grand Master

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Yes, I posted pictures ;)

Josh-

I hate to bust your bubble - but that's not the true killer black stem that I have been tormented about

here is a photo of my true "killer" blackstem before I sold it

This one was the real deal

but i will stick to my guns Copernicia is even more a holy grail for cali

 

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Josh-O Grand Master

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Yes, I posted pictures ;)

Josh-

I hate to bust your bubble - but that's not the true killer black stem that I have been tormented about

here is a photo of my true "killer" blackstem before I sold it

This one was the real deal

but i will stick to my guns Copernicia is even more a holy grail for cali

 

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Nope, Mine is the real deal. I have many folks already confirm that. No argument there! The seed was picked by my friend Gary L. in Madagascar at V. lodge. 

yours look very green? green trunk, gree petiols..ETC but  still looks like a very nice palm you have. 

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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trioderob Grand Master

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maybe its just the photo then - the holy grail black looks like this :

 

they are yellow crown shafted

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Urk!

Gulp!

Urk!

Gulp!

oh no

hmmph

hmmph

SNARF

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Josh-O Grand Master

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I know what they look like. I hand picked two of them 3 yrs ago at RSN. hers a picture of me at RSN growing grounds on the big island. The smaller one on the far left in the first picture is actually one of my plants. Also, since they were container grown for so long the trunks never got very robust.

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your last picture is not a black stem, look closely. It is a green trunk variety with black moss/mold. Lots of green trunks mold with high humidity. . also the leaflets are much different that your first picture??

 

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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